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El Pres Declares State of Emergency: Deletes UB's Blog
People may or may not have noticed that I deleted one of UB’s blogs just a couple minutes ago. And shockingly it wasn’t because it was a porno. Nope it was the blog that asked people to rate Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo. Here is an excerpt from his blog;
Remy and Donny O are kind of like those dorks in high school who used to have their own show on the local cable access channel. The only problem is, everyone wants to watch their show. Is there any thing more annoying during a Sox game then the annual "laughing too hard to call the game" segment. It normally happens around the 6th inning and is maddening when they happen to be losing at the time.
Now I have no problem with UB not liking Remy and Orsillo. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. But his remarks are so contrary to popular opinion that I worried it would effect the Stool’s credibility. I mean comparing Jerry Remy to a dork in High School with a local cable access channel? That’s insane. If I read that on a different blog I would dismiss that person as wack job with an agenda. So I did what I thought I had to do for the sake of the Stool. I deleted it. I didn’t want to do it, but I felt like I had no choice. Some may say we’re one step closer to fascism now but I don’t care. My job is to protect and serve the well being of the Stool and today I think I did that.
So here is the new question for Stoolies. Forget ranking Orsillo and Remy because we already know everybody likes them and let’s rank whether I was within my rights to delete UB’s post.
1 for no 10 for yes
ahem, that should read "writers"
Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do. I'm with you el pres. Regardless, UB is still great.
As the first person to wish that UB stopped posting pictures of random celebrities for no reason (i.e. why I can't go on the blog at work anymore), let me be the first to say that I 100% agree with him on this.
I wish they'd bring back Sean McDonough.
well within reason, UB was so far off base with this one its not even funny. I love the laughing fits. good thing UB has a solid body of work to fall back on because this seems awfully close to Justin Rebello's anti-24 agenda. plus you're El Presidente anyway which suggests some sort of Latin American dictator which mean you could have UB shot by the firing squad if you wanted.
Paul, it was a tough call. And maybe the right decision would have been just to post a blog on top of the blog. But leaders need to make snap judgements and I did that. Unfortunatly sometimes people die.
I think Orsillo is the HS dork. I think of Remy as like Randy 'Pink' Floyd from "Dazed and Confused", able to hang and have a good time with all sorts of social classes, from freshman to nerds to jocks to wastoids. And the Rem Dog probably has smoked more than just Marlboros in his day too.
I don't think that blog was really about McDonough who everybody also loves. It was more that people don't like the crack ups and Remy. People love Remy. I think people like Orsillo or are neutral. Either way if it was just a blog crushing orsillo I don't think I would have raised an eyebrow. But killing Remy is dangerous ground.
And Constanza the 24 reference is exactly what it reminded me of. I even had it in my original blog but couldn't figure out how to make it sound right.
Bottom line is that Rebello never recovered from that. It's tough to say something that flies in the face of what almost everybody thinks. And I"m not worried about loyal readers. I'm worried about little johnny down the hall who just stumbled on www.barstoolsports.com for the first time. What is he going to think?
All posts are equal, some are just more equal than others.
You made a guy disappear. No record of him, like the post never existed. Just don't wipe out UB's girlie posts as well; attribute them to yourself instead.
Bet those guys at Boston Magazine wish they had this kind of ruthless power.
Orsillo is useless. A decent play by play guy with the personality of a doorknob. The chemistry of McDonough and Remy was magical.
I think you did the right thing Prez. BTW, I hope they never bring back McDonough. the drunk little fag. The Remdog is cool, Orsillo, definitly a wedgie regular in high school.
B.S. for taking it down. Everybody loves Jerry BUT bet you all didn't know that Remdawg got his buddy Sean McDonough fired from NESN and TV38? See Jerry got tired of Sean constantly needling him on air. Remy was Sean McDonough's on air puppet in the act.
RemHawg hated that. So Jerry went to NESN boss Sean McGrail and said if you don't get rid of McDonough-I'm leaving. The power play worked and McDonough was fired.
Now Orsillo is Jerry's puppet which makes Jerry a lot happier.
