Since creating new topics is THE thing to do here, anyone hear from Shorty George?
I imagine he is puking into his hat right now.
I'd also like to know what Fritzy and Knuckles role(s) were in all of this...
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| Author: | Harry Seaward [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | George Offman, Spaceball, Jen - no talky? |
Since creating new topics is THE thing to do here, anyone hear from Shorty George? I imagine he is puking into his hat right now. I'd also like to know what Fritzy and Knuckles role(s) were in all of this...
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| Author: | Beef Rockmore [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
I'm not a big fan of George but I feel pretty bad for him. He always seemed to be a professional (other than his biased love for the Cubs and Sammy Sosa - until Sosa turned on Shorty George) |
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| Author: | wealz09 [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
You know Shorty George wasn't going on the air after his checks bounced. Hell, he might be stuck in Detroit! |
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| Author: | Harry Seaward [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
I'm not sure, but I think he's about the only one that hasn't commented yet ... even behind the scenes guys have spoken/posted/blog'd etc. Maybe he's taking shelter in a clam? |
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| Author: | My Coach Vinny [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
Hugging babies at O'Hare |
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| Author: | Score is doomed [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
He's at the bank waiting for his check to clear. |
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| Author: | STU-GOTZ [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
I saw George over at Cubbie Bear as he was shooting pool with Eddie and Jobo . |
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| Author: | Supercup [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
Musta caught a bad case of the cramps from all those steak dinners he ordered while in Detroit. |
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| Author: | Larz [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
I heard from George Ofman this morning. He's as fine as can be considering the circumstances. It cannot be easy for a 36 year radio veteran to suddenly be without work. He's a good man, well liked by his peers and will hopefully land on his feet sooner than later. This is a very difficult time for all of the CSWebio employees. My heart goes out to those folks, most of whom are quite talented and deserved better than to get the rug yanked out from under them by a thieving bastard named David Hernandez. |
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| Author: | shakes [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
Larz wrote: I heard from George Ofman this morning. He's as fine as can be considering the circumstances. It cannot be easy for a 36 year radio veteran to suddenly be without work. He's a good man, well liked by his peers and will hopefully land on his feet sooner than later. This is a very difficult time for all of the CSWebio employees. My heart goes out to those folks, most of whom are quite talented and deserved better than to get the rug yanked out from under them by a thieving bastard named David Hernandez. define "talented"? 
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| Author: | BD [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
shakes wrote: Larz wrote: I heard from George Ofman this morning. He's as fine as can be considering the circumstances. It cannot be easy for a 36 year radio veteran to suddenly be without work. He's a good man, well liked by his peers and will hopefully land on his feet sooner than later. This is a very difficult time for all of the CSWebio employees. My heart goes out to those folks, most of whom are quite talented and deserved better than to get the rug yanked out from under them by a thieving bastard named David Hernandez. define "talented"? He did an excellent job reporting on CSWebio. |
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
George is an excellent baseball guy! I hope he gets another job. |
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| Author: | BD [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
jimmypasta wrote: George is an excellent baseball guy! I hope he gets another job. So do I, but I hope it's as a reporter who makes regular appearances on the different shows. He did a great job in what I heard on CSWebio. |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
jimmypasta wrote: George is an excellent baseball guy! I hope he gets another job. He is not an excellent baseball guy. He is an excellent update guy and a decent reporter. |
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| Author: | My Coach Vinny [ Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
good dolphin wrote: jimmypasta wrote: George is an excellent baseball guy! I hope he gets another job. He is not an excellent baseball guy. He is an excellent update guy and a decent reporter. He's a solid (not excellent) update guy with nice delivery and a decent reporter. |
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| Author: | Harry Seaward [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
Has anyone heard from Jen? Spaceball? These have to be the only three "big" players of Webio/MITM that have gone silent, right?  (I'm posting a bunch of pictures as I assume it's only a matter of time until they pull down the MySpace page  )
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| Author: | Frontman [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
good dolphin wrote: jimmypasta wrote: George is an excellent baseball guy! I hope he gets another job. He is not an excellent baseball guy. He is an excellent update guy and a decent reporter. We really don't have anyone in this town I would consider excellent in covering baseball. Some are solid; but there's none that I think understand the game well enough and are passionate about the GAME (not one team over another, thankyouverymuch) enough to be considered "Excellent." |
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| Author: | aparicio [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman, Spaceball, Jen - no talky? |
Poor George...not only did his paychecks bounce but his expense checks from the Detroit boondoggles bounced. You can imagine that with all the money flying around there he probably upgraded his accommodations in the Motor City. Maybe a suite, nice limo, a little massage topped off by a happy ending (means you have to double the tip), and a nice steak dinner..boom. Those bills are going to be painful to pay out of your own dwindling bank account. Ouch...boom...ouch! And who does he have to thank...why his Pappy, of course.     
