Coming up this week on DR. BLOGSTEIN’S RADIO HAPPY HOUR: (Live on Tuesday November 6th at 9PM ET and forever archived at BlogTalkRadio.)

To show solidarity to the striking members of the Writers Guild, the Radio Happy Hour will once again be totally unscripted!

Political cartoonist Lloyd Dangle stops by to give us his humorous analysis of current events. We’ll find out from the creator of “Troubletown” which of the presidential candidates will give him the most material for his cartoon, how many death threats a political cartoonist can expect to receive and what its like to grow up with a last name like “Dangle”.

Also, Hollywood producer John Loar will join us. Loar, head of one year old Red Bird Cinema, a joint venture with actor Kevin Pollak and St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, will discuss the Sugar Ray Leonard biopic they has in the works. We’ll also get his opinion of the Writers Guild strike and find out if we’re in for a steady diet of reality TV for the next few months.

All that plus, Dangerous Lee co-hosts, SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE CYBERWAVES Vinny Bond drags his Big Leather Couch into the Radio Happy Hour Lounge and chats live with the listeners, and your calls at 646-652-4804.

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Coming up this week on DR. BLOGSTEIN’S RADIO HAPPY HOUR: (Live on Tuesday September 4th at 9PM ET and forever archived at BlogTalkRadio.)

Dr. B and Dangerous Lee will have to regulate when legendary rapper Warren G stops by to hang out with the Radio Happy Hour.

The man who discovered Snoop Dogg and helped create the g-funk sound of West Coast rap is now mentoring actress Countess Vaughn on the new MTV series Celebrity Rap Superstar.

Also, from the O.G. to the O.Ph.? Dave Raymond was the first man to don the infamous Phillie Phanatic costume to entertain Philadelphia baseball fans. Now, he’s the president of the Mascot Hall of Fame. He’ll join us to announce this year’s inductees. Of course, the Radio Happy Hour is endorsing Mr. Met!

All that, plus an update from pop star and past Radio Happy Hour guest Samantha Falk, a forecast from Justin the Weatherman, level headed commentary from Vinny from his big leather couch and if we’re lucky, a coherent thought from Phil.

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from Matt Cerone, previous Radio Happy Hour guest and the genius behind www.metsblog.com:

12:02 PM - Vote: Put Mr. Met in Hall of Fame

Currently, Mr. Met is roughly 7500 votes behind The Coyote on this year’s ballot for the Mascot Hall of Fame.

…and that’s just sad…

…the voting process is a bit tedious, i’ll admit, but i think we owe it to Mr. Met to vote as much as possible…so, if you’ve yet to do so, go to the Mascot Hall of Fame and get to voting…

By the way, this weekend, on ESPN.com, Howard Megdal puts Mr. Met’s candidacy to Bill James’ Ken Keltner Test, “a list of subjective questions devised by the sabermetric guru.”

…as if you need extra reason, see below…

…added to by Regis Courtemanche…

Coming up this week on DR. BLOGSTEIN’S RADIO HAPPY HOUR: (Live on Tuesday July 24th at 9PM ET and forever archived at BlogTalkRadio.)

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Yahoo! Sports Senior NBA Writer Adrian Wojnarowski will update us on the latest information concerning NBA referee Tim Dunaghy and allegations that he was working on behalf of the Gambino Crime Family.

Dr. Blogstein will attempt to keep Jane awake and alert when he assembles his sports brain trust to discuss the scandals in all our major sports leagues. We’ll try to determine who has it worst: the mobbed up NBA, the thugged up NFL, or the juiced up MLB.

Also, rapper and radio talk show host SK-1 stops by. We’ll delve into the state of hip-hop, find out who the governor of that state is and what the age of consent is there. We’ll also try to get SK-1 to do some free-style joints for us (I’m so white).

All that, plus the return of Justin the Weatherman and your calls at 646-652-4804.

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Coming up this week on DR. BLOGSTEIN’S RADIO HAPPY HOUR: (Live on Tuesday May 22nd at 9PM ET and forever archived at BlogTalkRadio.)

United States Soldier Dominick Noyes will call into the Radio Happy Hour live from Bagram, Afghanistan. Noyes, who was also in Iraq in 2004, will discuss the progress on both fronts, the hope for the future in these nations and if we’re lucky, he may even shoot a terrorist for us live on the air!

