Phil Rosenthal

AT&T hasn’t had decent ads since Bill Kurtis did them.

It might be! It could be! It is!

67 Years Ago Today: Linus mentions the "Great Pumpkin" for the first time! ~ "This is the time of year when we all write to the "Great Pumpkin" and tell him what we want for Halloween." ~ Linus van Pelt (Classic Peanuts - October 26, 1959) 🎃 #Pumpkin #History #NationalPumpkinDay

Anybody want to tell the Burger King guy that his new chicken nuggets don’t look any too appetizing.

Who’s in the mood for a Spotted Cow?

Brew Crew!

Why did Fox wait so long to go to its umpire/analyst?

I don’t want MLB players locked out. John Smoltz, on the other other hand…

"I must be in the front row!" ~ All-time classic Miller Lite Beer commercial starring "Mr. Baseball" Bob Uecker! (1984) #BobUecker #MLB #Baseball #Brewers #WinOurWay #Postseason #WorldSeries

Who was in charge of the cover shoot? Quentin Tarantino?

Just wondering, John Smoltz: When is contact at the right time *not* critical?!?!?

Meta is betting on people the way the makers of Soylent Green were.

Meta says it’s betting on people in an AI ad as David Bowie’s song about humanity learning the apocalypse is just five years away plays in the background. It’s like they’re just effing with us.

Much like seemingly almost everyone at ESPN, today’s “Jeopardy!” contestants had no idea what the correct response to this was.

Al Michaels has dropped a Chicago Cut mention. Anyone who had the first quarter in the pool is a winner.

DraftKings? Want to bet I don’t watch? Like any of us need yet another reason to avoid getting news from CBS.

Washington Generals > Chicago Bulls

Kevin Hart is doing a great public service by making gambling unappealing, albeit unintentionally. Like everything else he thinks he’s selling.

Just watched a hospital ad in which three people sit at a snowy football game with open jackets. Not sure how much I trust the medical expertise. Meanwhile, I figure these dolts will show up soon in Allstate ads.

This is some Russian/ North Korea style bullsh*t happening right here in the US two weeks from a crucial election & on the day that opposition forces are rallying nationwide. No more media monopolies.

“Hi, this is Peyton Manning. I can’t take your call right now. At the tone, please leave your name, number and, if you’re asking me to do ads for your business, the answer is yes.” Beeeeep.

It will remain the blonde leading the blonde in the White House press room for the forseeable future. While AI might be able lie to reporters as well as any human press secretary, it's also possible the agent could run amok and start spewing the truth. Too risky.

Here's the story I wrote the last time the Milwaukee Brewers earned a trip to the World Series, back in 1982. My assignment for The Capital Times of Madison, Wis., was the California Angels' clubhouse. I was 19.

1 Zacharia = 0.45 Scaramucci

Points to the NYT for giving @markjacob.bsky.social the chance on its site to share some of his criticisms of the newspaper's White House coverage in conversation with Patrick Healy. Whether the Times truly hears any of what Mark has to say remains to be seen. Healy's defense arguments suggest no.

"Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher?" ~ Charlie Brown (Classic Peanuts - 1962) #MLB #SFGiants #WorldSeries

The last time the Brewers won a pennant I was 19 and helped cover it for The Capital Times of Madison, Wis. My assignment was the Angels’ clubhouse. I felt bad for manager Gene Mauch. Reggie Jackson had a great quote about how he’d planned to drink Champagne, but instead it was just beer.

we should be framing the Jake Bauers insurance story as pro-player and anti-lockout these are not all millionaires a lot of them are guys who need healthcare for their families and are tied to a job just like you

The reason to let John Schriffen go as White Sox TV play-by-play announcer is he remained lousy at the job despite whatever improvements he may have made over three long years. Everything else is tangential. It’s not that complicated.

Wish he were around to see it.

If only the Dodgers spent a little money…

Using a Nick Offermsn knockoff doesn’t inspire confidence in the crap they’re trying to sell.

John Smoltz just used “concise” as a verb. Not his greatest flaw, but not what anyone wants to hear.

Set for my approval…

Points to the NYT for giving @markjacob.bsky.social the chance on its site to share some of his criticisms of the newspaper's White House coverage in conversation with Patrick Healy. Whether the Times truly hears any of what Mark has to say remains to be seen. Healy's defense arguments suggest no.

#RIP Martina Arroyo

I caught one of Rick Nielsen’s sweaters at Cheap Trick’s NYE 1981 show at Rockford’s Metrocentre. Others grabbed it too. I wound up with a swatch that included the band’s logos from the front, one of the sleeves and part of the other. Years later, I gave it to one of my friends who went with me.

Every respectable journalist at CBS News.

Her friends think like her. Got it. CBS News has gone necrotic.

“In March, the president feted Guilfoyle at a White House event for Greek Independence Day calling her ‘my friend for a long time’ and ‘an inspiration.’ On Tuesday he told reporters: ‘No, she wasn’t a member of my family. She, I guess, dated my son a long time ago.’”

If the World Series is Milwaukee vs. Cleveland (or Tampa Bay, for that matter), it’s really going to muck up the owners’ propaganda campaign that a salary cap is needed for competitive balance. In case you’re looking for a rooting interest.

Listening to Bears-Packers on the drive back from Cleveland was about right.

There’s still time to turn it around, but so far in Game 5, the White Sox seem determined to get a jump on the imminent MLB lockout by going out on strikes.

Hello Cleveland! White Sox and Guardians have found the stage. Game 5 is in less than two hours.

As a longtime Martin Mull devotee, I too am glad the Netflix documentary on him exists despite its flaws. I committed this 1975 Soundstage special with Flo & Eddie to memory off a pre-VCR audio recording I made when I was a kid. He was so good. Enjoy.

NYT headlines written by machines or for machines? Or both?

Sounds like criminal behavior, no?

Today’s the 155th anniversary of the start of the Great Chicago Fire. The White Sox staged a commemoration in the top of the sixth inning.

No doubt Chicago’s brain trust knew this but the White Sox are discovering in real time that you do need starting pitching to win multiple rounds of the baseball playoffs.

Beautiful night for baseball on the South Side. White Sox. Guardians. First pitch is in about 90 minutes.