A-Rod is A-Roid? If It’s Good Enough For Romero…? And White House – Read Buz Teacher’s Commentary Right Away!
Sports Illustrated came out with an “exclusive ” today. No it is not the swimsuit edition. It is a report alleging that Alex Rodriguez, perhaps the greatest player in baseball today, took steroids in 2003, his all star season. Say it isn’t so Alex! If it is true, and certified, will the baseball Commish suspend him? Will he get a pass? I mean, Phillies reliever J.C. Romero got 50 days, which is harsh and over the top.
Will A-Rod or A-Roid fess up and take his punishment?
If you want some great reading. which some of you say you’re not getting here, go to Buz Teacher’s new column at the Huffington Post. Buz is a national publishing legend and the White House should take note.
Also, please note the following as the inside scoop on Ed Rendell and HHS! It’s a copy of my report on KYW Newsradio on Friday. Read and learn:
Reliable political sources in our region tell us that Governor Rendell, if asked by the President, would be hard pressed not to accept a nomination for Secretary of Health and Human services, but that if a representative of the President called first to sound him out about the job, Rendell would indicate that he will not leave the Governor’s office. The reasons are clear. With the death of Lt. Governor Catherine Baker Knoll by law Rendell would be leaving the job in the hands of the Republican Senate President in Pa.for the next 23 months. That will not happen..according to our sources. But the speculation itself is not harmful for a man who has gone from District Attorney to Mayor to Governor in a period of 32 years. You can bet on that, unless you are waiting for video poker to become legal.
On the subject of gambling: Delaware is consider legalizing gambling on sporting events. IT IS ABOUT TIME.
Why are local governments losing all that gambling revenue to illegal gambling when they can get the goodies? If people want to play point spreads, why not allow the public trust to get some of the loot? It is not much different than playing the lottery.
Delaware, first to ban all public smoking, leads the way again.
Comments(82)
Why does it take so long to change a blog topic?
Is this the best you can do?
Thanks for the News Flash…
A-Fraud exposed himself as just that with the whole Madonna episode. Complete fraud. Why is anyone surprised he’s used riods? He has been the ultimate teflon fraud for years. Let’s see if this sticks.
Good to see partisan politics wouldn’t affect Fast Eddie’s decision to go to DC. First, no one from Washington is calling. Secondly, Fast Eddie is trying to create a position for himself since he backed the wrong horse in the primary. This is laughable.
Delaware. Who cares?
Larry, if you went on Comcast with this weak stuff, you’d get cancelled in 2 weeks. Please don’t bring it here either.
Testify, Buz! At the library I see people taking out books for free. The local government should get itsself some slice of that! I sho I could get $20 for 15 minutes with a book if I had state protection.
Asking if he will be suspended is not a serious question, since it was not a suspendable offense back then.
Ed Rendell as Secretary of Health ? Is that a joke ? Secretary of cheesesteaks perhaps.
Who cares about A-Rod ? Mr.freakin’ May.Torre bounced him up & down the lineup in the playoffs for a reason.
OOJ, enough with asking Larry to constantly change the blog topic only to have you inanly critique it then ask for a new topic for the next week. If you’re mentally challenged or “retarded” which I’ve recently learned is as offensive as nigger in some circles, then I hope to not hurt your feeling, you’re a good boy! If you’re not retarded, then perhaps you might want to give Larry until entry #50 to start acting up, I feel sorry for your wife if you have one! There is plenty of stuff to discuss today whether your a sports fan or a politico.
When I heard the news, my son yelled A-Roid, Larry nice to see your on the ball with the young kids. It seems Joe Tori is telling us something in his book and in interviews; A-Rod is gifted but has an inferiority complex, especially to Jeter, so perhaps that’s why he resorted to sterioids. The Madonna thing was sad, she was just playing him like the stupid infatuated high school football player that the hot smart girl could use, and he was used- it cost him his marriage and relationship with his children.
Jose Canseco told us that last year,Alex Rodriguez does not perform well in October when the stakes are the highest, similar to our hometown football hero #5.
