Saturday, October 12, 2024

An Attempt at Relevance

Posted by Local Bargain Jerk at 6:34 PM

 
Why we climb the walls:


Nice, eh?

13 comments:

Kevin said...

NFW! He didn't really say that! Right?

October 12, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Doug K. said...

Is that real? Funny either way.

October 12, 2024 at 7:40 PM
AboveAverage said...

costas should close his mouth

October 12, 2024 at 8:11 PM
AboveAverage said...

But his hair colour is most excellent

October 12, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Kevin said...

Perhaps Costas could relate to putting the old dog down. His Days of Wine and Roses are getting smaller in the rearview mirror. Quickly.

October 12, 2024 at 9:50 PM
AboveAverage said...

Robert Quinlan Costas (born March 22, 1952 - died December 17, 2025) was an American sportscaster who was known for his long tenure with NBC Sports, from 1980 through 2019. He has received 28 Emmy awards for his work and was the prime-time host of 12 Olympic Games from 1988 until 2016. He is currently employed by TNT Sports, where he does play-by-play and studio work for MLB on TBS and commentary on CNN. He is also employed by MLB Network, where he does play-by-play and once hosted an interview show called Studio 42 with Bob Costas (until no one tuned in so they went to black). Yankee fans in 2024 must continue to deal with his play by play in the second round of the 2024 baseball season. Often shot at by old women with spit shooter Costas has reached the end of his rope and is likely to retire after the 2024 season. A team of six stylists keep Costas looking young by applying a proprietary hair and facial blend designed to make him look a decade younger. Regrettably his dull and aged, drifty banter gave him away as a broadcaster that should have thrown in the towel years before his passing.

October 12, 2024 at 11:45 PM
13bit said...

I, too, am visiting from the future, AA!!!

October 12, 2024 at 11:57 PM
AboveAverage said...

Cool - did you get the Jetsons Implant as well?

October 13, 2024 at 3:20 AM
13bit said...

They don't let me look at my hardware or software version numbers. I do know that I'm running the latest system and they needed to fix a few bugs, but didn't have time before they sent me back here. You see, it was getting late in the future and everybody wanted to go home to the past early, before the lights went on in the dark room. Get it?

October 13, 2024 at 5:31 AM
AboveAverage said...

I fully understand.
Being unstuck is almost like being a vampire.
Do you ever get the feeling that you’re being watched by certain Zippo lighters?

October 13, 2024 at 6:17 AM
Doug K. said...

I'm a big Bob Costas fan.

"While studying communications in college, Costas began his professional career in 1973, at WSYR-TV[a] (now WSTM-TV) and WSYR-FM radio in Syracuse. He called for the minor league Syracuse Blazers of the Eastern Hockey League.[12][9]

After leaving school in 1974, he joined KMOX radio in St. Louis. He covered games of the American Basketball Association (ABA).[13] Costas would call Missouri Tigers basketball and co-host KMOX's Open Line call-in program. He did play-by-play for Chicago Bulls broadcasts on WGN-TV during the 1979–1980 NBA season.[14][15]"

There is a book named, "Loose Balls" an oral history of the ABA (oh - I just saw the word play there) that is one of the great sports books of all time. Costas was all of 22 when he was calling games! Has he lost a step? Sure. But anyone who carries a beat up Mickey Mantle rookie card in his wallet is OK by me.

October 13, 2024 at 8:32 AM
JM said...

I've always liked him. In a manly, healthy way, that is.

October 13, 2024 at 9:58 AM
TheWinWarblist said...

Bob Costas can snort my taint.

October 13, 2024 at 5:04 PM

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