SPECULATION HELL WHEN IT COMES TO MACHADO

This tweet sums up the entire Manny Machado sweepstakes...

Manny Machado’s barber is the second cousin twice removed of the street cart vendor in the Bronx who sells Aaron Hicks a hot dog before every home game so therefore Machado is signing in NY.
You can’t dispute facts like this.

— Allison Case (@ThatNYYChick) January 6, 2019

The whole thing is insanity, isn't it?  No one knows where Manny will go and you all just have to sit back and wait. And that's it.  No baseball insider knows... if they put out anything... IT'S A GUESS. And here's the best part for them; In the social media world, there is zero concern about getting it right or wrong. It's a cesspool of stories to peak interest and no real source attached. If they get it wrong, they don't lose their job, they aren't reprimanded and they don't have to apologize... it's chaos.
If they get it right, they're the "I called it" guy and they are superstars among their peers.  And you know what I think? It's destroying the world of journalism. It's destroying integrity and respect and the owning solid stories and having pride and character in your work. It's about being first and if they're wrong? Oh well... life goes on. They aren't docked pay... nothing.

That's why I kid about using the words "high industry sources" instead of just "sources". Sounds important... it means the same thing... I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING... but you think I do.

That's why Jon Heyman says "Someone familiar with the situation".  Because that someone could be a real baseball guy or the milkman.  No one knows... and that's how Jon likes it, because it protects him in this loose world of ridiculousness. And Heyman's thinking? People are dumb anyway... they'll click on that. Fact.

And here's the topper of the day... the New York Daily News... and their headline...

"Manny Machado's good friend Jon Jay signs with White Sox, joining Yonder Alonso: reports"

This is a real story folks. And I guess that headline was designed to get Yankee fans crazy, and trust me, it will work!

Photo: Chicago Tribune / Jon Jay

OH MY GOD, JON JAY SIGNED WITH THE WHITE SOX...there goes Manny. It's up for interpretation, and Yankee fans will interpret it as bad... and that's what the paper wants.  They want you to read it. They want you to click it.  Be smart. Don't waste your time!

I'm gonna be honest with you, because I'm an independent thinker... I don't care if Manny plays with the Yankees or the Albuquerque Balloon Knots. Wait to report it and then we'll report it here on BYB.

We have gone insane as a journalistic society.  Twitter is shit now.  Facebook is not much better.  There's no safe place to write good, solid stories and get people really thinking and engaged.

Thank god for our smart, BYB freaks.  You get it.

For now, this is what is known as fact when it comes to Manny Machado... NOTHING.

Carry on.