Keith Olbermann Alive at 49
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Olbermann is a dedicated baseball fan and historian of the sport, with membership in the Society for American Baseball Research.[45] He is also one of the most prominent baseball card collectors in the country, particularly of T-206 tobacco cards and other rare cards, such as the very rare 2006 Alex Gordon rookie card.[46] He argues that New York Giants baseball player Fred Merkle should not be denied inclusion into the Baseball Hall of Fame because of a baserunning mistake."[47] He contributed the foreword to More Than Merkle (ISBN 0-8032-1056-6), a book requesting amnesty for Merkle's error, also known as the "Merkle Boner." Olbermann was also one of the founders of the first experts' fantasy baseball league. He was one of the founders of the USA Today Baseball Weekly LABR league, giving the league its nickname (LABR stands for League of Alternative Baseball Reality).[48] Because of his extensive baseball knowledge, Olbermann is a consultant to Topps, the baseball card manufacturer. Topps allowed him to open the first pack of 2007 baseball cards on Countdown the week before they hit stores. The first card of the pack was Johnny Damon of the New York Yankees.
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Why does everyone have to be such goobs? Why can't people just show respect and go on?
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he is in the bag for all the wrong candidates, I like him alot.
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Why does everyone have to be such goobs? Why can't people just show respect and go on? >>
Exactly. Pretend Russert is a family member, how would you feel if people mocked their tragic and VERY early death?
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i didn't know russert had dies is there a story that goes with it??
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<< <i>what is the point of this idiotic thread? >>
So we can get have a dozen or more denunciations of Keith and those people can act like they're in control of this board and anyone who doesn't agree with them can get lost.
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He wrote many an article as far back as early 1970s (12-13 years old) for baseball publications like the Traders Speak, Baseball Hobby News, SCD etc. He is also the owner of the famous group of (unissued poses) T206 proofs (ie Eddie Collins batting card). Whenever I see him bid on eBay I say clear, no way I will top his bids.
Narrow minded conspiracey Theoryist like Obermann are never part of the answer, but the problem.
Its my right to disagree, But weather the President of our great nation is Right or Left, NEVER would
I smear him on the world stage in favor of Americans enemies for my political views. That's TREASON.
At least Russett had class and my sympathy goes out to his family. He was an honorable AMERICAN.
Im for AMERICA! The greatest country on this planet!
In the words of the Great Merle Haggard:
"If you don't love it, Leave it" "If your putting down my country, Man... your walking on the fightin' side of me"
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<< <i>Yup, Obermann reprsents everything that is wrong with political media.
Narrow minded conspiracey Theoryist like Obermann are never part of the answer, but the problem.
Its my right to disagree, But weather the President of our great nation is Right or Left, NEVER would
I smear him on the world stage in favor of Americans enemies for my political views. That's TREASON.
At least Russett had class and my sympathy goes out to his family. He was an honorable AMERICAN.
Im for AMERICA! The greatest country on this planet!
In the words of the Great Merle Haggard:
"If you don't love it, Leave it" "If your putting down my country, Man... your walking on the fightin' side of me" >>
Very true, my friend.
i quite agree.
i wish i could go a little earlier,
the love i'd receive around here.
sniff sniff...
j
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<< <i>Still not sure why so many people get all twisted up over talking heads. I think it may have something to do with unhappiness in their own existence, but I can't be sure without further scientific study. >>
I nominate StanTheMan for a frontal labotomy.
What? What do you mean he's already had one? That explains soooo much!
In reference to Olbermann, he bought some Topps 206 cards from me on ebay years ago. I had more that he needed and we negotiated the sale of those off ebay. Seemed very cordial throughout...
<< <i>The point of this thread is that you will talk trash about someone as long as they are alive, but as soon as they die they become great and you praise them and blah blah blah. If KO had kicked today the same ones bashing him would be all up on his nutz. >>
I don't think so. I think we would have seen a lot of celebration from the same people frothing at the mouth in the earlier posts.
To your point...I wasn't crazy about Russert as a journalist, but I wouldn't even dream of going into that memorial thread and listing my problems with his work. Neither the time nor the place. Similarly, I'm not exactly a fan of George Will's, but I know he's a knowledgeable and enthusiastic Baseball fan (Men At Work is a fine book) and I would really like to think that if his name came up here in a card collecting context, I wouldn't immediately start yelling about how much I hated him and his politics.
And the one question that I have for extremists from both sides of the aisle, why is it that someone can't support the US military while being against the War in Iraq? Why can't someone question the leadership of the current administration without being considered anti-American?
I was under the impression that those in our military (and some of my family members) fight and often die to protect both our right to have these concerns as well as voice them. I thought it was our repsonsibility to challenge our leaders. To demand accountability and to force them to listen to the voice of the majority and not to cowtow to some minimalistic special interest group or self serving benefactor that will financially support their next campaign.
Olbermann? Oft times he's an ass, but there are times that he raises vaild points. Whether you agree with him or not, they are questions that many Americans are asking or want answers to. Just because someone doesn't like him asking them doesn't mean he's anti-American or treasonous for doing so. Just as are O'Reilly, Maher, Limbaugh and others free to make their statements, read their agenda driven drivel and ask their questions.
It's considered very ill-mannered to speak negatively toward the recently deceased, but the volume and nature of comments about Tim Russert makes it clear how liked and respected he was by people he interviewed or worked with.
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at MSNBC fell to KO.
<< <i>what happened to tim russerts thread? >>
It died.
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He would just ALOT poorer...and therefore not able to generate the hype over Alex Gordon full cards, or be able to purchase T206 rare poses or proofs.
When I die, I give you all free reign to start a thread here with comments like "He was a jackass and I'm glad to see him go."
His and FKW's IMO
Steve
<< <i>It was interesting - perhaps telling - that most of yesterday's on-air TR-tribute duties
at MSNBC fell to KO. >>
Indeed.
I smear him on the world stage in favor of Americans enemies for my political views. That's TREASON"
sorry, last time i checked this is still America. If someone wants to trash, smear etc the current douche bag in chief, thats their right.
It boggles my mind that anyone can still sit there and support the current administration given their tremendous failings, cover-ups and outright lies. They are so far out of touch with the state of this country, its economy, the cost of food, gas et.al. that they need a good swift kick in the ass.
I hope the next President, whomever may that be, have an ounce of common sense and the desire to fix the problems of the past 8 years.
Olberman may some say some stupid things, but he has every right to say them.