In Case You Missed It - Obnoxious Boston Fan

Monday, July 3rd

Boston Herald Columnist, Bill Speros - Also known as the Obnoxious Boston Fan - Calls into the show to talk about the crazyness that is the NBA Free Agency and also shares his outrage over the Pete Frates hoax from earlier today!
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It mentioned our guests and well. Columnist for the Boston herald's. Obnoxious Boston fan bill argue with a us. Hey man good Monday's. Good mind to ask you what a Monday likely not just Boston fan you laying by a pool with your laptop working at a story like what you're what do you do on a daily this. Well actually pay time not to sound like I don't know that that's going to the gym this morning as so there was that. It was backed. Yes I'm pretty much by the pool in my house which is by nightfall. Working two jobs. There yet Mondays are usually busy day for me. Given what goes on in the world outside of Twitter. Although this Monday today might have been the busiest Twitter Monday in a long time. Thanks to Boston is favored ex appreciate Mike Barnicle. That's so we are just on nine year your feed here would give us the quick story when apple that. Well I bought this favorite play direct. Apparently had been fake news. I mean since he works for MSNBC that one of around Mulder there aren't any close it. It looked at this morning and it Peter pat selects there was this story and told there of course you Buckley who's written about Pete over the years I mean usually in general that not a secret of his family is very open. They're very media savvy his mom and the saint in many ways of course. And she's not shy about communicating you know what's going on with him sell it and understand why Barnicle did did he want to be relevant. He want people to pretend that you exist he want do. Provokes the old days before he was shouted a complete fraud where people actually read columns and thought that he was not lying even though he was. I'm an end bad journalists do this it time they jump the gun and eight. Post fake news without. I'm confirming it and in this particular case given the emotional high. That he simply has the lead Boston. I'm it was beyond respectable lady did that but guide for you. Armed because of real news. I spend exchanging tweets are to direct messages with the Indy. He brother and down. Obviously he's the fairways obviously affect. What was posted this morning Pete both Nicole. Video on his Twitter feed you penalties that yeah just something that actually get an anti. You know I'm the idiot he wanted immediate you know passed along any thing. Dear listeners and and here it is direct quote. Thanks for the continued support Pete is still battling and we love this city happy for all I was from YouTube I'd need about twenty minutes ago. I'm so you know Pete is doing as well as he can do given his circumstances. And I think the lot that they put Boston. And the people ought to do is dwarfed by the love the people of bot inaccurate and and you know we all make mistakes as journalists we all screwed things up but this particular thing that happened today is they. It just struck a raw nerve with with so many people because they came watt is disgusting and exploited. It was done by a guy who has an open track record of having done this. I mean he was fired by the globe and you've got to be pretty fast these are I've lost that I don't think. I was fired by the globe my note just how bad you actively. Well listen you know bill just for a change I wish I knew where you stood at Celtic are taught not to be on your really just. I wish you would just let it let us know how you feel about those. You know now what they rated meowing in the race to be a delicate flower. It's taken all point that you can coexist. And hugged everyone. And make sure that no one's face basis violated. And of course and you moved to Florida to get the sunshine. To work two and a half jobs by the pool and by the way to would have jobs is my least favorite CBS sitcom on a Monday night so. Good for you for brave and that thank you for your service bill. So. Europe become one of our favorite collars during the first six months of the show I. All I know way. Congratulations. Thank you. That may be very miracle of the year after settlement cash in the fact that the red sector in first place on July sir amen. Amen to that so you've been a regular here you you share your thoughts and opinions on a wide array of subjects and just what it time to be alive as we approach the birthday of America we celebrate everything great about this country about New England. From T bradys to the fireworks show on the Aslan out tomorrow night more yes the patriots won the soup all the Red Sox are in first place. Honest and you know and the sun is shining and we article beard and granted ours in the studio yours by the pool there's no no bitching aloud from new englanders right now I'm not you know. Not now I'm not once thought to complain about the fact that. Yeah ancient the first eight pick in the 2072. Draft lined up and I think the. Rather than they have today is not that they are not enough. It's not the data be doing that so what do we have to look forward to coming from you in the Harold in the weeks and months to come as we make our way through this interesting Red Sox season. As we head towards patriots season. Well you know I I'm. A great sport that. Obviously there that they cut the Red Sox Nation on well John Leahy is what senator is a great job Photoshop we go way back. I hope it's an opportunity to read more about the Red Sox. They regret the Mexican CM this week in saint Pete. Yeah here before game that the original Fenway south. Al Assad at about Betty is already at that slanted roof bill yeah Arab you've been there and to any listeners out there. If you ever eat you could probably for what it cost you to take a family of four. In sick. In right field at Fenway you can actually fly to see you could fly to Tampa and you can sit in that slanted roof. Toilet down there in Saint Petersburg. Our patent and of course you know they'll be 70000. People there on Friday night in 22000 of them will be Red Sox fans. You know an eight when he showed up fans in the stadium it one handed in a race hat so every time they shot and it's the same guy per nine innings. You know it is cattle like you know radio free Russia where. Don't be 20000 Red Sox fans in the stands but they find the 12 year old rape and he's the only one yet on the scoreboard. That's an interesting Sox season to say the least it's like you know they lost poppy and they're trying to find their identity but they're still in first place so it's a beautiful thing look forward to reading your columns on that. Call us back and let us know other trip to saint Pete goes bell and happy fourth my man. I can't thank they had me on a man you know one thing about saint Pete everything closes at four so. We expect that real OB app on Twitter thanks buddy we'll talk to as soon. As air travel like. That was awesome he's the he's very open and and by the way talk about Twitter being slapped. But that's what's fun about bill is that. Bill is a very. The bills a very conservative gentleman yes and to say the least I know bill light bill lives you know I wouldn't say the lunatic fringe and I love art and tomorrow on what's great is that you guys as does. Obviously you're very liberal gentleman and well liberal chaebol are that they can act. You know the race I don't know that like it's still goes through life with a raised fist on the metal platform even though he's won nothing in this act and you know you guys go back and forth all the time yeah we have an update committed that they threaten or what's nice is that it's a friendly just absolutely you know you can get could sports news from bill you can see what life is like on that side in the other engage you but it never eat nobody moxie never gets condescending. At least if we're gonna try to shout at each other from across the Al remember at the end of the day. Like you always say we're on the same boat were on the same damn plane and we want either get to shore. Or land that beast well so albeit in Mike Barnicle admissible twittered you know. Slap fest and Barnicle rights to BF. Instead of deserved hammering of me. How about a money contribution ice bucket challenge support Pete and find an Al analysts here question mark has tied more productive and Columbia replies. Did bull Al hash tag retire. That vitally your cap real quick real quick let's just an ounce and even. Positive is just Jerry iPods are generally year old Mattie in neck. Hey didn't do it at the end and from all leave that in a couple of Beers wines that they before. And I think they had.
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