No Bozos!
Angels continue power surge, sweep Rays - FOX Sports on MSN
Gary Matthews Jr. and Howie Kendrick both hit three-run homers in the Angels' latest comeback win. By next week, both might be back on Los Angeles' bench. Such is the prodigious offensive depth of the AL West leaders, who keep finding big hits in the most improbable places.
Angels' Trevor Bell makes a good first impression -- latimes.com
Wednesday, he was the starting pitcher for a team that is now 24 games above .500 and an obvious force to be reckoned with in the postseason. He was going against the American League representative in last season's World Series, a Murderer's Row whose first five hitters were all-stars this year.
Angels withering against West, dominating elsewhere - USATODAY.com
After years of ruling the American League West, they have gone 15-19 against their division rivals this year but still hold a five-game lead on the Texas Rangers.
Team Reports - CBSSports.com
CF Torii Hunter began his minor league injury-rehabilitation assignment with Class A Rancho Cucamonga on Tuesday and went 0-for-2 with a walk while playing five innings in center field. Wednesday, he went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer in his second rehab game. He could rejoin the Angels in Baltimore this weekend.
Justin Speier bids a gracious farewell -- latimes.com
A day after being handed his unconditional release, reliever Justin Speier returned to Angel Stadium on Wednesday to publicly express his gratitude to the team's owner and former general manager. "I want to thank Arte Moreno and Bill Stoneman for signing me . . . giving me an opportunity to pitch for the Angels," he said. "It's been a glorious, glorious experience and I've built a lot of relationships along the way."
What a classy guy. Good luck Justin Speier.
Grading debuts on the curve - SweetSpot by Rob Neyer - ESPN
This afternoon, Trevor Bell debuted. He's the 13th pitcher to start a game for the first-place Angels this season, which I suppose is a story in itself. I prefer the story about Bell's grandfather, who for many years was Bozo the Clown. How did Bozo's grandson fare in his first Big Boy League action? Well, it depends on who you ask.
Scioscia says Escobar is likely done - angelsbaseball.com
"At this point, it doesn't seem that way," Scioscia said of the possibility of Escobar returning. "But obviously he's still rehabbing."
Sean Rodriguez drives in seven at Triple-A - angelsbaseball.com
After delivering a two-run single in the first inning, Rodriguez belted a three-run shot to right field in the second and sent a two-run blast over the fence in left in the sixth. When the dust settled, he was 4-for-4 with three runs scored.
Angels' Matthews gets lift from former junior college coach - LA Daily News
Gary Matthews Jr. knew as soon as he left tickets for Dave Mendoza, his former coach at L.A. Mission College would bring a much-needed lift Wednesday.
Steady Scioscia helps Halos persevere - angelsbaseball.com
"Ah, leave me out of it, OK?" Scioscia says, earnestly. "Make this about somebody else. It's the organization that's done this, not me." Leaving Scioscia out of this is like avoiding President Obama in a discussion of the current administration.
August 13 - BR Bullpen
Events, births and deaths that occurred on August 13.
1995 - Flags fly at half-mast at the stadium as Yankee legend Mickey Mantle dies of liver cancer at the age of 63 in Dallas, Texas.
Remember Snake Cans?
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Sheriff John...
WiHaloFan - August 13, 2009
I remember them Creepy/Scary Jack-in-the-Box speakers
eyespy - August 13, 2009
Put another candle on your birthday cake, you're another year old today!
red floyd - August 13, 2009
Laugh and be happy, and the world will laugh with you.
There’s a line in that song: “A song will make a hatrack look like a Christmas tree.”
My Missouri cousins changed the words to “a Mousie Tree” just to make us laugh, and now I can’t think of that song without those words in it. We were silly kids.
opiejeanne - August 13, 2009
I have that song on 78
Just to date myself even more depressingly.
rspencer - August 13, 2009
I've got that song on 78
Just to date myself more depressingly.
rspencer - August 13, 2009
It's the 78 part that really dates you. ;-)
opiejeanne - August 13, 2009
Indeed it is
Even knowing what “78” refers to here dates me. And sorry for the dual posts; Vista decided to restart in the middle of things, and when I signed back on the first post wasn’t showing, so I posted it again.
rspencer - August 14, 2009
I had '78s, LPs and '45s.
