The amount of people rooting for Ohtani's downfall is so crazy to me because this would be so detrimental to the sport overall. Sure you can get your jokes off about the Dodgers and Ohtani but it would take a long time for MLB to recover from this.
It’s taken me a few hours to process what happened. I used the word surreal with a few people at the radio station. That’s what this is for me and for many others. I really don’t have words to describe this right now. There’s a lot of emotion going through my head.
#ripfalcon
🧵
@NationOfEagles
@THR
This is so funny to me…how does he think Iron Man and Captain America got so popular? They were at the bottom of the totem poll at Marvel and Marvel Studios was FORCED to use them. No one in their wildest dreams would have seen the Avengers work.
@espn975
@MWWDEAN
@AJIsTheReal
@davejtepper
@FredFaour
I will really miss you, Falcon. I'm incredibly sad we didn't keep touch after I left. You were always amazing to me, treated me as an equal and as a friend. You've been instrumental in creating how I am today. I will love you always, Jong. /🧵
OH I forgot to mention, when we found out Fred had a Wiki page, I used to edit it with stupid shit. I never told him. It wasn’t me all the time but I did majority of it.
#RIPFalcon
@espn975
@MWWDEAN
@AJIsTheReal
@davejtepper
@FredFaour
I will really miss you, Falcon. I'm incredibly sad we didn't keep touch after I left. You were always amazing to me, treated me as an equal and as a friend. You've been instrumental in creating how I am today. I will love you always, Jong. /🧵
@espn975
@MWWDEAN
@AJIsTheReal
@davejtepper
@FredFaour
I love this picture. This was before we were on top. This is one of the fondest memories I have, maybe because they let me out of the studio and come out on location. But that night was fun. We did our broadcast, we drank, and listened to some bad karaoke. But we had fun. 15/?
My first day back after paternity leave and a student came up to me and told me him and his dad used to listen to us to and from baseball practice. We really had kids listen to the show
@FredFaour
@AJIsTheReal
I’m gutted. I’m sad. I feel regret. All because of selfish reasons I won't get into. Then I start thinking back on our time together.
If it wasn't for Fred, there's no Blitz. If it wasn't for Fred, there's no Jong. If it wasn't for Fred there's no
@espn975
. 2/?
#RIPFALCON
I’ll piggyback off Raj! I’ll be taking my talents to Atascocita and join the West Lake Wolves teaching social studies and helping the journalism department.
Sources: Raj Da Dodge’s agent has informed us that Clear Brook High School, his alma mater, has hired him as an English Teacher. Raj’s mission has always been to inspire and be a positive role model to others, so he is currently pursuing a teaching certification.
Today is a reminder to enjoy these Astros. Two of the past five World Series winners have completely dismantled their teams. The Astros are on a historic run.
This goofball turns 1 today. My heart is full. I’m tearing up as I write this, I love her so much. She’s been the biggest blessing of our lives and I thank God every day I get to raise this silly weirdo.
The only thing I wished for when she was born was not to get daddy’s nose
@espn975
He was the backbone and rock for the station for more than a decade. He's a Houston Sports legend, a great mentor, an amazing on-air talent, a great writer and most importantly he was a great friend. He taught me a lot in our time together. 3/?
@espn975
@MWWDEAN
@AJIsTheReal
@davejtepper
LOL mayyyybe a little more than Dave allowed us to. Everyone remembers the aftermath of the Pepperspray Incident but I'll tell you this, Fred was the first person to reach out after it happened. Fred cared deeply for me and the show. He knew we fucked up lol 13/?
@espn975
I was a good Christian boy when I started as an intern in 2008 and that man, along with
@MWWDEAN
and
@AJIsTheReal
corrupted me! (hahaha)
My bright-eyed, green ass was handpicked by Fred and Matt on the poker show. I was a young, eager and freshly-out-of-college intern...4/?
