RIP 2010

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Some interesting comments about the death or Harry Pekar:

http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2...12.html#019250

I'll bet his work remains in print for a long time. And its standout weakness will be that, like I said, he never got to write that last installment.

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/12...kar-1939-2010/

[Kevy Baby]

Yankees owner George Steinbrenner dies at 80

NEW YORK (AP) - George Steinbrenner, who rebuilt the New York Yankees into a sports empire with a mix of bluster and big bucks that polarized fans all across America, died Tuesday. He had just celebrated his 80th birthday July 4.

Steinbrenner had a heart attack, was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Fla., and died at about 6:30 a.m, a person close to the owner told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not disclosed those details.

[Ghoulish Delight]

There are a lot of people at Angels Stadium right now scrambling to alter whatever pre-game activities they had planned for tonight.

[Strangler Lewis]

"He changed baseball the way Hitler changed Europe."

[Alex]

Jesus that guy is a glamor hog. He couldn't even give Bob Sheppard more than a couple days in the limelight.

[CoasterMatt]

Never thought he'd be traded to the Angels...

[Ghoulish Delight]

NPR personality Daniel Schorr

[Strangler Lewis]

A couple of years ago, I thought to myself, "Daniel Schorr's starting to sound old." Exactly how old came as a shock to me. RIP.

[Not Afraid]

Oh! That makes me really sad. RIP Mr. Schorr.

[Alex]

I loved hearing the audio of him rushing out to report on the just received "enemies list" of Richard Nixon and reading through it on air only to find his own name.

I always found his analysis on Weekend Edition to be extremely bland and obvious but there was something nice about knowing he'd been doing it for so long.