September 26, 200322 yr I just turned off XRT and now US99 because I do not want to hear about cub playoff push coverage. Is sportsradio not enough? Looks like CD's for the rest of the day.
September 26, 200322 yr I flip between my 6 presets whenever scrubbie stuff is on, and if I can't get away, it's CD time for me as well!
September 26, 200322 yr I just turned off XRT and now US99 because I do not want to hear about cub playoff push coverage. Is sportsradio not enough? Looks like CD's for the rest of the day. Someone else on the "other board" referred to it as the Chicago Media's "Shock and Awe" Cubbie Campaign Speaking of Radio C.U.B.S., I listened to the Cubs broadcast on WGN last night after watching Cincinnatti score 6 while on break. Pat Hughes is good enough but Ron Santo is f***ing awful. He's like post-stroke Harry (now I know why Santo is a god amongst Chicago's NorthSide fans) with inane ramblings and always getting players names wrong. He called Alfonseca Zambrano at a point in the game where Zambrano hadn't pitched for the last 3 innings. He hollars and screams during a radio broadcast making the listener think something great, pro-Cubbie, just occurred only to hear Hughes dejectedly say, "And the ball is caught on the warning track" or, "A backhanded, running catch by Casey." Gimme Rooney and Farmer anyday.
September 26, 200322 yr Yeah, that wig glue has seeped into Santo's brain! The best thing last night was when Martinez hit that flyball and Chimp said "SWUNG ON BELTED DEEP DRIVE" only to have it caught 10 feet in front of the track. Fantastic...
September 26, 200322 yr Yeah, that wig glue has seeped into Santo's brain! The best thing last night was when Martinez hit that flyball and Chimp said "SWUNG ON BELTED DEEP DRIVE" only to have it caught 10 feet in front of the track. Fantastic... Chimp better thank his lucky stars everyday that his grandfather was a Chicago Sports Media Icon. If he wasn't, Chimp would be shuffling papers for some nondescript office complex making 25,000 a year. Wasn't Chimp hired by the Trib during the offseason before Harry passed thinking they would have a grandfather/grandson announce team?
September 26, 200322 yr Author Did you happen to hear them talking about the second guessing of pitching to Casey and chimp not wanting to speak his mind and Stone blasting Baker for pitching to Casey. I get the feeling that there is no love lost between Stone and dusty baylor.
September 26, 200322 yr Did you happen to hear them talking about the second guessing of pitching to Casey and chimp not wanting to speak his mind and Stone blasting Baker for pitching to Casey. I get the feeling that there is no love lost between Stone and dusty baylor. Good for Steve Stone. He is such a good play by play guy. The best one in Chicago, IMO.
September 26, 200322 yr Good for Steve Stone. He is such a good play by play guy. The best one in Chicago, IMO. I agree, Stone is excellent. Besides, what does he care what theCubs think of what he says anyway? He's gonna own the Las Vegas Sexpos pretty soon!!
September 26, 200322 yr Good for Steve Stone. He is such a good play by play guy. The best one in Chicago, IMO. Stone doesnt do PBP, but yes he is an EXCELLENT color guy.........
September 26, 200322 yr Stone doesnt do PBP, but yes he is an EXCELLENT color guy......... Hes pretty good, but the one thing that really bothers me is when he tries to call the next pitch when a batter has two strikes. "Now if Kerry throws another slider down and out of the zone this inning should be over."
September 26, 200322 yr Hes pretty good, but the one thing that really bothers me is when he tries to call the next pitch when a batter has two strikes. "Now if Kerry throws another slider down and out of the zone this inning should be over." Next to chimps voice, thats a breath of fresh air.
September 26, 200322 yr Stone doesnt do PBP, but yes he is an EXCELLENT color guy......... D'oh, I don't even know why I said P-B-P I knew color, but I was thinking of him and Hawk teaming up in the booth while I was typing that.
September 26, 200322 yr Hes pretty good, but the one thing that really bothers me is when he tries to call the next pitch when a batter has two strikes. "Now if Kerry throws another slider down and out of the zone this inning should be over." Farmer does that all of the time also... I don't mind as an ex-pitcher can bring some good insight as to what the guy on the mound is thinking...
September 26, 200322 yr D'oh, I don't even know why I said P-B-P I knew color, but I was thinking of him and Hawk teaming up in the booth while I was typing that. LOL keep your "fantasies" to yourself.
September 26, 200322 yr I will give credit and say Pat Hughes has one of the smoothest PBP deliveries in baseball. If only Santo would stop yelling in the background all the time.
September 27, 200322 yr If only Santo would stop yelling in the background all the time. Santo sounds like he's having a stroke
September 27, 200322 yr How do you guys know what Santo sounds like in the booth? Have you guys been closet Cub listeners? :fthecubs
September 27, 200322 yr How do you guys know what Santo sounds like in the booth? Have you guys been closet Cub listeners? :fthecubs I actually listened to my first Cubs broadcast yesterday after watching the Reds put up a 6-spot on the Lovable Losers at lunch. Couple that with the fact that the Sox were getting pasted and I had a choice to make. Listening to the Cubs lose is more enjoyable than listening to the Sox lose. Cubs losing won out
September 27, 200322 yr I actually listened to my first Cubs broadcast yesterday after watching the Reds put up a 6-spot on the Lovable Losers at lunch. Couple that with the fact that the Sox were getting pasted and I had a choice to make. Listening to the Cubs lose is more enjoyable than listening to the Sox lose. Cubs losing won out Now there is the definition of a Sox fan!
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