George, why does it take 10 days to get a new blog topic? Is it that hard? Is he putting too much thought into it? Obviously not… And although you maybe the master of the inane critique, I’m not sure you are qualified to critique me… I saw the move Gran Torino tonight. I ask my wife if that was George. She said no it was Clint Eastwood…
What’s all the fuss about A Rod?
A Rod is my client. Any questions should come through me. Show me the needle marks!
Show me the phoney!
Larry, a word of advice. When the title of your column is as long as the column itself, the title of your column may be too long………
Larry, if you read the Inquirer today you would have gotten the lowdown on the A Rod steroid situation. The real story here is Comish Bud Selig did nothing about steroid usage in MLB until it got out of hand. McGuire and Sosa pounding out homers more often than George the blogger brings up the subject of race and anti-semitism was the first clue. Then there was the size of Barry Bond’s
head. How many times can a person grow out of a hat? Selig and his buddies were raking in the cash and couldn’t care less about steroids. Money, Larry, that’s what it’s all about. These money hungry thieves in control of baseball took a look the other way when it came to steroid use. All for the sake of the proverbial dollar.
Larry Kane alert.Larry is on TV tonight discussing the Beatles tour back in,I dunno,1964 maybe ? Anyway,its gotta be must see TV.
OOOJ-Gran Torino was damn good,no ?
YAFP, Gran Torino was very good. Mrs OOOJ thought it was a guy flick. Do you see my George analogy?
Warning -
Do not sign in under other people’s names!
LK
OOJ, I am not qualifed to critque you, but appreciate your polite response to my comments, and thanks for thinking about me after that movie, it struck a real chord with me too, the best movie I’ve seen in a decade. You’ll notice it did not get one nomination, and that’s because it contained too much truth for the lefty loo Acadamy to deal with. Clint’s charater was flawed, yet his actions were righteous, he bonded with the Hmong people better than his self indulgent selfish children and grandchildren. He was fearless in stepping up to the arch black sterotype as they sexually harrassed and intended to rape a woman. A young Catholic earnest Catholic priest tried dooggedly to do the right thing, he was genuine and real and refreshing after a movie like Doubt. There’s a lot of great stuff in Gran Torino, and I’m certain you are smart enough to see it as more than a film about an angry racist Korean war veteran. You guys might confuse my provactive comments as ignorant, angry or misinformned. Perhaps they are to some, my goal is to have honest unvarnished debates about race and religion and the baggage that comes with it even in 2009. Larry cares about the same things I think, but he comes at it from a different direction. You, YAP, and Leo also care about this stuff I’m sure, we just have different styles of getting it out on the table.
Looks like Larry is putting an end to sock puppetering based on his comments above. I guess its time we put our puppets back into the chest in the basement, I will miss some of them.
George aren’t you the guy who named his children after Adolf Hitler and Joesph Goebbles? Now that’s the unvarnished truth.
George, no offense taken and none intended. His unfiltered approach to speaking reminded me of you.
I think we need to hold Larry to a higher standard or go find another website. He continues to recycle drivel. He should be embarrassed. If he would take 30-45 minutes to develop a position on a poignant topic twice a week we’d be happy. Rather, he chooses to spend 5 minutes and come up with some weak topic with no opinion stated. Sad.
Larry, if you are not going to participate in your own blog, why penalize sock puppets for creativity?
Hey Blago, suck my dick you fucking pussy. You’re really Ed, that faggot from Kennsington. If you really want to mix it up with me, I’m at 30th street station on a daily basis, so why don’t man-up and show the other guys what a big hard boy you are. Tell me the day and time right here and I will settle with you at the 30th street sation -pussy boy!
George you psychopath the only reason that I picked on you was because I thought you outed me as Blago. May you rest in hell you turd.
Ed Rendell was a partner at Ballard Spahr, at least in name and pay if not in practice. His buddies there were David Cohen (now of Comcast) and Arthur Makadon. There were recent reports about the borderline ethical conduct Makadon and Cohen engaged in when Fumo was shaking down Verizon and its CEO sought counsel from Ballard. Larry, why don’t you investigate that? Is it because you’re on the Comcast payroll? Does the corruption run that deep, even to former newsreaders?
