Trust me, I know, I'm doing it.

We raised 20 on this show in two weeks.

Just as I don't give a shit about tv ratings... I do not understand the Cubs ranting either. Keep in mind I am a Sox fan and no nothing about "the culture" but isnt the smart gm staying out of it and the fan owner doing the goat thing? What is wrong with that. If I owned the Sox I'd do whatever the hell I wanted.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Dan's really doubling down on stupid with the "Steve Goodman sucked" thing.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I really don't get this goat curse hate considering a big reason for doing this was for cancer research.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/ ... curse-goat

To be quite honest I find their stance somewhat hypocritical considering the amount of time these guys spend pumping the precious One Step Camp. I guess the One Step Camp has never accepted money from someone doing a bit to try and raise money.

No one ever celebrate a win. ever. Don't be a stupid fan and enjoy the freaking game...unless it's the world series.

Walking with a goat to raise money = bad, terrible.
Hosting a gambling tournament to raise money = great, should be commended.

The standard rule is that you can only celebrate championships and free agent signings and trades.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

Hosting a gambling tournament to raise money = great, should be commended.

How does a straight flush get you closer to curing cancer?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

The question I initially asked. Which will be a higher rated Finals' matchup? Kings/Devils in the NHL Stanley Cup Finals starting on NBC tonight or Heat/Spurs (possibly) in the NBA Finals on ABC next month?

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.

I believe I was named vice-president of the B&B ALS, but the show has lost something for me. Just as they doubled down on stupid with Steve Goodman, they do that for pretty much everything. Remember the exchange from the Andrew Shaw suspension:

"Who cares? It's Andrew Shaw."
"Actually he scored a lot for them."
"Ohh, he must be the greatest player ever and on pace for 400 goals."

It's just getting kind of wearying, you know? It's still the best show in town, and they're great when they don't talk sports, but as someone whose primary teams are the Cubs and Blackhawks, I'm not exactly in the right neighborhood, am I?

So let's talk about Dan's Kaner article. As usual, Dan is superficially upset that the Chicago media doesn't cover the Blackhawks like they're a major team. However, when anyone suggests that he devote time on his show to said major league team rather than, say, talking about how when he was in the CBA, Flip Saunders ran a TON of stuff, he pretty much flips his shit and says he doesn't have to because no one cares about the Blackhawks. So why all the dissatisfaction with the Hawks' treatment in the media? Do you not care that at a 20-year-old sports talk station whose personnel more than significantly overlaps that of the city's two (three with the Herald) newspapers, you, too, are the media? Do you really want the Blackhawks to be covered like they're on the same level as the other four teams in town? Or do you want the Blackhawks to be covered only on your terms, which is that their games are insignificant, their league is insignificant, but their visibly sodden punkass of a star player is a transcendent figure in Chicago sports only to the extent that he is a visibly sodden punkass?

That sure is the impression I got when they talked this story to death. A few callers said, "whoa, you guys are talking about hockey" or something to that effect, only to be met with "this isn't about hockey, this is about a Chicago sports figure who is in trouble" or something to that effect. You can't shit on the Blackhawks and their place in Chicago for years and then boil over with righteous indignation that nobody is treating a Patrick Kane misadventure like a Jay Cutler misadventure, or pout about how no one is this easy on "Derrick." Perception is reality, and this station has worked overtime to cultivate the perception that the Hawks don't matter, all the while running counter to the team's post-$Bill efforts to remind Chicago that they in fact do. If you want people to be as upset as they should be that one of the best players on our local team, one whose first five seasons through age 23 have been among the best ever, is in trouble, then you have to give a flying fuck about just how good he is and how important it is that he remain good. And if that's not "adversarial" enough, then it fits right in with every other cozy media-fan-club relationship in this town.

Yeah. It used to be true based on the show being actually awesome and standing on its own merits of content, humor, non-sports tangents, goofiness etc....Now I'm pretty sure it's the "Best Show in Town" by default. The show kinda sucks now, the same stupid over and over again, it isn't fresh and it has definitely succumbed to a decline in quality. They are now cartoon characters, meatballs and the like. It used to be a show that, at times, was angled at the "smart" side of sports thought....now, it's total meatball. From the lack of knowledge about A LOT of sports things, ignorance on topics DANNY B likes to trumpet and use to make himself look smart etc....yuck.

And you know what? It happens, this show has been around a long while, they are older now, more comfortable and there really isn't anything in the competition or from within the station to light a fire under their ass.

There are still some shows that are really awesome and you don't want to miss a second, but more often than not right when a subject is brought up by BernSTINE or hinted at even you just know the angle, what the meme will be, Dan will yell, Terry will nod along, Goff might chime in. Like clockwork. It's none more apparent then when Hockey Fighting, Bears-Packers Rivalry, SABR or Larry Bird is dug up out of the grave. But again, when a show such as this gets to this point I'm sure laziness and the piece of mind that comes with knowing your boss won't say anything ever and you aren't in danger of being replaced because your station has ZERO talent in the wings.

Oh well. It was a good run, but that run is pretty much over.

And again, that is just my opinion. Blow me!

Brogue, I had a lot of hope for you and SomeGuy. A lot of hope.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.