Orsillo is too giggly-swear he's on estrogen and Remy needs some
Prozac so he isn't so bitter about the game he sucked at.
He doesn't even have the makings of a varsity athlete
The best part of the year is when Denis Leary and Lenny Clarke go to the booth to promote "Rescue Me". You don't hear
JerDawg or Snoresillo. Its Leary and Clarke doing fantastic comedy.
Excluding the content of the post (which wasn't worth the space on the blog, but that's just me), you are well within your rights to take down anything you please since you own the paper and you pay for the server that the blog is on. I think you would be able to do whatever you want and remove anything you feel may damage the Stool. I'm surprised you even bothered to ask us an opinion on it.
I think that free speak needs to be applied in this case, would you rather have one lunatic amongst many or a fascist dictator who censors his followers? Next thing you know, you will be censoring comments, where does the censorship end? On that note, why did I get no love for pointing out Megan Fox-Austin Green?
DONNA MARTIN GRADUATES!!!
Freedom
Of
Speech
Bitch!
I just went on Rems website. www.theremyreport.com .
Lame. They got the dumb photoshop pics on the front page like dirtdogs,2 cartoonists which is cool (artwork would look better on the front) and the shiddeous merchandise for sale.
You should delete all UB's blogs. They're useless
I can go to HollywoodTuna if I want to see the same crap he blogs about
I went to High School with UB and happen to know for a fact that he was actually the pride of the ARHS cable access channel 13 in Northboro and Southboro in the early to mid nineties.
Its a good thing you took it down Prez. I like UB but if I were to read that, I might have marched an army of stoolies to Stool headquarters to go after UB like villagers storming Dracula's castle. As for you quickdraw, you had very intrigued with the Remy/ McDonnogh story but then you followed it up with this, "Leary and Clarke doing fantastic comedy." Really? You think Lenny Clarke is funny? You are clearly insane.
He commentated the football games with a shirt and tie on by the side of a fire crotched side kick .... Sorry Dumpy, had to let the cat out of the bag on this one..
Prez - I have the pictures to prove it, that is, if the price is right...
And by price, I mean a free barstool hat...
You guys take this blog shit way too serious. I didnt even know this was a blog untill the other day when you all got into a blog argument. I have the stool open all day and just refresh it every few minutes. I look at the stool to read cool shit and see hot broads, comparing remy to a high school geek with a cable access show is just stupid. Good decision prez.
You were perfectly within your rights. Almost all sites have some kind of editorial function, and you just exercised it. I miss McDonough, but find Orsillo tolerable after a few beers. As for JR, his problem was that the criticism just made him worse, more arrogant and clueless with every shot. I'll never forget the "I've been to the mountain" line.
I don't think that UB will make this mistake; I'm hoping for a strong "wake up with" comeback series!
It doesn't surprise me that UB was a High School football commentator.....
I'm not sure if that is a step up/down from the band dorks
"a true genius sometimes takes the road less traveled"
I disagree with censoring U.B. - It was the wrong call. Kinda like Menino not allowing Barstool Sports on their Wifi...
Perhaps a disclaimier stating that "U.B.'s views do not represent B.S.S....etc, etc."
Billy-The Remy/McDonough feud story is true.
Sean McDonough essentially created "RemDawg" from their on air comedic bits. He developed Remy's on air popularity because Remy was boring. He made Jerry more appealing to fans.
Soon Remy didn't like being the brunt of Sean McDonoughs jokes and often would clam up making it tough for Sean to do his comedy bits. So Jerry took advantage of his new found popularity and threatened to quit if McDonough stayed at NESN. NESN fired
Sean. As far as 38? McDonough was under contract to WSBK 38 so Sean did the Fri. night games. It was so faked. NESN took control over the Fri. night telecast and McDonough was fired.
It wasn't about money. Jerry didnot like Sean.
