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2013
MetsBlog: My Bet Is Matt Harvey Never Wins A Cy Young
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Last night and today, I finally got a chance to do some reading and checked out a few of my regular Mets haunts like Faith and Fear in Flushing, Studious Metsimus and of course MetsBlog.
I almost wish I never paid a trip to MetsBlog last night. What I read there turned my stomach more than those two bottles of lemon-flavored sludge they make me drink every time I have to get a CT-scan. In a post entitled, Matt Harvey is on a mission, Matt wrote the following about our exciting, young righthander:
My bet is Harvey never wins a Cy Young. However, once he learns to “command an inning,” and “pitch to contact,” he’ll string together several seasons of consistent, significant and meaningful results. 15 to 20 wins here, All Star appearance there, repeatedly falling short of the ultimate award, maybe never being his team’s “ace,” but always heralded by fans, recognized around the game and touted by his teammates.
First of all, let’s get something straight right off the bat… This wasn’t a hatchet piece on Matt Harvey and in fact it was quite the opposite. There was plenty of praise thrown Harvey’s way by Cerrone, so let’s get that out of the way so that I can move onto my problems with this quote.
Needless to say, after reading the entire post and particularly that segment of it, I couldn’t wait to leave Matt my own two cents and tell him exactly what I thought about his assertion that Matt Harvey will never win a Cy Young Award in his career.
So I pulled my laptop closer to me, gathered my thoughts together, and then I started looking for the “Leave A Comment” button. However, there was a slight problem…
The comment thread had been closed… That was disappointing to say the least. I don’t really know why the thread was closed after only a day and a half, but that’s not for me to say or speculate on. But I did find it curious and frustrating nonetheless as I had a lot I wanted to get off my chest and felt deprived of that opportunity.
I decided that I would go ahead and tell Matt what I had to say in a post on MMO first thing in the morning. Lucky for him I was a lot more calmer today than I was last night.
My first reaction to Matt’s post was that of complete puzzlement. I thought perhaps it was just another typo and that somehow a word was left out, or that it may have been an incomplete sentence. We’ve all see that before on MetsBlog, right?
But that wasn’t the case at all because there was Matt, defending his posture quite passionately, right there in the comment thread – the same thread I was precluded from replying on.
Those words, coming from Matt, kind of cut deeply into me… Because when I see Matt Harvey I finally see a pitching prospect that is going to deliver on all the hype and do all those great things the scouts and experts had predicted for him.
When Harvey came up in the middle of the 2012 season, he was every bit as good as what we’ve all been told – and then some. Those ten starts were not only good from a Mets’ fan’s point of view, but they were historically significant and his debut ranked up there with some of the greatest pitchers the game has ever seen. “A dominating debut like no other, for a Mets starting pitcher”. That’s what Ron Darling had to say about it.
Now, here we are, on the brink of a new season, with most of us having Matt Harvey earmarked as one of the very few reasons to get excited about the 2013 Mets, and then you read those words from Matt Cerrone and it all goes POOF…
Why?
Why say something like that and more importantly, why now?
Even if that’s what you believe in your heart of hearts, why would you utter such a thing or put it in writing and sign your name to it?
I wouldn’t have a problem with this if it had come from Keith Law, Rob Neyer or John Sickels, those guys are experts and they get paid handsomely to be critical and objective.
Matt says in one of the comments that he was simply writing his expectations and contrasting that to what is typically used to define a great career. It’s a perfectly plausible explanation, but the problem is that oftentimes Matt presents himself as an expert with inside information from the team and MLB sources as well.
But Matt has also said on many occasions, especially in instances like this one, that he is not an expert, so why make such a claim that he must have known would pierce the heart of many a Met fan?
Then something else struck me… What if Matt Harvey read that?
If MMO has all these players reading our site and writing us to say thank you, or re-tweeting our articles just about every week, then surely MetsBlog must be getting that kind of attention from them as well and most likely double the attention if not more…
I am always mindful of anything I write about our players and in fact I included it in our MMO Writing Standards that I share with every new writer on MMO. Here is a part of what I say:
Always make your points respectfully. Think about what you are going to write when you talk about the players, coaches and executives, many of whom read MMO daily. A professional doesn’t hurl insults in a post against people that are not allowed the opportunity to defend themselves. Temper your criticism with fairness.