Obama shouldn’t appoint Rendell to anything if he wants to avoid another Daschle-type pre-confirmation dirty laundry disaster.
George I stopped by 30th St station today and saw you peddling your newspapers off in a corner. Nice job. I would have said hello but you looked like you were lost in thought or maybe it was a case of constipation. Say hello to little Adolf for me.
Ed you need ride to 30th street station? Sonny Lee give free rickshaw ride.Sonny Lee big Clint Eastwood fan.
How is babby formed?
George, see this is what happens when Larry does not put any thought into a topic. The regulars go to other sites. The sock puppets parade out. The conversation is about everything but the topic.
Hey Ed,you can meet me at the Max Schmeling littletikes day care center,daily between 8:00 to 6:00,if you want a piece of me.
Leo- Do you consider that “borderline ethical conduct?” I was outraged when I read about that.Those two didn’t answer,they just looked at each other & shrugged.First there was Grenberg Traurig,now Ballard Spahr,who’s next,Reed ? Woodcock ? Dechert ? I’m losing faith.
OOOJ-I don’t know George so I can’t comment.Not trying to be PC either,in fact I’m pretty far from that,tend to be candid (read obnoxious )with my friends.
YBP, they didn’t just look at each other. They essentially advised the Verizon CEO to win his case or play ball with Fumo. That isn’t legal advice. Rendell-Fumo-Ballard. Josh Shapiro was at Ballard, too, before he was at Greenberg Traurig don’t forget. Seems to me that the whole PA/Philly pay to play culture runs right through Ballard’s front door. And Larry’s worried about steroids in baseball at a time when they weren’t prohibited. That isn’t journalism. It’s gossip column trash.
Maybe Larry and Snarlin’ Arlen could get together and become a dynamic duo that spends a lot of time and money on cleaning up professional sports, which is only entertainment unless you’re betting on it. Wait. Who’s betting on it?
C’mon, Larry, and focus on the real issues, hard hitting issues like FREE AIR, where you aren’t just a “ME TOO” observer parroting others.
Too cheap to buy a newspaper from me Ed, or are those big 8th grade words confusing for you?
A-Roid is an A-Hole.
Larry as a serious journalist I hope you caught the ESPN interview with Alex Rodriguez. The man admitted to taking drugs for three years yet he didn’t know what they were. Even George isn’t buying that. And as you know George isn’t the brightest bulb in the chandelier
I made a mistake and I’m sorry. I’m sorry I got caught. I’m sorry it became public info. I’m sorry it will affect my marketability. I’m sorry I embarrassed Madonna. Now, are we okay? I had a dependency issue. Larry has a dependency issue now – on Cheetos and TV re-runs.
Ed, Larry is no longer a serious journalist. He is a part time analyst, name dropping prognosticator and a story borrowing blogger. His days of serious journalism are way behind him. Like my days of 50+ homeruns.
Ouch. I guess he should just change his name to Kent Brockman and get it over with.
Certainly not Erin Brockovich. Not even Bob Costas. I know Bob Costas and he is no Bob Costas.
Now this is journalism.
http://machochip.com/2009/02/new-york-post-arod-steroid-cover-wins-best-coverever-1.php
In Alaska we have my husband the winner of snowmobile races in the snow and his name being A-Todd. I blame steroids for our special needs child Trig and that is short for hair trigger because A-Todd goes off all the time because of the roids and his temper not being so good. Follow me into the twilight zone.
Hey Sarah, you had your 15 minutes of fame, now let me have mine.
Good to see the strict enforcement of the “no sock puppet” policy by Blog Czar.
Larry, do you think the nation can gamble its way out of the economic crisis? Should we repeal the federal income tax and replace it with gambling revenue? Do you think that’s good policy? Do you see what’s happening to gambling communities like Reno, NV? They’re sucking wind. When they suck wind, the tax revenue drops off the map — a casino that makes no profit pays no taxes on profits, even though people still lose money there.
Apparently there is a real Buz Teacher. He called Larry to complain about someone posting under his name. Who knew there was a real Buz out there. Buz you’re more than welcome to comment here but keep it juvenile and condescending towards Larry. All serious and thought provoking posts will be taken down.
WARNING!! Don’t respond to a blogger by the name of George. He’s easily angered unlike the thick skinned Larry Kane…
In fact I have to kick Larry in the groin every once in a while just to make sure he’s still with us.
Larry, should the treasury take $1 trillion to Las Vegas and put it on 33 at Circus Circus? Even if they lose, they’ll get most of the money back in taxes. Sounds like a lock, eh?
(For those of you who know less about gambling than Larry does, that’s 33 on the roulette wheel.)
Larry I watched your 45th anniversary of the Beatles show on Sunday. Your interviews with John Paul George and Ringo were a riot. Talk about being juiced. Those guys had performance enhancing substances written all over them. Maybe not performance enhancing but they were on something illegal. Here were the four most popular and hip guys in the world hanging out with you. The juxtaposition between you and them is what made the whole thing work. I suppose after that experience with you the Beatles starting using LSD and visiting the Maharishi Yogi over in India.
I saw John Lennon on the El. As I was trying to stop a mother from hitting and swearing at her two-year old, he walked over and started singing “Give Peace a Chance.” When she tried to hit him, he turned into vapor and vanished. Eerie.
I can gamble babby and food stamp?
My girls say A-Rod is a good customer. Always polite and a good tipper. Not like that Spitzer. Not like that Vitter. And he is quite a hitter.
Larry, please don’t put us through another few days of inane nonsense.
A-Rod, A-Roid, A-Hole I’ve had enough. Give your fans a new topic to dissect.
Times are getting really tough. Amtrak police had to forcably remove a woman from the station today. Her crime? Holding a sign that said ” I will wet nurse your baby for $5 per hour” Sadly this poor woman, perhaps suffering from post partum depression but obviously lactating, was offering to feed babys for less than the cost of baby formula. If you don’t think we’re in a depression than you should take Larry’s advice and have your head examined. This is much worse than bankers selling apples on wall street in 1930s.
Mrs Kaighn, you’re not fooling me, you’re really OOJ. Larry has asked for no more puppetering! My puppets are all packed away in the basement now, its really sad, they miss they way I use to slip my large cold hand inside their body’s and bring them to life for Larry’s amusement.
Larry, can we puppets again? It’s really fun, we’ll behave better. We’ll make it more like back when you wathed the Ed Sullivan show with your parents in Brooklyn in black and white TV, we’ll even clean it up to a 1970s level of censorship.
George-I believe Larry said not to sign in under someone else’s name.For instance,I cannot sign in as Ed,say.I think there’s tacit approval of puppets.Regardless,I’ll be in exile ’til the topic changes.
I filled out a survey on the SEPTA site to let them know my views on eating on the trains. My girls sometimes get disgusting liquids on them on the trains. Cant have that yo! The library is cleaner. Check us out.
Yes you can stick a fork in this subject matter. I guess that’s better than sticking a needle in it filled with steroids. Ah what happened to the days of “greenies” and “black beauties”? No one seemed to care much about them. Is it true if you take steroids for an extended period your little johnson scrivels up and falls off? Isn’t that why they call it “roid rage”?
All of your muscles bulging and shimmering except the one between your legs.
Babby gettin roids gonna win us a skollorship.
George, the Mrs Kaighn above is not me. I’m on the road in NE PA. No time for blogging.
Drive safely OOOJ, you sure about #53 above, agree # 58 definately not you. LAstnight at 8:53???? hmmmm.
I miss JR, what if he was sick with cancer and just didn’t want to tell us, how would we know?
I wonder if the city will make a big deal when Larry passes on or if its just a one night story 15 minutes into the news. There’s a lot of jealousey in news rooms, and not everyone was a big fan of his. Maybe Gardner or Howard will write a nasty tell-all, like Torre’s book, except that Larry was obsessed with getting the scoop and was not afraid to step on people, or he went into Roid rage if not enough face time etc. We’ll probably never know. I do wonder why he keeps this site going. I don’t think his occasional news flashes are his best work. Larry, perhaps this site has jumped the shark, like Fonzi did in happy days. You do remind some of us of the Fonz, that show really helped boost ABC and you, plus you looked a lot like him back in the day. Okay, this drivile i’m writing is even getting stupid by my standards. Who’s better looking, Larry Kane or Henry Winkler?
