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Newsday: Best: Suzyn Waldman on Roger Clemens, one year later

You mean it was a year ago already…that Waldman read for the lead in The Hazel Court Story?

Twelve months later, is Waldman shocked by what has unfolded in the life of Roger Clemens?

“Nothing shocks me anymore,” she said on a rare day off yesterday. “The only thing that has surprised me and disappointed me is the glee with which people are going after Roger.

“I think the more people accomplish, the bigger people are, the more excited people are to bring them down, and there’s a real feeding frenzy on this man.”

...Of course, Waldman is not as visible as Clemens, but last year, she absorbed criticism and ridicule both for her reaction to Clemens’ return and for shedding tears after Joe Torre’s final game.

“The only thing that surprises me about anything that happens is the glee with which people are dealing with this venom,” she said. “It surprised me last year when it happened to me.”

Repoz Posted: May 06, 2008 at 02:57 PM | 37 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: May 06, 2008 at 03:58 PM (#2770678)

“The only thing that surprises me about anything that happens is the glee with which people are dealing with this venom,” she said. “It surprised me last year when it happened to me.”

I have to admit, I thought Waldman's reaction to Clemens was a perfect moment for revelling in unadulterated snark. And no, I don't feel bad about it, even in hindsight. The announcers I admire would never have succumbed to that kind of rah rah hysteria. In hindsight, I wish I had revelled longer and more raucously in my snark. I don't blame her for crying about Torre, it was the Clemens BS that got to me.

2. The Kids Are Enright (1k5v3L)

Posted: May 06, 2008 at 04:01 PM (#2770683)

"YOU DON'T (gargle) HAALF TA WORRRRRRY ABUT WHOSE WHGOONNA TAAAAKE THAT SPOUUUUUT IN THA ROTATTTATION."

http://podcast.wcbs880.com/wcbs/707966.mp3

3. The Kids Are Enright (1k5v3L)

Posted: May 06, 2008 at 04:09 PM (#2770692)

As long as she's not going after Roger with glee.

4. Justin 'The Cespedobear' T Posted: May 06, 2008 at 04:09 PM (#2770695)

Today's word of the day is "glee".

5. The Wilpons Must Go (Tom D) Posted: May 06, 2008 at 04:12 PM (#2770699)

The Yankees jumped the shark on 5/6/07. It was the day yankee tradition met the WWE.

6. Cooperstown Schtick Posted: May 06, 2008 at 04:20 PM (#2770709)

There's only one thing that surprises me. And won't I be surprised when I find out what that is.

7. themendozaline Posted: May 06, 2008 at 04:23 PM (#2770713)

Damn she's an annoying cun+.

8. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: May 06, 2008 at 04:32 PM (#2770723)

There's only one thing that surprises me. And won't I be surprised when I find out what that is.

BL and Steve Treder: actually the same guy. True story!

9. Jim (jimmuscomp) Posted: May 06, 2008 at 04:33 PM (#2770724)

Yowza, living legend - even I cringed at that.

10. Jolly Old St. Neck Wound, Moral Idiot

Posted: May 06, 2008 at 04:38 PM (#2770737)

There's only one thing that surprises me. And won't I be surprised when I find out what that is.

BL and Steve Treder: actually the same guy. True story!

Nieporent and Retardo: Too good to be true.

11. Designated Sitter (GGC) Posted: May 06, 2008 at 04:39 PM (#2770739)

Shredder and Chief Wahoo

12. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: May 06, 2008 at 04:40 PM (#2770740)

Yeah, the c--t word is for rare occasions. Very rare. Cooze seems much softer for some reason. I'd say the S.W.-Roger Clemens episode was more coozy than c---y.

13. Mister High Standards Posted: May 06, 2008 at 04:40 PM (#2770741)

Dear Suzyn.
1. Learn to spell your name correctly.
2. This is a byproduct of hero worship. If you don't want people to celebrate with glee over the failures of your hero's, internalize the worshiping.

14. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: May 06, 2008 at 05:04 PM (#2770761)

I'd say the S.W.-Roger Clemens episode was more coozy than c---y.

But more twatty than coozy.

15. SoSH U at work Posted: May 06, 2008 at 05:14 PM (#2770771)

But more twatty than coozy.

How snatchy was it?

16. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: May 06, 2008 at 05:14 PM (#2770772)

“Nothing shocks me anymore,” she said on a rare day off yesterday. “The only thing that has surprised me and disappointed me is the glee with which people are going after Roger.

Read this again...So, she's not shocked Roger's trainer would show up at a congressional hearing with a beer can full of syringes and that a country music star would admit to starting a relationship with RC when she was 15 years old--15!, and that she, the 15 year old, was just one of many women he had stashed all over the country, though at least he was nice enough to, you know, meet the families of his mistresses and all so they knew he was on the up and up with being on the down low. None of that surprises her, which makes me wonder why she was so excited about having Roger back in the first place. Finally, the world's biggest jackass is a Yankee again! Hurray!

