I have a 40 minute commute- Essex to Stowe- in Vermont. There's a local radio station that does ESPN national stuff (Mike and Mike/ LeBatard / Russillo and Kanell) utill 4 then a 2-3 hour local broadcast. They pick up the Bruins, Red Sox and Patriots games in addition to the UVM hoop cats and have an AM sister station that they use for some other Fox sports talk and live sports casts.
The afternoon show (now called the Huddle) staple is Rich Haskell who's kind of a loveable loser type. He grew up in the Boston area. He's into Boston sports all the way, likes hockey, does PA at the local minor league baseball park, highly involved in local stuff. He's a really likeable guy. He's a little bit anti-saber or whatever but has a very good hands-on knowledge base of most sports.
His new partner is Arnie Spanier. I can't stand this guy. He's super obnoxious and seems to revel in it. He's from Brooklyn and is a Dolphins/Giants fan, Mets/Nicks. He is fairly knowledgeable but I can't freaking stand him. He spends half the show trolling Pats fans. I think he's on the Sunday 11pm fox national broadcast.
The guy he's replacing is AJ I think moved on to the Boston media market somewhere. He was fine.
They have some really good regular call in guests including VT native Buster Onley. The producer Brady Farkus is a young guy that I think does a nice job and is (despite being a Seattle fan) not at all obnoxious about the local teams.
Getting back to Arnie- any other SoSHers out there listen to the show? Is it just me? I want to write the start writing the show and suggest they find a replacement. I gave him a few months to see if I'd warm up to him. He's not smart enough to know how to poke fun at Boston fans in a funny and harmless way. He's just a totally obnoxious ass 90% of the time. I feel an urge to visit the station and kick him in the balls on an almost daily basis.
Why are we stuck with this asshat?
The afternoon show (now called the Huddle) staple is Rich Haskell who's kind of a loveable loser type. He grew up in the Boston area. He's into Boston sports all the way, likes hockey, does PA at the local minor league baseball park, highly involved in local stuff. He's a really likeable guy. He's a little bit anti-saber or whatever but has a very good hands-on knowledge base of most sports.
His new partner is Arnie Spanier. I can't stand this guy. He's super obnoxious and seems to revel in it. He's from Brooklyn and is a Dolphins/Giants fan, Mets/Nicks. He is fairly knowledgeable but I can't freaking stand him. He spends half the show trolling Pats fans. I think he's on the Sunday 11pm fox national broadcast.
The guy he's replacing is AJ I think moved on to the Boston media market somewhere. He was fine.
They have some really good regular call in guests including VT native Buster Onley. The producer Brady Farkus is a young guy that I think does a nice job and is (despite being a Seattle fan) not at all obnoxious about the local teams.
Getting back to Arnie- any other SoSHers out there listen to the show? Is it just me? I want to write the start writing the show and suggest they find a replacement. I gave him a few months to see if I'd warm up to him. He's not smart enough to know how to poke fun at Boston fans in a funny and harmless way. He's just a totally obnoxious ass 90% of the time. I feel an urge to visit the station and kick him in the balls on an almost daily basis.
Why are we stuck with this asshat?