Len Pastabelly get beat down and exposed at the Skins/Queer

[Zyclone]

game!

Rack Art as this was long over due

http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/show ... p?t=138318

Well guys, some of you may be interested to know sitting next to us in the press box after the game was one ESPN.com writer named Len Pasquarelli. As I was getting my gear ready, I said, "So, Len, not too bad for an ordinary Joe, huh?"

Len was immediately rather upset .

I will tell this story more in detail soon, but, I thought you'd like to know Len HATES you, me, us as Redskin fans. He sees our questions during his chats on ESPN and his exact words were, "I ignore you f@&^#%s." Classic.

He was HIGHLY agitated. Die Hard and I kept trying to diffuse him.

The best part, of course, is, I accidentally recorded it . In retrospect, you never know when a guy might tell a fib about what happened in the press box .

Here's how the story goes

I'm finishing up the blog when Die Hard leans in and whispers to me, "You see the guy next to me. That's Len Pasquarelli." I looked. NO EFFING WAY. Lenny the Hutt is a gigantic squishy belly. This guy was merely a chubby, frail looking, painfully old looking man. He was small in height. Grey, thinning hair. No real resemblance to his ESPN picture. He no longer qualifies as the Hutt. He's now a Grumpy Old Man .

I can't believe it's him to be honest. I pack my stuff up and go to the rest room where I check the audio recorder, accidentally turning it on while putting it into my pocket and walking back to the area. Grabbing my stuff, taking two steps toward Lenny and offering up my opener.

"So, Len, not too bad for an ordinary Joe, huh?"

He looks at my "Washington Redskins team official" badge and quivering a little, fingers it and says, "You work for the Redskins?" said in such a way as to mean, "Suck it." I said, "Not really. Kind of I guess." He said, "What's kind of?" I said I'm just a fan who helps run a fan site and the team lets me come along for the fun.

He said, "You're probably the site that sends all those Redskin fans to my Tuesday chats." I confirmed his suspicion, telling him, "Oh, yeah, you can bet that's us. We hate you man." To which he said, "Well you know what," little shaking hands and eye twitching, mouse like, smug, "I ignore you f@ckers."

Second edit

I laughed. This guy was RILED UP. Then he folds his arms, seems to calm momentarily and asks, "So, tell me. What was the "Ordinary Joe" comment supposed to mean?" I told him, I was just having some fun with him. He said, "Wasn't he ordinary last year?" I said he was substantially below ordinary in my view, but, that wasn't the point of his column. His column was to suggest when Gibbs was done THIS time he would be remembered as an ordinary Joe, NOT just if he struggled early.

That anger came back. "Go back and read it. Go back and read it. I wish you f@ckers would get it right. I never said the game had passed him by." I said, "I never said you did." But, he was on a roll. "I said the counter trey would still work. I said the deep-passing game would still work. I said Dan Snyder would make him fail and he'd be an ordinary Joe. Go back and do a Nessus search. No one inside the beltway can read apparently."

Well, Len, that seems unfair, as we can read, but, perhaps going from a ponderous, squishy lard butt, to a trembling ferret has caused a mental lapse. Next update will include his original story .

Third edit

http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/...joe+pasquarelli

There's a link to his original story. Here's the closing, relevant portion.


Quote:
Maybe we'll be wrong about this but, for the heck of it, here's a bet: Three years from now, the guy who accepted the Redskins job as a Hall of Fame member will be viewed as just another ordinary Joe.



I pointed out the original story was not a one-year time frame, but, a statement that Gibbs would fail OVER time, and when done this time, be remembered differently. I didn't address the flaw in the thinking that a hall of famer would be all that badly viewed even if he couldn't replicate his success. This did penetrate the parchment thin cranium though.

"Well, what's he done now? He's won one playoff game. That's nothing." I kind of giggled. Figuring this had gone on too far. The guy was a loon. I couldn't believe it. I gave him my favorite line. "Hey, look, I just wanted you to know I loved your work when you were with CBS Sportsline. Maybe one day you can be good again."

His left eye twitching, he said, "Maybe one day you can win a Super Bowl again." I said, "There you go. Maybe this year, you know, since we're still playing." To which he revealed greater contempt than I imagined he had. "Not with this coach you won't."

He turned away, but, ego is in him. Then he turned back and said, "What's changed. What's changed since then?" Since Sportsline when he was great? Before I could answer he jumps back in, "I'm a columnist. I offer opinion. Don't I have the right?" I said he sure did, but, the reason, and he interrupted. "Who are you? You're just a fan. Fanatic. A fanatic. Don't you ever offer an opinion." After a bit of spittle, I got to talk.

