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Author:  STU-GOTZ [ Mon May 19, 2008 9:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Winning baseball vs Losing Baseball.
The show seems to be a lot weaker with the teams winning and everyone seems to be getting along and the callers are happy and there is no angst and bitterness with the callers or with each other. A very pedestrian show the last couple of days and baseball is such a long season and you can only bash each others teams for so long.

Mix it up a bit Mac or shove Harry or throw a cart threw a window. I do enjoy Derosa when he comes on. He seems like a guy you could party with and chase the skirts with. I dig that guy and kudos to you for telling him he was average defensive player. You and North seem to be the only guys who tell athletes what you think . Harry would have a hard time telling his Butler he served his tea and crumpets half assed. :P Good for you Buddy . Good to hear from ya the other day from the course.
Author:  FavreFan [ Mon May 19, 2008 9:12 pm ]
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I thought this was gonna be yet another Sox vs Cubs meatball fans thread. Glad its not, 1,000 of them on this board is enough I think.
Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Mon May 19, 2008 9:23 pm ]
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The shows always seem more spirited when there is something to be mad about. I mean honestly, with the way both teams have played the last 10-12 games, what is there to bitch at? Marmol giving up one HR? The Sox stranding umpteen baserunners on Sat nite? That's not much, which is a good thing.
Author:  Colonel Angus [ Mon May 19, 2008 10:16 pm ]
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I'm sick of all the bitching. I'm hoping for an all-Chicago World Series, so the Cubs could sweep the Sox' asses back into the stone ages. :twisted:
Author:  Brick [ Mon May 19, 2008 10:25 pm ]
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There are two sports seasons, NFL season and non-NFL season.

I don't care if the Bulls, Blackhawks, Cubs, or Sox are in first place. The Bears and the NFL season is more interesting than any of that.

There is a reason that during the stretch run of baseball season that we get daily Bears reports from training camp. We find out what player is the emerging story of camp(only to sit the bench for the whole year like Mike Hass).

From when the Super Bowl post coverage ends, to the start of training camp is all filler in the sports radio world. I like to follow a few different sports, but I just don't get the same emotion from any other one besides football and in my case college basketball. I am well aware that outside of filling out a bracket, most people don't share my opinion of that.
Author:  Spaulding [ Mon May 19, 2008 11:42 pm ]
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I'd like to know how many people really give a shit about baseball and why. Whether you're a Cubs or Sox fan, come September we're all Bears fans.
Author:  The Gridiron Assassin [ Tue May 20, 2008 6:19 am ]
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Baseball is merely the bridge from NFL Free Agency to the NFL Draft to Training Camp.
Author:  W_Z [ Tue May 20, 2008 6:55 am ]
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Spaulding wrote:
I'd like to know how many people really give a shit about baseball and why. Whether you're a Cubs or Sox fan, come September we're all Bears fans.


well...not ALL of us... :wink:
Author:  Elmhurst Steve [ Tue May 20, 2008 6:59 am ]
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It's only May. When the Cub's are still in first place in September and especially if both teams are in first place towards the end of the season, there will be plenty of excitement. There are just too many games left, to get all giggly about things now. But make no mistake, when the Cub's win the world series, there will be more celebration than has ever been witnessed for any championship in this town-Bears included. It will be out of control. The shows that lead to that world series and the Championship that follows, will be great fun and Harry will be insufferable.

THE CUBS END THE WAIT IN 2008!!!!
Author:  good dolphin [ Tue May 20, 2008 7:40 am ]
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Baseball is a thinking man's game. I wouldn't expect most of you to find it interesting.
Author:  Necroscope [ Tue May 20, 2008 8:29 am ]
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While I don't share gd's feelings on the members of this board, I do enjoy baseball more than football or any other sport. I think it's just as much my upbringing as a Cubs fan as it is my ability to relate to those guys who actually play the game. There are some guys who look real ordinary that play baseball. That relationship doesn't exist with football.
Author:  FavreFan [ Tue May 20, 2008 8:41 am ]
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Boilermaker Rick wrote:
There are two sports seasons, NFL season and non-NFL season.

I like to follow a few different sports, but I just don't get the same emotion from any other one besides football and in my case college basketball. I am well aware that outside of filling out a bracket, most people don't share my opinion of that.


I agree with your first sentiment, unfortunately.

