Apparently some Sports Blogger is having a reading at the Georgetown Barnes and Noble and I've been coaxed into attending. Just kidding, I'm looking forward to it and if you're showing up as well be sure to come up and say hi. I'll be wearing a "Hello My Name Is AA" nametag and clothes (one of those is actually true).

Will Leitch: God Save the Fan (Yahoo Upcoming)

Here's the audio from the post earlier on the little tiff between The Junkies (DC Talk Radio Show) and Mister Irrelevant (Sports Blog). Here's the audio from today's show where they go back into mentioning them a second time and spent two segments on the issue.

Seg 2- EB's friend grills him for being barbaric (WJFK Audio....it comes at the very end)
Seg 3- Are the Junkies normal guys or barbarians? (WJFK Audio)

Couple of quick points and quotes.....

1) Before bringing up M.I. they call one of the hosts (EB- the one that used the word queer) a hypocrite.
2) "These asses in DC from Mister Irrelevant, which I'm dying to get these losers on the show, claim that were not even a knowledgable...they say, "Of course I don't listen to the Junkies I consider myself a knowledgable Sports Fan."- EB (Umm....that's not even close to what was said on M.I.) (Edit: That was actually said in the comments.)
3) "Let me just tell you something about Mister Irrelevant Faggots. There's no Sport besides maybe Soccer that they can sit down and make me look stupid."- Lurch (I still don't understand the need to use demeaning gay terms like that....especially when the original issue is about hinting at someone being gay, but whatever....Was that even English?)
4) "I'm just explaining it to you because I'm knowledgable about the game of Baseball other than Mister Irrelevant...I'm telling you why they're losing."- Lurch

Ummm, right. Good points there all around. Come on gentlemen.....step up your game a bit if you're going to "jone". Name calling is just weak. Again.....I listen to the show for segments like "Whore or Bore" not Sports. Sorry but saying things like "I don't know where the Wizards finished last season" when your show is only in the DC Market makes Sports Fans change the channel. If you're a fan you know the answer to that, and the fact that they were in first at the All-Star break.

The Junkies vs. Mister Irrelevant - Round One

P.S.- We're done with this until probably tomorrow when they call me a fag.

Ding! Who's ready for some DC Metro trash-talking? I know I am. It's a DC Sports Talk Station versus a blog! In one corner we have one of the oldest, most respected Sports Blog out there....Mister Irrelevant. In the other we have one of the older DC Talk Shows. It's Mister Irrelevant versus the Junkies.....Ding!

Background: For those of you not from DC area the Junkies are a radio program that surfaced in this are years ago. The four members started out as the Sports Junkies and worked nights on a talk radio station (WJFK) from 7-11pm. They were a great show to listen to especially driving to and from the middle of nowhere to go to College. Well at one point another institution in the DC Area, WHFS (alternative rock) hired the Junkies to do morning talk and play Linkin Park. Out of nowhere HFS turned into a Spanish station and the Junkies were out of the job. Many people had already started to tune them out because the just didn't talk about Sports anymore. To make a long story short they were hired back by WJFK and were moved around until Stern's move to XM Sirius made room for them in mornings. Background over.
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Fast forward to Monday when the Junkies had Brandon Lloyd on from the Redskins. The wide receiver was talking a bit of trash about Troy Aikman perhaps being gay, and the Junkies poked fun at the bit. Well wind of this hit Mister Irrelevant moved to DC Sports Bog and AA, and then broke nationwide when Deadspin made it an item later that day. Well yesterday and today it just got even more interesting.....

Here's the clip of The Junkies yesterday mentioning all of the hype from Monday and completely trashing Mister Irrelevant. After getting the actual date wrong to start the show, debating Heaven and Hell, and mentioning their families....do they talk about Mister Irrelevant (and AA).

Brandon Lloyd interview all over the blogs (WJFK)

"Ever heard of a site Mister Irrelevant? They clubbed us!"
"I never heard of their website until you mentioned it, so they can go to hell!"
"I read the three comments and two were from the brothers that write the site."
"It's showing that blogs that come out daily are grasping for content"
"Does he get the worst seats at Sporting Events because he's a blogger?" (Speaking about Dan Steinberg)
"These are the guys I hate the most right now Jamie Mottram, Chris Mottram."

Well it doesn't stop there. Today at the prime hour of 6:30am the Junkies decided to address the issue and what they referred to as Mister Irrelevant labeling them well, "Irrelevant". 3 out of the 4 said that they didn't care, but one of the hosts (EB) said that he did because the guys at M.I. were "in their demographic". They then mentioned the Washington Post, Deadspin, and Sports by Brooks as sites that also mentioned the item and somehow tried to link this to a complete other issue about how they are looked at as "barbarians" and women can't listen to their show. They then spent the next two segments taking calls from only women asking if they enjoyed the show and if they were just like every other "normal guy".

