Catching up
Wow! It's been too long-- the news items have been backing up, and Aaron, though generous with his time, just didn't cover anything important-- except for Rick Ankiel's comeback. Back to business...Guess which former Public Enemy #1 of the Cardinals is living in the northwest suburbs of St. Louis-- it's former Mets slugger Darryl Strawberry. Straw says his new wife "had to twist his neck to come... I was like, 'There's no way I'm going to St. Louis'-- this was my rival town. But it's a place where I believe God sent me and my wife... I like it here. It's more home-like, has a family atmosphere. New York, Florida, California-- people are so rude."
It seems the old demons of dependency are never far behind, however, and you can bet that wherever a wealthy, but troubled ex-ballplayer is trying to walk the straight and narrow, a roadside "Church on the Rock" won't be far away. Marvin Miller has inadvertently helped to raise more money for evangelical preachers than Bill and Hillary Clinton combined.
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A former high school classmate, teammate, and great friend has landed a sweet gig. Matt Strawn, formerly of Van Horne and Garrison, IA was tabbed earlier this month to be the Iowa manager of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. (Evidently, Mike Gravel had filled all of his campaign slots.) I've lost touch with Matt since college and I've been curious on more than one occasion since about how his political philosophies may have evolved with time. Has the Alex P. Keaton of Benton County moved to the right or to the left? Moved at all? Well, he's backing McCain this cycle so I'll be damned if I can tell.
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Quote of the day: Amazon.com DVD reviewer "epsteinsmutha"(!) on the April 24th release of "WKRP in Cincinnati: The Complete First Season" and speculation that licensed music may be missing from the discs: "It may not be in the first season, BUT if the scene from 'Les and Jennifer's Date," where Les trades in his bow tie for the ascot and pulls on the curly wig from Macho Man does NOT have "Hot Blooded" by Foreigner playing in the background instead of that "not even close and no cigar" soundnotathingalike "Much Too Much," from the recent Nick at Nite reruns, that will be grounds for taking the advice of the Doctor and leaving our garbage on the front lawns of the people who own the rights to WKRP. I hope they're visited by the ghosts of Gordon Jump (Mr. Carlson) and Del Murdock, personable owner of Del's Stereo (Hamilton Camp) if that's the case."
posted by CM @ 8:36 PM
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