Mike Piazza, arguably the best catcher in the history of the game, has to scramble to find a taker for $2 mil. Frank Thomas, a staple of the Windy City for more than a decade, signs for $550,000 plus incentives. It’s hard to be sorry for these guys, but, my, how the mighty have [...]
Entries from January 2006
January 28, 2006
Paper or plastic?
I don’t know about you, but supermarkets seem to be offering less and less in the way of service.
We have two major chains in my immediate neighborhood and I don’t mind mentioning them by name. Kings has a better group of cashiers. They dress in white shirts and ties, have a very polite demeanor and [...]
January 26, 2006
Why television is like baseball
Michael Hiltzik, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who pens the twice-weekly “Golden State” column for the Los Angeles Times, included this comment in his Jan. 26 column, “There Isn’t Enough Good Entertainment to Go Around,” regarding the recent merger between the WB and UPN networks.
The UPN and WB, which will be folded into a single television [...]
January 25, 2006
Vox populi?
MediaBistro.com’s Daily Media News Feed, a e-newsletter type thing, is a fun and educational means of finding out what’s happening in the industry. They do the browsing so you won’t have to and usually come up with a combination of business-oriented stuff and other items that are more thought-provoking from a pop culture point of [...]
January 24, 2006
NJJN Sports: Out to launch
January 24, 2006 — After writing sports pieces on and off for the New Jersey Jewish News since I became a full-time writer in June 2004, the paper decided to find a home for them. Ladies and gentleman, may I introduce to you NJJN Sports.
It’s amazing the sense of accomplishment — not to mention power [...]
