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Author:  cluv8484 [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:49 am ]
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Did he get sent to his room with no TV? For being on the score so often previously, seems "and just like that, he's gone!"

Author:  bigfan [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:53 am ]
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Balls cut

Author:  Phil McCracken [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:55 am ]
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Image

Author:  Seacrest [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:04 pm ]
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cluv8484 wrote:
Did he get sent to his room with no TV? For being on the score so often previously, seems "and just like that, he's gone!"


Tying your career to an Ozzie Guillen was not exactly a savvy move on his part.

That, and not being sure that his brain was engaged before typing on Twitter.

Author:  Killer V [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:28 pm ]
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Who cares?

Author:  Don Tiny [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:32 pm ]
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Killer V wrote:
Who cares?


+ ∞

Author:  Gloopan Kuratz [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:37 pm ]
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Image

Author:  SHARK [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:38 pm ]
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He's still writing for the Sun-Times, but he's now covering Uncle Jerry's other team. That team happens to be the Bulls.

Author:  Curious Hair [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:15 pm ]
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I thought he started his own business dedicated to hottieing up twitter pics.

Author:  jimmypasta [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:18 pm ]
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Don Tiny wrote:
Killer V wrote:
Who cares?


+ ∞


Nice cars but out of my price range.

Author:  Dave In Champaign [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:53 pm ]
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He was too sleazy and bigoted to be a sportswriter, for fuck's sake. I honestly don't know where you go from there.

Author:  SpiralStairs [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:05 pm ]
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Dave In Champaign wrote:
He was too sleazy and bigoted to be a sportswriter, for fuck's sake. I honestly don't know where you go from there.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

Author:  312player [ Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:34 am ]
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Killer V wrote:
Who cares?






Plus one

Author:  rogers park bryan [ Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:43 am ]
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Dave In Champaign wrote:
He was too sleazy and bigoted to be a sportswriter, for fuck's sake. I honestly don't know where you go from there.

Not to mention, he's a terrible writer, with terrible thoughts.


His connection to the Guillens was all there ever was.

Author:  Rod [ Fri Jan 11, 2013 8:49 am ]
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rogers park bryan wrote:
Dave In Champaign wrote:
He was too sleazy and bigoted to be a sportswriter, for fuck's sake. I honestly don't know where you go from there.

Not to mention, he's a terrible writer, with terrible thoughts.


His connection to the Guillens was all there ever was.


He built his beat around a connection to one goof and his kids. Now they're gone. How is he helping anyone?

Plus he's just a fucked up guy. He grew up in Cleveland a Steelers fan and worked the White Sox beat while living in Minnesota. What the fuck?

Author:  Tall Midget [ Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:04 am ]
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I miss Jay Mariotti. While his columns were dedicated to the cultivation of nincompoopery, he was/is one hell of a writer.

Author:  Rod [ Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:33 am ]
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Tall Midget wrote:
I miss Jay Mariotti. While his columns were dedicated to the cultivation of nincompoopery, he was/is one hell of a writer.


You really think so? You're not the first guy to say that, but I just don't see it. He had an annoying habit of trying to create his own memes, e.g. "The Big Skirt", "The Blizzard of Oz", etc. When you're a columnist and you do that, it starts to seem like the same column every day to a regular reader. Steve Rosenbloom is similar that way. "Organ-I-zation" wasn't really funny the first time he wrote it. I certainly don't need to read that countless times.

Author:  Curious Hair [ Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:34 am ]
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Lots of hockey fans jokingly affect the "organ-eye-zation" pronunciation, though. It's just one of those weird hockey shibboleths.

Author:  Rod [ Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:37 am ]
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Curious Hair wrote:
Lots of hockey fans jokingly affect the "organ-eye-zation" pronunciation, though. It's just one of those weird hockey shibboleths.


I understand what it is- a slight mocking of the Canadian pronunciation, particularly as spoken by Bob Pulford. I'm just saying I could do without Rosenbloom pointing it out for the thousandth time.

Author:  Curious Hair [ Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:53 am ]
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Well, if you don't like Steve Rosenbloom beating jokes into the ground so that they pop back out in China, then you just can't read Steve Rosenbloom.

Author:  Rod [ Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:57 am ]
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Curious Hair wrote:
Well, if you don't like Steve Rosenbloom beating jokes into the ground so that they pop back out in China, then you just can't read Steve Rosenbloom.


Tell me about it.

Author:  Don Tiny [ Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:01 am ]
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Dave In Champaign wrote:
He was too sleazy and bigoted to be a sportswriter, for fuck's sake. I honestly don't know where you go from there.


He could paint basements for radio hosts.

Author:  Curious Hair [ Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:11 am ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Curious Hair wrote:
Well, if you don't like Steve Rosenbloom beating jokes into the ground so that they pop back out in China, then you just can't read Steve Rosenbloom.


Tell me about it.


Before he had found his groove with Grote on Saturday mornings, I heard him do a show where he said someone was "sent to bed without dessert" six times in the span of an hour. I like Rosenbloom, but man, if you let him, he'll grab something and not let go.

Author:  Tad Queasy [ Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:06 pm ]
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Curious Hair wrote:
Before he had found his groove with Grote on Saturday mornings, I heard him do a show where he said someone was "sent to bed without dessert" six times in the span of an hour. I like Rosenbloom, but man, if you let him, he'll grab something and not let go.


His "Death Spiral Dave" tag for Wannstedt is another example of something woefully awkward and unfunny that he beat into ground.

When I was doing errands last Saturday morning I listened to their show for a little bit and when a caller would ask how they're doing he'd say "I'm basking in my own fabulousness" or something like that. That's tantamount to Harry's "What's growing on?"

Author:  Dave In Champaign [ Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:53 pm ]
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Don Tiny wrote:
Dave In Champaign wrote:
He was too sleazy and bigoted to be a sportswriter, for fuck's sake. I honestly don't know where you go from there.


He could paint basements for radio hosts.


Image

Author:  editorathome [ Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:27 pm ]
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cluv8484 wrote:
Did he get sent to his room with no TV? For being on the score so often previously, seems "and just like that, he's gone!"

Good. AFAIC, he's a total POS.

Author:  good dolphin [ Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:29 pm ]
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Tad Queasy wrote:
Curious Hair wrote:
Before he had found his groove with Grote on Saturday mornings, I heard him do a show where he said someone was "sent to bed without dessert" six times in the span of an hour. I like Rosenbloom, but man, if you let him, he'll grab something and not let go.


His "Death Spiral Dave" tag for Wannstedt is another example of something woefully awkward and unfunny that he beat into ground.

When I was doing errands last Saturday morning I listened to their show for a little bit and when a caller would ask how they're doing he'd say "I'm basking in my own fabulousness" or something like that. That's tantamount to Harry's "What's growing on?"


That's why I think Rosenbloom is perfectly positioned one day a week in the mornings

Author:  good dolphin [ Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:31 pm ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Tall Midget wrote:
I miss Jay Mariotti. While his columns were dedicated to the cultivation of nincompoopery, he was/is one hell of a writer.


You really think so? You're not the first guy to say that, but I just don't see it. He had an annoying habit of trying to create his own memes, e.g. "The Big Skirt", "The Blizzard of Oz", etc. When you're a columnist and you do that, it starts to seem like the same column every day to a regular reader. Steve Rosenbloom is similar that way. "Organ-I-zation" wasn't really funny the first time he wrote it. I certainly don't need to read that countless times.


The best I could give him is the label of decent wordsmith. We've been through this before but great writing is more than simply turning a phrase.

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