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'''Bill Madden''' is an [[United States|American]] [[sports journalism|sportswriter]] for the New York ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''. A member of the [[Baseball Writers Association of America]], he has served on the Historical Overview Committee of the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2005#Veterans Committee|2005]], [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2007#Veterans Committee elections|2007]] and [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2008#Veterans Committee elections|2008]], helping to select candidates for the final ballots presented to the [[Veterans Committee]]. Madden grew up in [[New Jersey]], and graduated from [[Bergen Catholic High School]] in [[Oradell, New Jersey|Oradell]]. He was a sportwriter with [[United Press International|UPI]] for nine years before he joined the ''Daily News'' in 1978, and covered the [[New York Yankees]] before becoming a columnist in 1989. He has written the books ''Damned Yankees: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Life With "Boss" Steinbrenner'' (1991, with [[Moss Klein]]), ''Zim - A Baseball Life'' (2001, with [[Don Zimmer]]), ''Pride of October: What it Was to Be Young and a Yankee'' (2003), and ''Bill Madden: My 25 Years Covering Baseball's Heroes, Scoundrels, Triumphs and Tragedies'' (2004), "Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball" (2010). |
'''Bill Madden''' is an [[United States|American]] [[sports journalism|sportswriter]] for the New York ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''. A member of the [[Baseball Writers Association of America]], he has served on the Historical Overview Committee of the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2005#Veterans Committee|2005]], [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2007#Veterans Committee elections|2007]] and [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2008#Veterans Committee elections|2008]], helping to select candidates for the final ballots presented to the [[Veterans Committee]]. Madden grew up in [[New Jersey]], and graduated from [[Bergen Catholic High School]] in [[Oradell, New Jersey|Oradell]]. He was a sportwriter with [[United Press International|UPI]] for nine years before he joined the ''Daily News'' in 1978, and covered the [[New York Yankees]] before becoming a columnist in 1989. He has written the books ''Damned Yankees: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Life With "Boss" Steinbrenner'' (1991, with [[Moss Klein]]), ''Zim - A Baseball Life'' (2001, with [[Don Zimmer]]), ''Pride of October: What it Was to Be Young and a Yankee'' (2003), and ''Bill Madden: My 25 Years Covering Baseball's Heroes, Scoundrels, Triumphs and Tragedies'' (2004), "Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball" (2010). |
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==Controversy== |
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In Madden's December 5, 2009 ''Daily News'' column previewing that year's baseball winter meetings, Madden belittled the [[New York Mets]]' offseason plans with the following paragraph: |
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<blockquote>Did somebody say the Mets? They won't spend the money for Holliday, Bay or Lackey and apparently, they're only interested in signing low-budget Latin players, having shown little or no interest in Byrd, Figgins, DeRosa, Wolf or even Staten Island's Jason Marquis, while waiting for their markets to come to them. At the same time, the Phillies and Braves wasted no time in addressing their needs. Sad.<ref>Madden, Bill. "[http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/2009/12/05/2009-12-05_gentlemen_start_your_wallets_gms_rev_their_engines_with_baseball_winter_meetings.html?page=1#ixzz0Z89AZqOZ Gentlemen start your wallets: GMs rev their engines with winter meetings set for Indy]. <i>New York Daily News</i>. December 5, 2009.</ref></blockquote> |
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A few hours after the column appeared, the online version was edited to delete the word "Latin." |
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Revision as of 20:54, 14 July 2010
Bill Madden is an American sportswriter for the New York Daily News. A member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, he has served on the Historical Overview Committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005, 2007 and 2008, helping to select candidates for the final ballots presented to the Veterans Committee. Madden grew up in New Jersey, and graduated from Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell. He was a sportwriter with UPI for nine years before he joined the Daily News in 1978, and covered the New York Yankees before becoming a columnist in 1989. He has written the books Damned Yankees: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Life With "Boss" Steinbrenner (1991, with Moss Klein), Zim - A Baseball Life (2001, with Don Zimmer), Pride of October: What it Was to Be Young and a Yankee (2003), and Bill Madden: My 25 Years Covering Baseball's Heroes, Scoundrels, Triumphs and Tragedies (2004), "Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball" (2010).
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