Media Alert! Media Alert!

When Ralph Romano's starter for tonight was a last-minute scratch, he looked down at his depleted bullpen, held his nose, and gave me a call.

We're taking the Pawtucket Shuttle and will be a fill-in guest tonight on "Politically Speaking," Fitchburg's best political TV show. The power and the glory can be seen at 7 p.m. on FATV.

We'll likely talk a little bit about the early returns on the Fitchburg Pride and what's in tomorrow's paper (thanks for reading, everyone, and expect a sneak-preview post later today), some mayoral election politics, and I'd guess things like stolen money and Fire Department raises just might come up.

As always, this one will be a keeper, so fire up the TiVo and make the popcorn up nice and fresh. We'll be making a request for FATV to upgrade these studio shows to HD soon, so try to suffer through the standard haze tonight.