Scott Raab on Chris Perez, Browns vs. Klosterman, NHLinCLE and relationships with editors - WFNY Podcast - 2013-05-20

Scott and I spent a lot of time talking Tribe today. We also touched on Brian Hoyer and whether we should be talking about it or not and also the Chuck Klosterman controversy with the Cleveland Browns. Scott Raab will be on the Ken Carman show weekly every Friday at 9 PM Talking about not talking about Brian Hoyer and his signing Which team should win a championship if you had a choice? Losing in 2007 and a hated Red Sox team in 2007 Cleveland fans and the amount of palpable hate for a fanbase that’s never won If the Indians put up a statue in center field it ought to be Steve Olin Is Jacob’s field a pitcher’s ballpark? You have to get down to the seventh or eighth hitter to find a slow player The contrived nature of the save in baseball Chris Perez = Joe Borowski with a six pack in him Julio Franco and the obsession with the holes in his game Chris Perez talked about the organization and not just the fans How much of the credit goes to Terry Francona? Writing and how important it is to work with a good editor David Granger and how important a good editor is for writers Do novel writers have to have adversarial relationships with themselves? The disadvantages of blogging are the lack of working it over and over Balancing speed and quality / length Guys who cover the NFL and how they feel about the Browns P.R. The Browns and their adversarial relationship with the media Chuck Klosterman whining about lack of access It’s to Tony Grossi’s credit that Art Modell isn’t in the Hall of Fame Access in the NFL is tightly tightly controlled It’s better to be out there and not saying a lot than not out there at all Talking about hockey with @NHLinCLE The Cleveland Barons and Freddy Glover Hockey fans and how they’re a different breed than the other sports BrianHoyerSuperBowl.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices