billypootons wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Hatchetman wrote:
Our only hope is that Rongey crosses the line some day insulting Sox fans and gets fired. I know, unlikely, but still....what else is there but hope? Not like anyone else would offer him a job.
I think you're wrong about that. Rongey is a polished broadcaster. He has a good natural voice for radio. He doesn't sound like an over-pronouncing weirdo like bernstein, a mumbling fool like Boers, an illiterate "Park Districk" worker like North, or a beached porpoise like Ben Finfer. My beef with Rongey is that his default position is to be combative with Sox fans. Dave Wills had no problem telling a caller he was an idiot and I never minded that. But Rongey just cannot commiserate with Sox fans. We're all watching the games. You can't polish a turd.
My beef with Rongey is he rambles way too long when responding to callers or if forced to try and articulate a point
Sometimes it takes awhile to formulate his arguement pro sox no matter what the situation.
He has 2 responses for everything. Here are your choices.
RESPONSE 1 - Let me explain to you what the Sox are doing. Usually in response to a caller asking why they are doing something that could be explained 2 ways, Rongey takes the one that makes the Sox look smart.
RESPONSE 2 - When he cant even think of a way to spin it, to make the Sox organization look good, thats when he doesnt know what is going on, he can't tell you because he doesnt know what is going on in the organization.