As for your second statement, mine is obviously the NBA. I am an NBA junkie. Im still undecided on which league/sport I like better. I have a special affinity for the NBA because not alot of people regularly disrespect the NFL, and many do regularly disrespect the NBA and it pisses me off. But theres nothing quite like a Sunday of doing nothing but drinking beer and watching football.
Author:  THE WIND SOCK [ Tue May 20, 2008 8:43 am ]
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Simply stating that it is May and Harry is mapping out the parade route already would be more than annoying to me. I think Mac and Jurko will use the Cubs collapse to push Harry over the edge and retire from Sports radio.

I agree with Stu that DeRosa is a pretty good contributor but baseball talk in general is pretty boring but not as bad as NBA chatter.
Author:  Mac [ Tue May 20, 2008 8:45 am ]
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Good Dolphin swingin' the big stick. Wow. He got everybody here with one swing. Judgmental... concise and to the point... saracastic. I love it. Can you write some of Harry's material, Dolphin?

Baseball season is not football season, but it's interesting because of the two-teams dynamic. I enjoy the give and take, but I always welcome football season. It's a more compelling sport for me, regardless of how strong the Bears are.

And of course the shows are more interesting when there's conflict. And there will be a lot of it this year, as there is every year. Still to come: Kerry Wood's 12th trip to the DL... an extended losing streak for both teams... Jim Thome being traded or released... and the only emotion that lasts: hatred (Mickey Rourke's character Henry Chenasky in "Barfly").
Author:  FavreFan [ Tue May 20, 2008 8:47 am ]
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THE WIND SOCK wrote:
I think Mac and Jurko will use the Cubs collapse to push Harry over the edge and retire from Sports radio.


As a Sox fan, I dont think there will be a collapse this year. The Cubs look really good.

THE WIND SOCK wrote:
I agree with Stu that DeRosa is a pretty good contributor but baseball talk in general is pretty boring but not as bad as NBA chatter.


Yes, Even I would prefer baseball talk to NBA talk from guys who have no idea what the hell they are talking about. Some of the basketball analysis from the MJH boys is downright painful to listen to.
Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Tue May 20, 2008 8:56 am ]
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I've grown up on baseball. Been playing ever since early childhood. Been going to Sox games for as long as I can remember. There are so many little things about the game that I love that the casual fan just can't pick up on. Everything from pitch locations, to the terminology, to setting up the defense, signs and sign stealing, etc etc etc. Its not just strikeouts and home runs for me. Its the only sport where the defense holds the ball. Its the only sport where your team plays almost every day for 6 months straight. The weather is usually enjoyable during baseball season. Its relatively affordable to attend an MLB game, and tickets, for the most part, are plentiful and easily obtained.

As much as I enjoy watching a good NFL game, and rooting for the Beloved, baseball always has been and always will be my favorite sport.
Author:  FavreFan [ Tue May 20, 2008 9:04 am ]
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Like I was telling Darkside at Wrigley last week, baseball, to me, has the biggest gap in entertainment between going to a game and watching one on TV. Here's how I would rate it...

NFL
live - B
TV - A+

MLB
live - A-
TV - C-

NBA
live - A
TV - B

NHL
live - A-
TV - C
Author:  The Original Kid Cairo [ Tue May 20, 2008 9:05 am ]
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FavreFan wrote:
Like I was telling Darkside at Wrigley last week,

You went to a Cubs game, you traitor?! :wink:
Author:  STU-GOTZ [ Tue May 20, 2008 9:06 am ]
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Frank Coztansa wrote:
I've grown up on baseball. Been playing ever since early childhood. Been going to Sox games for as long as I can remember. There are so many little things about the game that I love that the casual fan just can't pick up on. Everything from pitch locations, to the terminology, to setting up the defense, signs and sign stealing, etc etc etc. Its not just strikeouts and home runs for me. Its the only sport where the defense holds the ball. Its the only sport where your team plays almost every day for 6 months straight. The weather is usually enjoyable during baseball season. Its relatively affordable to attend an MLB game, and tickets, for the most part, are plentiful and easily obtained
.

