Rome

Bugs · Post by **Bugs** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:58 am

Ha. Jim Rome just read an email of mine on the air, and then said: "Well done." Does that make me a professional comedy writer?

The email was as follows:

Dear Rome,

It's too bad Nicole Richie can't use the food defense for her actions. I've heard a steak can make you do some pretty shameful things.

Best Regards,

Bill Singer

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:03 pm

Excellent work. For those that don't recall - and geez, maybe I don't recall correctly either, but I think I do - Bill Singer was fired from his executive job with the Mets after being racially insensitive. Correct me if I am wrong, but he blamed a low-carb diet and steak consumption? Ha ha ha!

I always wanted to get read on Rome, but I can't listen at work. We should, those of us that like sports here, should do this round robin tourney where we try to get read either on air on in print by the various talk shows and/or columnist. It could run for two weeks and we'd assign points, like:

ROME : 10 points
BILL SIMMONS COLUMN: 5 points. Him ripping you off in his column also counts.
PETER KING: 2 points. I am certain that any one of us could get in there if we tailored our e-mails correctly.
DR. Z: 8 points. I've been trying for at least three years to show up in his mailbag.

Etc., and so forth.

The only time I came close to what you did, Bugs, was three Halloweens ago. A friend of mine worked for ESPNews and asked me what I thought of the Bucs-Saints game that weekend. I wrote him a paragraph in reply. He read that, made up his own quote/question, said it came from "Robb in Fort Collins" and that was that. Apparently it showed right as Dayna and I were leaving. This isn't even all that close as I contributed nothing to it, much less Buddy Bell and winning, but eh, it's a quiet BBS day today.

Congrats!

Vitriola · Post by **Vitriola** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:19 pm

I need one of those little stringy wire antennas for my stereo so I can hear the radio. How did it not come with one? Those can't be more than like a buck, right?

Bugs · Post by **Bugs** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:12 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:We should, those of us that like sports here, should do this round robin tourney where we try to get read either on air on in print by the various talk shows and/or columnist. It could run for two weeks and we'd assign points, like:

ROME : 10 points
BILL SIMMONS COLUMN: 5 points. Him ripping you off in his column also counts.
PETER KING: 2 points. I am certain that any one of us could get in there if we tailored our e-mails correctly.
DR. Z: 8 points. I've been trying for at least three years to show up in his mailbag.

Etc., and so forth.

Excellent idea.

I am winning 10-to-jackSHIT.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:04 pm

I just left work due to being sick, but after some sleep and some juice I'll fire off a draft on this. I'll throw out scoring possibilities and you guys can revise based on how difficult it is to get into media. (And yes, Rome is damn near the hardest.)

Knuckles the CLown · Post by **Knuckles the CLown** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:36 pm

Rob Neyer and Chirs Bahr printed every e-mail I ever sent them. Aim low is the key I guess. Neyer writes for ESPN but is like 50th most read columinst and Bahr wrote a great column for the sporting news website and they rewarded him my banishing him to a fantasy hockey column. He was last scene crossing the street in downtown Detroit barefoot.

Peter King will only read NFC East realted questions. Dr. Z makes his e-mails up, I'm sure of it.
However I am up to the challange!

Vitriola · Post by **Vitriola** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:29 pm

I could win this challenge. Especially if I, as a girl, read some take written by Robb. He and I could trounce everyone. I have never known Rome to not put on a female, no matter how stupid. And with the funniest guy in the west behind me, we could be unstoppable.

Bugs · Post by **Bugs** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:06 pm

Getting on air over the phone is a noble cause and all, but I know I can't sit on hold for hours. Can you?

And with the funniest guy in the west behind me, we could be unstoppable.

Pinback?

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:34 pm

Bugs wrote:Getting on air over the phone is a noble cause and all, but I know I can't sit on hold for hours. Can you?

HELL no. We all have jobs now, even Knuckles.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:47 pm

Knuckles the CLown wrote:Rob Neyer and Chirs Bahr printed every e-mail I ever sent them. Aim low is the key I guess. Neyer writes for ESPN but is like 50th most read columinst and Bahr wrote a great column for the sporting news website and they rewarded him my banishing him to a fantasy hockey column. He was last scene crossing the street in downtown Detroit barefoot.

Peter King will only read NFC East realted questions. Dr. Z makes his e-mails up, I'm sure of it.
However I am up to the challange!

Neyer and Bahr are IN.

I will be providing mail links in a second.

Here's how the scoring looks, currently. I adjusted King because, hey.

JIM ROME (e-mail) : 10
BILL SIMMONS: 5
PETER KING: 4
DR. Z: 8
ROB NEYER: 3
CHRIS BAHR: 2

I have no idea who this clown is, but if you get in you get one point. It's a fantasy football column.

Does anyone have ESPN Insider access?

We need a mailbag running for NASCAR, Golf and basketball and I think we're set. We should also find the most podunk, small-town, starting out, junior college general sports mailbag to "crash" as well and pick up some easy points. I am open to suggestions. If we go another day and don't find anything we'll just run it with the big boys, I suppose.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:51 pm

Also!

Because we might get blacklisted by one guy, it is perfectly legitimate to make up aliases so that they don't immediately discount and blacklist us. So I propose this: if you write, say, Chris Bahr from the Sports Bar as Artisen M. Mann just pop in here and say, "Wrote Bahr as 'blah blah name.'" That's cool. If we just all wrote these guys once we wouldn't get in and this would be a crappy thread.

Hopper of Chocolate · Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:25 am

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:It's a fantasy football column.

Someone is paid to write about fake sporting events?

Bugs · Post by **Bugs** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:27 am

What is the duration of this contest?

And I assume we're on an honor system?

Aliases, yes, I figured. The Toronto Star quoted me under the name "J.P. Ricciardi." How many points do I get for that?

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:31 pm

Bugs wrote:What is the duration of this contest?

And I assume we're on an honor system?

Aliases, yes, I figured. The Toronto Star quoted me under the name "J.P. Ricciardi." How many points do I get for that?

Let's go until Christmas day.

You have to post your name in this thread if you use an alias. It's the only way to be sure! I'll add Jason Cole on Yahoo to the mix because, seriously, someone like this got into his mailbag:

NOT A CANDIDATE ("Early honorees," Nov. 10, 2006)
Regarding your Rookie of the Year candidates, how could you fail to mention (Chargers quarterback) Philip Rivers?

Scott
San Diego

Dear Scott, Rivers is in his third year in the league.

So I think we'll be able to do it.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:32 pm

Actually, Christmas is only 9 days away.

How about December 31st?

Bugs · Post by **Bugs** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:26 am

Oh.

Yeah, I addressed the duration question in the new thread.