About me

Hello all! Just a little info about me and what I do. Since 2004 I have been disabled with rheumatoid arthritis. I had my hip replaced that year…at age 47…and I thought all was well. But it spread through the rest of me and basically crippled me up. So from that point, and thank God I had worked since age 14, I qualified for Medicare benefits. My biggest problem was what to do with myself being basically home-bound. I have always had a love for both sports and music so in the Fall of 2005 The Scranton Pa. Sports Shift podcast was started. It was just a podcast to cover local sports from the comfort of my home in a studio I put together here. From there my podcast was picked up by TPSRadio.net and I began doing a once-a-week live 1 hour internet talk radio show called The Shift. I was with TPSRadio for 2 years and in April of this year I had to cease my live show due to health issues. My blog with ALL my archived shows can be found at www.scrantonpasportsshift.blogspot.com I also run this blog as a blog which covers a bunch of stuff. My website, www.goshift.net is down right now for redesign. I plan on coming back live this month…being September 2008 with my sports-talk show. My B-Sides show shall remain on hiatus for the moment. Please check here for any further announcements on it….Thanks, Bob Merc-The Shift & The Shift-B-Sides