Here,here!

Peter Schmuck, you are an idiot!

I'm not sure which was funnier. Your blogs or the responses you received.
I haven't laughed this hard in ages.
Thanks Pete!

Wow! This blog sucks!

Why those guys have to wear bathing suits in the ring is beyond me.

Great stuff! The funniest thing I ever read about this hilarious subject was many years ago, a pro-wrestling promoter responding to charges that his product is not a real sport because the outcomes of the matches are pre-determined. "So what? People know how Hamlet is going to end, but they keep buying tickets anyway."

lol @ you covering a team that is less exciting than Professional Wrestling

I'm not a wrestling fan but considering your covering a team that is the laughingstock of major league baseball, I don't think you should be putting down anybody.

If you really want to criticize wrestling, you should move beyond the staid criticisms, e.g. it's fake, it's homoerotic, full of rednecks.

There's plenty there. For example, how delusional do you have to be to jump up and cheer when the good guy wins? You wouldn't do that in a movie theater.

Now that I mention it, though, maybe we DO want to do that at movie theaters, but it's socially unacceptable. Maybe wrestling provides a comfortable "arena" where young and middle-aged men are able to express raw emotions to fictional events.

I guess the point to all this is that wrestling fans are very complicated, and if you really want to go after them, you need to do more work.

I'm continually amazed at the number of comments that can't find the fun in the back-and-forth.

If your life is so seriously about anything- baseball, football, World Cup, wrestling, reading, reporting- that you can't mock yourself, well, I just think that's sad. Not sad in a pathetic way, just legitimately sad.

Is this for real? Because both of you are acting like little kids here. I'm going to assume that this is just some hoax between the two of you to increase web traffic for The Sun and your 2 blogs. If that's not the case then I suggest both of you grow up.

Mr. Schmuck - I have always thought that a persons name says alot about their character. Well, your name fits you to a "T", you idiot. Now I remember why I stopped reading your columns years ago and still to this day cannot understand how you keep your job. All I can think of is you must be the Chris Farley character from Tommy Boy, but that would be an insult to that character.

"Wrestling fans are very complicated."

Laughed so hard, thought my pants would never dry.

Jer-RY Jer-RY Jer-RY Jer-RY Jer-RY ...

Hey Big guy,

Your shots at our profession are based on a previous stereotype that no longer exist. We're a billion dollar industry and in the main stream of entertainment.

That said, your staged battle with Eck fits right into the atmosphere of pro wrestling. How long did you two plan this feud? Well played !!!

Peter,
When you bad mouth Rastlin. You bad mouth the mullet wearin crowd of this great country. They probably still believe in Santa!
Thank GOD for Ratlin. Just think of what the mullets would do without it?!?!?!?!?

Ive always found it odd that guys want to watch a bunch of near naked roided out guys rub and sweat all over each other and then call it a sport

If you guys are into homo eroticism, just say so

Not that there's anything wrong with it....

Case of Beer & Beef Jerky - $35

New Mullet hair cut for me and my boy Elvis- $22.50

Rastlemania once a year - Priceless

This is funny beyond words. Keep up the good work Pete. Once again you are my sole source for wrestling news and insights.

This Schmuck vs. Eck thing takes me back to adolescence. I hope this isn't serious, Pete, because both of you guys look ridiculous.

Now can we get back to real sports talk? If I wanted to see this kind of immature taunting, I'd swing by a local middle school on my way home from work.

Speaking of real sports talk:

The A's have already signed three Venezuelan players, a third baseman and two left handed pitchers, and the Rays have signed a Dominican center fielder.

Pete: Any news on the O's involvement in the international signing period? Have you heard anything from the warehouse?

Anyone who covers Professional Nutgrabbing deserves to get made fun of. How can Eck defend a "sport" that features predetermined outcomes and super-roided men wearing shiny panties? The bleach must be messing with his mind..

Another sign your team is terrible:

Cannot get the double play on a line drive to the second baseman.

Watching Lugo and Izturis ("the gold glover") attempt at turning the double play, is like watching it unfold in slow motion.

There are so many reasons why this team is terrible it would take several hours to write them all down...but here's a few. Lousy ownership, no manager, an out of touch GM, no power hitter, no leadoff hitter, no ace, no speed, bad fundamentals, terrible infield defense, no pride, etc, etc.

hahaha. nicely done, peter.

i had to turn off the game tonite. It's pretty difficult to find someone on the field with an orioles jersey who is actually paying attention. I figured that if they weren't, i didn't need to either.

Not making a play on Ortiz' double was pretty sad stuff. I don't think Jerry Remy can actually believe what he is seeing, or not seeing, from the Orioles. I think Remy already pities the next mgr-
there is just too much work to do.

We don't need stats to explain -30.
Just watch a few games, and the whole story will unfold before your disbelieving eyes.