My old player used to have a 16-2/3 setting. Did anyone ever have a 16-2/3 album?
red floyd - August 14, 2009
I can't remember whether they were 33 or 45, but I still have some mini-records that were so small
that you had to disable the pickup-arm return to get them to play. I think they were called pocket records, and they were made of very flexible vinyl.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 16 2/3.
opiejeanne - August 14, 2009
I know what 78s are, I just don't remember any of my childhood records being that speed.
opiejeanne - August 14, 2009
Hobo Kelly...
WiHaloFan - August 13, 2009
The thing that stands out is
“13 KCOP”
Figgi4life - August 13, 2009 via mobile
And it's in COLOR!
WiHaloFan - August 13, 2009
Alert the media
Figgi4life - August 13, 2009 via mobile
I saw Bell ptich for SLC about a month ago...
and it was exactly like the game he pitched against the Rays. Get ahead in the count a whole bunch but not really able to finish off batters consistently. In the game for SLC he also pitched 5 innings of 9 hit ball.
Take away Pena though and the pitched a good game.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - August 13, 2009
I have no memory of Hobo Kelly or Wonderama; I was too old when they were on.
opiejeanne - August 13, 2009
same here
But Captain Kangaroo is conspicuously absent
Moondoggy - August 13, 2009
I think I was a bit old for Captain Kangaroo by the time he got to California.
I remember watching it in Kansas City with my cousins, and one of the advertisements was for Alpha Bits, neither of which were available on the West Coast yet. There was a guest performer called The Banana Man, who didn’t talk but sort of hummed and mumbled as he took pieces of wood from his coat and assembled a train with several cars, filling each car with bunches of bananas that he pulled out of his coat. When he had it all put together he “drove” it offstage (or it was pulled off by a cable?). It was quite a feat.
They also had Barbie dolls about two years before the craze hit.
opiejeanne - August 13, 2009
I'm only about 5 years behind you
but for Kid’s TV, that’s a lifetime. I can never remember Alpha Bits NOT being available. Working for a company that is built around intangibles makes me very aware of national anf regional brands. Sadly (to me anyway), regional brands, much like local TV, are going the way of the DoDo inlarge part due to WalMart, Target and companies like the one I work for.
Moondoggy - August 13, 2009
I loved Romper Room
I kept waiting for the chick to say my name with the magic mirror…
it never happened.
thrill000 - August 13, 2009
I see...
Johnny… I see Julie…I see thrill000.
There. You can die happy now.
The Clyde - August 13, 2009
I had a Romper Room drum.
44FAN - August 13, 2009
I don't remember any of those shows
but I remember Captain Kangaroo
Fred Fredrix - August 13, 2009
Sheriff John was a local Los Angeles show that ran from 1952 to 1970.
In LA We watched Engineer Bill, Beany & Cecil (the puppets), Skipper Frank, Tom Hatten, and Chucko the Birthday Clown; Bozo came a little later. Photos and a really good video clip at link, below:
http://www.tvparty.com/lostlachucko.html
There was also Kukla, Fran, and Ollie, and The Howdy Doody Show.
opiejeanne - August 13, 2009
I remember Kukla Fran and Ollie
they were on some Saturday specials for CBS. And I only remember Beany and Cecil the Sea Serpent as a cartoon.
eyespy - August 13, 2009
a bob clampet car
toooooooooooooooooooooooon!
Rev Halofan - August 13, 2009
I went to high school with his son...
…Bob, Jr. He was a wild dude…got kick-ed out sophomore year, IIRC.
sothball - August 13, 2009
I was wrong, it was called "Time for Beany" and ran from 1949 to 1955.
When they made it into a cartoon they renamed it Beany & Cecil, and that’s what almost everyone had called the puppet show.
Stan Freberg was one of the voices.
My kids saw an old Kukla, Fran, and Ollie show from the 1950s, sometime in the 1990s and they were amused that the humor was a bit more adult than most of the shows they grew up with.
opiejeanne - August 13, 2009
My brother was a guest on Sheriff John in 1962
bit he had a speech impediment and spent most of his time in the Jail just smiling through the bars the entire show.
