His last show featured Dan Marino, John Elway, Curt Schilling, Mark Cuban, Jerry Jones and Joe Namath, making it quite possibly the whitest hour of television this side of a Lawrence Welk rerun. On Tuesday, we'll get Floyd Mayweather, Michael Strahan, Pedro Martinez, Brian Westbrook and Brian Urlacher. This lineup threatens to be mildly entertaining for his viewership, which I believe consists entirely of people waiting for Katie Morgan's Sex Quiz to come on.

And how about this: You lucky Pierres in the New York area can watch Joe Buck Live live!

As of Monday, Nov. 30th we have tickets to the show, feel free to pass this invitation along.

JOE BUCK LIVE
TAPING TUESDAY, DEC. 8th - 9:30PM

at NYU'S SKIRBALL CENTER
566 LaGuardia Place, NYC

BE PART OF OUR EXCLUSIVE AUDIENCE!

Joe Buck Live extends its run of live shows with World Champion Boxer Floyd Mayweather, retired NFL star and actor Michael Strahan, pitcher Pedro Martinez, and current NFL Players, Brian Westbrook and Brian Urlacher. Taping in front of our live studio audience in New York City, this third, hour-long edition of the Joe Buck Live show will include live interviews, panel discussions and pre-recorded features. Don't miss another engaging and entertaining evening of live TV.

For more information about Joe Buck Live go to www.hbo.com/joebucklive/

To attend this exclusive JOE BUCK LIVE show on Tuesday, December 8th, YOU MUST BE AVAILABLE BETWEEN 8:30PM and 11:30PM. It will air on HBO simultaneously with repeat broadcasts at later dates. YOU MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER TO ATTEND THE SHOW AND YOU MUST LIVE IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA(NY, NJ, CT) TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR TICKETS OR BE IN NYC DURING THE FILMING WEEK.

TICKETS ARE COMPLIMENTARY.

If you are interested in being part of the JOE BUCK LIVE SHOW, please, email us at joebucklive@theblacklistnyc.com with the following information in both the subject line and body of your email or go to www.theblacklistnyc.com/joebucklive for more info:

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4. Your age range (35-40, 18-25, 50-55 etc.)
5. Number of tickets — 2 tickets is the maximum number we can allow per request.
SINCE THIS IS A LIVE EVENT WE EXPECT THAT IF YOU ASK FOR TICKETS YOU WILL BE USING THEM. Thanks.
6. Do you consider yourself a big sports fan — which sports (you can put this in the body of the email)

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We will contact you via email with a detailed ticket confirmation if there are tickets available. You should hear from us within a few days of your request but at latest by 5PM on MONDAY DEC. 7th, 2009. PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL US DUPLICATE REQUESTS, IT WON'T HELP YOU GET TICKETS.

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We all remember what happened last time. Joe Buck has responded by putting together the dullest and most white-bread hour of sports-related programming this side of the Bassmaster Classic. The guests: Dan Marino, John Elway, Curt Schilling, Mark Cuban, Jerry Jones and Namath, who threatens to be mildly interesting but who will probably wind up talking earnestly about sobriety. Role models! Life lessons! White people! This is basically Joe Buck's wet dream of a show.

And get this: You can watch it live!

HBO's JOE BUCK LIVE RETURNS WITH A NEW EDITION

FILMING TUESDAY SEPT. 22nd

at the Equitable Center Theater (7th Ave. at 51st Street)

BE PART OF OUR EXCLUSIVE AUDIENCE!

The second edition of Joe Buck Live features NFL Greats Joe Namath, Dan Marino and John Elway, Pitching Star Curt Schilling as well as Mark Cuban, Owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Jerry Jones, Owner of The Dallas Cowboys. All our guests are scheduled to appear live on the stage of the Equitable Center with Joe Buck. Filming in front of our live studio audience in New York City, this new hour-long edition of the Joe Buck Live show will include live interviews, panel discussions and pre-recorded features. You won't want to miss what promises to be an engaging, informative and entertaining evening of TV.

To attend this exclusive JOE BUCK LIVE show on TUESDAY, SEPT. 22nd, YOU MUST BE AVAILABLE BETWEEN 8:30PM and 11:30PM. It will air on HBO simultaneously with repeat broadcasts at later dates. RSVP quickly as there are limited tickets for this event. YOU MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER TO ATTEND THE SHOW AND YOU MUST LIVE IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR TICKETS OR BE IN NYC DURING THE TAPING WEEK. TICKETS ARE COMPLIMENTARY.

