30 Copyright 2009, CBSSports.com http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/view/9967658 en-us Primarily my blog will be focused on my second favorite hobby...classic rock and roll music. My favorite hobby is, was and always will be baseball, but there are many better writers on this site, so I'll primarily work with rock and roll surveys. Occasionally I'll throw in some baseball stuff if the mood moves me. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:46:30 EST http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15876033?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15876033?source=rss_blogs_MLB Welcome back and thank you all so very much for participating and contributing to my blog. Our endeavor of putting together the greatest all time team took months and I'm very satisfied with the success and the outcome of the blog. Some of you have w ... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:33:37 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15876033?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15703202?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15703202?source=rss_blogs_MLB Welcome back everyone for the final vote for the All-Time greatest team. We have certainly put together an awesome team and now we'll pick the best skipper for team. ... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:10:47 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15703202?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15594587?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15594587?source=rss_blogs_MLB Welcome back my good sports friends! I want to thank each and every one of you who have contributed and voted on my blogs during the construction of my All-Time Greatest Baseball Team. We're nearing the end now. This week we will vote in the final 3 ... Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:42:13 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15594587?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15446328?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15446328?source=rss_blogs_MLB Of course these guys we're voting for here were never reserves, they're just reserves for my all-time team. There is a reason we're voting for 3 reserves even though there are 4 infield spots. About 2 months ago, Pete Rose was voted in as a reserve. ... Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:12:09 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15446328?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15328414?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15328414?source=rss_blogs_MLB Welcome to my blog everyone and thanks to everyone who has been participating in my search to put together the greatest baseball team of all time. This week we will be completing our pitching staff by picking our 3 late inning relief pitchers. ... Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:20:52 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15328414?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15328409?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15328409?source=rss_blogs_MLB Welcome to my blog everyone and thanks to everyone who has been participating in my search to put together the greatest baseball team of all time. This week we will be completing our pitching staff by picking our 3 late inning relief pitchers. ... Sun, 31 May 2009 20:16:10 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15328409?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15222009?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15222009?source=rss_blogs_MLB Hello everyone, its time to put us together the best pitching staff on the planet. I'm going to ask you all to vote for your top 7 starting pitchers of all time. I'm going to put 10 pitchers on my all time team. The 5 man starting rotation will be th ... Sat, 30 May 2009 20:55:31 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15222009?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15074686?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15074686?source=rss_blogs_MLB First off, I want to thank the powers that be at CBS. I'm pretty quick to criticize them when I disapprove of a policy or a change, but I have to also show my gratitude when they throw me a bone. They featured this blog last week when we were voting ... Mon, 25 May 2009 0:35:07 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/15074686?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14953177?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14953177?source=rss_blogs_MLB Welcome back everyone. This time around we'll get to vote on the greatest center fielder of all time. Before we get around to that, its time to announce the winner of the left field vote. Ted Williams won the vote running away by receiving 16 of the ... Fri, 15 May 2009 7:16:56 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14953177?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14820953?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14820953?source=rss_blogs_MLB I want to thank everyone who's been participating and voting on my blogs. Its greatly appreciated and its a great motivator for me to keep this fun and to continue this labor of love. ... Mon, 18 May 2009 17:21:27 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14820953?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14720147?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14720147?source=rss_blogs_MLB Welcome again everyone! Its time to vote for a shortstop. Over the past two entries we voted on whether or not Pete Rose should be on the team as a reserve and we voted for the greatest third baseman. After 2 weeks of voting, its evident that the ove ... Mon, 18 May 2009 16:51:50 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14720147?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14577464?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14577464?source=rss_blogs_MLB Welcome back my friends to the blog that never ends, we're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside ... Tue, 12 May 2009 15:43:27 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14577464?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14471575?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14471575?source=rss_blogs_MLB I wanted to put together a vote for the greatest all-time third baseman this weekend, but I don't have the time to put into it due to my out of town Easter plans. So I decided to just do a shorty this weekend that won't require research, writing and ... Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:45:25 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14471575?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14471576?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14471576?source=rss_blogs_MLB I wanted to put together a vote for the greatest all-time third baseman this weekend, but I don't have the time to put into it due to my out of town Easter plans. So I decided to just do a shorty this weekend that won't require research, writing and ... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:09:11 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14471576?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14339506?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14339506?source=rss_blogs_MLB Thank you so much to all who contributed to the first baseman vote. I was astonished at the feedback for such a blowout vote. It should come as no surprise that Lou Gehrig was the runaway winner. Jimmie Foxx and Albert Pujols were pretty much the fa ... Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:33:33 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14339506?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14259231?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14259231?source=rss_blogs_MLB Welcome to my blog, where my objective is to put together the greatest all time baseball team as determined by us CBS posters. In my last entry, I asked all of you to vote for who you felt was the greatest catcher of all time. The vote was really ba ... Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:47:07 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14259231?