As our site grew, I always believed our responsibility grew with it. I thought it was important that we understand each of our roles and how important it is to support the team and especially the players.
MetsBlog made Matt Cerrone the most powerful person in the Mets blogosphere. He underestimates the significance of that.
There are literally tens of thousands of Mets fans who hang on every single word he says… Literally.
Matt worked hard to get there and it wasn’t easy to get where he is, believe me, I know. However, he can no longer use the old standby, “I’m just a fan like you,” or “I’m just a blogger posting my opinions.”
That is so untrue…
Matt, you are not just a fan or just a blogger. You are a lot more than that, and for one thing you are paid well to do what you do – that makes you a professional. Writing about the Mets isn’t a hobby for you, it’s your career. That makes you more than just a blogger, and it certainly makes you more than just a fan.
You have to be mindful of everything you say. You have to forego expediency for accuracy. Tens of thousands of fans read your site everyday. That’s mind boggling when you think about it, but it shows why you have to bend over backwards to make sure you stay on point and project a positive message about the Mets.
Most Mets fans I know have high expectations for Matt Harvey – I think you deflated those expectations for thousands of your readers by saying you’d bet Matt Harvey will never win a Cy Young Award.
Maybe you’re right, maybe he won’t, but it wasn’t for you to tell us that.
I hope Harvey racks up multiple Cy Young Awards in his career just to prove you wrong, but mostly to show Mets fans that it’s still okay to dream big and aim high.
About the Author: Joe DeCaro
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I said this on Metsblog, I’ll mention it here;
given all the hype Harvey is getting, I took Matt’s comment as moderation, didn’t take offense to
it at all. In the end, we all have to just settle back and watch and see what he is.
All the speculation in the world, whether it is pure opinion, or advanced metrics, can’t really reliably tell us what we are going to get.
So my take, be excited, dream a little, talk him up, talk him down, then settle back,
don’t put too much stock in any of the talk, and watch it unfold over time. That’s the only thing that is real… At least IMHO.
LOL, Can you copy the comment section over as well? That was quite entertaining.
What was his pitching analyst take on this????? That’s what i really wanted to see… SMH..
Some Met fans put more credence into anything Cerrone says about the players than even Terry Collins. That was out of line in my opinion and I can only hope he thinks twice before saying something like that about another player again. What’s next? David Wright will never win an MVP or the Mets will never win a World Series?
David Wright will never win an MVP?
Correct..
I caught a typo in your comment, you said David Wright instead of Ike Davis. Wright’s best year’s are behind him, he’s 30 now. If he were going to win an MVP it would have happened by now. Unless he does it the Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi way.
Well he did finish 6th in the voting last year.
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s your consolation price????!!!!!!??????? Lord…. Stop it man.
Well I would consider finishing 6th for a crappy team to at least be in the running?
Ask mccutchen….. And ryan braun for that matter….
Ask them what? If they were in the running? I would say they were?
I think Matt Cerrone is a decent enough guy, he’s not the brightest or certainly the most talented writer in the world but so what? He runs a blog he’s not writing the next great American novel right?
Wrong … as a result of being very much in the right place at the right time Cerrone was fortunate enough to be adopted by SNY … from that point on he could have done one of two things, he could have thanked the stars above for his luck and taken it upon himself to improve his craft, embarking on a more professional course as a de facto member of the press, or, he could have plodded along in his amateurish and generic manner. You may all recall that Metsblog (prior to it’s SNY affiliation) was originally conceived as a homework assignment for a media studies class. His writing is fine if you’re blogging for a few thousand hits a day, but for a bona fide member of the media it is woefully lacking. Ted Berg, the lone bright spot in the Metsblog lineup eventually took a job with USA Today and you get the sense it was a matter of professional survival. Cerrone could have taken a class for crying out loud, worked with an editor, he could have at least had someone with some experience help him proof a draft or two, or how about just using a frigging spell check?
He didn’t do that … he appears not to have made even a token attempt at improving his writing. He’s improved the blog in other ways, but the writing continues to be awful.
Truth be told there are countless struggling writers and journalists out there who would kill for the opportunity to be in Cerrone’s position. If he would have at least made an effort to improve his writing it would not be such a slap in the face to writers who have spent their lives honing their craft. His message to the world is you don’t have to write well, that it’s not really a necessary tool of the trade. That is why so many take exception to his blog, it is an insult to the profession. For me, it’s not the message (although he usually has remarkably little to say), its the manner, and it’s not like it’s impossible to improve one’s writing.
