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February 15, 2010

Zrebiec: Get me out of here

I’m just telling everyone that there’s only so much one little bald guy can take. Living with Schmuck for seven weeks is like bunking in the elephant habitat at the Baltimore Zoo, only the zoo probably smells better.

Schmuck is the only guy I know who buys Hawaiian shirts at BJ’s Wholesale Club for $12 and then spends $4.50 a pop to have them dry cleaned. He’s also the only guy I know who refers to his favorite soft drink as a Diet Doctor, but obviously has never seen a real one.

It’s probably just a matter of time before he starts blogging from the dog track.

-- Jeff Zrebiec

Instant update: When I figure out who gave Zrebiec my blog password, there’s going to be hell to pay. I’m getting ripped by a guy whose idea of fashion is a Loyola T-shirt and a pair of silver Nike’s that he obviously stole from the costume closet of “Starlight Express.”

Instant analysis: Children, children. It's just the first day. Can't you get along for one day? As the interim Orioles editor, I have a feeling it's going to be a long, long spring training.

-- Ron Fritz

Posted by Peter Schmuck at 4:14 PM | | Comments (9)
Categories: Just baseball
        

Comments

Wow I know budgets are tight at The Sun, but now you guys have to share a room?

Is that Loyola University or Blakefield? Or other?

Jeff- doesn't matter. Loyola sold out dropping "College" for "University" in the name marketing game like Western Maryland (McDaniel) and Villa Julie (Stevenson).

I guess VJ had to though... there is something to be said about playing football against a team with "Julie" in the name.

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Pete's reply: Jeff wants everybody to know that he's a proud G-Hound.

Pete's a pretty quick one. And I will say that while I was certainly not happy about the "designation change" it has lead to some good changes at the school (Barnes & Noble Bookstore, a local pizzeria il piato in the main dining area, brand new under armour gear).

And for the record, at least we didn't poll the student body and go with their last choice (Stevenson) or alienate all alumni by completely changing the name (McDaniel). My baseball coach in HS refused to call it anything other than Western Maryland haha

Stevenson wasn't our last choice, it was actually the best of a horrible bunch of choices. The students and alumni wanted to keep the Villa Julie name. That's what the polls told the administration, and they decided to completely ignore the people paying them and change the name anyway.

Wait till next year, when budget cuts REALLY kick in and they have to share a bed, too.

"Hey Jeff, where are your hands?"

"Between two pillows."

"Those aren't pillows!"

Oh, it's going to happen.

SU Student, I had a friend who goes to Stevenson and that's just what he told me. I saw the list and the names were ... interesting ... but sorry for the bad info.

As for Big Daddy, that's humorous, thank God I have my own bedroom haha. We still do have top 3 dorms in the country, budget cuts or not.

genuine LOL

Big Daddy- what a great movie. Its been on one of the movie channels this month.

"Pete's reply: Jeff wants everybody to know that he's a proud G-Hound."
So he wants to be known as the least intellegent dog in the dog kingdom? Those poor things...

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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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