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Merril Hoge Slips Up a Cock

Larry Brown — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:59:23 +0000

Imagine my surprise when ESPN analyst, Merril Hoge, was signing off from the fantasy football show on Sunday, and let this slip out. Call it Freudian? I don’t know. I’ll let you decide for yourself:

I just can’t even imagine what it was like on set for Schwab and Matthew Barry. There’s no way you didn’t hear that one. Impressively, Hoge just kept rolling along like nothing had happened, didn’t even stop to correct himself.

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Rex Hudler Enjoys His Brownies

Larry Brown — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:00:49 +0000

Last night I was watching the Angels/A's game when a rather dubious exchange took place between Angels broadcasters Steve Physioc and Rex Hudler. They were promoting The Simpsons Movie which led Physioc to mention donuts. The donuts mention led Phys to mention brownies.

It was an awful lead in by Physioc, and Hudler fell right into the trap. Now, before you play the audio, consider this: Hudler was arrested at the Kansas City International Airport back in 2003 for marijuana possession and drug paraphernalia. OK, now play the audio and enjoy a nice laugh.

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Joe Morgan Corrects Himself on Sunday Night Baseball (Audio)

Larry Brown — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:55:35 +0000

I noted recently that Joe Morgan was caught making a mistake (also known as a lie) while telling a story on Sunday Night Baseball. He said that he helped the Phillies continue their notable 10 game losing streak with an RBI single in his major league debut back in 1964. Problem was, Morgan made his debut in 1963, and he never even had an RBI in 1964. So Joe was wrong on both accounts, trying to place himself into a situation that he clearly was not a part of.

Well, Phil Musnick in the NY Post noted that Morgan was expected to make a correction on his next broadcast of Sunday Night Baseball. That night came, and Joe acknowledged his mistake. Kind of. Jon Miller had to lead Joe through the entire event, with Morgan just giving one-word answers the entire time. You could really tell how much Morgan hated doing it. Listen to the audio right here (mp3).

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Joe Morgan Does Not Like Correcting Himself

Larry Brown — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:50:35 +0000

Joe Morgan was led by Jon Miller to issue a correction for a story he told on Sunday Night Baseball that was incorrect. Here's the correction to it.

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Gary Sheffield Interview on HBO Real Sports

Larry Brown — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:47:26 +0000

The audio from Gary Sheffield's interview on HBO's Real Sports with Andrea Kremer. Amongst the highlights:

- Sheffield can't avoid controversy
- Yankees treat black and white players differently
- Joe Torre called him out
- Sheffield took the cream and the clear
- Sheffield is not a steroid user
- Steroids are only injected in the butt
- He was controlled by Barry Bonds

It was quite a well-done interview on all ends. I really enjoy Sheffield for speaking his mind and providing entertainment. One thing though, just because he did not know what he was taking does not absolve him from having used steroids while under Barry's watch — just like it doesn't absolve Barry. You have to be careful about the products you put in your body and the people with whom you surround yourself.

Letting Bonds control him was one of Sheffield's biggest mistakes. Overall, it was an excellent interview.

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Mike North and Ozzie Guillen Face Off (Audio)

Larry Brown — Sat, 19 May 2007 11:59:57 +0000

Once again, The Mike North Morning Show on WSCR in Chicago was the center of controversy. Ozzie Guillen called into the show after hearing his catcher AJ Pierzynski complain to North about being left out of the lineup in favor of backup Toby Hall. Guillen absolutely goes off on North and Pierzynski for questioning the manager's decision, either completely ignoring the fact that he's on radio, or completely unaware of it. And man, does it produce some of the greatest audio I've heard! Enjoy

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Interview with Oscar’s Trainer, Freddie Roach

Larry Brown — Sat, 05 May 2007 12:32:40 +0000

If you want to know what to expect from the De La Hoya party tonight, check out the interview.

Here were some of the topics of conversation: I asked Freddie about signing on late to train Oscar for the fight, how the media tour impacted the training, what the biggest obstacle Mayweather will present, and what Oscar's approach will be in the fight. Check it out

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Interview with Sugar Shane Mosley

Larry Brown — Wed, 02 May 2007 08:34:03 +0000

The Oscar De La Hoya/Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight is rapidly approaching (it's on Saturday fools!). So check it out, I had a chance to speak with Sugar Shane Mosley, who has a new role as a promoter with Golden Boy Promotions — Oscar's company.

I asked Shane about his new role as a promoter, how he was able to beat Oscar twice, who he's picking to win, and what his long term plans are.

You might be very surprised to hear who Sugar Shane picks to win the fight. Listen to find out who he likes…

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Tony La Russa Does Not Like the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Larry Brown — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:41:07 +0000

As I alluded to in the previous post, Tony La Russa had a shouting match with St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bernie Miklasz on Friday after the Cardinals 5-3 loss to the Cubs (click here to listen). La Russa was upset over an article that ran earlier in the day on Friday, detailing in literally poetic form, why the Cubs would not break their curse.

We put a new twist on an old poem* to capture in verse why the Cubs will never break the curse … and list the reasons they are destined to not win a World Series.

These are the cruelest of echoing words:

No Tinker. No Evers. No chance.

Spend all they can, Cubs still chasing the ‘Birds.

Clearly La Russa was not happy about reading the article. It’s bad enough to deal with one of his own players giving the Cubs bulletin board material and more incentive to win. But it’s much worse when a local reporter does the trick. As a result, he boycotted questions from Post-Dispatch reporters both before and after the game until getting into an argument with Miklasz.

“That cheap shot against the Cubs, I don’t want to be a part of it, and I want them, I want everybody to know that the St. Louis Cardinals and their manager have an absolute disregard for that,” La Russa said.
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“I know it’s the editor [who] makes those decisions,” La Russa said. “But I have a couple of ways [to protest], and the one way I’m going to do it is I’m not going to answer questions from the Post-Dispatch. If you disagree with that, write that you disagree with it. I don’t care. I really don’t. What I care is that I don’t put my stamp, any way shape or form, on the cheap shot like that at a Major League organization.”

I understand La Russa here, problem is, by not talking to the Post-Dispatch, it provides more fuel for their writers to tear apart the Cardinals in the paper. Probably not the wisest move by La Russa, but I understand why he’d be pissed about what was written.

Tony La Russa Boycots St Louis Post-Dispatch

Larry Brown — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:22:18 +0000

Check out the exchange Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa had with St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bernie Miklasz following the Cardinals 5-3 loss to the Cubs on Friday. He had been boycotting questions from Post-Dispatch reporters because he was unhappy about an article that appeared in the paper on Friday morning detailing why the Cubs would not break the curse.

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