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| Author: | Score is doomed [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman, Spaceball, Jen - no talky? |
Jen has NO idea anything happened. She's just waiting for her own Webio show 
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| Author: | spmack [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman, Spaceball, Jen - no talky? |
Score is doomed wrote: Jen has NO idea anything happened. She's just waiting for her own Webio show More like her own Playbio shoot. |
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| Author: | Scorehead [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
Frontman wrote: good dolphin wrote: jimmypasta wrote: George is an excellent baseball guy! I hope he gets another job. He is not an excellent baseball guy. He is an excellent update guy and a decent reporter. We really don't have anyone in this town I would consider excellent in covering baseball. Some are solid; but there's none that I think understand the game well enough and are passionate about the GAME (not one team over another, thankyouverymuch) enough to be considered "Excellent." Oh, come on now...you dont like David Schuster & Bruce Levine??? |
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| Author: | Larz [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman, Spaceball, Jen - no talky? |
I have heard, in one form or another, from all three of the people mentioned on this thread. Nobody is happy about the terrible situation, but everybody is alive and well. Not every Webio employee feels the need to do non-stop interviews and blogs. Some of them, these three in particular, prefer their privacy. Even if all was well at Webio, these three have rarely done personal interviews. Their "no talky" doesn't mean they are angry at anybody or hiding anything. It just means they prefer to keep their private thoughts private. |
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| Author: | Harry Seaward [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman, Spaceball, Jen - no talky? |
larz, Oh, I think "NO TALKY" is a grand idea - and I really respect these three for keeping mum on this whole mess. I wasn't attempting to call them out or demand that they talk, I was just wondering if they had popped up anywhere yet. Good on George, Spaceball and Jen for keeping their yaps shut. |
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| Author: | Beardown [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman, Spaceball, Jen - no talky? |
Larz wrote: I have heard, in one form or another, from all three of the people mentioned on this thread. Nobody is happy about the terrible situation, but everybody is alive and well. Not every Webio employee feels the need to do non-stop interviews and blogs. Some of them, these three in particular, prefer their privacy. Even if all was well at Webio, these three have rarely done personal interviews. Their "no talky" doesn't mean they are angry at anybody or hiding anything. It just means they prefer to keep their private thoughts private. We all remember Jen's famous "Rags to Riches" story in the paper. That was touching. Poor suburban cheerleader makes good. |
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| Author: | spmack [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman, Spaceball, Jen - no talky? |
Was that the same interview where she said she left The Score because she didn't like how Mitch told her to use her "cuteness" to get athletes to come on the radio station? |
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| Author: | Frontman [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman - MIA? |
JohnKirk wrote: Oh, come on now...you dont like David Schuster & Bruce Levine??? No, I can't stand whiners on radio; thank you very much. When he's not whining, Levine sounds like that uncle everyone has; that pines for the days of his youth when he had the whole world in front of him, but now seems to have realized he hasn't accomplished much, knows it, everyone else knows it, yet still says he's 'the best' just because, well; who do they have him to compare to? Just because he's there and has a pulse he's considered the best baseball "insider" in the biz, even though every other baseball beat reporter reports the same story, just earlier in the day. And Schuster just always sounds lost; like he's afraid he went to the wrong stadium on the wrong day, never sure what he's covering. Or that he might be a target of a shave cream pie in the face; even though he's not a player. That, or if the Cubs lose, somehow he'd be blamed for the loss, as the curse of the Schust would kick in...... |
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| Author: | Scorehead [ Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman, Spaceball, Jen - no talky? |
How in the hell did David Schuster & Bruce Levine get jobs in radio??? |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 12:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman, Spaceball, Jen - no talky? |
Generally I like Schuster, but during his report from Wrigley today, he said something like "3rd inning and this game is basically over" wth the Cubs down 6-0. Inasmuch as the Cubs came down from four runs down in the 8th inning the day before, is it wise to deem the game over in the 3rd? That and it just sounds pissy. |
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| Author: | Jalapenos and More [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman, Spaceball, Jen - no talky? |
The baseball reporters in this town are awful. |
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| Author: | Frontman [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: George Offman, Spaceball, Jen - no talky? |
Curious Hair wrote: Generally I like Schuster, but during his report from Wrigley today, he said something like "3rd inning and this game is basically over" wth the Cubs down 6-0. Inasmuch as the Cubs came down from four runs down in the 8th inning the day before, is it wise to deem the game over in the 3rd? That and it just sounds pissy. Exactly. Now, if it was going into the 9th and said that, score 6-0; he might be right. But in the 3rd, no game is over. Even a lead like that. |
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