Feast to Famine
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If you hang around WTOK long enough you'll hear a lot of things come out of Lindsey Hall's mouth. One of his favorite sayings has got to be "We're about to go from Feast to Famine." He is usually talking about the start of summer. In local sports there isn't a whole lot going on once schools let out for the summer. So, what had been a busy time becomes slow.
The famine also hit the news department this weekend. There are a couple of things happening, but for the most part it will be a long, slow weekend. Tonight, of course, is the big Travis Tritt concert over at the Ag-Center. We'll have more from this show on Newscenter 11 at Ten on Sunday.
But tonight, my story will be about the Shriners. This morning, they had a parade that was--as the Potentate of the Hamasa Shriners, Bill West, put it--their fun time. Lots of motorcycles, go karts, and clowns were parading through downtown Meridian. The Shriners are an organization that many people don't know a whole lot about. Tonight we'll look at why they have this parade and what the Shriners do.
On a personal note...The Royals won last night at the Yankess ending their 13-game losing streak. I keep hoping that the Royals will turn the corner and get back to the Royals-of-old. One thing that most Royals fans will agree needs to happen is for the general manager (Allard Baird) to be fired. It looks like that is about to happen. The Royals have offered the job to Dayton Moore. Moore is the assistant general manager for baseball operations for the Braves. He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Braves' scouting and player development. This is an area where the Royals fail. Their farm system is not exactly high quality. Even if the Royals and Moore cannot reach an agreement soon, the team has a few other candidates waiting in the wings.
And it's good to see the Braves back in second place in the East. I didn't get to see yesterday's game, but from what I hear it was a great 9th inning. I was doing some grocery shopping and keeping up with the game on my cell phone. Well, the Braves and Cubs are about to play game 2 on Fox Meridian. I'm going to turn it on while I work. Enjoy your weekend.
If you hang around WTOK long enough you'll hear a lot of things come out of Lindsey Hall's mouth. One of his favorite sayings has got to be "We're about to go from Feast to Famine." He is usually talking about the start of summer. In local sports there isn't a whole lot going on once schools let out for the summer. So, what had been a busy time becomes slow.
The famine also hit the news department this weekend. There are a couple of things happening, but for the most part it will be a long, slow weekend. Tonight, of course, is the big Travis Tritt concert over at the Ag-Center. We'll have more from this show on Newscenter 11 at Ten on Sunday.
But tonight, my story will be about the Shriners. This morning, they had a parade that was--as the Potentate of the Hamasa Shriners, Bill West, put it--their fun time. Lots of motorcycles, go karts, and clowns were parading through downtown Meridian. The Shriners are an organization that many people don't know a whole lot about. Tonight we'll look at why they have this parade and what the Shriners do.
On a personal note...The Royals won last night at the Yankess ending their 13-game losing streak. I keep hoping that the Royals will turn the corner and get back to the Royals-of-old. One thing that most Royals fans will agree needs to happen is for the general manager (Allard Baird) to be fired. It looks like that is about to happen. The Royals have offered the job to Dayton Moore. Moore is the assistant general manager for baseball operations for the Braves. He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Braves' scouting and player development. This is an area where the Royals fail. Their farm system is not exactly high quality. Even if the Royals and Moore cannot reach an agreement soon, the team has a few other candidates waiting in the wings.
And it's good to see the Braves back in second place in the East. I didn't get to see yesterday's game, but from what I hear it was a great 9th inning. I was doing some grocery shopping and keeping up with the game on my cell phone. Well, the Braves and Cubs are about to play game 2 on Fox Meridian. I'm going to turn it on while I work. Enjoy your weekend.
posted by Chris Brennaman at 12:06 PM
4 Comments:
Well, so much for the winning streak. The Royals must have really made the NYY mad last night. Another wonderful pitching performance from Affeldt...HAHAHA. Gave up 10 runs in 5 1/3 innings. Final...15-4. Oh well.
Brendaman...I think you and I could do a better job than Allard. I'm guessing the Technical Difficulties would put up a pretty good game with the Royals. Hopeflly Dayton Moore accepts...
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Torgerson family. Stan will be missed.
I am glad to know the news blog is updated in a timely manner!
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