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April 4, 2009

Naked cross-promotion

When The Sun unveiled its newest sports blog -- The Toy Department -- I admit I was a little suspicious. Were the powers that be trying to put The Schmuck Stops Here out of business? Did they think The Schmuck had gotten too big for his britches and wanted to put him in his place? I wondered what they were saying behind my back.

The Boss: My God, the guy is starting to refer to himself in the third person. We need a blog people can really identify with, not some guy who is so arrogant he's actually considering paying retail for those Tommy Bahama abominations.

The Boss's evil middle-management minion: Agreed. Do we have anyone who will agree to play golf naked?

Well, if you go to The Toy Department right now, you'll get your answer. Fellow Sun columnist Rick Maese gives a first-person account of playing golf at one of only two courses in the country that is located in a nudist colony.

Rick, of course, was nervous about competing with veteran naked golfers, so I had to give him a little pep talk.

"Don't give them that much credit,'' I told him. "They take their pants off one leg at a time just like you do."

Posted by Peter Schmuck at 9:56 AM | | Comments (3)
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Whew! Pete you scared me! I saw the title and thought you were running around naked.

The word "naked" on your blog makes me nervous....

Pete, I am sure your words of encouragement, are spreading to all new prospective members of nudist camps throughout the world.

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Peter Schmuck wants you to know that, contrary to popular belief, he is more than just a bon vivant, raconteur and collector of blousy flowered shirts. He is a semi-respected journalist who has covered virtually every sport -- except luge, of course – and tackled issues that transcend the mere games people play. If that isn’t enough to qualify him to provide witty, wide-ranging commentary on the sports world ... and the rest of the world, for that matter ... he is an avid reader of history, biography and the classics, as well as a charming blowhard who pops off on both sports and politics on WBAL Radio. That means you can expect a little of everything in The Schmuck Stops Here, but the major focus will be keeping you up to the minute on Baltimore’s major sports teams and themes, whether it’s throwing up the Orioles lineup the minute it’s announced or updating you on the latest sprained ankle in Owings Mills. Oh, and by the way, that’s Mr. Schmuck to you.

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