In the midst of the Barry Bonds - Bob Costas battle of words, the self proclaimed radio/TV Critic for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch had an interesting article in which he was able to interview Costas after Bonds called him a little midget.
The writer's name is Dan Caesar. Caeser sometimes seems to rely too heavily on certain sources for his information which isn't always accurate. For a critic he also seems lacking in his understanding of the radio and TV business. That, or he's frustrated he can't get a broadcast job. But, despite his faults Caesar occasionally comes up with a gem. This one is good.
July 28, 2007
Barry Bonds is a Fool - Part One
Barry Bonds is about to break Hank Aaron's record for most home runs in Major League Baseball. That is a shame. Bonds is one of the biggest cheaters who has ever played professional sports.
Those who know him and work with him have repeatedly said he has used steroids to bulk up and give him the strength he needs to hit for power. He was never a power hitter when he came up to the Big Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates about 20 years ago. But his friends at Balco have helped him hide his use of the illegal substances and Bonds continues to deny usage of them. Come on Barry. Do you really think that anyone outside of your family and friends and the fans of the San Francisco Giants think this is legitimate? Of course it's not. As the old saying goes you can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but never all of the people all of the time. Barry you are a fool.
And now this mental midget has become an even bigger fool. Bob Costas ran a story on HBO this week and interviewed people who know Bonds readily saying he has been taking the junk for years. Bonds responded like the real ass he is by calling Costas a midget who doesn't know squat about the game and never played the game. Yes Sir Barry, you are a real credit to the game. Then after he realized no one would side with him on calling Costas a midget Bond "apologized", but in the same breath called Costas "irresponsible". That's quite the apology from Bonds. Maybe Barry's handlers need to tell him that no one is going to side with him either in calling Costas irresponsible.
Bonds should do the honorable thing and confess he has taken the crap. At least that way the record book can have an asterisk and will reflect that he cheated to get to the home run record. But, then that won't be necessary. Baseball fans and historians will know he was the poster boy of his time for steroid usage.
Those who know him and work with him have repeatedly said he has used steroids to bulk up and give him the strength he needs to hit for power. He was never a power hitter when he came up to the Big Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates about 20 years ago. But his friends at Balco have helped him hide his use of the illegal substances and Bonds continues to deny usage of them. Come on Barry. Do you really think that anyone outside of your family and friends and the fans of the San Francisco Giants think this is legitimate? Of course it's not. As the old saying goes you can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but never all of the people all of the time. Barry you are a fool.
And now this mental midget has become an even bigger fool. Bob Costas ran a story on HBO this week and interviewed people who know Bonds readily saying he has been taking the junk for years. Bonds responded like the real ass he is by calling Costas a midget who doesn't know squat about the game and never played the game. Yes Sir Barry, you are a real credit to the game. Then after he realized no one would side with him on calling Costas a midget Bond "apologized", but in the same breath called Costas "irresponsible". That's quite the apology from Bonds. Maybe Barry's handlers need to tell him that no one is going to side with him either in calling Costas irresponsible.
Bonds should do the honorable thing and confess he has taken the crap. At least that way the record book can have an asterisk and will reflect that he cheated to get to the home run record. But, then that won't be necessary. Baseball fans and historians will know he was the poster boy of his time for steroid usage.
July 23, 2007
MLB and ESPN: The Dynamic Dummies
Once again Major League Baseball has screwed up big time. Bud and the boys made the Atlanta Braves play a night game last evening because it's all about the money. The Braves played an extra inning game with the St. Louis Cardinals that didn't start until eight o'clock local time. The game then lasted three and a half hours.
What's wrong with this you ask? Well for starters the Braves were scheduled months ago to travel cross country to San Francisco after their game with the Cardinals. The game should have started at the regular one o'clock the Braves always play on Sunday. But, noooooo. MLB and ESPN wanted the ratings bang of the Cards and Braves to jack up miserable ratings. So, the Braves now have to start a west coast road trip in which they didn't get to their hotels until the sun was coming up in San Francisco. Great job of screwing the Braves, MLB. Of course ESPN is also to blame since they push Bud and the boys around like they own them, which come to think of it, they pretty much do.
What's wrong with this you ask? Well for starters the Braves were scheduled months ago to travel cross country to San Francisco after their game with the Cardinals. The game should have started at the regular one o'clock the Braves always play on Sunday. But, noooooo. MLB and ESPN wanted the ratings bang of the Cards and Braves to jack up miserable ratings. So, the Braves now have to start a west coast road trip in which they didn't get to their hotels until the sun was coming up in San Francisco. Great job of screwing the Braves, MLB. Of course ESPN is also to blame since they push Bud and the boys around like they own them, which come to think of it, they pretty much do.
July 16, 2007
St. Louis Weekly Shopper aka The Post-Dispatch
Apparently the owners are having a hard time selling their product, so the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is giving money away in effort to make people read their publication.
I got a piece of junk mail today from the Post outlining the rules to it's "Millionaire Money" game. And all I have to do to get some of this hot cash is buy the paper and then wait for them to let me know if I won.
