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 Post subject: Re: Spiegs is back!
PostPosted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 12:11 pm 
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Spiegs staying over with Rosenbloom for Saturday Suckage.

Not a bad listen this morning, boys.

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 12:22 pm 
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Marty Brenaman bringing the heat to all those cyber-metric dorks. That was great.


Levine sounded like an idiot when he said defensive shifts weren't fair when a guy hits one to short right and gets thrown out "because he doesn't have the foot speed."

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as a supposed baseball expert, its surprising how often Levine comes off as a moron.

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I listened most of the morning (mowing and raking hay), as usual, I find Matt very good on the air- he's self deprecating, has been able to keep up with some of the running jokes of the Suckage, and is really great when talking baseball and baseball history. I never get to listen enough to tire of the days off/band stuff that ticked so many other listeners off when he was a regular, and I always like a little non-sports talk. The "AP" seats at Wrigley discussion was very helpful...


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 Post subject: Re: Spiegs is back!
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So is this a permanent gig? Is he replacing Schuster and Esposito?


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So is this a permanent gig? Is he replacing Schuster and Esposito?

That's the way I understood it. However, Spiegs is definitely off next Saturday due to a prior commitment.

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Keyser Soze wrote:
Marty Brenaman bringing the heat to all those cyber-metric dorks. That was great.


Levine sounded like an idiot when he said defensive shifts weren't fair when a guy hits one to short right and gets thrown out "because he doesn't have the foot speed."

Ted fucking Williams hit .406 against a shift. Fuck these whining pussies crying about shifts being unfair.

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 Post subject: Re: Spiegs is back!
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I liked what I heard with Bruce over the weekend. Always thought Spiegs is strongest talking baseball and matching him with Levine was a good
listen in my opinion for the 30 minutes I got to consume.

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I liked what I heard with Bruce over the weekend. Always thought Spiegs is strongest talking baseball and matching him with Levine was a good
listen in my opinion for the 30 minutes I got to consume.

They also seemed to had taken a lot of callers on Saturday morning.

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I missed the beginning but it sounded like Joe O has decided not to do a 4th year of Hit and Run next year. Barry seemed bummed.

Does this open the door for Spiegs to go back to the Sunday gig he should never have given up in the first place?

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If he does come back Spiegs can get the Hit and Run fantasy baseball league back together. I promise a better showing, PM.


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If he does come back Spiegs can get the Hit and Run fantasy baseball league back together. I promise a better showing, PM.



I don't even remember how I did in that.


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I just remember the best thing about my team was the name (Big League Choo). In our defense it was a weird league. He wanted to go cyber-metrics with obp, slug, whip, k per 9 but also had rbi, sb, saves and I think he even had holds. It was an odd setup but talking golf with Rosner during the draft was a lot of fun.


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Did he stay employed because he is white????????????????????????

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During the Marty Brennaman interview Speigel did his signature I'm superior intellectually "sigh" multiple times.


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vitoscotti wrote:
During the Marty Brennaman interview Speigel did his signature I'm superior intellectually "sigh" multiple times.

That's ok, since Marty is a raging penis.

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Wow! Matt Speigel will visit again today to talk Cubs baseball. That's like having Julie visit to talk Bears football.


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Is he in for cant do it today? Would love to listen, but at work.

Please tell me they have moved past the "bleacher fight" of like 6 people involved, the annoying guy yelling to stop fighting, etc. NO ONE CARES!!!!

Cubs are .5 games ahead and we are talking about a few drunks making hispanic slurs. I have gotten slurs toward me. It sucks, but guess what it happens and will always happen.

I would not even spend a second on it, let alone half the day yesterday.
Yesterday might have been jumping the shark for me.


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Is he in for cant do it today? Would love to listen, but at work.

Please tell me they have moved past the "bleacher fight" of like 6 people involved, the annoying guy yelling to stop fighting, etc. NO ONE CARES!!!!

Cubs are .5 games ahead and we are talking about a few drunks making hispanic slurs. I have gotten slurs toward me. It sucks, but guess what it happens and will always happen.

