Bad for Baseball

I’ve been reading a lot about what Suze Orman said on the Oprah Winfrey show the other night. I rarely watch talk shows or television news programming, especially the ones with political agendas.

Plus I do not particularly like Suze Orman although I have never seen her program. But the mere mention of her name makes me quiver.

There are many reasons why I should like Suze. We were both born in hospitals on Chicago’s southwest side. I was born at Saint Anthony’s Hospital and she was probably born at Mount Sinai Hospital about 3 blocks north. We share the same Birthday (I’m a few years older/OK a several years older). Her nickname Suze (Susan) is the same nickname that I gave my sister (Suzanne) many years ago. She is an economic liberal (same as me). She can be pompous at times in her writings (I’ve read two of her books – both given to me as gifts). I’m told that I am a very pompous person. And she is a Lesbian; I like lesbians, in particular, if I get to watch.

So why do I dislike Ms. Orman?

It’s my wife’s fault. She lives in Maryland and I live in Florida (some of my friends have called it the ideal marriage). But it never fails that when I am watching a baseball game or something important like that, she calls to tell me to tune into the Suze Orman Show. If I don’t do it immediately she gets nasty and I have to listen to a 10 minute lecture. If I pretend to change the channel, I get a 10 minute recap of what I missed earlier. After I say “OK, I can’t hear the program, I have to go/talk to you later” about 5 times, I finally hang up.

Suze Orman is bad for Baseball!

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