No, George, none of them.
It is a good impersonator tho.
If I left diapers on my child as long as Larry leaves blog posts up, I’d be arrested.
Leo, is Bernita your nanny?
The real reason that the stimulus package is so large is because we are going to be paying for that woman in California and her fourteen babies. This woman and her doctor should be put away in a mental institution. That I would pay for. Even my Larry was outraged over this matter. Seldom does Larry vent his anger at society’s ills but in this case he’s all for sterilization. A bit late in this case but from now on single mothers with no home and no job and six kids should not be allowed to have embryos implanted in their womb. If this lady gets more than 15 minutes of fame out of this travesty than we should all be cursed. Her kids already are..
Mrs. Kaighn, you seem threatened by the size of Obama’s package. Are you sure you’re not a racist?
Having lived with Larry for many years I’ve grown to accept that it is not the size of a package that matters. It is how one works the package to deliver the most bang for the buck. I’m afraid Obama’s package is lacks this proper stimulation.
Arr, in th’ horse latitudes we be in this blog, th’ doldrums set upon us, maties. There be nary a breath of new blog wind from Cpt. Kane, that scurvy excuse for a pirate. Thinks I he only wears the frilly shirt but has not the heart of a brigand. Squawk! Polly want a new blog!
Larry can’t stand having his musings placed under the pressure of unpaid critics that don’t seem to appriciate his genius. Larry is used to people who favorably comment on his wisdom and advice. Sort of like a king running around with no clothes on, Larry exemplifies the damage that occurs when one is afforded such acclaim. His point of view is skewed by the enormous success he achieved as a news reader. As a parasitic voyeur with the Beatles he developed a emmense sense of self worth even though the Beatles themselves were wink winking and nudge nudging each other when my Larry would pose a question to the Fab Four. I’m sure you all knew someone in your group that just didn’t get that the joke was on them. My Larry however is a sweet guy and truly loves riding the SEPTA system and yes will fight for “Free Air” until the day he dies.
BIG GAME ALERT!!!! Anyone who cares about the Big Five should take note that Temple plays St Joes tonight. I can’t predict the result but it has the feel of a real knock down drag out encounter.
As a man who grew up in a racially divided atmosphere, I must on this most solemn of dates pay homage to my man Abe Lincoln. Abe would have been 200 years old today. Tis a pity we still don’t celebrate his birthday on the day he was born. We now have Presidents Day. The day of presidents birthdays. What the fuck does that mean? Do we now celebrate all the presidents’ birthdays on that day or is it just to celebrate Abe and George Washington’s birthdays on that day? Or is it a day created to have a long weekend to go skiing?
Hey John, not happy you Owls beat the Hawks.
Well I woke up this morning & got myself a beer.
The future’s uncertain & the end is always near.
Hadn’t heard that in a bit.Takes me back.
Arr, if yer cryin’ in yer beer yer gonna drown, matie.
Larry,
I’m getting you some FREE AIR for Valentine’s Day. Enjoy it.
I’ve been reading Buzz Lightyear like Larry suggested. Fascinating!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story
I find the Woody character particularly interesting.