Currently, Eddie Money's "Shakin" ranks higher than your decision
McDonough and Remy are both jerkoffs in "real life"
Remy is a hack. If I have to listen to him complain about the free food he gets before a game, or having to "pay" for his own lunch because they only served a "box lunch", Wally, or his GLORIOUS days with the Angels, I'll go CRAZY! Let us not forget about his riveting interview of "Corky Menino" last night. Remy's highlight in Fenway was when Jim Ed carried him to the dugout after injuring his knee. Sorry about the injury, but he SUCKS!
Remy just made a fortune putting in a RemDawgs at Logan Airport and an eventual chain of these things. Brilliant business move on his part. He can thank Sean McDonough for starting the RemDawg craze.
Remy's a cheap-bitter retired baseball player. Approach him on the street and he looks at you like your dirt.
Baldwin, tell us how you really feel about U.B.?
Being a former High school football commentator, it is definately a step Down from band dork.
I agree with Baldwin. UB has brought nothing to this forum that a horny 15 year old with access to google can't do. Heck, I am surprised to even hear that he actually wrote something. I thought all he did was hang out in the "55 and Lonely In My Mom's Basement" chat rooms to steal links to pictures of hot girls.
Hey, I am all for pics of smoke-shows, but do we need 45 pics a day of random models/actresses that we can get from 10,000 other sites on the net?
Everytime I see one of UB's endless posts, I think of the beach scene from Eurotrip with the random naked fat guys running around moaning "girl ..... girl ..... chica" as if they have never seen a female before.
Ahhh, now I feel better.
BSS may be one step closer to fascism, but I fail to see how the picture of communism reflects that.
I'm friggin amazed that with all the Joe Morgans and Tim McCarvers in this world there are people who actually bitch about Remy. I'm dumbfounded by this. Every time I watch a game I learn something from Remy that I would have missed otherwise. Every one of his points is made in a sussinct matter-of-fact fashion, and doesn't beat us over the head with the fact that he knows a lot about baseball by repeating it 12 times, drawing away from the ongoing action. Definately not an arrogant way of going abou tthe buisness of calling a game.
Sure Rem isnt arrogant, just a chuckle head...really these guys dont give you anything of value and seem to just laugh their way through the brodcast...Remy must be on the sauce...Rem just beacuse you are board with the game, dont spoil my viewing experience.
As a Yankee fan, when these games are on Direct Tv, and they have the Boston guys on, I can say, honestly, I enjoy the broadcast. There's nothing wrong with a couple of dorks just laughing it up and having a good time. Better then being complete drama queens over giving up a single in the 4th inning or some shit.
Matter at hand? It's your world Pres. You created the Stool Empire, you make the decisions.
Recently, a friend and I were discussing this site, and I stated, "Yeah, i read it a lot too...I find myself refreshing the stool about every 15 minutes." Great work topic...
UB is, in my opinion, the best blogger on this site. I think his work has not only added a new dimension to the stool but also has attracted many new "reoccuring" visitors to the site. His work should never be questioned and therefore, never deleted.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK UB. Screw all the haters
For those of you who hate UB because 'all he does is post hot chicks' you can go fuck your homo selves. Go find yourself a more serious sports blog because you are above pop culture and hot chicks. Oh yeah. Go fuck yourself again homos.
Prez, good for taking the blog down. Yours isn't a government run blog so freedom of speech doesn't apply. I can't back UB up on his dislike of the best tandem in baseball. Anyone with the package knows what I'm talking about. The rest of the baseball world suffers with their crew.
To sum up:
UB haters=fucking fags
Prez= correct on this one
Rem/DO=good
MLB Package...that's what I meant Soog...I concur
I agree Billy F. If you have the MLB package it's not hard to see he's one of the more insightful color guys out there and he's very good on the rare occasions he does a nationally televised game. Yeah Orsillo is a dork but for all you bashers, you essentially watch these guys three hours a night and they (Remy especially) are on point a lot more than they F around.
Back to more prevalent matters - Julio Lugo is a terrible defensive SS.
If the bloggers at Barstool teamed up with the people at The Win Column (thewincolumn.blogspot.com), I think you guys could take over the world (east & west coasts).
how the hell can you tell them what to say? they are all ass clowns, you included, all subject to ridicule.