@espn975
@MWWDEAN
@AJIsTheReal
I went from interning on the Main Event and the Front Page to becoming their producer. I felt like I made it. They were stuck with me as much as I was stuck with them. They were truly friends in all the sense of the word. I did stupid shit I never thought I'd do 6/?
This is pretty much how I felt about it. 7.5-8 would be my score depending on how feel. I don’t get the rotten scores, I really don’t.
It’s a fun movie with a lot at stake. A VERY good look at what the Avengers will be facing in this saga.
Prob my third fav entry post Endgame
Holy shit. HOLY SHIT. On my momma f*ck EVERY single critic that gave it a bad review. I’m deadass. This shit was dope. Great action. Memorable moments. Weird characters and MODOK. The Conqueror is HERE.
#AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania
is not my fav Ant-Man but STILL good! 7.5/10.
@espn975
@MWWDEAN
@AJIsTheReal
@davejtepper
I wasn't quite sure how I was going to write this. I went with the flow, I grabbed a few pictures off the Blitz Facebook Page, and I started writing. Fred deserves much more than a measly thread on Twitter but this is how I can remember
@FredFaour
14/?
@espn975
@MWWDEAN
@AJIsTheReal
@davejtepper
Fred was a hustler. He did updates in the crack-ass wee hours in the mornings, ran to San Jac to teach, then hightailed it back to the studio to do the show for quite a while. I loved that about him. He put in a lot of work and we got to where we were because of him and Matt. 8/?
@espn975
@MWWDEAN
@AJIsTheReal
@davejtepper
Fred adapted to AJ. Fred learned to steer and drive conversation. Fred was good at teeing up AJ and lead him into topics that Fred knew we could get in trouble. Degenerate Radio was evolving. We pushed the boundaries as much as
@davejtepper
allowed us to 12/?
@POC_Culture
I'm Korean-American and you're pretty accurate with everything. In addition, Asians dislike Western culture only if it's convenient to them. For Koreans, they'll look down on Korean-Americans BUT if a singer (like Psy) makes it big in the US, they're the shit.
Thank you,
@Comicpalooza
for affording us the opportunity to kick off the morning! We had a blast and the audience was amazing! If you haven’t checked it out, please do so. They’re here until Sunday!
#Comicpalooza
#cppodfamily
#cp2021
@espn975
@MWWDEAN
@AJIsTheReal
Fred made sure we were his priority. He made us feel special. He made the show feel special. He put in the work and that hard work paid off. We were called up to the Show.
@davejtepper
had enough faith in us (for better or worse lol) to elevate us to week days 7/?
@espn975
@MWWDEAN
@AJIsTheReal
who knew nothing better. I gravitated towards Fred and Matt because they were funny, nice, and degenerate gamblers. So I grabbed that coattail and went on a ride for more than a decade. We got to do really dumb shit and I LOVED IT. I couldn't have asked for a better situation 5/?
I’m honestly not shocked. Me and
@JeromeSolomon
were witnesses to similar behavior after shows.
@davejtepper
would come up behind interns and dump his coffee on them.
@espn975
@MWWDEAN
@AJIsTheReal
@davejtepper
It was something we weren't used to. It was "shockjock" sports radio but it was addicting. We knew we had something special and alas the Blitz was born. 11/?
@espn975
@MWWDEAN
@AJIsTheReal
@davejtepper
We talked used to have
@AJIsTheReal
on in the bright-early hours on the weekends to talk sports. LOL knowing AJ now, idk why he agreed every week. Fred and I decided to bring AJ in for a few shows. I remember this vividly, AJ pulled our pants down and popped our cherries 10/?
@espn975
@MWWDEAN
@AJIsTheReal
@davejtepper
It wasn't long until Matt moved onto better opportunities elsewhere and me and Fred honestly felt lost. The tryouts were BADDDD. There were times where we felt defeated after shows. I honestly forget who made the suggestion but we decided to try someone out from Austin 9/?