Monthly Archives: October 2021

So to Conclude: The Red Sox Were Not the Team o’ Destiny

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

But the Atlanta Braves still might be. First, the sad demise of the Crimson Hose, as narrated by the Boston Globe’s resident darn-those-Sox scribe Dan Shaughnessy. Red Sox ran out of karma, and it all started after the wristwatch taunt … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2020 NLCS, Allman Brothers, Atlanta Braves, Boston Globe, Boston Red Sox, Dan Shaughnessy, darn-those-Sox, Hot 'Lantanas, Los Angeles Dodgers, Swat Caroline, Team o' Destiny, World's Serious | 1 Comment

The Wynton Marsalis Ad Jazz at Lincoln Center Should’ve Run

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardgrading staff noted yesterday, Jazz at Lincoln Center ran this totally unreadable full-page ad in the New York Times on Monday to celebrate Wynton Marsalis’s 60th birthday. (The Missus rightly noted that Wynton Marsalis deserved far better than … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged d 60th birthday, David Ogilvy, Jazz At Lincoln Center, New York Times, Ogilvy on Advertising, The Castle Press, Wynton Marsalis | Leave a comment

Hey, Jazz at Lincoln Center: Just Set Your Money on Fire

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday was Wynton Marsalis’s 60th birthday, so the fine folks from Jazz At Lincoln Center took out this full-page ad in the New York Times to celebrate it. Yeah, that’s what we thought. Here’s a blown up section to give … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 60th birthday, David Ogilvy, Jazz At Lincoln Center, New York Times, Ogilvy on Advertising, The Castle Press, Wynton Marsalis | 1 Comment

Hold On: Maybe the Atlanta Braves Are the Team o’ Destiny

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday the hardlyrooting staff (which has been a Made Yankee Fan in Boston for 45 years, so draw your own conclusions) presented the case for the Boston Red Sox as this postseason’s Team o’ Destiny. But now that the Atlanta … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Atlanta Braves, Garry Brown, hardlyrooting staff, Los Angeles Dodgers, Made Yankee Fan in Boston, MassLive, NLCS, Team o' Destiny, World's Serious | 1 Comment

Beacon Hill Inactivity Turns the Bay State Into Laxachusetts

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Wiser heads than the hardworking staff undoubtedly already knew this, but it turns out the Massachusetts legislature has a batting average well south of Jackie Bradley Jr.’s. Axios Sneak Peek crunched some numbers published in a new analysis from Quorum and came up … Continue reading →

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Let the Wild ‘Team o’ Destiny’ Rumpus Begin!

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Jonathan V. Last, the in-house hardball geek at The Bukwark, totally nailed it last week in his daily newsletter, The Triad. When it comes to the World Series, there is nothing I love more than a Team of Destiny. You … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2004 Boston Red Sox, ALCS, Alex Cora, Boston Red Sox, Dan Shaughnessy, Jonathan V. Last, Rafael Devers, stately local broadsheet, Tampa Bay Rays, Team of Destiny, The Bulwark, The Triad | 5 Comments

Why the NYT Is a Great News Organization (Exhibit Umpteen)

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Say what you will about the Grey Lady’s shortcomings (looking at you, Caliphate), but when she’s good, she’s very very good. Case in point: Yesterday’s edition of The Daily, the wildly popular New York Times podcast. When the Taliban took … Continue reading →

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