Sure I do Len, but the difference isn't the opinion, I told him. I said, "The difference is you come off to the reader as a bitter, angry man with an agenda." He shrugged. But I told him I did love his stuff at Sportsline. He was quality then. Money. He said, "Put that on your board then." I told him, in fact, I have. I have been very complimentary of his work at Sportsline and have remarked on the deterioration and told him so.

To which he said, "Do you want to get into it now?" Like debate it, and I told him it's ok. He should come onto the site and do a chat. He'd have fun. He said, "I ignore you f@ckers. I give it right back to you. I see the questions and I just wave them by. They ask if I'll ever talk about the Redskins and I just say no."

Man is bitter.

Fourth update

Die Hard jumped in at one point saying Glazer kind of took his spot as an information provider. Len simply wanted to know if he wrote opinion, as if that should explain away every ridiculous thing he says. Die Hard and I had to keep diffusing his anger the whole time. Laughing, making it light. Jason La Canfora kept looking back to see what was going on. I winked at him at one point. I'm sure this will make for a chilly reception in next week's box from a number of folks who will band together and actually claim this was horrible .

He did wish me well at the end as I walked away. "Good luck being a fan." No luck needed. Just being honest is enough .

These guys HATE fans. It's so weird since they exist because of us.

That's pretty much it with all this.

Bear in mind, this story is told exclusively from memory. Quotes are similar if not precisely right to what happened. This is meant to capture the story without having to transcribe stuff .
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[KUTTER]

I almost read part of that.

[WhatsMyName]

Too bad we can't verify whether this guy is a total fraud or not. If true, Pastabelly is a wretched cunt.

[Red]

Bear in mind, this story is told exclusively from memory. Quotes are similar if not precisely right to what happened. This is meant to capture the story without having to transcribe stuff.

Uh.... riiiiiight.

This guy supposedly has media credentials and he is unwilling to go through the trouble of "transcribing stuff" for accuracy.

Bullshit story.

[G.O.]

Bear in mind, this story is told exclusively from memory. Quotes are similar if not precisely right to what happened. This is meant to capture the story without having to transcribe stuff.

Uh.... riiiiiight.

This guy supposedly has media credentials and he is unwilling to go through the trouble of "transcribing stuff" for accuracy.

Bullshit story.

pasquerellis hatred of the skins and, particularly, joe gibbs (possibly rivaling T REX in the latter category) is well documented, as is his hatred for extremeskins- dude friggin has it out for us.

i dont doubt it.

edit- he did say he recorded it.

[Red]

Bear in mind, this story is told exclusively from memory. Quotes are similar if not precisely right to what happened. This is meant to capture the story without having to transcribe stuff.

Uh.... riiiiiight.

This guy supposedly has media credentials and he is unwilling to go through the trouble of "transcribing stuff" for accuracy.

Bullshit story.

pasquerellis hatred of the skins and, particularly, joe gibbs (possibly rivaling T REX in the latter category) is well documented, as is his hatred for extremeskins- dude friggin has it out for us.

i dont doubt it.

edit- he did say he recorded it.

Boo fucking hoo. Pasquarelli doesn't like the Redskins. Who the fuck cares?

The fact that a journalist "accidentally" turned on his recorder, but didn't want to go back through his tape and transcribe exact quotes tells me this guy is completely full of shit.

[G.O.]

Boo fucking hoo. Pasquarelli doesn't like the Redskins. Who the fuck cares?

you not only clicked the link, you replied. :?

The fact that a journalist "accidentally" turned on his recorder, but didn't want to go back through his tape and transcribe exact quotes tells me this guy is completely full of shit.

he did. read the link.

he cant share the recording, cuz its illegal.

Fla. Stat. ch. 934.03: All parties must consent to the recording or the disclosure of the contents of any wire, oral or electronic communication in Florida. Recording or disclosing without the consent of all parties is a felony, unless the interception is a first offense committed without any illegal purpose, and not for commercial gain, or the communication is the radio portion of a cellular conversation. Such first offenses and the interception of cellular communications are misdemeanors. State v. News-Press Pub. Co., 338 So. 2d 1313 (1976), State v. Tsavaris, 394 So. 2d 418 (1981).

Under the statute, consent is not required for the taping of a non-electronic communication uttered by a person who does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in that communication. See definition of "oral communication," Fla. Stat. ch. 934.02.

Anyone whose communications have been illegally intercepted may recover actual damages or $100 for each day of violation or $1,000, whichever is greater, along with punitive damages, attorney fees and litigation costs. Fla. Stat. ch. 934.10.