I would not even spend a second on it, let alone half the day yesterday.
Yesterday might have been jumping the shark for me.

The video I saw looks like a drunken Arab making Hispanic slurs.


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 Post subject: Re: Spiegs is back!
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I was able to listen for a while and it was a comfortable 3 man weave. I hope they bring him in to talk playoff baseball at least once a week.

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vitoscotti wrote:
Wow! Matt Speigel will visit again today to talk Cubs baseball. That's like having Julie visit to talk Bears football.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

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vitoscotti wrote:
Wow! Matt Speigel will visit again today to talk Cubs baseball. That's like having Julie visit to talk Bears football.


This is a bad thought. There are a lot of things to complain about in regards to Spiegel but his baseball knowledge is solid.

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I didn't catch Speigs this week, but I do like the third man in studio for brief doses. The best I ever heard in this regard was when Stan Van Gundy was not coaching, and would go on Lebatard's radio show once most weeks during the basketball season, although he'd do all four hours and talk about anything. He was really good and they could organize their thoughts for a day and move on.

I suspect that they didn't really want to fire Matt, but DeCastro had a window to bring Connor in and he loves Connor for some half-assed reason. Repositioning him as a baseball specialist but not a reporter like a Levine is probably good for his career long-term. I have said all along that he's best suited for XM 89 MLB Network Radio, and with Brendan the suit and Goff both going to XM, somebody will put a word in for him and he can get some evening shifts in the offseason to prove himself.

Meanwhile, 4-5 hours in studio every Saturday, 1 hour in studio mid-week, primary substitute host during baseball season (except mornings), that's enough to at least keep him in circulation and give him some spending money to lose playing poker.

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At Aurelio's in Wrigleyville this morning with Bruce Levine for Inside the Clubhouse.

Baseball passion is overflowing. Good stuff. Glad to hear Spiegs talking "Baseball..."

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I suspect that they didn't really want to fire Matt, but DeCastro had a window to bring Connor in and he loves Connor for some half-assed reason.

maybe they do lines together

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Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote:
I didn't catch Speigs this week, but I do like the third man in studio for brief doses. The best I ever heard in this regard was when Stan Van Gundy was not coaching, and would go on Lebatard's radio show once most weeks during the basketball season, although he'd do all four hours and talk about anything. He was really good and they could organize their thoughts for a day and move on.

I suspect that they didn't really want to fire Matt, but DeCastro had a window to bring Connor in and he loves Connor for some half-assed reason. Repositioning him as a baseball specialist but not a reporter like a Levine is probably good for his career long-term. I have said all along that he's best suited for XM 89 MLB Network Radio, and with Brendan the suit and Goff both going to XM, somebody will put a word in for him and he can get some evening shifts in the offseason to prove himself.

Meanwhile, 4-5 hours in studio every Saturday, 1 hour in studio mid-week, primary substitute host during baseball season (except mornings), that's enough to at least keep him in circulation and give him some spending money to lose playing poker.


Speigs was the best they had on both baseball and basketball. They pumped Goff up as the hoops guy but Speigs was more informed as a hoops guy than Goff.

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Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote:
I suspect that they didn't really want to fire Matt, but DeCastro had a window to bring Connor in and he loves Connor for some half-assed reason.

maybe they do lines together


I'm guessing because they worked at WGN/The Game together. Connor strikes me as the successor to Les as overnight host.

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Chet Coppock's Fur Coat wrote:
I suspect that they didn't really want to fire Matt, but DeCastro had a window to bring Connor in and he loves Connor for some half-assed reason.

maybe they do lines together


I'm guessing because they worked at WGN/The Game together. Connor strikes me as the successor to Les as overnight host.


DeCastro has made a concerted effort to get his guys in at the score. It think that much is obvious. Seems like McKnight is a reach though.

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Lol, kind of funny they have him on as a supposed baseball expert. This fat fuck is no expert. Most of his thoughts blow.

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