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• ezwriter said December 12, 2007

  Wasn't me you were asking, but yes, I for one absolutely think Marshawn Lynch can't compose a sentence, on his blog or anywhere else.

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• dturman said December 12, 2007

  You, sir, are no Mark Twain. Seriously, don't rip on someone's grammar unless yours is spot perfect. Besides, the real problem is that now all of us, as writers, are competing with people who are inherently more interesting to the Yarbarker audience: athletes. So quit crying about their grammar. It's not going to make people more interested in reading about how you watched the game at Shoney's. They were playing in it. Get over it. And cool it with the all caps. We hear you. From Marshawn maybe, but not from ezwriter.
  Stay up Marshawn, and say what you feel.

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• dturman said December 12, 2007

  My bad. I hadn't even read the original firestorm before I posted the comment. But yeah. I think we are at least partly in agreement. Marshawn doesn't need to be getting flamed on for his grammar. Neither, really to any of the rest of us. And I say that after erroneously chastising ezwriter instead of the author for doing the same thing I'm doing. Okay then. Let's talk about sports some more.

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• TrueBLUEatOSU said December 12, 2007

  I agree w/ dturman, I was bit out of line for putting jzp on blast. But referring to an athlete who uses street slang as a house pet is definitely out of line. that dude needed to get called out

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• dturman said December 12, 2007

  Absolutely. You were right for putting him on blast. I just want everyone to get off the grammar tip. It's not like these cats are writing bylines for the New York Times. You know, if Baron or Marshawn were writing something for our blog, I would feel compelled to tighten it up (as an editor). But this is cool because it's a relatively loose environment where we get to chop it up with them. Pissing them off by clowning their grammar is not going to make them want to post more. And judging by the hypemeter readouts, that's what we want.

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• tcbailey24 said December 13, 2007

  this is a great post TrueBlueatOSU: definately the same thing that i thought when i read jzpop's article. why people continuously rip marshawn is beyond me. yes one of the nicest people and a great football player. so what if he used improper grammer ON A BLOG. i just gotta say: marshawn just keep doin yo thing. my vote for rookie of the year.

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