The 1st inning is a micrcosm of the whole season.We load the bases,Jones hits a shot up the middle,they get the lead runner and the throw to first pulls Youkilis off the bag,it's not even close and not only doesn't Samuel get thrown out of the game,the rookie umpire actually turns around and walks away from him,then Boston comes up in the first and a routine one hopper to our geriatric infielders and they can't even make the play close,much less turn it.Why Samuel keeps playing Lugo and Izturis is beyond me,would much rather see what Moore can do and anybody else,like Andino who can actually hit at first.Ceaser's range has diminished dramatically this year and his arm strength is extremely poor.I feel for Guthrie,would like to see him get traded to a decent club.Now Tejada says he doesn't want to go anywhere.Who cares what he thinks,blow most of this team up,and by the way that was a bonehead play to pull Bergeson last night,he deserved the shot to either win or lose the game.I see no difference in Samuel or Trembley.Both horrible decision makers with no passion.And what Andy means to say,is his heart(meaning Peter's wallet) says Wege,but his gut says Showalter,so we pretty much know who the next manager is going to be.

Schmuckster,I'm with you on this one,I used to be a real wrestling fans when there was still a shred ofcredibility left.But if Eck has taken personal shots at you over this,that hilarious.I've asked him serious wrestling questions and either gotten no response or an insult myself.As much as we've disagreed from time to time,I for one would like to think I know you well enough to not think you would shill for blog responses for wrestling of all things,as a matter of fact,I don't think you really have to shill at all at this stage.Would often like to see your comments on a forum that discloses your knowledge as opposed to those reactions to criticism,my own included,I might add,which I've tried to avoid.Like why Juan Samuel didn't even bother to come out of the game last night to argue the second J.D.Drew homerun which clearly wasn't,and why he didn't or hasn't got thrown out of a game when the umpiring has been atrocious lately.Like we need more crap kicked on an already crappy ballclub.Sadder by the day.I turned the game off tonight after the 1st inning.This one might have done me in for the year.Still think Wege gets the job because of control and money which is what this orginization is all about.Don't know how many hits you get here daily,but I can beat it's a heck of a lot more than that wanna be Kevin Eck.

Did you know the WWE has a HOF?

Seriously.

Although it is awfully funny, too.

By the way, I'm told those aren't neck tattoos. They are just above the crack, although that is only a slight distinction to the average observer.

Burt,

I agree with some of the things you said, but I wanted to reply to some of your comments.

Don't expect too much from Samuel. He is irrelevant. What you see is what you get, not much.

Guthrie is not a pitcher. He is a thrower. He is exactly who the Indians thought he was when they let him go for $50,000.

Time and again, we see him throwing cookies right in the middle of the plate to legitimate major league hitters, as if is expecting to get away with one. C'mon man. MLB hitters don't miss hanging breaking balls or 90 mph fastball right in the middle of the plate.

Agreed on Izturis and Lugo. No business playing in the big leagues.

This team needs 2-3 starting good pitchers. A veteran backup catcher, 2 outfielders, 1, 2, 3 basemen, a shortstop that can hit, 2-3 good relievers, a closer and a manager.

Ah that PLAN. Let's see whether MacPhail can Houdini himself out of this situation.

Pete,

What do Oriole games and Professional Rasslin have in common?

You know who is going to lose before the match/game starts!

Keep a thick skin brother!

I told you so!

The truth will set you free!

It is really funny to me that the nobody seems to realize that this is a work, to use a wrestling term. Wow people, just wow.

I'm willing to bet that Kevin and Pete are sitting back, sharing a beer, and laughing at all the ridiculous reaction to this.

It's funny how people still bash wrestling. How many of those people sit home and watch so-called reality TV? American Idol, Survivor and the other what seems like 500 other insipid (wink-wink) reality shows are all staged just like wrestling, but but because someone in the idiot box says they are real, they must be. At least the WWE tells you its entertainment.

Linda McMahon, next Senator from the great state of Connecticut.
The Grand Wizard is running her campaign,
which is dedicated to former Manager of the Century, Lou Albano.

The Senate will never be the same.

Now playing: NRBQ's Captain Lou
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJNrsNe54AE

I'll freely admit I have watched about eight of the Survivor series and maybe five American Idol series. So?

If you are like Jim L and think that's funny, so be it. Some people think The Three Stooges are funny.

The WWE and all of its iterations prior and since are like The Three Stooges in that after a couple minutes of watching, one is waterboarded with nothingness that bombards the senses.

So, it's not a sport. It's not even competition -- real competition. It's poorly scripted and poorly acted.

Gee, how does it ever get bashed.

I only even think about it when channel surfing and it pollutes my search for something good, or when someone tries to make something of it that it isn't.

Kevin Eck and Peter Schmuck will be having a run in at the upcoming MCW show

KEvin Eck struts out to the ring to great cheers:

"Why does my colleague with a last name like Shmuck deride Dundalk and pro wrestling?"

The crowd pops as the "Shmuckster" dawdles out to the ring.

Staredown ensues....

Crowd chants:

"you're a schmuck, you're a schmuck"

The Shmockster makes more snide remarks about wrestling and its fans with refrigerators in the front lawn.

The Schmuckster strts to walk away then whacks Eck with a bottle of Natty Boh.

Eck is getting beaten down by The Shmuckster, who raises his hands in victory and blows kisses to the crowd.

MCW roster surrounds the ring.

Eck is back up .

The Shmuckster has an accident!

Massive beatdown on the Schmukster, who manages to crawl away and retreats up the ramp.

I would pay to see this. How about you?