I don't think so. Maybe if the newspaper focused on better local news and sports coverage it might be able to boost it's readership. But, the paper's management apparently doesn't realize it's readers are smarter than they know. As I've written before if the paper wants to improve it needs to start by cleaning house in it's sports department.
Then it needs to start being independent of it's biggest advertisers and do some journalism where the management is willing to back up it's reporters. Maybe then it can stem the loss of readership that has been occurring for years. Sure, the Internet and national media are competitors, but the loss of readership in this market is at a higher rate than other markets around the country. Wake up Post-Dispatch. If you really are a part of the community, as you would have people believe, then it's time to get back to the basics.
I got a piece of junk mail today from the Post outlining the rules to it's "Millionaire Money" game. And all I have to do to get some of this hot cash is buy the paper and then wait for them to let me know if I won.
I don't think so. Maybe if the newspaper focused on better local news and sports coverage it might be able to boost it's readership. But, the paper's management apparently doesn't realize it's readers are smarter than they know. As I've written before if the paper wants to improve it needs to start by cleaning house in it's sports department.
Then it needs to start being independent of it's biggest advertisers and do some journalism where the management is willing to back up it's reporters. Maybe then it can stem the loss of readership that has been occurring for years. Sure, the Internet and national media are competitors, but the loss of readership in this market is at a higher rate than other markets around the country. Wake up Post-Dispatch. If you really are a part of the community, as you would have people believe, then it's time to get back to the basics.
July 14, 2007
Congressional Spam
Congress talks out of both sides of it's collective mouth. We've know this for years. But, I have just received an email from my congressman that is pure unadulterated spam.
My congressman is Russ Carnahan. I emailed him four months ago about a minor issue that I urged him to look into and take action against if he could. Well, I received a form message back from him and that was the end of it. Or, so I thought. But, apparently Carnahan and his buddies who want him re-elected next year decided it was okay to add me and anyone else who has emailed him since he was elected to a spam list.
The message I received was little more than a plug to re-elect Carnahan next year. The subject was something to the effect of "Declare Your Energy Independence". Yeah, right. The article was little more than political rhetoric for Carnahan Maybe Carnahan could save some energy if he stopped flying back and forth from Washington to his St. Louis county home every weekend.
The hypocrisy is that Congress claims it is trying to stop spammers and make it more difficult for these losers to generate this garbage. But, when one of their "advisers" tells them to send these email messages to their constituents it's OK. Well, it's not okay. Knock it off Russ Carnahan and while your at it ask people if they want to be on your mailing list before you start firing this crap out to their email boxes.
My congressman is Russ Carnahan. I emailed him four months ago about a minor issue that I urged him to look into and take action against if he could. Well, I received a form message back from him and that was the end of it. Or, so I thought. But, apparently Carnahan and his buddies who want him re-elected next year decided it was okay to add me and anyone else who has emailed him since he was elected to a spam list.
The message I received was little more than a plug to re-elect Carnahan next year. The subject was something to the effect of "Declare Your Energy Independence". Yeah, right. The article was little more than political rhetoric for Carnahan Maybe Carnahan could save some energy if he stopped flying back and forth from Washington to his St. Louis county home every weekend.
The hypocrisy is that Congress claims it is trying to stop spammers and make it more difficult for these losers to generate this garbage. But, when one of their "advisers" tells them to send these email messages to their constituents it's OK. Well, it's not okay. Knock it off Russ Carnahan and while your at it ask people if they want to be on your mailing list before you start firing this crap out to their email boxes.
July 11, 2007
The Evil Empire strikes again
The "Evil Empire", aka the St.-Louis Post-Dispatch, decided to attack the University of Missouri athletic department again this morning. A student athletes at Mizzou, Kalen Grimes was arrested by the Florissant, Mo police department on assault charges. He was also charged with possession of a fire-arm. No, this is not good.
But, there are literally hundreds of assaults committed in the metropolitan St. Louis area every week. And those assaults are not splashed all over the front page of the publication's sports section. So why the double standard? Because the boys from Baltimore that work in the sports section aren't receiving the special treatment they desire. So, they take it out on the Mizzou athletic department. As I have written before it's too bad the "paper of record" doesn't have competition in the way of print or electronic media in this town.
But, there are literally hundreds of assaults committed in the metropolitan St. Louis area every week. And those assaults are not splashed all over the front page of the publication's sports section. So why the double standard? Because the boys from Baltimore that work in the sports section aren't receiving the special treatment they desire. So, they take it out on the Mizzou athletic department. As I have written before it's too bad the "paper of record" doesn't have competition in the way of print or electronic media in this town.
July 07, 2007
All is well...
Hey everyone, how are you?
I have been incredibly busy for the past few weeks since I last posted. I have a lot of thoughts on what I have seen, but will post those when I have a little more time. In the meantime, Happy Birthday USA and thank you to our troops in Iraq protecting us from Al Queda. See you soon.
I have been incredibly busy for the past few weeks since I last posted. I have a lot of thoughts on what I have seen, but will post those when I have a little more time. In the meantime, Happy Birthday USA and thank you to our troops in Iraq protecting us from Al Queda. See you soon.
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