I'm proud to be the first person to comment on your ignominious first anniversary. It takes a man to be subject to the scorn of others, but it takes a real chickenshit to comment on the public-forum missteps of other men.

I think I speak on behalf of Joe Buck, Keith Hernandez, Gary Thorne, Marv Albert, and Don Imus when I say fuck you. Fuck you to every person who thinks it is easy to basically talk for hours straight for more than 100 days a year. There is no pencil to click on to edit a live on-air statement, but there is always an underemployed schmuck to comment on it.

And I suppose we have people like you to thank. We all make mistakes in real-time when we're either trying to be funny or trying to be edgy. Now, thanks to losers like you, there is someone to permanently record every indiscretion. You're a leech off of the talented people who try to make a living either calling a game, or reporting from the sidelines with classy gloves and expensive shoes. You should be ashamed of yourself.

--OJ Simpson

I wish I could find something to bash you about, but I'm drawing a blank. You done good.

Wow, it's hard to believe it's been one year already. I can recall your early days. Like you we were still in our infancy trying to make a niche for ourselves in this crazy world we call the blogosphere. AA was one of the first sites we linked to as well receiving a linked in return. Then AA blew up, while we putzed along. Thanks for sending a little traffic our way, whether it was intentional or someone meaning to go to another link but instead finding our site which would probably lead them to think, "Isn't this a Cubs blog? What the fuck does David Caruso and Ronald McDonald have to do with anything?"

It's fun to see these blogs evolve from the generic blogger templates to something that looks like you spent a few extra hours in your parents basement working on. Also, it's good to see you finally got your GED, at least that's what I'm assuming happened, as the typos and quality of writing has gone from meteorically bad, to kinda sorta shitty. Or maybe you took my advice and finally let your mom proofread your posts before publishing them. I keeed, I keeed!

Happy Birthday/Anniversary/Kwanzaa/Whatever and best of luck in the future buddy!

-Thunder Matt's Saloon

Um...nice ballon/teddy bear logo?

Zing!

Happy Anniversary. I just found your blog a few weeks ago thru a link of another blog. I don't recall which one but now I come to yours daily.

I think it's a great idea. As someone who has been in broadcasting (radio dj) since 1983 I know at times it's difficult to be funny or original, people say dumb things, etc. But most of the broadcasting industry needs a site like this. Many are too full of themsleves and it's good to knock those folks down a peg or two when they deserve it.

Great job on the blog,
Steve

Happy Birthday Asshole,
Your site sucks. You need to stop checking out cheerleader's asses. Or take your head out of 'em.

Yours Truly,
Keith Jackson

I'm proud to be the 7th person to comment on this great blog of yours. As a matter of fact, you could say that my blog's title and purpose, (Stupid Sideline Reporters)was a spinoff of Awful Announcing. Because I can't stand 2 things: Stupid questions from sideline reporters, stupid remarks from announcers.

Congrats on the 1 year mark AA.

Darn it, make it the 8th person to comment.

Wow a year! It seems like just yesterday I assured you that any idiot could start a blog. Well Brian I am proud to say you are not just any idiot. Only you could be so bold as to pick a subject matter that by its nature prevents you from ever being acquired by the "leader" or other respectable (read, rich) organization. Like a monk you implicitly reject the monetization of hours of labor. Like a monk you chose to "re-skin" your site in something so drab and uninviting that it actually makes me yearn for the warmness of a jail cell. Like a monk you have chosen to alienate yourself from the very community you so desperately wish to be a part of ... ok so thats not at all like a monk, thats just like all the other idiot bloggers ...

Congratulations Brian! You are truly a living example of the American Blogger Dream. Next stop a Brian Powell Wikipedia entry that you get your girlfriend to write for you!

Seriously though I'm honored to have been there at the beginning and to have been sent an email asking me to come roast you ... because I removed AA from feed reader months ago and would have never known.

AA, excellent work. I wish you many more years of quality blogmanship and pray that you and your blog do not end in divorce like so many marriages in this country.

aa well done all year long.

you are who we thought you were. Happy Birthday!
Dennis Green