Were Happy for ya Frank but that and $4.25 will get you a gallon of gas these days. Baseball talk is not compelling radio unless people are on the ledge ready to jump off. I agree it's an awesome game and a great Summer time event to attend and enjoy a few beers , check out the hot chicks boobs falling out their tops and getting away from it all for 3 hours but bad radio in a nut shell.
Author:  FavreFan [ Tue May 20, 2008 9:15 am ]
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Kid Cairo wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
Like I was telling Darkside at Wrigley last week,

You went to a Cubs game, you traitor?! :wink:


And had a blast! :oops:

http://score670.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php ... 0&start=25
Author:  Colonel Angus [ Tue May 20, 2008 9:21 am ]
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FavreFan wrote:
Like I was telling Darkside at Wrigley last week, baseball, to me, has the biggest gap in entertainment between going to a game and watching one on TV. Here's how I would rate it...

NFL
live - B
TV - A+

MLB
live - A-
TV - C-

NBA
live - A
TV - B

NHL
live - A-
TV - C


Boy are you way off on the baseball stuff. Watching a game on TV is great. You don't have to worry about crowds of drunks, the smell of piss, beer and peanuts in the air :puker: , or getting hit on the head with a foul ball (or concrete, at Wrigley). You only occasionally have to put up with either Joe Buck or Joe Morgan. And that's why God created the mute button.
Author:  FavreFan [ Tue May 20, 2008 9:41 am ]
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I just personally dont find the game that exciting on TV. In big moments its as exciting as anything else, but I cant really watch a whole game without working out or doing something else in the background.
Author:  Mac [ Tue May 20, 2008 10:07 am ]
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Colonol Angus wrote: Boy are you way off on the baseball stuff.

How can Favre Fan be "way off?" Those are HIS grades. I give Aerosmith's first four albums an 'A' but their more popular stuff came later in the '80s. Does this make my grades "way off" also? Our grades are just that: OUR grades.
Author:  Hawkeye Vince [ Tue May 20, 2008 10:09 am ]
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I do enjoy football live because you can see things in the stadium that you can't see on TV like blocking downfield, holes opening up, etc.
Author:  Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Tue May 20, 2008 10:11 am ]
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Golf has the biggest differential. Being at a tourney is hard work to try to follow what is going on unless you get a primo spot on the 18th green and even then you have little idea of what is happening on the course. You see everything on TV.

Following Tiger Woods at a major is near impossible compared to sitting in a seat and watching a World Series game.
Author:  Killer V [ Tue May 20, 2008 10:29 am ]
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Colonel Angus wrote:
...You don't have to worry about crowds of drunks, the smell of piss, beer and peanuts in the air :puker: ...


That depends on where you live.
Author:  Slap Shot ED [ Tue May 20, 2008 10:33 am ]
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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:
Golf has the biggest differential. Being at a tourney is hard work to try to follow what is going on unless you get a primo spot on the 18th green and even then you have little idea of what is happening on the course. You see everything on TV.

Following Tiger Woods at a major is near impossible compared to sitting in a seat and watching a World Series game.


I don't know Doc , I was lucky enough to enjoy the TPC in Scottsdale this past February for the FBR open and sat on the Par 3 -16th and it was one of the most unbelievable times I have ever had at a sporting event.

It has stadium type seating all around the hole and there had to be 40,000 on that hole alone and the drunkenness and rowdiness of the fans were as if you were at a college football game. The heckling of the golfers and the event itself is a must see by you guys. The 4 day total for the outing was over 800,000 people which is a record for any 4 day sport venue in the country .

http://www.tpc.com/scottsdale/
Author:  Mac [ Tue May 20, 2008 10:38 am ]
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I couldn't agree more, Dr. Kenneth. I tried to watch friend-of-the-show Jim Furyk at Olympia Fields when he won the Open in '03. It was brutal. I will never attend another golf event in my life. Call me crazy, but I want to see golf shots when watching golf. You have no idea what else is happening. And when you're 5'9" it is difficult to see anything.
Author:  Dr. Kenneth Noisewater [ Tue May 20, 2008 10:43 am ]
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Ed, I'm not saying you can't have a great time at a golf event. Get a great spot on a green and watch all the groups, follow a guy you like (that isn't Tiger), etc.

I'm just saying you have no real idea what is happening in terms of the competition outside of hearing a roar (which is cool) and then seeking out a scoreboard.

Best bet for a golf tourney is going on a Thurs or Fri and follow a group to see how a guy approaches the game. But, you can't really be there to follow the tournament in terms of who is winning / in competition.

Mac - I was there too and that was brutal. But it was 10x worse following Tiger at Medinah on Sunday in the PGA.
Author:  Brick [ Tue May 20, 2008 10:46 am ]
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You guys should attend an LPGA event. You can basically walk right up to the green if you want. No problems with crowds or anything!
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