Sometimes media types (myself included) are spoiled. We are spoon-fed quite a bit. You might even say we are spoiled on a basic level. What I mean by that is we are given prime seats to games so we can cover them; we are provided food (usually good except at Providence) and in return we are expected to report the news. Some "journalists" think news is defined by whatever their agenda is and not what is happening. I don't like this element of my profession.

But then there are times when the environment we work in is less than. Again, see Providence's ham fried rice, or like today at MSG, Because there is a doubleheader, seating is at a premium. And so is food.

You'd think the folks at MSG would be better prepared for a larger media contingent, but they weren't. They were also more than ready to charge the media $8 to eat. Of course they claim the $8 is going to benefit the children of New York. I am also sure it will be under the guise of a donation by the Dolan family, which has systematically destroyed the Knicks with bonehead signings and hirings. But that's another story.

Then we can go back to the writers, who despite knowing seating in the work room is limited, show up an hour before tip off and then are insensed they don't have a seat.

I suppose the late bird gets the worm.