You hear a lot of complaints about how Cerrone toes the company line too much, how he hasn’t been objectively critical of ownership and management, but if you ask me that can be forgiven as he’s really an SNY mouthpiece (although an affiliation with the parent club certainly never stopped Marty Noble from being objective over at the MLB site). What can’t be forgiven is not thanking your lucky stars for the good grace that landed you where you are by taking steps to honor that privilege and at least meet some minimal occupational standards.
In the end I don’t see Metsblog sustaining it’s current “official” place in the bloggosphere. There are several other Mets blogs that are fast approaching Metsblog’s readership. Eventually the powers that be at SNY will take notice that there are better products out there. Competition in the marketplace is never a bad thing.
Interesting…
I agree completely neeker. I´ll also add that the writing of his regular writers is sub-par as well. There are far too many ¨on the one hand/on the other hand¨ posts, which dilute their position. What does the writer really think/feel? And the ¨analysis¨ is incredibly shallow and lazy most of the time.
I´m still a little addicted to Metsblog, but I´m weaning myself away from it. I really enjoy MMO, and Toby Hyde is great (though he doesn´t post enough!). AA is good most of the time too.
And Joe, great post. Why be negative now? It´s ST for pete´s sake– time to dream a little.
It’s kind of a silly thing to say anyway. It’s almost like analysis to fill space. Next we’ll make the prediction after 10 starts that Harvey won’t make the Hall of Fame.
Never say “never.”
It was such a randomly odd thing for Cerrone to say and it makes no sense. Who knows if Matt Harvey will win one or maybe 2 Cy Youngs? Maybe none? Maybe he becomes the greatest pitcher to never have won a Cy Young but the Mets win 2 World Series before his time is done.
It just made no sense to even make such a prediction and even less sense for a guy like Cerrone to make it a feature story. Baffling.
Off topic but has anyone heard from Vinny B?
You know bayonne, i haven’t seen him around in a while, i hope he’s ok or not banned from here. that’ll be a bummer, but i haven’t seen him since that saber article where vinny pretty much _______ on the sabergooners so… I don’t know, i once got banned for saying brandon hicks sucks so..
I haven’t seen him and the last time I did was when he was getting creamed on his fanpost. If you go back and read some of those comments, you could put two and two together. Didn’t the banning policy come out that next day? Like I said 2 + 2 = Snake Bliskin. Escape from MMO.
I still don’t get it. Are you saying he got fed up by the comments and stopped commenting? I would be very surprised and I also can’t believe Vinny B would ever be banned so that can’t be right. Maniac, you’ve been scarce around here too lately. Can’t have that, lol.
Also Vinny B if you’re there and reading this please respond so we know you’re okay.
I’ve just been swamped with work, tax season. They’ll never get rid of me as long as I could help it. I’ve learned the secret to success, fight snark with more snark. Subliminal messages. lol
Hey, Bayonne,
Everything is fine. I’ve been busy with a lot of stuff lately, and researching every teams draft was exhausting. So, I’m just taking a little break.
I’ll be back soon though.
People! Vinny B is ALIVE AND WELL!!!
Hey Vinny,
I also work for a Vinny B. and I pray that you and him are not the same – for if so, he/you will see from the times listed for my replies, I’m often not doing something I should be doing for that time of day!
Yeap, these people really went off on him and of course, nothing was done because he’s not an immortal. i can see all 3 of us banned for life if we would’ve attacked an immortal the way vinny was attacked…
I’m not shocked or surprised. I bet he’d never say this about Zack Wheeler – an Alderson acquisition. And we already saw his take on how Cy Youngs are nice but don’t mean much, when Dickey won it – a Minaya acquisition. So I see a pattern developing. Enter Sandman.
So, basically he’s already saying how wheeler is better than him and will be the ACE without throwng a single pitch for the mets but without really saying it… very clever.
In fairness, that seems to be the scouts consensus. Most put Wheeler are a front line ace type with Harvey projected as a 2 or 3. Of course, scouts can be wrong.
But if Wheeler is better than Harvey based upon what we saw from Harvey, that will be a great 1-2 punch.