I'm obviously 100% in the UB camp in terms of what he brings to the table. I love his work with the chicks and stuff. And trust me as somebody who searches for this type of stuff he is a genius.
Hey Soog, what exactly does "pop culture" have to do with scrolling through 50 pictures of random girls 3 times a day?
Apparently, anyone that doesn't get off oogling pictures of chicks 5 times a day on a sports website is a "fucking homo".
Good stuff.
You've done this before. You can't just pull a blog if you don't agree with it. If you've hired the guy for his written opinion, then let him be. If you publish your bloggers based on advertising or public opinion, then you're a Flak.
But Chop, Prez owns this paper/website. He is the editor. Sometimes editors shit can things.
BostonGeorge, for the record, I really don't think you are gay, I just think you are missing the overall point of this publication/website. It's not just sports even though it's in the name.
I don't think I get why you would take down his post. If it was a real issue maybe, but just because you think most people disagree you censor him? That's bull Prez. Let him take his whoopin from the people.
You don't have to agree with UB to defend his right to post. If he posts a chic that Prez doesn't think is hot enough, will he yank that down too?
Power to the people, let UB post.
He was clearly wrong by the way, fkn idiot.
UB put out a topic and it generated the comments it was intended to do so. To pull the topic judging Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo's
job performance is a valid debate for a blog.
What did pulling UBs post do? 1-Publicly embarrassed the guy on the job by pulling the guys work after it had been posted.
2-Showed partiality too one side instead of being objective.
Its not like the debate was over something sensitive like religion or race-it was about 2 sportscasters.
Now theoretically everything posted can be pulled because its offensive to someone.
Who put Remy and Orsillo on a pedestal?
You come to The Stool to engage in fun blogging and debates.
Prez was wrong in yanking UBs post. Yes its his site BUT who's going to not come back because he's anti Jerry Remy?
RemDawg Nation? All they do is hold stupid signs idolizing a bitter average retired ballplayer for 3 seconds of NESN camera time so Remy can pad his huge ego.
1. I think UB will be okay
2. Since when has el pres claimed to be impartial and objective?
Hey UB? For all your critics you should do a Wake Up featuring
a studly gay porn star or Chippendale dancers with g-strings and sweaty chiseled pecs. Better yet photoshop Jerry Remy on Playgirl centerfolds body. The RemDawgs will use it as wallpaper!
Mumbles Menino was right. The Stool does have questionable material.
Soog likes to play both sides of the fence. "UB is good and el prez was right". Which is it? Soog, you comment on everything, they ain't gonna hire you to start blogging, dude, so quit auditioning.
As far as Remy goes, he is untouchable. That doesn't mean UB can't try. El Pres should give us some credit and let us decide about what UB writes. Unless his standards just went way up overnight.
quickdraw are you in love with mcdonough?
Hendry,
Go play a nice game of hide and go fuck yourself. Attacking others who make comments? That's just dumb.
Quikdraw,
Excellent points. Especially number one. Doesn't change my opinon, but it makes a very VERY valid point(number 1). I'm guessing that UB isn't taking this as a complete slap in the face though either. I mean, it's a blog about fun, making fun, and having fun, right? So hopefully, we can all move on and wake up tommorrow to a hangover and a half-naked broad that I didn't know existed.
Ballwashing over.
I call bullshit on this one, how many times have we read Dave saying he "doesn't tell his guys what to write or what not to write?"
He should have just added a disclaimer to the blog.
It's nice to see I'm not the only one who thinks UB's posts are completely useless. Like many have said, if I want to google pictures of hot random chicks I can do so elsewhere.
I'm in the Anti-UB corner
Absolute crap...boooo...hisssss...anti-american scum...probably secretly roots for Castro and Chavez...so typical, if I don't like I delete just like the closet looney lefties you are. I hope someone drags yor carcass from the bumper of a hybrid and drops you off on the campus of Berkely at the Castro building for the furtherance of American socialism and censorship...commie, fascist....can't handle the truth huh...a$$hole...
Love,
Mom
Not only does UB make the site unviewable at work, but your posts are 95% worthless. Did you really spend weeks doing Wrestlemania blogs?
