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PKL kicks off TOMORROW
7:46AM ON
06/06/2008
BY
Dave Segal
The DailyDose-laden Providence Burnsiders play the very first game of the season, against the Scurvy Dogs, in front of whoever’s made it out of bed by noon. Full schedule here. I should know this by now, but where are we playing? At Dexter Park or something?
Organizers seem hopeful that a pretty, and even snarkier-than-usual, website will make up for the loss of Ted Rao. There are even team-by-team descriptions and histories – triggering a sinister “Ha-ha!” at the Powers That Be: You didn’t catch that the Burnsiders are, at least in spirit, but the newest incarnation of the Productivists — with a work-ethic/attendance rate so disgraceful that they managed to get banned from the league 3 years ago.
If you don’t know what any of this is about, check out the ridiculous Today Show story from a couple of years ago.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:34PM
More From the Desk of the Ombudsman | Providence Daily Dose Says:
[...] There’s a lot of new stuff here at VoteSegal.com…oops. I mean, ProvidenceDailyDose.com. I suppose it’s only natural that Rep. Segal, the Jeff Toste of the Local 121 set, would use the Dose to reach out to that crucial “unproductive hipsters who don’t even live in his district” vote. However, I can’t help wondering if he’s going to invoke the Equal Time Rule now that he has an opponent. Or will the Dose remain a bully pulpit for the incumbent and surrogates like Ari Savitzky, the Jerome to Segal’s Morris Day? Nonetheless, it’s encouraging to see that one can choose the rigorous career of a dedicated public servant and still spend an inoordinate amount of time dicking around on the internet. [...]