Not 1 scout has put his name to Wheeler being an ace. This is more Met hype to build up Wheeler. Wheeler has never pitched to an UNDER 3 ERA at any level of the minors. He walks about 4 guys per 9 innings. He doesn’t have a strikeout pitch. He barely K’s a batter an inning in AA. Find it hard to accept that Wheeler is some dominant ace. He’s wild. Harvey isn’t. He’s beneath Harvey and it’s not even close if you really look at his fairly.
I don’t see what the big deal is. I’m not a big fan of Metsblog or the analyses their writers try to put forth, but this “criticism” of Harvey is hardly anything incredibly harsh or outlandish. He’s essentially saying he thinks Harvey will be good, but not the absolute greatest pitcher in baseball. Hopefully he is wrong and Harvey wins multiple Cy Youngs, but I don’t think its completely insane and horrible for Cerrone to guess that he won’t. It’s his blog and I think he should be free to express his opinion, but if you want to push forth the notion that he’s no longer “just a fan” and is supposed to be more “professional” than I think its even more important for a “professional” to be a bit objective and not strictly “rah rah…all the Mets are the greatest” in the way an overly positive fan might be. If anything it seems like Cerrone gets a lot of criticism for the latter…being too positive.
As for “if Harvey read that”…if he was the type to overreact and get all upset and offtrack (instead of either not caring or finding some motivation in “doubters”) at the mildest of criticisms from one blogger he probably isn’t the type to succeed in NY or anywhere in MLB for that matter (and he probably wouldn’t have even got where he is.
I read that and couldn’t believe he wrote that at the time either. His comments were all killing him for it too. I can understand you wanting to vent about it, but consider the source. And as for being a significant voice to all Mets fans, that may have been true 3-4 years ago, but not anymore. Pretty soon his claim that he’s just a blogger will be true enough because he’s been on a downward slope for a while now and his site has been too. I come here first before I go there, and only to make sure I didn’t miss anything. You do a good job here.
Jerry Koosman never won a Cy Young either but he still manages to be considered one of the greatest Pitchers the Mets have ever had right there with Seaver and Gooden!
And lets face it there are a lot of guys who won a Cy Young that were not really any good outside of the year they won it….
Lot more than your pitching goes into getting a Cy Young….
You also have to have a team that can get you those near 20 wins as well….
As for Writers being critical…It’s fine provided they are being fair about it….
You should be writing the truth as you see it regardless of who you think is reading it….
If your telling the story truthfully then it’s not likely your saying anything they don’t already know or heard from thier coaches….
Can’t see how Cerrone came to this conclusion though….Seems more like an Attempt to downplay Harvey’s importance to take pressure off of him than anything to do regarding what he has done so far!
And considering MetsBlog history of always towing the company line I have to wonder if he wasn’t ordered to downplay Harvey to take the pressure off of him since Wheeler got sent down and all the attention will now focus to Harvey in his absence….
Seems Johan is getting more attention than Harvey these days.
Negative attention maybe….Harvey is one of the few lightning rods of hope around here though….
Not a problem provided he has a decent showing when the games start but it could add pressure on him if he struggles at any time…
We shouldn’t put it on him, not fair at this point, but then again the fan base is not actually known for it’s fairness regarding such things….
Just let him be, Don’t ask or expect too much, Realize that even if he has a worse year than last year and takes a step back that it is normal for kids to struggle and have to adjust early in thier career and give him a chance to do that.
You are correct. The league now has a scouting report on him and it will adjust. If he does that while maintaining his control, he will have success. How much? We shall see.
Here’s a piece about the 20 greatest pitchers to never win a Cy Young award. Even though it’s Bleacher Report and probably an opinion piece…it’s still lists 20 damned good pitchers. Some are Nolan Ryan, Don Sutton, Bert Blyleven, Jack Morris, Jim Maloney, J.R. Richard, etc.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/936360-2011-cy-young-awards-20-greatest-pitchers-to-never-win-a-cy-young
Matt Harvey if you’re reading this you’re not in bad company.
Bayonne, don’t ignore the warning from the Surgeon General. Reading Bleacher Report can be hazardous to your health and is known to have caused cancer in laboratory test animals, and turn a human’s brain to mush.
