I expect him to talk about interesting things. I can already see we are going to get daily updates on something no one but him cares about.

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If they are trying to keep it at absolute silence when that kid is sleeping, God help them as the kid gets older. I'm not saying run the vacuum when its naptime, but there should be some sort of 'normal' household noise so he can get used to it.

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I'm with denis. Fuck his kid. There is no way he's staying up with it at night either, he's too baked.

Even beta Bob gets it. Quit trying to be Howard Stern and stick to sports.

Weird.

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I never got the anger towards hosts talking about their kid.

Maybe if they were bragging about them being better than other kids, but not for dads (and first time dads) talking about mundanity of parenthood.

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As usual, Terry's peepee gets it.

Bulls and Hawks suck, Cubs/Sox in spring training= not much sports talk. Listen to them on podcasts and skip ahead when they go down that road.

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The problem is it’s BORING. I think we all want hosts to sharing interesting and funny stories about their lives which are not sports-related but Parkins is just talking about his kid because it is interesting to him. I understand him being a new dad and all but it doesn’t change the fact that a 15-minute segment on his kid is rather boring. For the most part, talk of other people’s kids is not interesting.

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I think what some of you younger guys are missing is the personal connection. Seacrest (if he’s still talking to me), Jorr and Dolphin for instance can tell you how radio was when we were younger. In another angle Limbaugh is the same.

The hosts make you feel as if they are their friend or part of their family. Then you stay a loyal listener. Whether it’s Dahl’s kids and vasectomy or Mac’s Patrick and now Parkins. You get a human connection. It’s not more complicated than that.

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Exactly. Key is making it interesting and/or funny. Stern was a master at this. Parkins sucks at it.

I get it.

15 minutes in a four hour show isn't a lot though.

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Exactly right mike.

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Yep. Mac talking about Patrick, or his Facebook posts when they are at event somewhere, are great. If I was ever to run into Mac somewhere, my first comment would probably be to please say hello to Patrick for me.

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don't lump me in with you dusty codgers

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