Also, Jonathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel, the most recognized video gamer in the world, will explain to Dr. B and Jane how he’s made a career out of playing video games. Fatal1ty will also explain his role in the new Championship Gaming Series (CGS), an international video gaming league which broadcasts to over 100 million homes worldwide.

All that, plus we’ll meet our summer intern, hear about a Taco Bell/Major League Baseball promotion and be joined by Vinny Bond live from his couch.

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The video above shows a classic example of a manager/umpire argument. You know, the kind of confrontation that is highlighted by the new men yelling at each other with their faces so close that they are within kissing range. They go at it bill to bill. Spit is surely being sprayed onto each other and they’re most likely quite familiar with each other’s breaths.

My question is this: Why doesn’t this style of arguing exist anywhere other than on a baseball field. Do husbands and wives shout at each other while standing chest to chest? Do buddies get into arguments and go literally nose to nose? We don’t even see fights like this in any other sport. Do they teach this style of debate in the minor leagues?

I’m fairly certain that if I got that close into someone’s face while screaming and pointing, I’d be pushed or punched in seconds flat. I’ll try it the next time the deli guy puts too much butter on my bagel and let you know what happens.

Coming up this week on DR. BLOGSTEIN’S RADIO HAPPY HOUR: (Live on Tuesday April 10th at 9PM ET and forever archived at BlogTalkRadio.)

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Mickey Mantle: Jerk or Evolved Soul? Bestselling sportswriter Peter Golenbock will join Dr. B and Jane to discuss this very issue. Golenbock’s new book, 7: The Mickey Mantle Novel, started a firestorm of controversy for suggesting, among other things, that Mantle had an affair with Marilyn Monroe and that he was sexually abused as a child.

Golenbock was also responsible for bringing celebrity book publisher Judith Regan to her knees (or was that Bernard Kerik?), leading to her firing late last year.

Also, Indian-American (not to be confused with American-Indian) blogger Santosh Hari will stop by to discuss the growing importance of Indian culture and Bollywood in American entertainment–heck, who are we kidding? He’s coming on to talk about American Idol’s Sanjaya.

All that, plus more Vinny Bond from his Big (Black) Leather Couch and of course, your calls at 646-652-4804.

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Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. were both elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame today but everyone is talking about one man who wasn’t elected and one man who elected no one.

Mark McGwire finished ninth in the balloting, receiving 128 of a possible 545 votes. He, of course, has been under a cloud of suspension for using performance enhancing drugs.

Paul Ladewski, a columnist for The Daily Southtown in Illinois, voted for zero of the large selection of baseball players that he had to choose from. He mailed in an empty ballot.

I’ll get to McGwire in a moment. First, though, I have a bone to pick with Ladewski who says he has doubts about anyone who played during the Steroids Era. Well, Ladewski, I have doubts about your motives.

The vote, Ladewski said, is about upholding the Hall of Fame’s standards. I think what he’s doing calls into doubt the Hall of Fame’s standards of who they allow to vote. The privilege that Ladewski holds just because he’s a member of the baseball writers association exists for him and writers like him to vote for baseball players that they feel are worthy of being inducted into the Hall of Fame. It does not exist for him to make political statements or to show off his morality. All that he proves by sending in a blank ballot is that he’s a closed minded fool who has made up his mind, despite any evidence, that players of the so-called steroid era are all dirty. And I couldn’t disagree with him more.

I loathe the fact that baseball was tainted in the 90’s by players who were obviously juicing. I also loathe the argument that you can’t fault the players for using steroids because even though they were illegal in the United States they were never banned in baseball. Hogwash! Rape isn’t “banned in baseball” but you don’t see that tolerated on the field!

All that said, I do think McGwire and subsequently Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds should be voted into the Hall of Fame, though it does pain me to say it.

They didn’t put an asterisk next to Roger Maris because he played in the era of 162 games, why start sticking asterisks on those who played in the era of steroids. It’s just another era that baseball has gone through, like the “dead ball” era. In fact, I would love to know the number of home runs those hitters I mentioned above hit against pitchers who were also on steroids. Perhaps the playing field was a lot more even than we think! We just don’t know.

Baseball, much like world history, has gone through several eras that we’re not proud of. The same way there are no asterisks in the history books next to presidents who were elected during the era when women couldn’t vote, or asterisks in the baseball record books from the time when blacks couldn’t play, there should be not records abolished from the steroid era.

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Here is Ladewski’s defense of his position