I was not a fan, and even questioned regularly why Spiegel was here when Mac returned. After that, Spiegel was the only person from the Score that completely ignored my existence when I was in the studio. However, he's arrived in his spot, and hopefully won't stop improving. I think a majority of criticism comes from the first year of the show. Vacation is vacation. But that argument has already run its course.

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Spiegel has carried the show for the last year and a half.

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He has carried a lousy show. Meatpants is a small timer who has no business on major market radio.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Huzzah and congratulations, hoping those are somehow appropriate plaudits.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

When Mac comes back it will always sound like he has sand in his mangina.

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good to hear mac..i will be listening...haven't in 6 weeks..no more larry please,ever

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Was she a great big fat person?

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Agree, as a solid rule of THUMB! When I need to roll the scroller more than 1 full rotation, the odds of the post getting deleted rise about 80%, when I have to make a second full scroll rotation on the mouse, we are touching 99% chance of deletion.

Eaglo with a huge save of that post with that final pic!

Well done!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I think Meat is just fine and has improved steadily since the beginning of the show. The first year was not so hot but since then it's been fine, if anything the show has been keeping its head above water quality wise because of Meat.

He has his foibles.....he can be a prissy queen at times, he has been infected w/ the BernSTINE Complex and such but he's fine.

I guess I don't get why he has "no business in a major market".

Meat would be a god awful small market guy. His national knowledge of sports is one of his major assets. The more you narrow him to a certain area, sport or fanbase the worse he gets. I think he is too national for the score. He would be better on ESPN or back doing the sporting news radio.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Every show should have at least one guy who knows who John Wall is.

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Don't take it personally.

Oh....somebody wrote an annoying as fuck song about him and its always on at the gym. I wish I could forget who John Wall is.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Lol, Meat rearranged his vacation to be there on Monday, then take the rest of the week off. Shit, he and Fingy owe their jobs to Mac. Without Mac they both would be delivering pizza and bad music.

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Fuck Edwards and Zobrist

The Lake County Cocksuckers was the original name for the Fielders.

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I have completely destroyed my "board rep" now.

So will the open music bed for your return feature "Back in Black" or "Rebel Rebel"?

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-"God is great. Beer is good. And People are crazy!"

Well you can't be sure that Meat new ahead of time when Mac was planning his glorious return.

Good on Meat for making time to be there and getting the fuck out to leave Mac all alone with Larry the Loser!

Remember, if Mac was sick, and his absence WAS NOT due to being gay.

That doesnt mean he's NOT gay. Just that this issue was not about that.

Mac would be a good spokesman for the gays. If he's not, its too bad for the gays. They could use him.

It's when a country cocksucker becomes when he strikes it rich

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

that would explain the type of "meat" those Allen Bros. delivered to him, and so often!

Mac didn't go gay. Mac probably went black.

Steve in Elmhurst would be devastated.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Mcneil when you get back---
*You will work 48 weeks a year, as work is only speaking into a microphone 4 grueling hours a day.
*No more of these Prima Dona games, your 50 and to old. When do you ever get tired of being an attention whore?
*Start to be the DRIVER of the show that states your name first. Spiegel may not need to go, but take control of him for Christ sake.
*For the love of God cherish what you have. These listeners fawn all over you, you can do no wrong. You have an easy, but to them an important part-time job. Just be there and be you.

xstyle, I won't dispute that gratitude (along with perspective) has been elusive for me for some time. Point taken. As for the rest of your content... I will make no apologies for negotiating a deal that affords me more time off than the "average" American worker. As you said, I'm 50 years old. On the back nine of life, I'm going to enjoy as much time away from work as I can. And while what I do is a hell of a lot easier than shoveling coal in a blast furnace in a steel mill, I suggest you grab a pair of headsets and give it a whirl. Then tell me how your "four hour work day" is going for you.

Mac, I can do it for 4 hours BUT doing it for 4 hours,5 days a week for 15-20 years is another story. I always said on here "it's not easy". It must drive you nuts to have jerkoffs (like me and just about everybody else on here) disecting one sentence you said at 11:15am and crucifying you (or someone else) for it. I try to look for a pattern of behavior before I rip someone,BUT I have been guilty of disecting some "talkers" sentences myself. Good Luck 2 U!!

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Mac,

Really? 50 is the back nine.

Holy shit Batman!

I'm 57, am I putting my clubs in my car and headed to the 19th hole?

I understand Mac wanting and getting a good amount of vacation time. It's the guy on the front nine who takes a greater amount of time off that strikes me as odd.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Of course 50 is the back nine. Rarely do people live past 90. Don't be afraid to stare Death in the face. Just tell him, "Get out of my way, I need to sink this putt."

MeatPants is 40 years old, it isn't like he is fresh out of the Illinois Center for Broadcasting or whatever.

Dudes got some miles on him, only 10 years shy of Mac, let us be real now.

Saying that radio hosts only work during the hours they're on the air is like saying teachers only work during the hours they're teaching a class.

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