Skip to Content

Pat Borzi

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Commenter for
5 years 22 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 11/15/10 at 12:20 pm in response to Plans for fast passenger rail between the Twin Cities and Chicago hit a few big speed bumps

As a frequent traveler originally from the Northeast, I side with Mr. Schulze. Mr. Swift makes the same cut-and-paste argument he always does, changing only the price (which keeps rising), and presuming the airline's timetable is the only investment in time. You can't ignore what happens on both ends -- getting to MSP 90 minutes early to clear security, and the hour-plus it can take to get from O'Hare or Midway to downtown. So the actual "running" time for a Chicago flight is 31/2 hours,...

Posted on 10/12/10 at 11:49 am in response to Local media: Why we didn't report Deadspin's sexting allegations against Favre

FYI: The Post didn't specifically send Costello here for Favre. He was already in town covering the Twins-Yankees playoff series. Favre's press conference was early enough for Costello to scoot down there, ask what needed to be asked, and get back for the game.

Posted on 10/11/10 at 08:57 am in response to Will the New York Post entice local freelancer to 'go out to a house in Eden Prairie'?

BTW: This is certainly not standard operating procedure with any newspaper I've worked for, as a staffer or freelancer. I don't know how the supermarket rags do it. Anyone who does take this gig out ought to ask for $300 or $400 a day, since they're clearly desperate and too cheap to fly somebody out here. Everything's negotiable.

Posted on 10/06/10 at 03:27 pm in response to Randy Moss memories: The story behind 'Straight Cash, Homey'

What, "Dana's photographer" doesn't have a name? That's rude. The shooter was out there freezing with the rest of us. (I was one of several print reporters who waited out Moss that day and followed him to his car, along with this TV crew.)

Posted on 10/03/10 at 01:37 pm in response to Ken Burns needs at least one more 'Inning' to cover the story he missed on nation's diehard baseball fans

Gregory: Ken Burns had an earlier series, "Baseball," that dealt with a lot of the historical elements you mentioned.

To all: Keep in mind that Burns lives in New Hampshire, part of the so-called Red Sox Nation and the state that produced Carlton Fisk. It's no coincidence that the Sox, after going 80-something years without a world championship, figure prominently in the latest installment.

Posted on 08/16/10 at 02:06 pm in response to First-time triathlete Judi Laurence is living proof of her kitchen-table sign: 'Determination'

Judi did indeed finish, in one hour, 53 minutes and 15 seconds. She was No. 580 out of 872 finishers, according to the event web site.

Posted on 08/05/10 at 05:04 pm in response to Central Corridor focuses on neighborhood aspirations -- but it needs a better name

SMART. I like it -- short, catchy, easy to remember, like BART in San Francisco. But a buck says some nimrod in Minneapolis will balk at St. Paul getting top billing.

BTW: A direct line from downtown St. Paul to the airport should be mandatory.

Posted on 08/05/10 at 04:51 pm in response to Don't fall for the latest Brett Favre retirement rumor

Cathie: As you probably realize by now, "the media" did not make up this story. It came from the Vikings themselves. I've never heard that Favre story about retirement at age 30, and I thought I knew them all. I'd love to see a link if you've got one.

Tay: As I sit here now, I vote for master manipulator. With a couple of texts, and without even showing up for work, he got his bosses to offer him a nearly 20 percent raise. Try that with your boss and see what happens.

And J.J...

Posted on 07/20/10 at 11:21 am in response to Wasted time on transit? Think again

Robert Caro's Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Power Broker, about Robert Moses's dynastic stronghold on transportation growth in greater New York City, illustrates a point Mr. deFiebre alludes to. Every time Moses opened a new bridge or highway to alleviate traffic, within weeks it was as choked with cars as every other bridge and roadway. Why? Because it encouraged more people to drive.

A one-dimensional transportation solution simply does not work. Some will drive regardless,...

Posted on 07/15/10 at 07:20 pm in response to Twins hitter Jim Thome is always at the ready, thanks to his 'high maintenance' approach

Check that: Morneau last played July 7 (the Twins had it wrong in their game notes), so they'll backdate him to the 8th and he can be activated on the 23rd. If he's ready.