He is not a reporter or journalist.

He just plays one on the radio when it suits him.

*sigh*

Why.do.you.even.care!?

The funny thing about it- and this is the thing that people like Drop In and Krazy Ivan didn't seem to understand about listeners like me (and I suspect there are a whole lot of us)- is that I do consider dan an entertainer and I am often entertained by him. Most of the time I am entertained by hating him. I don't need Waddle to "break down" plays for me. I want hatred in the afternoon!

Dan is to entertainment like a glass table was entertainment to Jack Brickhouse.

If not for this board, I probably would have stopped listening years ago. But, I'll listen in because it provides better content for those threads here than the other shows.

If I didn't have an outlet to say/type "that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard" and just had to sit there, I'd get so mad I wouldn't be able to listen.

Hmm, never seen a 2:3 analogy before.

In Ramis' terms, I would think he viewed Bernstien as Greg Marmalard or Chip Diller while Dan views himself as being part of the Delta House.

There is a shelf life to that sort of radio. The screaming and the yelling just don't cut it anymore. I don't mind sports talk shows where the hosts get in the weeds with some of the technical aspects of sports. They don't have to do it all the time. You don't learn anything about sports from listening to the score. The irony for me is that they (Boers especially) used to rip on Mariotti for the columns that he would write. Their show is the listening equivalent of a Mariotti column. Heavily skewed towards speculation and innuendo, social issues that overstay their welcome, medical talk and backstage intrigue and less about sports themselves. How can you be a sports talk station when many of the hosts love to tell you how they don't like or watch the sports that they are supposed to discuss? I have not been entertained by them for a long time. I can take about 10-20 minutes while riding in the car that is about it. Boers and Bernstein attempt to make you feel like you are just plain stupid for being interested in sports.

There's a reason Jackass and Funniest Home Videos were popular shows. People enjoy others making asses of themselves. Bernstein verbally makes an ass of himself daily. It's entertaining to hear how "retard" he's willing to go. Though, like Jackass and FHV there's a shelf life. I've decreased my listening greatly. I think many have as well as the show threads have decreased in length. The occastions they're pages long they're discussions not necessarily about the show (ex: Bernstein's Cubs "source" ignites discussion about burbs vs city).

Van Lingle Mungo

He is in entertainment.

I would bet me last dollar that Ramis at least occasionally listened to the Score.

In Ramis' terms, I would think he viewed Bernstien as Greg Marmalard or Chip Diller while Dan views himself as being part of the Delta House.

It seems there are two basic types of fans of this show- those who cheer on B&b as they blast callers and those who find B&b obnoxious and ignorant.

As far as getting deep into sports, I don't think there is a single host in this city who is any more qualified to do so than many of the members of this board. And that's really sad if you think about it. The Score used to be fans talking to fans. Now it's guys who are pretending to know more than fans (when they actually don't) yelling at fans.

I would like my sports radio to resemble this board in that the content isn't always about sports, but sports always forms the backdrop for the conversations. But I certainly don't want to be talked down to by "baseball experts" who have no idea who Zoilo Versalles was. There is a certain baseline knowledge that I think a host should have. You don't have to be rabid about all sports but you should be familiar enough to know about the biggest players and events. I'm not a NASCAR fan, but I follow Daytona. I'm not a tennis fan, but I pay attention to Wimbledon. It really isn't too much to ask a guy who is paid to talk about this shit to do so too. I don't expect a host to know that Van Lingle Mungo won 120 games, but I do expect him to know who John Wall is.

It seems there are two basic types of fans of this show- those who cheer on B&b as they blast callers and those who find B&b obnoxious and ignorant.

As far as getting deep into sports, I don't think there is a single host in this city who is any more qualified to do so than many of the members of this board. And that's really sad if you think about it. The Score used to be fans talking to fans. Now it's guys who are pretending to know more than fans (when they actually don't) yelling at fans.

I would like my sports radio to resemble this board in that the content isn't always about sports, but sports always forms the backdrop for the conversations. But I certainly don't want to be talked down to by "baseball experts" who have no idea who Zoilo Versalles was. There is a certain baseline knowledge that I think a host should have. You don't have to be rabid about all sports but you should be familiar enough to know about the biggest players and events. I'm not a NASCAR fan, but I follow Daytona. I'm not a tennis fan, but I pay attention to Wimbledon. It really isn't too much to ask a guy who is paid to talk about this shit to do so too. I don't expect a host to know that Van Lingle Mungo won 120 games, but I do expect him to know who John Wall is.

There's a reason Jackass and Funniest Home Videos were popular shows. People enjoy others making asses of themselves. Bernstein verbally makes an ass of himself daily. It's entertaining to hear how "retard" he's willing to go. Though, like Jackass and FHV there's a shelf life. I've decreased my listening greatly. I think many have as well as the show threads have decreased in length. The occastions they're pages long they're discussions not necessarily about the show (ex: Bernstein's Cubs "source" ignites discussion about burbs vs city).

If not for this board, I probably would have stopped listening years ago. But, I'll listen in because it provides better content for those threads here than the other shows.

If I didn't have an outlet to say/type "that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard" and just had to sit there, I'd get so mad I wouldn't be able to listen.

:lol:

Y'know, some of you COULD call in. Gain a decent rep, get some decent airtime and periodically bust their bubbles. It's not terribly difficult.

:lol:

Y'know, some of you COULD call in. Gain a decent rep, get some decent airtime and periodically bust their bubbles. It's not terribly difficult.