'wake up with' and upskirt pics hardly nobody wants to see are the reason that I'm going more and more to WithLeather. They're as funny and articulate as BSS.
I'm a huge supporter of the rest of the BSS team. I think you guys do a great job with the blogs, but having UB on post is unneeded. Push to the messege board and let him be a moderator or something.
count max power as a UB supporter
keep the hot chick pictures coming - if you don't like pictures of hot girls on barstool then you can giiiiit out
Maybe if UB was one of those dorks in high school, it's actually a compliment.
bostonbrand - I agree 100% that UB needs to be removed from the blogs. That said, moving him to the message board is NOT the answer. There are enough people cunting up threads on the message board (Spuddy, VTExpos) that we don't need another one.
Ban UB's blogs
Justin Rebello was better.
The fact that this was put up for debate is commendable by El Prez... He should have just deleted it and that would have been it.
He is editor/ owner, so he has a little more than the Astrovan and an inventory of small hats at stake here. He has every right to do what he thinks is in the best interest of his business. I doubt the blog respondents (me included) are helping his business immensely (if at all).
Do you really think UB is as upset about this as you make him out to be??
And quikdraw is way offbase about Remy being a bitter, no good ball player. He is by no means bitter, and is extremely self-deprecating when Orsilly sets him up to brag.
He knows what he was, a local fan favorite, decent professional ball player, and he lets it be known. He is, by far, better than any other regular announcer I've seen. His knowledge is used well.
Sorry for the length of post and I know you don't give a shit about my opinion.
Justin Rebello's back baby!!
I've got a fever and the only presecription is more Justin Rebello!!!
El Pres: you're within your rights to do what you want; it's your paper. That said, I think it's a little bit of an overreaction. I've seen plenty of other inflamatory (to some) things posted on this site, but you know what? Within 24 hours, it's pushed off the front page, and forgotten about.
I personally don't view the things written here as carved in stone for the ages. Plenty of blogs on BSS have overeacted to things, but it's not something you should be worried about. This is snap-judgement journalism. You think of something, something pisses you off, you write about it, and you can always print a retraction later. That was UB's OPINION, and not necessarily that of the Stool, its staff, etc. Sound familiar?
What UB wrote is not going to cause you to be persona non grata in Red Sox Nation. Sometimes Remy overdoes it with the self-promotion, but I think Rem and Orsillo are hilarious for the most part when they break down. Maybe it'll get old someday, but I for one enjoy it, and I know I'm not alone. The whole Pizza-Gate thing was hysterical, for example. Love Remy's feud with Raymond (the TB mascot) as well.
Wally, of course, sucks though. Looks like Oscar the Grouch on a bender.
Bible, why so visceral this morning? Mommy shrink your Matt Ryan jersey?
Prez, you sir are a genius. Creating controversy out of controversy. 70+ comments and over 1k votes. bravo, sir, bravo.
I haven't liked UB's shit aside from the "Wake Up With" segment. I don't like his RedSox posts - and, at risk of sounding like a holier-than-thou baseball guy - I DESPISE the word "Yankoffs", it's juvenile. Maybe he's too opinionated for me... I dunno, I just think that, aside from hot chicks and some random gossip - I don't enjoy pretty much anything he writes - Just my opinion.
If this debacle goes the route of Justin Rebello, meaning UB somehow walks away or doesn't post like he would normally because of all you pussies who says he sucks, then i will be forced, FORCED to unleash the hellish wrath of one Dan Boyle on everyone at the next Barstool Party. If I were any of the haters that posted above, I would immediatly start apologizing and begging for a little "Wake up with" from UB in your lives.
I'm calling for UB's resignation
HC- Where you been all week?
FYI - My mom knows better than to wash my Matt Ryan jersey
I guess its your paper so you have the final say on what makes the cut. Maybe you should approve everything before it comes out on the blog. The more I read stuff on the stool, I get the impression that it is just a homer rag and anything remotely critical of Boston teams or players or even announcers is not acceptable. The sad part is that this slap on the wrist of UB will likely take the teeth out of anything he really wants to write from now on. We will just have to keep on reading about Thornton's manlove for anything Red Sox or Patriots. But it is your perogative on whats published. No doubt about it.
out at Indiana Catholic last week, quick visit. I was tempted to buy you a nice, blue, #10 jersey.
