Heard one today on the Clubhouse show on the Score.

"We got one segment left and we want to spend it taking your calls."

Give out the phone number and other contact info.

Then proceed to ramble on and never take any calls.

"We are out of time sorry we didn't get to your calls."

Most likely nobody called in.

I guess that is possible. But I find it hard to believe that a show talking about baseball in Chicago during a time when people are really interested in hot stove stuff that there would be no one on hold.

I really only notice it with Bernstein and to a lesser degree Holmes, but the blatant teases to stay tuned after the commercial break because "when we come back, you're not gonna want to miss this..." Sometimes it feels they take more time setting it up than they would've spent just telling you what they were going to say. I know a certain amount of it comes with the territory, but they make it obvious. And of course, it's even worse when the story they've teased doesn't come in the following segment.

I really only notice it with Bernstein and to a lesser degree Holmes, but the blatant teases to stay tuned after the commercial break because "when we come back, you're not gonna want to miss this..." Sometimes it feels they take more time setting it up than they would've spent just telling you what they were going to say. I know a certain amount of it comes with the territory, but they make it obvious. And of course, it's even worse when the story they've teased doesn't come in the following segment.

I'm also in the camp where I think no one called in.