Local television before the cable revolution was both a revelation and awful often at the same time
Moondoggy - August 13, 2009
I'm too young to have seen Time for Beany
but I remember The Pancake Man, played by Hal Smith (Otis from The Andy Griffith Show). Also Mr. Wishbone, who had various shows on (I think) KHJ. There was also a Daphne (some sort of “good witch”, I think) who had a Hobo Kelly-like show later on, but I was too old for these shows.
When I was very young, my family lived in San Jose, and they had a really great show called The Mayor Art Show. My brother was on it, and he won a really neato Märklin building set that he never let me play with.
rspencer - August 13, 2009
I remember Mr. Wishbone and his talking flower.
In fact, I went down to see him when he made an appearance at our local dairy (in Bellflower).
Are there still drive-thru dairies around?
WiHaloFan - August 13, 2009
I thin that there's still an Alta-Dena drive through in Orange on Tustun
Stirrups?
Moondoggy - August 13, 2009
Couple around Lakewood/Long Beach/Downey
mattwelch - August 13, 2009
There's an Alta Dena drive-thru in Canoga Park (Fallbrook and Saticoy).
red floyd - August 13, 2009
they just reopened a drive thur dairy in Chino
salmonforever - August 13, 2009
Oh, and how could I have forgotten about Billy Barty's kids' show?
That was big too (no pun intended). I saw him at a personal appearance at Phil’s Market in Verdugo City.
rspencer - August 14, 2009
Baby Daphne's Cartoon Castle
I loved this show. A wacky, groovy pyschedelic witch It was very much a product of it’s time (late 1960s). Check out the hip theme music… http://www.tvparty.com/lostladaphne.html .
Sheriff John was great too.
Zaius - August 13, 2009
Thanks for refreshing my memory!
rspencer - August 14, 2009
wow
in neyer’s article he switches felix hernandez’s name to rodriguez randomly and
sctrojan13 - August 13, 2009
calls him that twice
espn is just getting embarassing
sctrojan13 - August 13, 2009
In the Islands we had
The Checkers and Pogo Show
Checkers hated kids, even in real life. The rumor was when they called kids up for games, and such. Checkers like a stealth Ninja would pinch the ones that he thought would cause trouble on air, live show, to make them cry ,and then have a new one come on stage for the “test”.
Checkers even told me to “F-Off Kid” when we seen him at the local Sizzlers. We knew he was in there because of the Checkers Mobile.
Speed Racer, Clutch Cargo, Deputy Dawg, Fearless Fly, all the violent cartoons including Loony Tunes, and Merrie Melodies.
eyespy - August 13, 2009
great space coster!!!
surfpunk - August 13, 2009
Dusty's Treehouse anyone?
I always wanted the guy from Wonderama (broadcast on Sundays while we were all getting ready for church) to show up to Dustys Tree house, with the goofballs form the New Zoo Review (coming right at you!) for like a party or just chillaxin but it never came to pass.
Rev Halofan - August 13, 2009
I loved Dusty's Treehouse
Although I barely remember it. And that puts me in mind of Brother Buzz, for some reason. Anyone remember that? And a show with a claymation boy and his dog, which was gently religiously-themed—I’m blanking on the name right now, but it was funny.
rspencer - August 14, 2009
Davy and Goliath
“I don’t know, Day-VEE”
WiHaloFan - August 14, 2009
Re: Neyer's blog
Hard to believe Neyer would devote so much space to a comment from Gubicza which entailed maybe 1.4 seconds’ worth of thought from him, but…
Let’s take a look at Bell:
-Began 2008 pitching in Low-A Orem
-Began this season pitching in AA Little Rock
-Made his pro debut against the reigning AL Champs
-Played before 100 or so members of family and friends (something which has caused many an Anaheim debut to spin, crash and burn, like Phil Hughes)
With all of this, he kept his team in the game, spotted a lot of first-pitch strikes, and recovered well from the neck pain from watching a couple of Pena home runs.
An “8” doesn’t describe his future, just how he performed in this one game. As such, I think an 8 is a valid score to give to Bell.
George Kaplan - August 13, 2009
Also, it was a day game, and the ball was jumping
mattwelch - August 13, 2009
Random thought...
