So that they don't infect me while they've been fucking me non-stop since Saturday. I'm sure most, if not all of you have heard me implode about this issue once or twice already, but here it is for posterity.
Starting at the stroke of midnight, Saturday, October 16th, 2010, News Corp pulled from 3.5 million Cablevision subscribers their subsidiary channels Fox 5 (39 in Philly) and MY9, which nobody was really watching anyways. In fact, i think My9 has more viewers now that it is off the air. That's like telling your two-year old that he can't have any vagisil.
On Saturday, we missed Game 1 of the NLCS - San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies. On Sunday, Football games on Fox were blacked out as well, denying in-market fans their beloved New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles. In addition to that, Sunday saw the continuation of the NLCS blackout, shuttering Game 2. We are now in the fourth day of disputes with no end in sight. In a few hours, I would count on missing Game 3 of the NLCS as well.
How about some background information on this whole fracas?
I'll get into it after the jump...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Freddy No Longer Sez
Anybody who has been to Yankee Stadium any time during the last 22 years knows Freddy Schuman. Maybe you don't know him by name, or even if you saw him, but you're a fucking liar if you say you've never heard that distinct sound of cheap spoon banging against even cheaper pan. Missing no more than a handful of the 81 home games a year (think two to five missed games a year. maybe less) On my estimation, Freddy has been a stadium mainstay for almost 1,700 games.
Something that i find particularly interesting in Freddy's saga is the fact that he is the closest thing we Yankee fans have to a mascot. That's right, the mascot of a $200 million organization is a one eyed, one toothed, raspy voiced old man.
Here's to you, Freddy. Let's hope the team brings it home for you.
Something that i find particularly interesting in Freddy's saga is the fact that he is the closest thing we Yankee fans have to a mascot. That's right, the mascot of a $200 million organization is a one eyed, one toothed, raspy voiced old man.
Freddy Schuman
May 23, 1925 - October 17, 2010
Freddy's pan and spoon is currently en route to Cooperstown for enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame. This is the tradition that the Bombers espouse. We have more fans in Cooperstown than the Pirates have players.
Former Mayor Giuliani once said "He's an embodiment of the die-hard Yankee fan. If Freddy isn't there with his pan, it doesn't feel right. It feels like there's something missing."
Something's missing, alright.
I was one of the lucky thousands who got to bang Freddy's pan. It was the first pan i banged, and I will never forget it. Here's to you, Freddy. Let's hope the team brings it home for you.
Goddamned Cablevision Fucking Me Over
Not porn. Dolphins.
A Beautiful Maltese Tiger.
I've been saying it all along, man. Ozymandias too.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
More, Please.
"Let's tear this old mothah down!"
I saw His Highness in the city some months ago.
I know it's a few days late, but, Happy Anniversary,
Big Man!
Somebody Call Al Sharpton
This is awesome. Green Party Illinois Gubernatorial candidate Richard Whitney's name was misspelled on about two dozen ballot machines which were then sent to predominantly black neighborhoods. What was the typo? RICH WHITEY. Oh man, it really doesn't get any better than that. I'm still not sure what's more detrimental to his campaign, that, or the fact that he's affiliated with the motherfucking Green Party. I think that you can run on the National Socialist ticket and still get more votes than the Green Party.
Breaking News, Motherfuckers!
Originally reported by Deadline:
Former crackhead and current awesome actor Tom Hardy has landed a "leading role" in the upcoming third and final installment of Christopher Nolan's Untitled BATMAN 3 Project, slated for release July 20, 2012.
You probably remember Hardy from his role as Eames, the "Forger" in Nolan's most recent film, Inception.
If you ask me, though, and I'm sure many would agree, his tour de force came in 2009's Bronson, a movie based on London's most notorious prison inmate. Great fucking movie. He was also in one of my all time favorites, L4Y3R CAK3.
Former crackhead and current awesome actor Tom Hardy has landed a "leading role" in the upcoming third and final installment of Christopher Nolan's Untitled BATMAN 3 Project, slated for release July 20, 2012.
You probably remember Hardy from his role as Eames, the "Forger" in Nolan's most recent film, Inception.
If you ask me, though, and I'm sure many would agree, his tour de force came in 2009's Bronson, a movie based on London's most notorious prison inmate. Great fucking movie. He was also in one of my all time favorites, L4Y3R CAK3.
Friday Afternoon Grabbag
Gorgeous stained glass window in a European church.
Not sure why the priests insisted on keeping this panel
during renovations.
Seriously, fuck you, Yoko. You just make me so mad.
Brilliant sushi restaurant in Los Angeles. If you ask for
spicy mayo, the sushi chef charges out from behind the bar
and pierces your heart with a Hattori Hanzo samurai sword.
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