Updates on two posts from this past week

The first update is from last Sunday, on the story of the 50 cents surcharge on all cab rides in NYC.

It seems much of that money will be going out of the city so Mayor Blumberg is now fighting the plan.

The second update is on my last post, about the woman who robed the bank in Sun City Center, then was dropped at the near by Wal-Mart, as of yesterday morning she is still out and about.

I can only wonder if the Hillsborough County Sheriff's, bothered to check the video tape for "getaway car". Why else would she go to Wal-Mart, I don't think she hung around there for too long, would you have?

Woman rob's bank in Sun City Center and escapes via a taxi

Here's a something you don't read about every day, a woman robs bank in Sun City Center and escapes via a taxi.

From Tampabay.com

SUN CITY CENTER - Deputies continue to search for a woman they say robbed a Superior Bank and fled a taxi Wednesday.

The woman arrived in a cab, walked into the bank at 4842 Sun City Center Blvd., and handed the teller a note demanding money, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's office.

After getting some cash, she left the bank and got back into the waiting taxi, directing it to the Wal-Mart at 4928 State Road 674.

She's described as a lighter-skinned black or Hispanic female, about 5 feet 4, 150 to 160 pounds with straight black hair - most likely a wig - and wearing a black dress with a white design.

Anyone with information about this robbery can call the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at (813) 247-8200 or Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-873-8477.

Ole Miss coach makes plea deal

You may remember a post a while back about the head basketball coach at Old Miss, while in Cincinnati for a game he was arrested for punching and throwing verbal insults at a cab driver.

On Monday he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct, and was given 40 hours of community service and (big surprise) probation.

How is Old Miss punishing there coach...there not giving him a contract extension, oh wow how harsh would have they have been if he went to jail for 6 months which the original charge carried.

Now the AD who swore Kennedy would be cleared once all the facts where known, all he has to say now is he thinks this will not hurt recruiting, what a laugh.

Watch after next season he will get his extension like nothing happend, and the joke is he still has 3 years on his contract.

So what does all this prove? Its fair season on cab drivers, and that is the truth!

RE: 60 years of knowledge

First of all great post Larry.

I too used to listen to ol Vin, only it was back in the 50's in Brooklyn and he has only gotten better.

My Yanks are as responsible as any for the crowd in the booth, in there home opener Thursday at times there where 4 in the booth, I have to wonder if one of the reasons for the new stadium was they needed a bigger booth.

The only person close to Vin's league is Bob Costas, too bad he is into too many other sports, he should stick to Baseball

DL's and time off

This post is going to be short. I am a Rays and Dodger fan. Look at all of the players the last few years go on the DL for a muscle pull cramps or some other "ailment" or perhaps just taking some time off for some kind of problem. My question is this, do you suppose that players like Cal Ripkin,Jr. ever had some problems at home, maybe one of his kids was having problems in school. Was he ever hurt. Did he ever have a sore shoulder maybe knocking a catcher over to score a run or get hit by said catcher. But will he play the next game, youbetcha. I am afraid that his kind of breed is no longer playing the game that we love.

60 years of knowledge

I found this in the new web site called "Circling the bases" It is about Vin Sully, announcer for the Dodgers for 60 years. When I grew up in Burbank, California I can remember hearing him on the radio. I think I could pick his voice out of all of the announcers of Major League Baseball.

Vin Scully threw out the first pitch at Dodger Stadium yesterday. In a world where broadcast legends are dying, pretenders to the crown don't mind embarrassing themselves, and sideshows seem to be the order of the day, it's nice to have something solid like Scully to latch onto.

As Aaron noted in the Link-O-Rama yesterday, Scully is incapable of being anything other than note-perfect. He works alone while every other organization crams an increasing number of announcers into the booth. He'll go silent for long stretches while others yammer in the mistaken belief that the unadorned sounds of the ballpark constitute dead air. When he does speak he uses the number of words necessary to communicate the thought rather than talk a concept up, down, in, out and around, with the heart of that practice being the assumption that his listeners are not idiots. How novel.

The kicker to all of this is that none of the things Vin Scully does are done by virtue of some supernatural talent. Indeed, he'd probably be the first to tell you that his abilities were learned and honed with experience as opposed to being God-given. Sure, not everyone could do it, but there are certainly would-be announcers out there who, if allowed to work alone and encouraged to keep things simple, could develop into a poor-mans' Vin Scully if given the time to do so. Why no team has even experimented with such a setup in recent decades is an utter mystery to me.

Pick a team any team

Oh my buddy Larry, he can't make up his mind which team he is talking about.

First it was the Dodgers who should have changed its name to the oil dollars, after all that is the reason they left Brooklyn.

Now its the Devil Rays oh aaa Rays, another team who can't make up there mind what they want to be called.