If you are interested in being part of the JOE BUCK LIVE SHOW, please email us at joebucklive@broadwayvideo.com with the following information in both the subject line and body of your email:

1. Your full name
2. Your email addressOne which will not put our reply to you in your trash
folder and one which you check frequently.
PLEASE ALWAYS CHECK YOUR TRASH FOLDER JUST IN CASE!3. Your phone number(s)
4. Your age range (35-40, 18-25, 50-55 etc.)
5. Number of tickets — 2 tickets is the maximum number we can allow per
request. SINCE THIS IS A LIVE EVENT WE EXPECT THAT IF YOU ASK FOR TICKETS
YOU WILL BE USING THEM. Thanks.6. Do you consider yourself a big sports fan
— which sports (you can put this inthe body of the email)

Example: Tina Hays /haystina@sportsworld.com /(212) 555-1212 /25-30/2 tickets/big fan – football & basketball

We will contact you via email with a detailed ticket confirmation if there are tickets available. You should hear from us within a few days of your request but at latest by FRIDAY SEPT. 18th, 2009. PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL US DUPLICATE REQUESTS, THIS IS CONFUSING FOR US AND WON'T HELP YOU GET TICKETS.

Come join us for an insightful look into the sports world from JOE BUCK and the award-winning team at HBO SPORTS.
EMAIL ~ joebucklive@broadwayvideo.com

Don't miss it! Joe Buck's back on cable, and for one night next week, we'll all be lucky Pierres!

EARLIER: Watch Artie Lange Crap All Over Joe Buck's First Show

Also: Obama supposedly will be in the Fox booth at some point between the third and fifth innings. You know what this means, don't you? What it means is this: Tonight, an American president becomes Joe Buck and Tim McCarver's lucky Pierre. I can't wait.

Barry Petchesky will be around tonight to chronicle Bud Selig's neat little scrimmage. Thanks for your continued support of Deadspin. Keats and Yeats are on your side.

PHOTO: El Duk'

Friday was an eventful day at Wrigley Field. First, Piniella admitted that he had smoked dope once and it hadn't "done a damn thing" for him. Speaking with the same reporters, Bradley lamented his solitude in the clubhouse. Then he flew out, threw his helmet and punched the Gatorade water cooler, prompting Piniella to bench him and stoking a heated exchange between the two in the clubhouse. Bradley left the field in street clothes, and — voila! — the Milton Bradley Meltdown of 2009 was off and running. Piniella's days of dope seemed, like, so 1960s.

But, you see, Bradley's not the one to blame here. It doesn't matter that he's a grown man making $30 million over the next three years just to play baseball, chase seagulls and, otherwise, keep his mouth shut. It's hard for him to do that when no one in the clubhouse will talk to him, so he has to lash out to get everyone's attention:

"This isn't me," Bradley told the Tribune before his confrontation with Piniella. "I've always excelled at playing baseball, and to come here and suck like I have, it's just not a good feeling. And there's really not one guy who I can sit and talk to. I've been on teams where I have guys I know, or somebody I can just vent to."

Derrek Lee has a locker next to Bradley and they speak frequently. So why not vent to Lee?

"We just don't have that bond," he replied. "'D-Lee' is cool. He's quiet. But things change. I had a good rapport with [fired hitting coach Gerald Perry]. I trusted Gerald and I could talk to him, and he's gone. I think I clicked with [ex-Cub outfielder Joey] Gathright, and he's gone. So you just kind of feel like you're on an island, and trying to stay afloat."

Bradley said the Cubs are a "good group of guys," but he hasn't formed any real relationships yet.

"The teammates, they're there and they say all the right things," he said. "But it's just [small talk]."

Lee said the Cubs players have no issues with Bradley.

"When we're in the clubhouse, everyone gets along with Milton," Lee said. "I don't think there's a guy in here who says he doesn't get along with Milton. Guys get frustrated. We see it all the time."

Carlos Zambrano was so concerned about Bradley he followed him into the clubhouse after the incident with Piniella to see if Bradley was OK. Zambrano declined to discuss Bradley, though Alfonso Soriano pulled no punches.

Ha! Wordplay!

Actually, the real culprit is Piniella himself. If only he visited California pharmacies more often, he would preside over a mellower clubhouse. The water cooler, at least, would be grateful.

Is Piniella's tough love the way to handle Bradley? [ChiTrib]
Bradley uncomfortable with fit on Cubs [ChiTrib]
Bradley's outburst ignites Mount Lou [ESPN]