Woody is an old-fashioned pull-string stuffed cowboy doll with plastic head and hands. He is Andy’s favorite toy(in other words, Andy’s “pet”) since kindergarten, with a special spot on the bed, and is the leader of the toys. In Toy Story 2 it is revealed that he is based on the main character from a 1950s popular TV Show, “Woody’s Roundup”. He is voiced by Tom Hanks in the two films and by his brother Jim Hanks on other occasions. Woody is inspired by executive producer John Lasseter’s favorite childhood toy, a pull-string Casper the Friendly Ghost talking doll. Pixar Animator/Director Bud Luckey designed the character and came up with the idea of making him a cowboy toy. In Toy Story, Woody is the leader of the toys in Andy’s room and is considered a force to be reckoned with. When one is in doubt, they usually turn to Woody for aid. Woody is very touchy about his position as room leader; therefore, when Buzz Lightyear barges in, he takes the loss of attention rather hard and goes on a campaign to try and eliminate Buzz. However, soon Buzz and Woody become friends and together they lead Andy’s room. Woody makes a cameo in one of A Bug’s Life’s outtakes. Woody also appears in the Toy Story Midway Mania! attraction at the Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney’s California Adventure theme parks in Florida and California,USA. Woody is a playable character on the Toy Story Racer Video Game
Thank you for recommending my book Larry. It has moved to the top of the New York Times best seller list since you posted this blog in January.
Today is day 7.
I wonder if Larry’s friend Yvonne Allison is going to write an article about the useless nigger with the long criminal record and a pocket full of crack that just killed another decent white Philadelphia police officer? By now we all know that Allison is hurt and outraged to hear the so called N-word uttered by a white man to his black friend when she eavesdropped on their private conversation at an upscale resturant. Oh the horror!!! In the age of Obama that should never happen. Ms Allison it probably would not happen if niggers were not shooting white cops, six or seven in last two years, we white people have lost count. Most decent Philadelphians regardless of race, know the difference between blacks (or the misnomer “African Americans”) and niggers. We also know the difference between whites and white trash, even a child knows this. It’s time the decent black in this city come out of the fancy restuarants and let go of their righteous indigation over every little bullshit slight, and admit that we have an epidemic of niggers shooting white cops. Do you thin Ms Allison you could wrtite an honest coulmn about this? You know get past your hurt feeling an talk about why these men like Mumia kill white cops for no good reason. A lot more peoople are hurt when they kill like this, and we all know there are complex societal reasons, but in the age of Obama we need to talk about this ore than offensive language in a resturant. Its’ a matter of life and death for the next white Catholic cop who is going to be gunned down by a useless drug dealing nigger. You diindt hear that in the resuratnt but I hope you read it hear and think about it. Liberals are even more vain as conservative, so I’m sure you come back here sipping Chardonay to see what outrageous things get written after Larry mande such a big God Damn deal about your article. Put this in your crack pipe and smoke it!
Clinton was one of the most controversial figures in our list with some of the panel rating him highly while others buried him at the foot of their rankings.
Clinton was the first Democrat to be re-elected President since Franklin Roosevelt. He successfully passed progressive legislation, including the right to take unpaid leave during pregnancy or illness and an increase in the minimum wage but he failed with other proposals such as his medical reforms.
His second term was dominated by the Monica Lewinsky scandal and impeachment but he still left office with a 65 per cent approval rating.
“Promised so much, delivered so little and embarrassed everyone.” Ben Macintyre.
Ms Allison, I hit send before proof reading and editing above. However, now that I look at it, it’s perfect for you to show to your white friends, who will nod in agreemnt with you about how your article brought out the vile racist underbelly of our city. For the love of god these ignorant white trailor trash gun loving Nascar people can’t even write a gramatically correct sentence. Well, we have a guy named Leo here who monitors gramar for us, and I’m sure he’s with you, but for the chicken bones and slapping children around on the El, he’s good with the coloured.
I’m trying to be provacative to get people to talk more honestly about the elephant on Broad Street. There is a terrible crime epidemic and decent white cops are being gunned down like this and no one speaks honnestly about who’s doing it, and it’s outrageous.
If the last six cops were killed by Amish from rural Pennslyvania who were in the city selling pretzels instead of crack, do you think the liberal media would consider and explore this? Why are these Amish men doing business in our city and killing the white Catholic cops? is it a religious issue for them,is Amish really a cult? cultural difference? Ms Allison, you’d be on the Amish murder epidemic like white on rice.
Please consider my points, have another glass of Chardonay, and then write an honest article about this matter. Thank you!
Larry, thank you for letting me express my unedited opinions here. I respect you for providing this forum, and perhaps that will be your greatest legacy, at least to me. Take Mrs K out for a nice Tai dinner tonight, send me the tab.