[Red]

Boo fucking hoo. Pasquarelli doesn't like the Redskins. Who the fuck cares?

you not only clicked the link, you replied. :?

Doesn't mean I care what someone thinks about the Redskins. Please tell me what difference it makes how a journalist feels about your team?

The fact that a journalist "accidentally" turned on his recorder, but didn't want to go back through his tape and transcribe exact quotes tells me this guy is completely full of shit.

he did. read the link.

he cant share the recording, cuz its illegal.

Fla. Stat. ch. 934.03: All parties must consent to the recording or the disclosure of the contents of any wire, oral or electronic communication in Florida. Recording or disclosing without the consent of all parties is a felony, unless the interception is a first offense committed without any illegal purpose, and not for commercial gain, or the communication is the radio portion of a cellular conversation. Such first offenses and the interception of cellular communications are misdemeanors. State v. News-Press Pub. Co., 338 So. 2d 1313 (1976), State v. Tsavaris, 394 So. 2d 418 (1981).

Under the statute, consent is not required for the taping of a non-electronic communication uttered by a person who does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in that communication. See definition of "oral communication," Fla. Stat. ch. 934.02.

Anyone whose communications have been illegally intercepted may recover actual damages or $100 for each day of violation or $1,000, whichever is greater, along with punitive damages, attorney fees and litigation costs. Fla. Stat. ch. 934.10.

Yeah, I read the part where he says he accidentally turned on the recorder (which makes him look like an even bigger idiot, btw). I still say this is a complete fabrication.

There is a reason journalists have those little recorders and it's not just so they can take people's quotes and use them out of context. It's for the sake of accuracy and any journalist worth a shit will take the time to use exact quotes if they have them and they are so damaging.

Doesn't mean he needs to share the recording, but for him to say

Quotes are similar if not precisely right to what happened. This is meant to capture the story without having to transcribe stuff .

blows his credibility out of the water.

[G.O.]

blade, who runs the site, said later in the thread that he edited the original post to make sure the info was correct, but it doesnt say that in the original post. its on page 15 or something among other pages.

skins fans care about pastabelly cuz he is always slamming the team, just like any fan gets pissed when their team gets dissed. (nice rhyme)

lenny and peter king also keep voting against monk being in the HOF- a mortal sin to skins fans, among others.

[Mississippi Neck]

lenny and peter king also keep voting against monk being in the HOF- a mortal sin to skins fans, among others.

Then for that reason alone, he's an idiot.

[G.O.]

lenny and peter king also keep voting against monk being in the HOF- a mortal sin to skins fans, among others.

Then for that reason alone, he's an idiot.

you and DF are agreeing with me way too much for my taste

seriously, after this season, philly fan and giants fan (not from this board) are the worst by far.

[BBMarley]

lenny and peter king also keep voting against monk being in the HOF- a mortal sin to skins fans, among others.

Then for that reason alone, he's an idiot.

Second that!

I may hate the Skins, Giants and Boys- but I am a football fan as well- so can respect players for their talent- even if they are on teams I hate.

Saying Monk doesn't belong in the NFL just proves the M2s they are...

[G.O.]

lenny and peter king also keep voting against monk being in the HOF- a mortal sin to skins fans, among others.

Then for that reason alone, he's an idiot.

Second that!

I may hate the Skins, Giants and Boys- but I am a football fan as well- so can respect players for their talent- even if they are on teams I hate.

Saying Monk doesn't belong in the NFL just proves the M2s they are...

i take back almost all the bad things i said about philly fan.

[BBMarley]

i take back almost all the bad things i said about philly fan.

Just like other cities- we have our fans of the team- then fans of the sport. The media makes it look like we are all rabid philly only people- but alot of Philly fans are very well educated about other teams and respect them- while they may boo them because they play against our teams.

[G.O.]

i take back almost all the bad things i said about philly fan.

Just like other cities- we have our fans of the team- then fans of the sport. The media makes it look like we are all rabid philly only people- but alot of Philly fans are very well educated about other teams and respect them- while they may boo them because they play against our teams.

i grew up outside scranton (insert laughter here). my first baseball game was a phillies game circa 1981.

too bad mike schmidt turned out to be a dick. i used to idolize that guy.

of course, philly fan saying clintons mom deserved beer poured on her doesnt help the rep.....

[BBMarley]

i grew up outside scranton (insert laughter here). my first baseball game was a phillies game circa 1981.

too bad mike schmidt turned out to be a dick. i used to idolize that guy.

of course, philly fan saying clintons mom deserved beer poured on her doesnt help the rep.....

Deserved? no... Expected- Yes.