The Mauer Coverage: Today's Front Pages
by Jon Marthaler on Mar 22, 2010 11:26 AM EDT
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PrintJoe Mauer is big news. After the jump, a very large image, showing the front pages of today's big Minnesota papers: the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, St. Cloud Times, Duluth News-Tribune, and Mankato Free Press. (All images from newseum.org.)
Quick analysis:
- The Pioneer Press played the story the biggest, devoting more than half the front page to the Mauer story.
- The Star Tribune came in second, with a large red "MAUER STAYS" tease above the fold and above the headline, followed by a front-page story below the fold. The health-care bill knocked the story down a notch, whereas the Pioneer Press ran the two side-by-side.
- Up in Duluth, the UMD women's hockey team's national championship was the above-the-fold news, though Mauer got a large front-page picture and story (and dwarfed coverage of health care).
- The St. Cloud Times chose to lead with the SCSU men's hockey team's draw for the upcoming NCAA tournament, and devoted much of the rest of the front page to health care (though Mauer did get front-page billing.)
- Down in Mankato, the Free Press had no front-page story, though they did put a photo of Mauer above the headline.
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I assume...
…that the London Times-Picayune led with Sir Edward Cobblestwat IV’s wicked googly. As it should have.
by RandBall's Stu on Mar 22, 2010 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
love it!
great graphic and interesting to see. i’m hoping i can find this press conference somewhere tonight… also, i thought for sure i’d be able to get back to work once mauer was signed, but now i am compulsively checking every sports website and blog to get reactions. it’s a great day for baseball!!
Lame
Seeing the Free Press frontpage makes me not want to be from Mankato. How could a Mauer story not make the frontpage but a story on Rasmussen diversity does…
Much as
Much as I love to look at the Pinoneer Press front page more than the others, the health insurance bill just demands bigger billing, don’t know what they were thinking over in St Paul (but I rarely do).
Really, quite a huge newsday yesterday. Two very long developing stories breaking at the same time…
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
I'd agree if...
On one hand, the bill is a bigger deal in politics, but on the other hand it’s not like it was passed into law yesterday. It took a big step but it’s not done. I think the Pioneer Press got it right, the health care bill will be on the front page again…multiple times. Give Mauer his day IMO.
p.s. It’s not like the health care bill is off the front page. It’s still on there, and the same size article, just with no pictures. At least it isn’t the Duluth news that has college hockey over both.
One the one hand
It WAS a national championship.
On the other, it was WOMEN’s college hockey.
by z-squad on Mar 23, 2010 12:21 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Nathan is not on any of those covers
Who’d a thunk it?
"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot
The Strib has a small blurb in the top right-hand corner.
Just to throw a wet blanket on the whole thing, I guess.
by Jon Marthaler on Mar 22, 2010 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
The fact that Mauer signed and Healthcare passed on a Sunday
March 21 must be observed annually as the Day of the Enlightenment.
The 2009 Pregame Picks Winner and Iron Man of Halos Heaven.com
... or a day of extreme mixed feelings
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
While I happen to agree...
…I don’t like to get politics in my baseball. There’s lots of places to discuss HCR — I know, I spend loads of time at them — so let’s keep the sports talk unsullied by talk of the real world.
http://www.realityfish.com
by Robin G on Mar 22, 2010 3:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
So...
What sort of health coverage do you think Mauer will get under his new? ;o)
"I couldn't do that. Could you do that? Why can they do it? Who are those guys?"
You've
You’ve heard of these supposed “gold plated plans,” right?
Well, Mauer’s plan is something more like “hope diamond encrusted.” it’s a diamond, covered in MORE diamonds…
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
Lol, it's like a Reese's commercial
“You got politics in my baseball!” “You got baseball in my politics!”
Unlike Reese’s, however, these two things do not go great together.
It’s like mixing filet mignon and cow feces.
Filet Mingon and Cow Feces
Since I happen to love both politics and baseball, and am probably/hopefully going to end up devoting my life to one or the other, I think it’s actually like Filet Mignon and Lobster, except instead of going together as the most amazing and expensive combo on any menu, they usually start fighting with one another and spill your Manhatten all over your date’s cocktail dress.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
More like white wine and red meat.
Tasty on their own, great paired with other things, but awful together.
http://www.realityfish.com
Ok
Ok, that’s a more artful analogy…
but I still like mine because of the image of a little cooked lobster and a steak fighting kung fu style, crashing through the garlic mashed potatoes and sauteed vegetables.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
I think the only solution is for Nick Punto to run for office
We can all support that. First, it gets him out of baseball – we can all get behind that. Second, no matter which party you support, it would be hilarious. Imagine the headlines:
“Punto says health care bill lacks grit” (if he ran as a Republican)
“Punto praises health care bill for ‘getting after it’” (if he ran as a Democrat)
“Punto slides headfirst into his desk, misses health care vote due to injury” (if he was either party)
by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Mar 22, 2010 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Better Yet
“Nick Punto proposes new healthcare plan: nation will lower healthcare costs by 650% by increasing personal fitness through continuous ‘getting after it’”
Now THAT’S Punto we can believe in…
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
Is it just me
Or does anyone else think 7pm (6 central) is a weird time for this presser? It’s too late for the 6pm (EDT) sportscenter, it puts more pressure on the print guys (though they should have plenty of time to file).
I would think this would be an early afternoon thing. That way, ESPN could carry it live, plus do a story for SC.
by Eric in Madison on Mar 22, 2010 6:28 PM EDT reply actions
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