Peter Schmuck
Peter Gilray Schmuck (born September 8, 1955, in California) is a retired American sportswriter. Schmuck was a reporter for the '' Orange County Register'' and later a reporter and sports columnist for ''The Baltimore Sun'' before retiring in 2020. Named Maryland Sportswriter of the Year seven times by the National Sports Media Association, he primarily wrote about baseball and hosted a weekend talk show on WBAL AM 1090. For several years, he wrote a popular blog entitled "The Schmuck Stops Here" on the ''Baltimore Sun'' web site. He still writes columns for the website BaltimoreBaseball.com on an occasional basis. A graduate of Cal State Fullerton, Schmuck first came to national attention in 1980 when the California Department of Motor Vehicles denied his request for a personalized license plate bearing his last name, claiming it was "obscene and offensive to public decency." The incident led to an appearance with comedian Buddy Hackett on an episode of the syndicated re-make ...
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