"Galileo, who held a scientific truth of great importance, abjured it with the greatest ease as soon as it endangered his life. In a certain sense, he did right. That truth was not worth the stake. Whether the earth or the sun revolves around the other is a matter of profound indifference."
I've enjoyed every Town Baseball column Reusse has penned, except when writes about those jagoffs from Miesville.
That's the hill you're on still at this point? After the nazi salute, the access his russian youngsters have had with our data, the alliance with the worst dictator since hitler, and what appears to be the tanking of our economy on purpose? Let me guess, you drive a tesla?
Trump Bible?
Again, I'm not trying to take a political position, I just said I can't follow how a misinterpreted tweet led to a Reusse rant against that stuff. I'm not really on social media other than being a message board dweeb, so i don't really get how this stuff works.
Probably the best post in this thread. It should have been off-topic to start with.
As someone who has occasionally suffered bouts of diarrhea of the mouth, the rush to judgment is indeed getting completely out of hand. With context, there is nothing racist intended. I would have just clarified it was in reference to Brass Monkey by the Beastie Boys. Not my favorite tune of theirs, btw.
This column from Sunday I found to be a very worthwhile read.
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Reusse is and always was an outstanding columnist.This column from Sunday I found to be a very worthwhile read.
I think heading to Steven Point for this piece on Janel McCarville as a 79 year old does demonstrate he does work hard enough for a 2-3 column per week gig. It does not appear as though it was authored to make people/Gopher fans mad.
Reusse: Gophers basketball legend Janel McCarville brings experience back to her hometown in Wisconsin
Former Gophers star Janel McCarville played professional basketball in eight countries and now brings that experience back to her Wisconsin alma-mater.
- Reusse is an exceptionally talented writer.
You’re in a Gopher football forum and you don’t understand why people hate the guy that used the Strib to suggest cutting funding to Gopher Football?
Take to the politics board.
I agree with the "was". I don't get bent out of shape over his trolling Gopher sports or the Vikings and I don't take the bait on his trolling on any other topic. But that whole bit is indicative of his decline. It's what he's devolved in to. He doesn't have any kind of creativity anymore and his columns read - I suppose fittingly - like the rambling thoughts of an old man. Start on one topic, drift to another and end on a third entirely unrelated.
Too bad your hopes are already dashed:
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The other 2 podcasts I posted in which Reusse comments on the situation should have been able to connect the dots for you, but here is yet a 3rd podcast.
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Fair, I didn't listen to those other two, and I can accept that this is something beyond my understanding. This most recent comment you're quoting is just me defending against this guy who confused my confusion with me being a MAGA/Elon fan/tesla driver/nazi/insert buzzword here.The other 2 podcasts I posted in which Reusse comments on the situation should have been able to connect the dots for you, but here is yet a 3rd podcast.
Patrick Reusse's official stance on the Twitter snafu from over the weekend
Podcast Episode · Monday Night Sports Talk with Patrick Reusse and Joe Soucheray · 03/10/2025 · 46m
No need to listen beyond the 7 minute mark if that's all you want, though later Pat has story about fish fries that made me sort of chuckle, and slightly gross me out.
Whatever someone says, it's gotta be true. I can vouch for this, as someone who gets better looking each day.Too bad your hopes are already dashed:
Patrick Reusse on the Wolves, Sam Darnold ... and his weekend Twitter adventure
Podcast Episode · StribSports Daily Delivery · 03/10/2025 · 41m
He indicates he is now "calmer and feeling better about life".
To quote Fernando, "You look marvelous."
I agree, Reusse does care about Gopher sports. But his articles have been mostly negative and his few positive articles don’t provide the balance he probably should have to be a very good local sports writer.
Yep, it's a very good column. However, about 90% seem to be written with the goal of never having to get his fat ass out the door. Instead, he'll take a current topic; maybe make a phone call; and then fill the column space by going back 10, 20, 30 ... years. Hell, he still uses crap from his time working in St. Cloud in the 1960's or 70's. It maybe was interesting then, but it sure as hell isn't interesting now. I'm of his age, but I think he now puts in an honest effort on 2-3 columns a year; not a week.This column from Sunday I found to be a very worthwhile read.
I think heading to Stevens Point for this piece on Janel McCarville as a 79 year old does demonstrate he does work hard enough for a 2-3 column per week gig. It does not appear as though it was authored to make people/Gopher fans mad.
Reusse: Gophers basketball legend Janel McCarville brings experience back to her hometown in Wisconsin
Former Gophers star Janel McCarville played professional basketball in eight countries and now brings that experience back to her Wisconsin alma-mater.
Rap is not music - it is bad poetry. If the word "monkey" was shouted multiple times in the "song" he has nothing to worry about.
Out the door? He drove 3 hours one way for that column.
To be fair, he's semi-retired, about to turn 80 and is only contracted to write 2-3 columns per week for the Strib plus a podcast on Mondays to recap weekend events.
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