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Barry Bonds used steroids...yawn. I can't think of anyone who's surprised, except maybe Barry himself. He's the only one who's been living in denial. OK, that's overstating it slightly. Barry and a handful of Barry apologists are living in denial, the handful making their voices and ignorance heard on sports talk radio around the country. I hear them and shake my head. With each voice, I harken back to Bugs. "What a maroon." Each in turn saying Barry is getting a bad rap because he's black where Mark McGuire gets a pass because he's white. No, Barry gets a bad rap, admittedly, but not because he's black. It's because he's an ass. 'Roid rage, perhaps? McGuire gets a pass because he's not playing anymore, and he's not on anyone's radar screen. Besides, most of this steroid crap exploded after he was gone, for all intents and purposes. No, it doesn't make him any less guilty. If he was playing now and being the same kind of tool Barry Bonds is, he'd be getting crucified too.
The World Baseball Classic, Mike Piazza is playing for...Italy??? That's sorta like me playing for Italy, since my dad came over on the boat, except for the L.O.F.T factor. I actually spent a few weeks there when I was in the Navy. Maybe Mike did too.
Oh, have you heard? Barry Bonds used steroids. He got ratted out by his girlfriend, who he took to St. Louis with him on a road trip, right after he got married.
Lex and Terry are moving to Dallas. It's about time someone swept out the trash. Lex Staley was the station manager of Rock 105 (a local J'ville radio station) when I moved here in '87. He's worked at the station pretty much since then in several capacities, finally doing the morning show in the early 90's (and ever since) with his buddy Terry...which has a loyal syndicated following. For those of you who've never had the pleasure, it's like Jerry Springer on radio, where you drive to the lowest common denominator and get everyone involved to make asses of themselves live on the air, and if they heard that description, Lex and Terry would give it a thumbs up and be happy to be mentioned in the same run-on sentence with Springer. We're not talking award winning radio. We're talking about the radio equivalent of a train wreck and banking on an audience that can't stop watching, or listening. They moved to Dallas in the 90's and then moved back, although Rock 105 always carried the show, no matter where they physically were. Then they had a big falling out last year, Lex and Terry moved to another local station, and now are moving back to Dallas. Good luck with 'em Texas. I certainly won't miss 'em. The show got stale around the turn of the century and spiraled down from there in my opinion. On the off chance that I surf through it anymore, it's for all of 5 minutes and that's all I can take. They'll still be on the air here, but at least the local TV commercials will cease and desist.
News flash...Barry Bonds used steroids. His excuse...if McGuire can do it, I can too.
Baseball practice for the Braves - it's split into an hour on the field and an hour in the batting cages. The youngster spent the entire hour in the field at second. We'll see if he occupies the same real estate come game time.
This just in...Barry Bonds used steroids. In a piece of perfect timing, Law and Order ran a show last night where a high school kid beats up a female friend of his, and the kid's father then wails on him at his trial. The excuse for both beatings...'roid rage.
All the movies up for best picture at the Oscars, combined, grossed less than the last Star Wars flick. How's that for Hollywood telling us what we should like? Maybe it's just a function of getting older and caring less, but I think the relevance of the Oscars these days is less about what movie wins what awards, and more about answering the eternal red carpet question, "What are you wearing?" In a pre-ocsars interview, Serena Williams was asked who her favorite actor was. Her answer? "Philip Semen Hoffman." Serena also reportedly had a pre-oscars cocktail....emphasis on the...never mind. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance expressed their disappointment that the Broke-butt Cowboys didn't win best picture, saying Hollywood just wasn't "ready" for that kind of picture. Excuse me? Hollywood wasn't "ready"? Hollywood was the force behind shoving it down the rest of America's throats. Hollywood was telling us all how great it was, even if half of Hollywood apparently never saw it. If anyone was "ready", it was Hollywood. OK, it's not the first time America ignored Hollywood's opinion. Take note Babs Streisand, anyone named Sheen or Baldwin, and Jane Fonda. Personally I don't think it's a matter of being "ready". It would be like being "ready" to take your NyQuil before going to bed with a cold. The stuff is awful, no matter how "ready" you may be. It's either something you don't wanna see or...apathy. I mean really, who gives a cowboy's ass? Ooops, under the circumstances, forget I asked.
