SSS of Local Sports Talk Radio

by Schide on Jul 29, 2011 11:30 PM EDT

We could all use a laugh right about now. Or at least a chuckle. Maybe a titter? So here are some of things I heard today while listening to the Fan, whether they be from callers or the hosts or so forth. I don't want to say who exactly said some of this, but rest assured these were all (mostly paraphrased) actual thing people said.

Mike McKenry is now the Pirate Catcher of the Future and therefore they should trade away Tony Sanchez. (Just like Ronny Paulino)

The Pirates should trade Lyle Overbay, Ryan Doumit and Sanchez for Hunter Pence. (Darn, too late now!)

Or they could trade Stetson Allie, Starling Marte and Brad Lincoln for Josh Willingham. (I bet Oakland would take that.)

If Josh Harrison was taller he would be the Pirates first baseman. (Hitting a robust .270! Also comes with walk!)

Get Jason Giambi to play first. (Do they allow MLB players to play in wheelchairs?)

Steve Pearce is an absolute embarrassment to the Pirates organization and should be gotten rid of immediately. (That's not enough, I saw off with his head!)

Jose Tabata got injured and has had setbacks because he doesn't prepare enough for the season. (I have no idea what this was even supposed to mean.)

"Nutting should cut the strings off his damn puppet!" (This has nothing to do with an opinion that Bob Nutting is controlling everything that Neal Huntington does, no. It was just a helpful suggestion because Nutting, an avid marionette enthusiast, must have asked for help getting one of his puppets untangled.

Catchers are always overrated. (Yup. Always. And first baseman are always underrated.)

Brian Sabean is so respected because he wins. (Not to disparage Sabean much, but this still made me laugh.)

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of the managing editor (Charlie) or SB Nation. FanPosts are written by Bucs Dugout readers.

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This

is funny. Just shook my head.

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by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Jul 30, 2011 12:07 AM EDT reply actions

the FAN

is where the dumb casual fans go to update themselves with knowledge of all things Pirates. So of course they say dumb shit like this, I was listening the other day and had to shut it off for fear of my life before rage overtook me and I suddenly crashed my car.

What a bunch of idiots lol

Thats what she said! - Michael Gary Scott

by C Shint on Jul 30, 2011 12:15 AM EDT reply actions

Paul Alexander: “Trade Taillon for Pence”.

That’s as dumb as it gets.

Thank you Ned Colletti.

by ryebr3ad on Jul 30, 2011 12:37 AM EDT reply actions

OMG, he seriously said that?

Wow, just wow.

I actually listened to the FAN this week and I have to admit, there are a lot of crazy callers. LOL.

The Steve Pearce caller was just hilarious.

by JCBucs on Jul 30, 2011 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions

These are for real??

This gets a rec because of how bad tonight was at least it gave me a laugh.

by dunkuntou on Jul 30, 2011 1:31 AM EDT reply actions

Actually, I wouldn't mind Giambi playing SOME first base for us

Obviously, he’d be more a bench bat, but he hasn’t been BRUTAL at first in the past 3 years by any metric.

by Justin Mos on Jul 30, 2011 2:07 AM EDT reply actions

THINK HE'S ON THE DL

by fatbastard on Jul 30, 2011 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions

So you guys

listen to sports talk radio just to be amused by the idiocy? How long do you have to listen to cull gems like that? I try sometimes when I’m in earshot and after five minutes I can just feel my IQ plummeting.

For awhile down here we got ESPN radio, and I’d listen occasionally in the eight minutes it takes me to get from my office to my house, and I’d often be incensed when I got there, just from them saying things like, “The Cardinals doubled up the Braves, 4-2.” And I’d wonder why nobody ever got tripled up, 6-2, or quadrupled up, 12-3.

It’s all so much babble. I spare myself the agony and the insanity now, and I think I’m happier being less aggravated.

Or maybe it’s all the beer.

by bucdaddy on Jul 30, 2011 12:52 PM EDT reply actions

I was running errands this morning...

…and subjected myself to Andrew Fillipone (or however his last name is spelled).

It was painful to listen to him babble on endlessly about:

1. How the Phillies gave up nothing for Pence and proceeded to rattle off counting stats and “I just don’t see it with these guys” as his rationale.
3. How the Pirates could have and should have offered more, because Pence would have put the Pirates over the top in the race to beat the Brewers and Cardinals.
3. How the Phillies get it and NH doesn’t, because the Phillies make deals like this every year and they win, so if the Pirates want to win, they have to be willing and able to make deals at the deadline.

Needless to say, I told my wife that I will never run errands on a Saturday morning again.

by Bishop1973 on Jul 30, 2011 1:37 PM EDT reply actions

i heard him too

Totally delusional.

by JCBucs on Aug 1, 2011 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions

You must have been listening at the same exact block that I was...

Because I listened to the fan for about a 45 minute car ride, and I heard all of these things. Sadly, if you listen to the station regularly, these type of statements become commonplace. Also, I might add, that 90% of callers are now demanding Pedro to be demoted or flat out “cut,” (like he’s a goddamn backup long snapper at camp over in St. Vincent’s).

Although, I gotta say, that trade package proposal for Pence centered around Doumit and Overbay really made my day.

by TheLizardKing on Jul 30, 2011 2:22 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah

It was yesterday during the 2:00 hour. Every single one of the first eight items I listed I heard during the first segment, the last “puppet” comment being part of a promo right before the commercial. The sheer amount of insanity packed into those 15 or so minutes was the inspiration to write everything down so I could share it later.

by Schide on Jul 30, 2011 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh wow, this wasn’t in the evening? Wow. I heard some of the same stuff several hours later.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Jul 30, 2011 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions

My brother Sam was listening to The Fan last night and felt compelled to call in TWICE – once during the Dunlap/Miller show, where I think a lot of the stuff above came from (plus some really weird arguments about the Pirates’ Latin American facility) and once during Chris Muller’s show (which was actually rather awesome, from what I heard). Sam wanted to correct a lot of the stuff that was being said.

I don’t really understand why so much talk radio consists of taking callers. I know it’s probably easy to fill time that way, but I don’t know why I as a listener should be interested in what some random caller has to say. It’s usually unlistenable.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Jul 30, 2011 9:02 PM EDT reply actions

Dang, I must not have listened long enough to hear your brother call in and try to be a voice of reason. Does he just go by “Sam” so I might recognize him if he calls in again?

I don’t really get to listen to much of Chris Muller’s show because it doesn’t coincide with the times I tend to listen to the radio. But from what I’ve heard of the actual show and what I’ve heard from other people who listen he does have a pretty good show. I really wish he had the 7:00 spot because I really can’t stand Filiponi.

by Schide on Jul 30, 2011 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions