I’m generally not a basher of athletes and how much they make, as I realize it’s all about them free markets. (Do I sound like Adam Smith?) Every once in awhile, though, there is a story, which makes me feel a bit differently. Take for example the latest incident with Dwight Gooden and him fleeing [...]
Entries from August 2005
August 29, 2005
College Football Bloggers?
Scott’s Rule No. 42: The 2 best regular seasons in sports are baseball and college football. With the 162 game schedule, MLB enables teams to grow, as the season is as much about evolution as anything else. (See the Oakland A’s almost every year.) College Football is the diametrical opposite, with every game being [...]
August 26, 2005
Take a Look Into My Grab Bag
Had a list of topics I wanted to get to, so here is my latest, written for those with short-attention span’s.
The last issue of Sporting News has an interesting cover piece entitled “The Stats that Matter”. While the baseball section of their special report, offers little new, the sections on football and basketball are worth [...]
August 23, 2005
XXXChurch.Com is on the Porn Patrol
Note: This post has some links to sites which are adult in nature.
I’m sure many of Baseball Toaster’s readers have serious porn addictions. I know I would think less of you, if you didn’t. Now, for those of you that feel that you need to gain some control of your seedy desires, let me present, [...]
August 20, 2005
Parity Stinks
Okay, it’s time someone says it. We need to put an asterisk behind whoever wins the 2005 World Series, because there is not a team worthy of being hailed the champ. Sure there have been second-rate champs like the 2003 Marlins, 2002 Angels, 1990 Reds, and any year the Twins won it all, but at [...]
August 17, 2005
Best Summer in Television History
It used to be that the major networks were the only one’s producing new shows and the summer was a place for reruns. This concept began to change with the advent of HBO developing their own original programming, which they premiered during the summer to full media attention. With the great success that HBO [...]
August 12, 2005
Juice News Note: Welcoming New Staff Member, Ryan Wilkins
A few weeks back, Will and I had posted that we were looking for someone who could help us with some technical tasks that we were either too busy or too lazy to do. We had a number of applicants for the position and we thank you all who applied. Our decision was to go [...]
August 11, 2005
Scott is Appearing in St. Louis this Week
Just wanted to give a shout out and mention that I will be headlining the Comedy Forum in St. Peter’s (suburb of St. Louis) this weekend. Shows are at 8:00 and 10:15, both nights. If you are interested in coming, contact me at scott@scottlongonline.com and I will set you up with some free tickets. Please [...]
August 10, 2005
Clay Aiken, Felipe Alou, and WWJAD
This month the Bravo Network features a comedy special starring Kathy Griffin. If you’re not familar with Griffin, she is a sometimes actress who has appeared on “Seinfeld”, played the part of Brooke Shields’ best friend on “Suddenly Susan”, and now appears on celebrity reality shows. Griffin’s current stand-up act is just long stories [...]
August 8, 2005
The Fat Club
In the world of Hollywood where one flavor of the month theme can hatch many other series with the same concept (see CSI, home makeovers, etc.), the newest theme to hit the airwaves is food-oriented shows. Starting with “The Restaurant”, a couple of years ago, eating has become a topic that is now being [...]