But more twatty than coozy.

Yeah. Maybe 65% twatty and 35% coozy. I'm liking this recipe!

17. Rich Posted: May 06, 2008 at 05:34 PM (#2770789)

The only thing that has surprised me is that Schadenfreude is unfamiliar to her.

18. Backlasher

Posted: May 06, 2008 at 05:38 PM (#2770791)

which makes me wonder why she was so excited about having Roger back in the first place.

was just one of many women he had stashed all over the country,

Hmm.

19. Rich Posted: May 06, 2008 at 05:47 PM (#2770802)

In light of the current um, grooming habits of most women, I'm not sure that calling it bush is still accurate.

20. Frisco Cali Posted: May 06, 2008 at 05:50 PM (#2770804)

I'll let you pet my dog if I can pet your kitty.

21. The Kids Are Enright (1k5v3L)

Posted: May 06, 2008 at 06:06 PM (#2770820)

which makes me wonder why she was so excited about having Roger back in the first place.

was just one of many women he had stashed all over the country,

Hmm.

Suzyn is too old for Roger.

22. Cooperstown Schtick Posted: May 06, 2008 at 06:21 PM (#2770841)

Goodness gracious, this hoo-hah has gone way over-the-top juvenile. Maybe I'm just an old coot, but I really find this barely tangenital to the story.

23. outl13r Posted: May 06, 2008 at 06:31 PM (#2770852)

bearded clam, beaver, bush, camel toe, cunny, cun+
box, front bottom UK, fanny (UK, Australian, NZ)
gash, kebab (UK), kitty, minge UK, muff, poontang
pu$$y, quim, slit, snapper, snatch, trim, +wat

And courtesy of the Bloodhound Gang: hatchet wound, fiddle cove, ham wallet, oyster ditch, pudding hatch, gut locker, b itch wrinkle, yippee bog and squish mitten.

24. Joe Bivens, Idiot Posted: May 06, 2008 at 06:32 PM (#2770853)

That's a pretty good indication that the story has no legs.

Edit...this is for 25

25. The Polish Sausage Racer Posted: May 06, 2008 at 06:34 PM (#2770856)

Makes me want to dip into the lunch bucket.

26. flournoy Posted: May 06, 2008 at 06:45 PM (#2770864)

fanny (UK, Australian, NZ)

Hey, is that why the ultra-cool fashion accessory is called a "fanny pack?" I had always wondered about that, since its location isn't really on someone's ass.

27. JMM Posted: May 06, 2008 at 07:32 PM (#2770917)

In light of the current um, grooming habits of most women, I'm not sure that calling it bush is still accurate.

Landing strip....

kebab (UK),

Even though they are from New Zealand, this puts a whole new spin on them sharing a kebab with the most beautiful girl the FotC had ever seen with a kebab.

28. PreservedFish Posted: May 06, 2008 at 07:39 PM (#2770925)

Hey, is that why the ultra-cool fashion accessory is called a "fanny pack?"

I learned from an episode of The Office that what we call a "fanny pack" is, in the UK, called a "bum bag."

29. JMM Posted: May 06, 2008 at 07:43 PM (#2770936)

Hey, is that why the ultra-cool fashion accessory is called a "fanny pack?" I had always wondered about that, since its location isn't really on someone's ass.

Granted, a lot of people wear them on the from now, but actually, they were originally intended to be worn on the ass, off the tradition of men keeping their wallets in their back pockets, etc.

30. bunyon Posted: May 06, 2008 at 07:50 PM (#2770947)

So, she's OK with Roger poppin' the cherry on her 15 year old then?

I've seen nothing that indicates she was a virgin when their relationship began.

31. flournoy Posted: May 06, 2008 at 07:51 PM (#2770948)

I can see why that didn't stick, as that leaves the wearer prone to pocket-pickers (fanny pickers, anyway...), and isn't conducive to sitting in a chair.

32. AndrewJ Posted: May 06, 2008 at 11:14 PM (#2771133)

Suzyn Waldman's surprise and excitement lit up the radio waves that day, and spent the ensuing year echoing through the canyons of the Internet.

1) Urge strikes to make obvious crude "canyon" double-entendre.

2) Urge successfully resisted.

33. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: May 06, 2008 at 11:22 PM (#2771141)

There's something fishy about this whole thread.

34. RMc is the loyal supporter of the MLB event Posted: May 06, 2008 at 11:22 PM (#2771143)

Suzyn Waldman on Roger Clemens

Now there's an image I didn't need in my head.

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