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CharlieB rules.

He's quick, he's efficient, he knows how to play the ponies.

We've shared many a press box over the years, paid lots of dues, paid even more cover charges, and mostly, well, we just wanted to get paid.

We did. For a while.

Once upon a time, CharlieB was there when some cat named Farley Hill tried to pick a fight with me because I had the temerity to call out some racist fan baiting the opponent. We wound up .... um, well, never mind, but the punch line is ... oh, man, CharlieB, should I even tell this story ...

Probably not.

He knows how it ends though.

For me, in the pool. Or pool or a pond, it's all good for me.

CharlieB can knock out the copy. He can plain knock it out. He's my boy. If he needs an enforcer, he knows to call one Jesus_Muscatel.


A lot of us are scramblin' here, and if you need a guy to cover the Chickens, or whoever else is in there regional --- I done lost my notes, CharlieB, sorry, give the man a call!

You won't be sorry ...

You won't be recitin' that Nick Nolte line from the immortal "48 Hours," ... .you know:

"I'm already sorry ..."


Tell him Farley Hill sent ya. With Jesus_Muscatel fixin' to bust some heads on account of the fact that he wanted to dismiss the First Amendment ...

CharlieB rules, did I mention that ....

 

Amen, amigo.

 

I always admired Charlie's tenacity.

And Johnny's brevity.

Two cool cats, to be sure.