Dog has been open about trying to get callers from other parts of the country besides the tri-state. It was nice, then, to hear Peter MacGowan, Giants owner, call in randomly around 5:30 today... "Peter from San Francisco... hullo, Pete... whaddya got for us, buddy?"... "Well, first of all, it's Peter, not Pete, and second of all I just wanted to wish you well as you start your job, as mine will be ending in about 10 days."
You could tell Dog was momentarily flummoxed, then got into a nice 10-minute call spanning MacGowan's era as both Giant fan and owner. MacGowan emphasized Giants' success (3rd most victories in baseball -- behind MFYs and Braves -- from 1993 to 2004 or something like that), but Dog went at him a little bit by asking about steroids and special treatment of Bonds. As has been mentioned here before, it was refreshing to see Dog ask some questions that most other radio hosts would avoid just because they might tweak the guest.
All in all, a very nice spontaneous interview with a "friend", but it was helpful that MacGowan was calling from a different part of the country.
Also heard a guy ask him what he thought Nebraska's football chances were... Dog admitted he didn't know a lot about the 'Huskers, thought Pelini was a good choice as coach, then asked his producer/assistant to get him the Nebraska schedule and proceeded to break it down (W's and L's) for the caller. That's a good job there, Chris (as he might say) of makin' an effort.
I like Dog.
You could tell Dog was momentarily flummoxed, then got into a nice 10-minute call spanning MacGowan's era as both Giant fan and owner. MacGowan emphasized Giants' success (3rd most victories in baseball -- behind MFYs and Braves -- from 1993 to 2004 or something like that), but Dog went at him a little bit by asking about steroids and special treatment of Bonds. As has been mentioned here before, it was refreshing to see Dog ask some questions that most other radio hosts would avoid just because they might tweak the guest.
All in all, a very nice spontaneous interview with a "friend", but it was helpful that MacGowan was calling from a different part of the country.
Also heard a guy ask him what he thought Nebraska's football chances were... Dog admitted he didn't know a lot about the 'Huskers, thought Pelini was a good choice as coach, then asked his producer/assistant to get him the Nebraska schedule and proceeded to break it down (W's and L's) for the caller. That's a good job there, Chris (as he might say) of makin' an effort.
I like Dog.