Olbermann's newest gig: MLB.com columnist

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Wednesday April 22, 2009 · 11:39 AM PDT

2009/04/22 · 11:39

This isn't about politics, but since so many of us are huge fans of Keith Olbermann, I thought I'd share this with all of you.

Major League Baseball announced today that Keith has just been hired by them as a columnist for MLB.com

Keith's first official column is here, but he had maintained a blog on MLB's server for a couple of months.

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What is Keith better at it?

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What is Keith better at it?

Saving the democracy

18 votes

Baseball writing

5 votes

Special Comments

16 votes

Sportscasting

8 votes

All of the Above

86 votes

Pie

14 votes

Bush throwing out first pitch, will he be booed again?

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Monday March 30, 2009 · 1:25 PM PDT

2009/03/30 · 13:25

From the AP:

Former President George W. Bush will throw out the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day for the Texas Rangers.

It was only a year ago when Bush threw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals' new ballpark. He was booed by thousands on national TV (it gets good about 30 seconds in):

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Wednesday March 18, 2009 · 4:53 PM PDT

2009/03/18 · 16:53

I'm filling in for dmsilev this week, who typically writes these FAQ Forum posts that are a great read for users new and old.

This is your usual Wednesday evening forum for asking questions about how this place works. If you're not used to this series, feel free to dive in and ask or answer questions. Serious questions will get serious answers, and snarky questions will get snarky answers.

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Tuesday March 17, 2009 · 11:53 AM PDT

2009/03/17 · 11:53

The Heritage Foundation, as many of you know, is a right-wing think tank that is a big supporter of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, neo-conservative ideas and everything we Kossacks are against. They sent me a fundraising letter yesterday, and it quoted Kos.

I have no idea how I got it (I've donated money in the past to charities and candidates through ActBlue, but never to any conservative group). Here's what they quoted from Kos:

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Should I reply to the letter from the Heritage Foundation?

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Should I reply to the letter from the Heritage Foundation?

Yes, respond factually to all their points

85 votes

Yes, and mock them, using tons of snark

143 votes

Yes, and send them $0.01 just to make them go through the work of getting a penny

275 votes

No, it's a waste of a time.

96 votes

Yes, send them a pie

46 votes

No, eat a pie instead

166 votes

Obama & McCain voice World Series intro

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 4:36 PM PDT

2008/10/22 · 16:36

The voices of both Barack Obama and John McCain are heard in FOX's World Series intro (Game 1 starts tonight at 8:00 ET).

Here's a video and transcript of it (hat-tip to the sports blog Awful Announcing).

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Who will win the World Series?

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Who will win the World Series?

Philadelphia Phillies

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Tampa Bay Rays

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Barack Obama

43 votes

Pie

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Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick to be back on TV together

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Monday July 07, 2008 · 12:57 PM PDT

2008/07/07 · 12:57

This has a lot more to do with sports than politics, but I figured that since many of you here are fans of Keith Olbermann, I'd post this here.

Long before Keith became famous for saving our democracy, he was famous for co-anchoring SportsCenter with Dan Patrick. The two will be re-united on TV for the first time since then, as NBC announced today that Patrick is joining Olbermann (and everyone else) on NBC's Football Night in America. From NBC's story:

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Thursday June 05, 2008 · 1:34 PM PDT

2008/06/05 · 13:34

Earlier today, Granny Doc had a diary encouraging people to donate to the DNC. (If you haven't donated already or want to donate again, you can do so at their website.)

I went through all the comments (as of midnight, end of the day) and added up all the donations that people had said they made. The totals are amazing.

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