By Jeff Moss
DetroitSportsRag@GMail.com
March 13, 2015
Last month, the DetroitSportsRag (the site you are currently reading) broke the story that the Detroit News was trying to force longtime Tigers beat writer Tom Gage into quitting the paper after 39 years of loyal employment.
The paper (led by publisher Jonathan Wolman and managing editor Gary Miles) was attempting to pressure Gage (get it?) into retirement by taking away his gig — and giving it to Chris “Officer Barbrady” McCosky — and not even allowing Tom to write baseball-related articles.
Well, a few months later, the News’ plan has worked to perfection …..
After 39 years, this is my last day at The Detroit News. Thank you, readers. More to come.
— Tom Gage (@Tom_Gage) March 13, 2015
Many are speculating that Gage accepted a buyout from the newspaper after five decades of employment. Gage clearly does not want to stop writing about baseball in the year he is to be honored with the J.G. Taylor Spink Award. I would guess he turns up somewhere else soon.
Anyway, while that drama predictably resolved itself, Gage’s replacement, McCosky, is making a jackass out of himself — just like he has done on every previous beat he’s been assigned to.
Per usual, McCosky has been fluffing the Tigers organization, echoing the team’s company line while supposedly altering quotes to fit copy. Ya know, the same shit he has been doing since the early part of this century when he was covering the Pistons.
Hell, he can’t even get basic facts straight. In an article about prospect Daniel Fields — whom he labeled a “monster” the other day — Officer Barbrady wrote the following:
Daniel Fields, Sr????? Are you fucking kidding me? Daniel’s father’s name is Bruce Fields. A man who has been around baseball for just about forever. He was the manager of the Michigan Whitecaps, a coach for the Mud Hens and was even the TIGERS’ hitting coach.
And he called him Daniel Fields, Sr. I mean ….
Anyway, I started a Chris McCosky parody account a few weeks ago even though this man’s entire life is a freaking comedy. I hate these fake accounts, but I figured this one would be fun for the summer.
Here is the Twitter profile page ….
So I decided to have a little fun at McCosky’s expense regarding the Daniel, Sr./Bruce mess-up. Here are those Tweets:
What I didn’t expect was for Bruce’s OTHER son, Aaron, to read the Tweet and somehow think I was actually CHRIS McCOSKY!!!!
I tried to convince Aaron — a late-round draft choice of the Cleveland Indians — that I was correct about his old man’s name but he was not having it ….
Oh, well. I guess we will have to just focus our attention on the next Detroit News mark, Terry Foster, as the five-tool imbecile is the current target for Wolman and Miles.
As the DSR also exclusively reported, the paper is now attempting to coerce Foster into quitting by forcing him to take the Pistons beat gig, which is severely impacting his 97.1-FM work schedule.
And it would appear that, if the News can’t force Foster into leaving, they plan on killing him ……
That’s what they are forcing Foster to fly?? Hahhahhahaa. Ya gotta be kidding me.
What’s next? A charter piloted by Harrison Ford or the Ghost of Austin Hatch’s dad?