Author Archives: Campaign Outsider

‘Lest We Forget’/’Yankees Suck!’

Posted on November 2, 2018

The other day I took the Green Line downtown to meet the Missus. At Kenmore, a horde of Red Sox fans boarded the trolley, fresh off the Duck Boat Parade celebrating the fourth Boston Red Sox World Series Championship of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Lest We Forget, Luigi Toscano, Red Sox Duck Boat Parade, Yankees suck | 4 Comments

2018 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox: 25 Players, 1 Cab

Posted on October 29, 2018

And they loved their driver. Alex Cora led the Olde Towne Team not only to its best regular-season record ever, but also to its fourth 21st Century World Series Championship. A totally joyful ride. One discordant note: Steve Pearce’s MVP … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alex Cora, Boston Red Sox, David Price, Made Yankee Fan in Boston, Steve Pearce, World's Serious | 2 Comments

When the Missus and I Visited Hearst Castle 4 Times in 1 Day

Posted on October 26, 2018

Patricia Leigh Brown’s New York Times piece the other day about the Hearst Castle in San Simeon was interesting in its own right. Taking a Dip at Xanadu Guests swim at Hearst Castle, where Hollywood luminaries one cavorted. SAN SIMEON, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Esther Williams, Hearst Castle, Highway Suite, Madonna Inn, Marcel Proust medeleine, Neptune Pool, New York Times, Patricia Leigh Brown, San Simeon, William Randolph Hearst | Leave a comment

Blue Point Brewing Company’s NYT Ad Fairly Hops Off the Page

Posted on October 15, 2018

. . . and onto a can of its beer. Maybe we should take a step back. Blue Point Brewing Company is a craft beer subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch that says it’s “constantly inspired by the coastal spirit of Patchogue [N.Y.] … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anheuser-Busch, Blue Point Brewing Company, Kanye West, New York Times, Rock the Vote, Taylor Swift, Voters' Day Off | Leave a comment

Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (Sutterink.com Edition)

Posted on October 12, 2018

Latest in a very long-running series Yesterday’s New York Times featured this heartfelt full-page ad from a Dad to his daughters. The text: Sweet guy, yeah? Then again, tucked away at bottom left, there’s the link to his website. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Belle Zwerdling, Chicago Tribune, Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times, FX, IMDB, John Keilman, Katey Sagal, Kurt Sutter, Mayans M.C., New York Times, Sons of Anarchy, The Bastard Executioner, The Shield, WTF Sutter | 2 Comments

Made Yankee Fan in Boston: That Craig Kimbrel Spidey Thing

Posted on October 6, 2018

In the wake of the Red Sox hang-on-by-their-fingernails win in Game One of the ALDS over the New York Yankees, we gotta ask: What’s up with Craig Kimbrel’s Pitch of the Spider Man mound vogueing? Before every pitch? Seriously? That’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ALDS, Boston Red Sox, Craig Kimbrel, Made Yankee Fan in Boston, New York Yankees, Pitch of the Spider Man | 4 Comments

’14 Back’ Takes Us Back to More Than Bucky Bleeping Dent

Posted on October 2, 2018

It’s excellent timing that, as the New York Yankees face tomorrow’s postseason play-in game against the Oakland A’s, SI TV has released the documentary film 14 Back. The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is arguably the most iconic in sports history, and remains … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 14 Back, Bleacher Report, Boston Red Sox, Bucky Dent, Chad Finn, Dan Tylicki, Dennis Eckersley, Graig Nettles, Hang Up and Listen, Jonathan Hock, Luis Tiant, Made Yankee Fan in Boston, Mike Torrez, New York Yankees, Red Barber, SI TV, Stefan Fatsis, World Series MVP, Yaz | Leave a comment

New York Times Chases Younger Readers by Touting Old Guy

Posted on September 29, 2018

The headscratching staff has never really understood the Bernie Sanders connection to millennials, although The Bernie Sanders Connection would be a good name for a rock band (with apologies to Dave Barry). But the New York Times, apparently, totally gets … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alex Burns, Bernie Sanders, College Reaction, Dave Barry, Get with the Times, good name for a rock band, green behind the ears, Her Campus, millennials, New York Times, The Bernie Sanders Connection | Leave a comment

Ads ‘n’ Ends From the New York Times (CYA Edition)

Posted on September 26, 2018

The hardworking staff is always interested in the issue advocacy/corporate image ads that appear in major U.S. newspapers, most especially the New York Times, which functions as sort of the community bulletin board for corporate America. The thing is, though, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ad Age, Bloomberg, Carolyn Weirick, Chipotle, Coca-Cola of New England, exvertisements, FDA, heat-not-burn cigarettes, I-Quit-Ordinary Smoking, IQOS, J&J, James Twitchell, Jef Feeley, Jessica Wohl, Johnson & Johnson, Lisa Rapaport, Margaret Cronin Fisk, New York Times, Philip Morris International, Reuters, Sarah Favot, talc cancer case, U.S. Food and Drug Administration | Leave a comment

When a Nation Forgets Its Own Clichés (‘Uphill Lift’ Edition)

Posted on September 17, 2018

From our annual That’s Just Sad desk As the hardworking staff wends its way through this veil – sorry, vale – of tears, we’ve felt obliged to keep track of the mangled phrases employed by our differently worded brethren, who go … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC News, Adam Rippon, Axios, Axios AM, Cheeto-in-Chief, Chris Christie, David Smith, Donald Trump, Emily Sullivan, Fox News, Jonathan Swan, Joshua Partlow, Kim Jong Un, Laura Ingraham, LeBron James, Maggie Haberman, Mike Allen, Moon Jae-in, Morning Mediawire, New York magazine, Nick Corasaniti, NPR, Olivia Nuzzi, Panmunjom, Politico Nerdcast, Politico Playbook, Powerhouse Politics, Poynter, roboblonde, Scott Moir, shut up and dribble, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Singapore, Tessa Virtue, Washington Post | 2 Comments