The Devil Rays oh aaa Rays who like the Yanks are 3-3, and for your information Kansas City is still playing major league as a mater of fact they made a run for the division last year before injuries caused them to fall out of the race.

As for the Dodgers, they are 4-3 and that sounds good untill you find they have only played teams in the NL West, the division that only had 1 team above .500, and 2 weeks before the end they where below 500, a great team in a great division.

My good buddy you are the only person that is not interested in the history of sports, yes you always say what have you done for me lately, but ESPN has a channel caled ESPN Classic, the new MLB network runs replays of world series past, the 2 weeks before the super bowl the NFL Network shows all the past super bowl.

As for Todd Jones, if "you" post it its like "you" said it.

So Larry decide which team you want to talk about and lets get it on!!!

Baseball 2009

It seems my co-host wrote this post a little early today. His hero Joba lost. Now the great Yankee's are only 3-3. They got beat by the KC Royals. I didn't know that the Royals were still in the major leagues. The Rays bombed Baltimore 11-3. The same Baltimore that took two out of three from those Yankees. I agree the CC is a great pitcher, too bad he only can pitch every five days. Oh folks did I mention that the Dodgers won today and have a 4-3 record. Let's face the fact that it is early in the season. But I can understand in into consideration the season that the Yankee's had last season, it is nice whenever they do something right. Please Yankee fans don't tell me about all of the stuff they have done in the past. Who said yeah but what have you done for me lately. By the way I got the information on the Dodegers winning the World Series from Todd Jones a former relief pitcher of the Tigers, who has been writing for the Sporting News for a few years. GO ANYBODY BUT THE YANKEES

WS Dodgers

My co host thinks the Dodgers will win the World Series, that makes me laugh.

Larry yeah they have a good chance to win the division, but that is only because it is the weakest division in the history of sports.

If they where in the AL East last year with there great record of 84-78 and just 4 games above .500 they would have finished a distant 5th.

There is very little chance of the Dodgers making the WS let alone winning it.

Since you brought it up, CC won yesterday going 7 and 2/3 giving up 6 hits, no runs and struck out 6. Lets go Yanks

Baseball 2009

Well boys and girls, another season of America's pasttime. Lowe of the Braves is about the only pitcher that did well in their. I am referring to the big money guys. CC went down the tubes. Webb and Cy Young winner Lee got beat up Newly retired Todd Jones, formly a relief pitcher from the Tigers had these remarks. Manny Ramirez will run for governor of California after batting clean-up for the 2009 World Series Dodgers. In closing Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez will have 19 saves at some point this season. Now my co-host will love this Derek Jeter will be a sleeper this season because there will be a leaguewide small ball played this year. It will take 39 games for Bobby Cox of the Braves to get ejected.

Why put it on the backs of cab drivers

Things are tough all over, and NYC is no different.

It is a long standing practice for all drivers not just cabby's to foot the bill for people who ride the subway and bus, with high tolls (now $5. one way on tunnels and a few bridges), ridiculous gas tax's and high car registrations.

With the economy being what it is, the city needs to raise cash to pay for the bus and subway, but does not want to increase the fare's too much and after some State Senator's blocked the plain to charge tolls on bridge's that have never had tolls, some idiot came up with the idea of adding 50 cents to all cab ride, guess where that will really come from, yep cabby's tips.

So besides paying for very high gas tax and all the other garbage cabby's have to put up with, they will now help to keep the price of a bus or subway ride low (which was $2. the last time I was on one in 2002).

Its cash up front in Eau Claire Wisconsin

In sort of a follow up to yesterday's story, all customers in Eau Claire WI will have to pay cash up during the hours of 10 PM to 6AM.

This no doubt is a sign of the times, and shows how bad the economy is, if they are having a problem with fare beats in a town the size of Eau Claire, what is going on in large city's.

The story comes from WQOW of Eau Claire Wisconsin.


Eau Claire (WQOW) -- Taxi cab drivers are no longer idling when it comes to unpaid fares. Soon, taxi customers will have to pay-up before going anywhere in Eau Claire.

Police say there has been an increase in people skipping out on fares lately.

They hope a pre-pay system will to save them time and the cab drivers money. It will be in effect city-wide from 10pm to 6am starting Thursday.


Sgt. Scott Barton with the Eau Claire Police Department says, "What it does is it eliminates calls for service at a peak hour for the PD and a peak hour for the cabs."

Elisa Stelzer, from A-1 Taxi says, "They'll have to tell the driver where they're going and then the drive will be able to tell them what the fee would be to get them where they want to go."


There will also be a designated taxi stand at the corner of Water Street and Fourth Street. Anyone who parks there between the hours of 10pm and 3am will be ticketed.