Yeah, let's replace UB with Bible.... or not.
Removing a post b/c it made fun of remy and orsillo I didn't think it was possible for you to become an even bigger pussy after seeing that gay jockey pic..but u pulled it off
I like the Buckster, however I do not like his take on the RemDawg and DO. Whenever they start laughing uncontrollably for no reason it becomes infectious and within seconds I am reduced to rolling around on the and floor gasping for air as though I were huffing nitrous oxide and being tickled by Santa Claus- which hasn't actually happened in years.
That being said, EP can do whatever he wants, though I wouldn't be suprised if UB mailed it in on his next night shift.
Why were you visiting Indiana Catholic? Farmer's convention?
Again, I'm hoping UB hands in his resignation some time this afternoon
(to each his own)
More U.B Posts
less ridiculous comments about U.B.'s posts
Allright, after having a little time to reflect on the matter, Here's the camp I'm settled in. I'm in the Remy and DO are great, UB's original post was moronic but el Prez was wrong to take it down if for no other reason it would have been more fun to skewer UB directly for his post than to do it on El Prez's post camp. But if I were El Prez and I tuned into the face of my empire to see such drivel, I might have flipped out and deleted it before I had time to think abou tit as well. I need to work on the run on sentences.
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This has arguably been the most long-anticipated turn of the calendar since Y2K. And now that it's here you realize that...it's every bit as disappointing. The way Jan. 1, 2000 dawned like any other hangover-riddled New Years Day, now that the Olsens are old enough for you to buy them a drink and try to seduce them...you wouldn't bother. What we all thought was a couple of blue chip prospects, can't-miss kids that were mortal locks for the Hall of Fame, just look like a couple of skanked out bag ladies at the age of 21.
El Pres Splits His Pants
Well it finally happened to me yesterday during my paper route. The day that I’ve dreaded since I started Barstool Sports. The day that every man in the newspaper business fears. Yup, I split my pants during my paper route. Gasp! The drama unfolded at Alewife T Station in Cambridge. It all started out innocently enough. I was carrying four stacks of papers and was squatting down to drop them off next to my rack. It’s a move I’ve done a thousand times. But this time would be different. Much different. This time when I bent over I heard the unmistakable sound of ripping. It might as well have been like a gun shot went off in Alewife Station. Everybody in Alewife and maybe all of Cambridge just froze. And I was reduced to doing the “oh my god did I just split my pants maneuver”. This of course is when you have glazed expression over your face as you feel your ass to see what the damage is. Honestly, it was like time froze for a couple minutes. Needless to say I just backed my way out of the T station and slinked into the Astrovan. The only saving grace was that I only had Harvard Square, Central Square, and Kendall Square left on my paper route (The Hippy Bermuda Triangle) when my pants broke. And having no ass in your jeans is sort of the look around those parts. But still this will live on as a day of infamy for Barstool Sports.
As a side note, before I ripped my jeans the big story of the route was going to be the fact that some guy in a Bear Bryant hat who was smoking a pipe almost ran me off the road. Who still smokes a pipe you ask? Guys who wear twill Bear Bryant hats that’s who.
Let there be night
60 years ago Today the Red Sox played their 1st night game. Johnny Pesky was just one of the players to take the field on June 13, 1947.
MLB.com - - Few fans know that after World War II, Fenway struggled to remain relevant within its own hometown. Just a short walk down Commonwealth Avenue in nearby Allston, Mass., the National League's Boston Braves brought fireworks, concerts, clinics, neon foul poles -- even musical comics and fried clams -- to Braves Field under a trio of new owners. A public-relations assault from the second-fiddle Braves was just one motivation for the Red Sox to introduce night baseball to Fenway Park on June 13, 1947.