And even then you look at the list of guys who won it and you get guys like
Brandon Webb
Jake Peavy
Eric Gagne
Barry Zito
Pat Hentgen
Not one of them is as good as the names you mentioned that did not win it!
Excellent point. You reading Matt Cerrone?
Nah I wouldn’t even give that site the benefit of counting my Hit towards thier advertising…
I give them about as much credibility as Pravda and Fars (Iranian) as far as thier reporting is concerned….
career years happen. and if you pick the right season (where the obvious candidates have off years) you can end up with a Cy or MVP.
but just as often, 2 guys have monster years, and one of them gets screwed.
And then there are the guys who had it because they Juiced up, Win it and then people find out why later! LOL Poor Gio got caught for nothing!
It almost always comes down to the number of wins you have, that usually sets the field on who gets in the running…
And thats as much a product of the team they played on as anything else….
After that they go head to head on other more telling metrics and even THEN if the guy did it on a losing team he almost always gets a leg up on everyone else because they do recognize the wins are a bit team dependent. And any success was DESPITE them….
http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?92847-Best-Pitchers-Never-To-Have-Won-A-Cy-Young-Award
HOFers who never won a CY Young Award. Matt will be in good company.
At least he did not say Matt Harvey would not be a HOFer.
Hi Bayonne,
You are, of course, aware that the pitcher who holds the all-time record for wins in a career never won a Cy Young Award either?
Don’t even understand why the subject of the Cy Young Award even had to be brought up in evaluating what we’ve seen so far of Matt. It was just not necessary, in light of the good things he did have to say about the young pitcher. I mean, of the approximate 175 pitchers in each league, 174 aren’t going to win it this coming season too.
Harvey is a stud..pure and simple. True, he might never win a CY award but a lot of that is popularity and who else puts up numbers in a particular year that you do. That is all.
I think Harvey would trade a room full of CY awards for a few World Series Trophies.
As for Metsblog, I dont pay much attention to it so they can write whatever they want.
It was one of the dumbest things Cerrone has ever said. As if you can predict that of anyone.
I think it was a relatively innocuous statement that the reactions to point to a fanbase in need of games that count.
Interestingly, the odds of a pitcher winning a Cy Young are indeed low and since they started handing them out in 1956, 71 different pitchers have won the award. Of those 71, 55 won the award once and 16 won multiple times. The Sweet 16 are:
Steve Carlton
Roger Clemens
Sandy Koufax
Denny McClain
Bob Gibson
Tom Seaver
Jim Palmer
Gaylord Perry
Bret Saberhagen
Tom Glavine
Greg Maddux
Randy Johnson
Pedro Martinez
Roy Halladay
Johan Santana
Tim Lincecum
Pretty good company and let’s see what Harvey can do
every year, some pitcher has an amazing season and finishes 2nd.
Its too bad a guy like Cerrone came up with the Metsblog idea. He’s not a cerebral fan in any sense of the word. He really comes across as an idiot and people read that and think of him as the “voice of the Mets fans.” Its too bad someone as obtuse as Cerrone has that “title” bestowed upon him.
In other news, Mets up 11-0 over Tigers.
Joe, comments on that site always close after a relatively short period of time. I always assumed it was just built into the software.
and on that thread, he did make an attempt to explain himself (gotta give some props to him for wading into that shark tank). basically, IIRC, it did not mean Harvey would not be a very good pitcher, just that it is really, really hard to win one, and many pitchers have great years/careers without doing so. So the odds were essentially stacked against Harvey.
now, why he did not just put it like that in the first place, who knows.
Oh, that certainly is a valid point, as someone posted up above. many guys that you would be thrilled to have Harvey pace career wise never won a Cy Young. it really is that hard to do, but at least from a small snapshot, don’t bet against Harvey, based on stuff and desire.
Trying to predict someones career is ridiculous especially when you take into consideration that Harvey’s has just begun and the kid has an insatiable desire to win and do so anyway he can. This kids loves the game, he is a big time competitor and pays attention to what makes others winners. I’m not saying he will win a Cy Young but he will do his best to be in contention. I also find it weird that a kid with his stuff and desire is considered less of a number 1 than say Wheeler, of Syndgard. I think that alone will push Harvey even harder.
Eh…it’s just an opinion from a Met fan. One that just happens to run Metsblog. That doesn’t make him any more qualified than the rest of us here to to make this type of determination so early in Harvey’s career.
