OT Mr. Olbermann's Good Night

[FrankWakefield]

The last edition of Countdown was last night. I suspect he'll have covenants in his contract restricting him doing another, similar show. I'll miss him, and look forward to his return.

Maybe it gives him a chance to appear a bit here. If he does, let's be atypically nice to him, welcome him, instead of attack his posts. The man knows a right smart about old cards. We'd benefit from his presence.

[carrigansghost]

I guess you are not on the Brucii mailing list.

Rawn

[iggyman]

Frank, I voted for Gerald Ford and I'm fine with that. He has purchased a few T206 cards from me over the years and has always been a spirited bidder (can't say the same for the rest of Net54.......where were you during my eBay June 2009 auction???).

Just to go even more O/T and at the same time a bit cryptic, my sources tell me that the Bruce is/are setting up a third prewar baseball card forum in the hopes that Keith joins in. I believe it's going to be called the Alamo .

Lovely Day...

[joeadcock]

Hello Iggyman

My best memories of my whole life were in Miami(Kendall of course) during the Gerald Ford years. Boy do I miss that time.

I welcome Mr Olbermann's baseball card expertise if he comes onto the forum.

Frank

[iggyman]

I feel your pain Frank! That was quite a view back in 1976. A silver Trans Am, testosterone to spare, and not being burdened by a want list. Truth be told, I really didn't care who was president.

Lovely Day...

[fkw]

Unless it pertains to baseball cards.....

Bruce, take me off your mail list please

[Rob D.]

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[George]

In March of 2009, a total of 17 veterans of the Negro Leagues were elected to the Hall of Fame. Buck O'Neil and Minnie Minoso were not among them. This prompted the irascible Keith Olbermann to have a hissy fit, blaming this omission on SABR, and threatening to resign from SABR if they did not take action to reverse the vote and admit O'Neil and Minoso to the Hall, even though SABR had no direct role in selecting members for the Hall of Fame. Olbermann somehow held SABR accountable, in a vitriolic attack, because most of the voters on the selection committee did happen to be members of SABR. SABR, to their credit, took no action to acquiesce to Olbermann's demands. Olbermann should have lived up to his promise and resigned. To the surprise of no one, he has not resigned, and, as far as I know, he has not even made an apology to SABR for his vicious and unfounded remarks.

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by George

In March of 2009, a total of 17 veterans of the Negro Leagues were elected to the Hall of Fame. Buck O'Neil and Minnie Minoso were not among them. This prompted the irascible Keith Olbermann to have a hissy fit, blaming this omission on SABR, and threatening to resign from SABR if they did not take action to reverse the vote and admit O'Neil and Minoso to the Hall, even though SABR had no direct role in selecting members for the Hall of Fame. Olbermann somehow held SABR accountable, in a vitriolic attack, because most of the voters on the selection committee did happen to be members of SABR. SABR, to their credit, took no action to acquiesce to Olbermann's demands. Olbermann should have lived up to his promise and resigned. To the surprise of no one, he has not resigned, and, as far as I know, he has not even made an apology to SABR for his vicious and unfounded remarks.

Not that I agree with the way he went about his response about the omission BUT it was absolutely unbelievable that O'Neil and, to a lesser extent, Minoso were not among the ones chosen but Effa Manley was--totally unforgivable in my opinion!

[Section103]

I'll just be honest and say it - I'd be star-struck if he hung around. Absolutely star struck.

[E93]

I would happily welcome the participation of a hobby veteran like KO. Personally, I will miss his show on NBC. I have no doubt he will land somewhere else.
JimB

[kcohen]

I would advise against disputing anything KO says regarding baseball cards lest you be deemed "Worst Person in the World."