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14212992?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14212992?source=rss_blogs_MLB This is an addendum to my most recent blog entry..."Vote for the Greatest Catcher of All Time" ... Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:11:49 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14212992?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14160211?source=rss_blogs_MLB#comments MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14160211?source=rss_blogs_MLB Ok, I'm going in a different direction from rock and roll music. What I want to do is to assemble the best major league team ever. I'm going to start with the men who wear the tools of ignorance...the beloved catchers. I'll post the career stats of ... Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:41:36 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14160211?source=rss_blogs_MLB http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14085263?source=rss_blogs_General#comments General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14085263?source=rss_blogs_General Seven months ago today I started the search for the greatest rock song of all time by the popular choice of those who would respond to my blog. The verdict is in. By a margin of 27 votes to 15, the winner was.... Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin ... Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:13:23 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/14085263?source=rss_blogs_General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13955528?source=rss_blogs_General#comments General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13955528?source=rss_blogs_General This journey that started on August 17th when I started this blog has now whittled its way from about 2000 songs down to 2 songs. During that time I've made alot of e-contacts and e-friends and I wish to thank everyone who has helped out in this near ... Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:58:43 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13955528?source=rss_blogs_General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13823167?source=rss_blogs_General#comments General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13823167?source=rss_blogs_General We're down to the nitty gritty now my friends. After 20 or more different entries and hundreds of songs we have now come down to the 4 best rock songs as voted by you. The Elite 8 had four match-ups. The results were 3 blow outs and one tie. Yes, a t ... Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:36:23 EDT http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13823167?source=rss_blogs_General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13703572?source=rss_blogs_General#comments General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13703572?source=rss_blogs_General Thank you all very much for voting in the Sweet 16. You were all asked to make some tough decisions, but in many of the cases the winners were decisive but some were also close and one match-up was decided by one vote. Here are the final results of t ... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:54:30 EST http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13703572?source=rss_blogs_General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13583764?source=rss_blogs_General#comments General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13583764?source=rss_blogs_General Hello once again and welcome to my search for the greatest rock and roll song of all time. I just finished tabulating the votes from round 2 and I've narrowed it down to the top 16. Both parts of round 2 were extremely close from top to bottom. Every ... Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:59:21 EST http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13583764?source=rss_blogs_General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13455476?source=rss_blogs_General#comments General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13455476?source=rss_blogs_General First off, I want to again thank all of you who participate and vote on my blog. Your support has helped this be more successful than I imagined that it would have. This is the second of two parts of round 2 in Lazer's Great Universal Search for the ... Sat, 14 Feb 2009 0:16:32 EST http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13455476?source=rss_blogs_General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13315115?source=rss_blogs_General#comments General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13315115?source=rss_blogs_General First off, I want to thank each and every one of you who have been participating in my rock music blog. You've helped make this more popular than I ever imagined it would be. I'm sorry that over the past several rounds that I haven't been as interact ... Fri, 13 Feb 2009 4:53:48 EST http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13315115?source=rss_blogs_General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13182959?source=rss_blogs_General#comments General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13182959?source=rss_blogs_General First off I wish to apologize for the long delay since my last entries. Other obligations and interests have pretty well consumed my time the past 7-10 days. Anyway, welcome everyone to the final grouping of the first round of the rock and roll playo ... Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:26:04 EST http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/13182959?source=rss_blogs_General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/12857875?source=rss_blogs_General#comments General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/12857875?source=rss_blogs_General Welcome one and all to the 5th installment of 6 in the first playoff round in Lazer's Great American Search for the Greatest Rock song of all time. I had earlier stated that I'd take 6 songs from each of the 6 installments to narrow down the list to ... Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:45:53 EST http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/12857875?source=rss_blogs_General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/12687487?source=rss_blogs_General#comments General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/12687487?source=rss_blogs_General Welcome everyone to the 4th installment of 6, in Lazer's Great American Search for the Greatest Rock Song of All Time. All of the first three installments have been popular with 35-40 CBS posters casting votes on each one. Thanks so much to all of yo ... Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:29:46 EST http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/12687487?source=rss_blogs_General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/12531134?source=rss_blogs_General#comments General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/12531134?source=rss_blogs_General I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas or whatever holiday that you celebrate around the 25th. Mine was bittersweet. I got to visit my two daughters and two grandsons, but both of my daughters had rough times in the week leading up to Christmas. T ... Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:33:13 EST http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/12531134?source=rss_blogs_General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/12425758?source=rss_blogs_General#comments General http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/12425758?source=rss_blogs_General Thanks for the great turnout in Round 1, A-E! There's a chance to get as many as 40 different voters for that entry. Of the 30 songs on that list, all but 2 of the songs have received at least one vote, so it appears for the most part that quality so ... Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:49:29 EST http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/9967658/12425758?source=rss_blogs_General 100 http://images.cbssports.com/images/cbsdm/spec/cbssportscom.gif http://lazerwright.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/view/9967658 100