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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Thursday, November 05, 2009
If there’s one thing that could bring Keith Olbermann and Sean Hannity together (apart from the occasional CNN-bashing), it’s baseball.
Both cable news stars showed up for Game 6 of the World Series Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.
Olbermann wrote about the game on his MLBlog, where he said of Hannity, “And lastly, a reminder that baseball does erase boundaries. The guy I’m taking a photo of, who’s taking a photo of me - we get along perfectly at the ballpark - less so during our day jobs.”
Mediaite’s Steve Krakauer notes that Hannity pre-taped his 9PM show, while Olbermann’s “Countdown” aired live at 8PM with guest-host Lawrence O’Donnell.
Thanks to Cleo.
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1. Shalimar Posted: November 05, 2009 at 06:59 PM (#3379738)Shooty, Lassus, Teal and Black, snapper friendly at NYC meet-up
DiPerna, Andy, friendly at pool hall in Baltimore
Yes, they really played pool and both, apparently, had a good time (particularly Andy, who loaded up on glaucoma drops and, I have been told, cleaned Ray's clock at the table).
It's not much of a "reportedly" is it? Ray isn't actually shy owning up to the ass-kicking Andy administered.
Andy was playing with four days' rest.
I think that was the one that was sponsored by Kevin.
Yes, they really played pool and both, apparently, had a good time (particularly Andy, who loaded up on glaucoma drops and, I have been told, cleaned Ray's clock at the table).
I think Andy plays in a money league. He is Maryland Slim.
Hannity is supposedly a friendly, easy-to-get-along-with guy off-camera
Before Hannity made it big, he did this radio show in ATL. On April fools, he switched DJ jobs with the DJ crew that did the ALT-Rock format. He came in doing an ultra-conservative schtick (almost after every call, he's say, "That's someone's daughter.") and the alt station troika did a liberalesque call in show on the talk station.
Both broadcasts were hilarious.
Since I can't imbibe anymore, I must admit I've stopped keeping up with all the mixed-drink concoctions people come up with ...
Hannity knows his act is just that, as vile as it may be.
*And to think I indexed & then wrote the instructor's manual for a textbook on local goverment back in early '84!
Are you anywhere near the "big sign at the side of the road"?
Lassus was not there. I hit him with a steel chair while backstage, turning the contest into a handicap match. Shooty fought valiantly against the odds, but all was lost until the lights turned out and pinball made the save.
He later shot snapper and me.
Your US Rep is former Montgomery mayor and Democrat Bobby Bright. Whose votes in the House are virtually indistinguishable from the Republican he replaced, so being apathetic is just about the only option if you live there. Your choices range from far-right to holy-####-my-neck-won't-turn-that-far-right.
But yeah, you sum up nicely just why I make a point of not giving a damn about the local political scene: It's psychic self-defense. This is the only place I've ever lived where large numbers of people are actually open about being Republicans* (not, as you note, that going by the Democratic label in the Deep South actually means anything anyway ... it's like the difference between keeping your Nazi medals hidden away in a jewelry box or flaunting them on your chest; either way, you're still repugnant). It's ####### scary.
*Well, probably that was true in Phoenix, too, but (a) I was a grad student while living there & thus paid little attention & (b) people there are demonstrably both insane & senile, by & large.
Come give me a hug.
(One of my best friends -- he's been known to post here, in fact -- is a Republican, but I try not to think about it, lest I start weeping softly.)
Yes, and photos were posted.
It's different in that it's much less awesome.
There are two Fred Savages?
Bobo Brazil says hello.
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