I don’t read over there but I sure see enough comments on their articles across many Mets sites. I get the impression none of them are close to experts and it’s just all opinion pieces.
Just my opinion, but I wouldn’t worry too much about what Matt Harvey might think when reading that. Sounds like he’s got a good head on his shoulders and he should know to take much of these opinion pieces with a grain of salt.
Prove him wrong, Matt!
At least your sludge is lemon flavored, mine has a puckie paint thinner smell, and doesn’t taste much better.
UGH!
Oh, and by the way Joe, your post totally on point. Well said.
i get that winning a Cy Young is the epitome of excellence in baseball, but so what if MAtt HArvey doesn’t not win a Cy but wins 12 – 18 – 20 games / year for the next 10 years. How about that? And how many guys have 1 Cy’s (1x) and fizzled or struggled the balance of their careers. So, i guess i’m saying, i’m rooting for Matt HArvey to win a series of Cy’s over the next 10 years, with Niese, Wheeler, Montero, Syndergaard winning 1 or 2, and all these guys being in the top 5 of Cy Young polling year after year. How ’bout that?
Regardless of winning a Cy, Matt Harvey is a fine, young pitcher who i bet WILL win at least 1 Cy in his career (hopefully with the Mets!), but regardless should, in my view, have a stellar career.
I would consider it a much bigger victory for him if he managed tyo pitch 5 years consecutively with 15 Plus wins….Not many Pitchers actually do that!
Cy Young…It just means you have a very good year….If the years around it suck then it really means nothing!
It doesn’t even mean you were the best pitching in all of baseball that year since both leagues award one….
I saw the post on Harvey and was left dumb founded cause I always thought, based on his 10 starts in 2012, that the sky was the limit for Harvey, dependent on health and his maturity plus guidance from other pitching veterans.
I am really at a loss for words on the Harvey post and I believe that Matt C needs to re-think his future posts “rants” , taking into account who reads his SNY affiliated posts and, as JoeD, stated you don’t want to write something down that would impact or make a potential CY winner doubt his abilities cause a lot of players read these sites to see what is being said about them.
I too remember when MetsBlog started and had no affiliation with SNY or Mets and that was his love but now it is time to put on your big boy writing, journalistic, taking classes to learn how to write pants on.
JOE, OVER THE PAST SEASONS U & I HAVE SHARED DIFFERING RESPECTFUL OPINIONS, DESPITE ANY VORACITY IN THESE PAST POSTS I CAN HONESTLY TELL U I HAVE NEVER SUSPECTED U OF NAIVETY UNTIL I READ THIS…
MetsBlog made Matt Cerrone the most powerful person in the Mets blogosphere. He underestimates the significance of that.
JOE, ONCE MORE I BEG TO DISAGREE, AND IT IS NOT DUE TO THIS CERONE, SELF SUPERIORITY OPINION IS SUDDENLY MANIFESTED, IT’S THE BASIC REASON I PERSONALLY ABANDONED METSBLOG.
UNFORTUNATELY & REMARKABLY, MATT’S TONE & APPROACH IS TOO SIMILAR & VERY REMINISCENT OF FRED’S PERSONAL SI INTERVIEW ON HIS TEAM’S WRIGHT & REYES BACK IN APRIL,’11.
I CAN NOT STRESS STRONG ENOUGH HOW EMPHATICALLY I DISAGREE WITH YOUR OPINION ON MATT’S SELF IMAGE. SURELY HE SEES HIMSELF AS A CUT ABOVE ALL OTHERS, AS THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY PERCEPTION OF HIM EVER SINCE HIS FLEDGLING SITE FIRST RAN AFOUL OF MLB BACK IN THE DAYS OF MLB’S HOSTILITY TO ALL THINGS INTERNET. ONCE METSBLOG TRANSITIONED TO MLB MAINSTREAM STATUS MATT’S PERCEPTION OF SELF IMPORTANCE HAD TRULY TURNED ME AWAY FROM IT AS AN ENTERTAINING RESOURCE. I ASSERT THAT BEING PREACHED TO ON SUNDAYS IS CERTAINLY THE LEAST I CAN ENDURE FOR MY RELIGOUS FAITH AS WELL AS A STEP BEYOND MY TOLERANCE INVOLVING MY PERSONAL SPORTS BELIEFS.
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