FWIW the Boomer interview was frickin awesome. He would own this town if he got on the air here.
I like him on WFAN. Not crazy about Carton, but the show has been much better than I thought it would be. I probably listen once a week.
I heard much (but not all) of it and thought Boomer was terrific. He made sense, he was articulate, and he didn't even need D&C around to get out what he wanted to say. I was sorry when it was over and could have listened to him all morning.
Boomer's really improved as an analyst after MNF. He's great on Westwood One's NFL coverage.
Just listened to it now-- wasn't exactly a ringing endorsement of Matt. Pete essentially said that Leinart won the starting job through a battle of attrition (neither were very good during spring practices) and that Cassel had a career day on his workout day with all the scouts in attendance.
I heard this before I walked into work this morning. He was saying that the guy at Lehmen should have seen the economy begin to tank ("There are ebbs and flows in the economy, John!") and that if the guy was making $150K, he shouldn't have bought a nice house because things can happen. The guy on the phone was like, "How can you plan for something like this?" and Gerry's response was, "You just do." For a guy who rips on Obama for being an elitist, Callahan isn't exactly sounding like a salt of the earth type of guy.
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I like that title better.
His insistence that Teixeira was the only player who performed fell flat with me. I agreed that the Angels defense helped "give" the Sox the series and several bats (Aybar, Kendrick, Rivera) were MIA, but the heart of the order was hitting. It lacked power, but they Sox pitching didn't silence them like the Cards in '04.
Between this and being taller than 5 foot 4, I think I need to talk to my parents........I thought you were Portuguese?
O+A are by far the best terrestrial radio morning option out there for the Boston area. Not even close. Granted, there isn't much sports talk, but they're funny and often insightful and serious when necessary.
Schilling was ripping them for insisting that Lester start game six instead of Beckett. They were so sure of themselves in their usual arrogant manner, he practically blew up at them he was so pissed.
A friend of mine sent me this this morning - he listens all the time, and I don't, so I can't back this up, but it sounds like the kind of reaction we could expect:
I guess they went on to rip Francona for going with Beckett in Game Six, because he's setting Beckett up to fail, whatever that means. Beckett's gotta win a game either way, last I checked.
They didn't bash Drew, but as folks called trying to call them out for ripping Drew all year, they responded smarmily were we lying about him quitting in September? They would not give up on the Beckett/Lester thing. they think JL should start gm 6. Callahan asked at one point who do you think the players want starting? It was just typical D&C nothing unusual unless new listener was expecting all sunshine.
I find this idea rather funny. I thought Craig Sager's post-game interview was at least as entertaining as the game, due to JD's low-key demeanor.
Talk about a crap week. Not only was the content bad, but at 6:15 do you really want to hear someone screaming at you?
Awesome sports talk radio.
ESPN radio is online as well. What did you think they were going to talk about today the Bruins?
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