Avoiding The Blurbstomp – Third Time’s The Harm
April 6, 2023 | Avoiding the Blurbstomp, Featured | 9 Commentsby: C.A. James
We’re focusing on the phrase “slammed the door” for this blurb. My knee-jerk reaction (while I am mostly a jerk, my knee is especially so) was that I couldn’t remember that idiom used for a non-save situation, especially on Rotoworld. I googled NBC Sports Edge and “slam the door” because I have problems, and decided the first 15 baseball-related searches would serve as a decent sample. Every single mention of the door-related phrase described a save, usually one made in emphatic fashion, or questioned a closer’s ability to slam said door.
One can take this information and manipulate your league mates to your heart’s content. Propose a trade and mention Robertson as the Mets closer. They’ll read the blurb, and see the phrase “slammed the door.” Their lizard brain uncoils and stiffens, pert and alert, regardless if the rest of the blurb is conjecture.
Please, blog, may I have some more?