It is amazing to think that for the first 46 years of existence the Red Sox only played day games (The Cubs became the last team to play night games, finally putting in lights in 1988). Of course things are much different today, but you've gotta believe baseball, maybe even sports, would play a much smaller roll in your life had they not added the night games. Most Sox fans tune into at least a portion of the Sox game just about every week night they are on. How many day games do you see? Other than a Sunday afternoons, not many. MLB has even decided to all but do away with Saturday day games (that aren't on Fox), in favor of the 7 pm start. Would you go to the The Baseball Tavern or Game On for a few beers before the game then fork over $7 for a Bud once inside, if it was a 1pm start on a Wednesday?
Stop Your Bitching, Victims Of Gun Violence. Some Of Us Have Real Problems- Loud Ice Cream Trucks.
Ice cream is killing people and ruining lives all over Boston. In fact, there is no 
greater threat to the city's public safety than these ice cream trucks of frosty death.
Well, not counting getting gunned down in front of your house because you decided to walk outside at noon in the middle of a summer day to get some ice cream. That's public safety threat #1 but ice cream trucks are a close #2.
Boston City Councilor Sal LaMattina hasn't been getting his normal amount of beauty sleep because of those bastard ice cream trucks and will be holding hearings today on, I swear to God, "whether ice cream trucks should be forced to go back to tingling bells rather than bellowing tunes"
That's right. Today in Boston City Hall which is located in Boston which is reputed to be one of America's great cities, the City Council will be spending time debating ice cream trucks rather than say stuff like violence or housing or property tax rates or job creation or transportation. You know, because ice cream trucks and their blaring music of death is why Bostonians need City Councilors.
Though it wouldn't be right to rip on the City Council and then ignore one of its members that at least took the time to provide a great quote on Ice Cream Truckgate. Councilor Stephen Murphy on the ice cream truck noise-
“Yeah, it’s annoying. But not as annoying as gunshots.”
Classic Clip: Anchor tired of putting up with this crap
You really can't beat news fuck-ups. There is an almost endless supply because it is a live medium, which just breeds bloopers. This clip, however, is less of a blooper and more of a deranged news man. The best part is that it wasn't going over the air and if he had half a brain and just got through the 1st block no one would have ever known...Instead he decided to take the route of the jackass...nice!
"Coming up next, more crap..."
Mr. Consistency
We begin this morning with a quiz:
The numbers 16-8, 14-13, 12-15, 17-13, 11-7, 12-10, 16-12 are:
- The last seven frames I bowled for Barstool in the playoffs
- The combination to the safe where JD Drew keeps the incriminating pictures of Theo Epstein.
- The numbers Hurley will come across in the next season of "Lost" that will also never be explained.
- Tim Wakefield's Won/Lost record the last seven times he made at least 27 starts.
If you guessed "4" and you think those are fairly solid numbers, congratulations. If you think Wakefield sucks and he's an anchor on the full-throttle speedboat that is the 2007 Red Sox rotation, you've either not been paying attention the last 13 years or you're a complete dickweed and the FCC should ban you from ever being heard over the sports radio airways ever again.
Wakefield pitched a gem last night. But even after his June 1st game against the Yankees, when he lasted 3.2 Inn and gave up 8 ER, he needed to apologize for nothing. Bad starts happen to every pitcher. But when you throw a wiffle ball for a living, every bad start means nimrods everywhere put down the heroin syringe long enough to call 'EEI and scream that Tito needs to yank you from the rotation, post haste before he ruins our October in early June.
Looking at the short term, sure, Wake is prone to bad stretches that can last 4 or 5 starts. He'll also give you unhittable streaks that last just as long. But you can't look at him that way. Wakefield is like one of those 3D pop art posters. Up close he doesn't look like much. But step back, and over a full season you can guaran-damn-tee 12-16 wins and 10-12 losses. And at the back end of my rotation, I'll take that any time.
New Cover Model Video
A note for those Stoolies lucky enough to have speakers, but not lucky enough to have a deaf boss: The Barstool logo in the lower right acts as a mute button.
Enjoy!
Boo-urns! You can't start censoring your writes. Just rag on them like you do with manzo and did with the late Justin Rebello.