Oh, speaking of forgetting...before I forget...Barry Bonds used steroids.
The World Baseball Classic, Mike Piazza is playing for...Italy??? That's sorta like me playing for Italy, since my dad came over on the boat, except for the L.O.F.T factor. I actually spent a few weeks there when I was in the Navy. Maybe Mike did too.
Oh, have you heard? Barry Bonds used steroids. He got ratted out by his girlfriend, who he took to St. Louis with him on a road trip, right after he got married.
Lex and Terry are moving to Dallas. It's about time someone swept out the trash. Lex Staley was the station manager of Rock 105 (a local J'ville radio station) when I moved here in '87. He's worked at the station pretty much since then in several capacities, finally doing the morning show in the early 90's (and ever since) with his buddy Terry...which has a loyal syndicated following. For those of you who've never had the pleasure, it's like Jerry Springer on radio, where you drive to the lowest common denominator and get everyone involved to make asses of themselves live on the air, and if they heard that description, Lex and Terry would give it a thumbs up and be happy to be mentioned in the same run-on sentence with Springer. We're not talking award winning radio. We're talking about the radio equivalent of a train wreck and banking on an audience that can't stop watching, or listening. They moved to Dallas in the 90's and then moved back, although Rock 105 always carried the show, no matter where they physically were. Then they had a big falling out last year, Lex and Terry moved to another local station, and now are moving back to Dallas. Good luck with 'em Texas. I certainly won't miss 'em. The show got stale around the turn of the century and spiraled down from there in my opinion. On the off chance that I surf through it anymore, it's for all of 5 minutes and that's all I can take. They'll still be on the air here, but at least the local TV commercials will cease and desist.
News flash...Barry Bonds used steroids. His excuse...if McGuire can do it, I can too.
Baseball practice for the Braves - it's split into an hour on the field and an hour in the batting cages. The youngster spent the entire hour in the field at second. We'll see if he occupies the same real estate come game time.
This just in...Barry Bonds used steroids. In a piece of perfect timing, Law and Order ran a show last night where a high school kid beats up a female friend of his, and the kid's father then wails on him at his trial. The excuse for both beatings...'roid rage.
All the movies up for best picture at the Oscars, combined, grossed less than the last Star Wars flick. How's that for Hollywood telling us what we should like? Maybe it's just a function of getting older and caring less, but I think the relevance of the Oscars these days is less about what movie wins what awards, and more about answering the eternal red carpet question, "What are you wearing?" In a pre-ocsars interview, Serena Williams was asked who her favorite actor was. Her answer? "Philip Semen Hoffman." Serena also reportedly had a pre-oscars cocktail....emphasis on the...never mind. The Gay and Lesbian Alliance expressed their disappointment that the Broke-butt Cowboys didn't win best picture, saying Hollywood just wasn't "ready" for that kind of picture. Excuse me? Hollywood wasn't "ready"? Hollywood was the force behind shoving it down the rest of America's throats. Hollywood was telling us all how great it was, even if half of Hollywood apparently never saw it. If anyone was "ready", it was Hollywood. OK, it's not the first time America ignored Hollywood's opinion. Take note Babs Streisand, anyone named Sheen or Baldwin, and Jane Fonda. Personally I don't think it's a matter of being "ready". It would be like being "ready" to take your NyQuil before going to bed with a cold. The stuff is awful, no matter how "ready" you may be. It's either something you don't wanna see or...apathy. I mean really, who gives a cowboy's ass? Ooops, under the circumstances, forget I asked.
Oh, speaking of forgetting...before I forget...Barry Bonds used steroids.
John put this out here at 8:35 AM
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The only hate mail I've ever written was to Lex and Terry. They were the morning show stars on rock 103.5 about ...hmm...4 or 5 yrs ago. On the way from doing an errand one morning, I listened in and they got a guy to break up with his girlfriend on the air. It broke her heart and they laughed at her pain....I was so furious. I imagine they laughed at my letter too...but its ok...I called the station to complain and bombarded them with letters. They axed Lex and Terry a few months later and got Howard Stern for a while... not much better but at least he didn't make young girls cry on the air...in private..well, that could be another thing. :D
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