Here's the funny part. Throughout the mentioning of the B-Lloyd incident they were still bashing Mister Irrelevant saying that they definitely didn't know about Sports. And almost a full 30-minutes later while mentioning the Baseball playoffs one of the hosts (Lurch) took yet another shot at Mister Irrelevant by saying that (and I'm paraphrasing here because it was seven in the morning)...

"We know why Boston is losing the series to the Indians because they know Baseball unlike Mister Irrelevant."

The best part was that this came either right before or right after one of the Junkies mentioned that he could only name 3 players on the Rockies and another mentioned he watched 10 minutes of Game 3. Here's the thing....I listen to the Junkies just about every morning. I still think they're a great show, but the show isn't about Sports anymore. This is the reason that many folks just like Chris at M.I. stopped listening, or maybe never was listening to the show to begin with. The Junkies even admitted that they only talk about Sports 2% of the time! Well actually when they DO talk about that 2% they really just combine the front page of Deadspin and Sports by Brooks into something they call the "Sports Page". Being a listener I know. With that said they do have some great interviews like B-Lloyd, Portis, and other big name Sports Stars, but those are few and far between.

If you don't care about the "stupid blogs" as you call them Junkies, then you probably shouldn't use their material. Mister Irrelevant probably doesn't care at all about what you say about them if they don't like your show, but let's call what mentioning the issue two days in a row. You recognize that 100s of thousands of people read blogs everyday and you wouldn't be talking trash if you didn't want the attention from Mister Irrelevant and AA (local DC Blogs) and hope it gets all the way up to Deadspin HQ. I don't mind that at all....hell it's good marketing, but you need to first admit that you don't even care about Sports anymore. It's a joke really.

(I'll post the audio later today, but I felt like I needed to share this even though it's local. Also, I'll try and make sure this post is off the top of the page as soon as possible.)

Here's Chris' Post If You Are Interested (Mister Irrelevant)

Who are we supposed to be challenged by again? New York??? Whatevs. Not even close. One special little Red Sox Bar within the territory we DCers call Georgetown was over-run.....NAY!.....conquered by the DC Blogging Community.

There was beer.....there was ACC basketball.....there were people walking out on their tabs. Wait....what did you say??? Yep, someone walked out on their tab.....here are the early odds:

DC Sports Bog (50 to 1)- I'm not sure what the WaPo pays these days, but he's a longshot. You never know though....he's got a baby on the way, and babies need their formula.

Mister Irrelevant (50 to 1)- Cold Pizza pays him nothing, but AOL sure does. Don't see the Blogfather going this far, but you never know.

Ryan from Fanhouse (40 to 1)- Again AOL pays people, but Ryan graciously bought me a Sierra Nevada with straight cash homey, so he may not have had a tab to begin with.

Miss Chatter from Just a Nats Fan (30 to 1)- Didn't stay the entire night, and I only met her on her way out, so she's an underdog as well.

JammingEcono from Banks of the Anacostia (30 to 1)- Another Nats blogger......they are still bitter about not getting anything for Soriano.....they very well might be taking it out on the city.

Kyle Gustafson from Information Leafblower and DCist (25 to 1)- The DCist supports local businesses better than anyone, so I don't think they would rob the little guys. But maybe....just maybe they got food poisoning from The Rhino Bar at one point or another, and this is payback.

Marc Gallant from Needs More Meat, MDT from Daily Sports Haiku and Gustafsson from On Frozen Blog. (15 to 1)- All very awesome dudes. I know OFB got to go to the Opening of the Caps Practice Facility in Ballston, so Ted Leonsis could be paying them too. Also, people who right poetry are usually into Karma and stuff.......but good odds if you think it's one of them.

The Comcast TV Dudes (10 to 1)- This whole TV thing could be a setup. They might be tired of Bloggers making fun of Chick Hernandez, so they've setup a crime spree with the ultimate goal of placing the blame on the Blogging Community.

Jarkko from The Wizznutzz (5 to 1)- Those Wizznutzz are crazy characters. They could need funding for their next t-shirt....."It Ain't Ova Til Tha Brenda Haywood Sings". (God damn I'm clever....someone buy a Homing Pigeon and get that to them stat!)

Christmas Ape from KSK (5 to 1)- What does KSK call themselves.....A Mafia....and what do Mafias do??? I'm just sayin'....

AA (3 to 1)- I just created a logo out of two anarchy symbols.....I'm dangerous. (Also, I am looking away in the photo. Judas anyone???)

Unsilent Majority from KSK (3 to 1)- Anyone who gets into a trash-talking war with Ricky Davis clearly isn't stable. (No Jew jokes either....that's not the direction I'm taking this)

289 of With Leather Photoshopping Fame (OFF- No Line).- Seriously, the dude is responsible for things like this (below).......and he's a free lance photographer. Wait a tic......maybe......nahhhhhh.
























So who you got??? Only a few people know who it really is, so no cheating. And if you know....don't spoil it. I'll leave the post up top for awhile.