They have been talking about the current pace of the MLB schedule and how that the current rate, the World Series would take place in early November.
I’m thinking that this can only mean that it will be a SoCal World Series right? I mean this shit is all rigged anyway!
3rd Echelon - August 13, 2009
ESPN is sacrificing the young of their junior staff currently...
…praying for a Yankees / Dodgers series.
They shall be denied.
The Limey - August 13, 2009
pace?
pace? never really heard that term used before
the regular season schedule is the schedule. are they talking about every series going the maximum number of games, any additional one-game playoffs (if those even exist anymore) or what? seems presumptuous at best, but if it happened I’d take it… like you said, So Cal weather.
Brian S (brianguy) - August 13, 2009
I love how the girl wins a jar of peanut butter
Higz - August 13, 2009
Captain Kangaroo?
44FAN - August 13, 2009
I was going for local (SoCal) kids' shows.
The Captain was on nationwide.
WiHaloFan - August 13, 2009
So was Romper Room...
44FAN - August 13, 2009
Was it?
I didn’t know that. Same with Wonderama. As a kid, I thought everything originated from my neighborhood. At least anything shown on channels 5, 9, 11, or 13.
WiHaloFan - August 13, 2009
Was Bozo local?
Wonderama started back East and went national.
opiejeanne - August 13, 2009
I thought Bozo
started in Chicago, then went national
billhune - August 13, 2009
As I understand it there were local Bozo franchises at one point
But I don’t know whether the show we got in LA was local or nationally syndicated. I do recall that the Bozo that dd the show we had here was Larry Harmon.
And Romper Room was national. We had it in San Jose too. Do be a do bee!
rspencer - August 14, 2009
Larry Harmon
Once ran half-seriously for President. His slogan was “Put the REAL Bozo in the White House”.
red floyd - August 14, 2009
Awwwww...
All you geezers are so cute the way you reminisce in your Way-Back-Machine.
Red114 - August 13, 2009
Pac-Man will come back to bite you in the ass.
44FAN - August 13, 2009
Get off of my lawn, y'darned kid!
Rassum fassum mumble grumble… darned kids today… no respect, I tell you.
Why back in my day, we had to walk 15 miles to go see a baseball game… in a raging snowstorm…. uphill… both ways!
But did we complain? No… because we had values and respected our elders….
Now what was I a-sayin’ ag’in?
red floyd - August 13, 2009
you leave Mr. Peabody and his pet boy Sherman alone!
Moondoggy - August 13, 2009
[Insert bad historical pun here]
By the way… I have the full first season of Rocky & Bullwinkle on DVD.
red floyd - August 13, 2009
My kids gave me that when I was really sick a few years ago.
opiejeanne - August 13, 2009
Eenie-meanie Chili-beanie!
rspencer - August 14, 2009
Hey Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!
red floyd - August 14, 2009
When you have a nightmare about SKELETOR...
…your hero He-Man is going to be at the Gay Bar and my gal Hobo Kelly ain’t gonna leave my wild fantasy dream to save your Gen-Y as.
Rev Halofan - August 13, 2009
I don't remember Kelly the Bum
and I think the PC term now is “Hobo People”
The Clyde - August 13, 2009
"Hobo People" is PC???
I haven’t heard the term “hobo” used to describe those without permanent addresses in a long, long time. I believe the current correct PC term is “homeless person”.
I just can’t imagine a “Homeless Person Kelly” as the host of a kid’s program today…
sothball - August 13, 2009
There used to be a distinction between a hobo and a bum.
opiejeanne - August 13, 2009
The best news I got from those article reads
“Izturis is expected to play on Friday against Baltimore”
Very happy about this.
Slyintine - August 13, 2009
What, no Shari Lewis?
Lamb Chop & Charley Horse were my favs to watch on our 21’ Zenith black & white tv.
Quad Fin Rider - August 13, 2009
And Heckle and Jekyll... or was that Jeckle?
opiejeanne - August 13, 2009
Heckle and Jeckle
I loved them too. I remember having a Golden Book about them.
Ah, the classics.
rspencer - August 14, 2009
I absolutely loved Shari Lewis when I was 3
rspencer - August 14, 2009
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