Saturday Baseball Show

[ArtSpooner]

I turned on the Baseball Show on CSN and the panel is Michael Holley, Lou Merloni, and Rob Bradford; all WEEI employees. Why is this show not simulcast on WEEI? Instead they are running the worst show in the history of all media; the talentless two and their menagerie of knucklehead callers.

I wouldn't care but I have to work in my yard this AM. It would be nice to listen to the Baseball Show.

 

[CrankyYankee]

Get yourself one of these doo-hickeys...
http://www.ccrane.com/radios/fm-transmitters/fm-transmitter-2.aspx
...and plug it into the earphone jack of your Tee-Vee.

 

[raccoonradio]

Some are even cheaper and I've used them at work.

http://www.maxell-usa.com/index.aspx?id=10;13;253;355&a=info&pid=231
about $20

btw I note the screen name of Cranky Yankee. I know of two people who go by that nickname:
JT The Brick, when he's upset at a Yankee loss...and of course the Yankee fan who calls up
WEEI on the Whiner Line to talk about how "you people are just tarrrrrrrrrrrrrrible". Best descrbed
as a cross between the Wicked Witch of the West and (the accent of) Edith Bunker.

 

[CrankyYankee]

FYI: I am neither of the above mentioned "CrankyYankee"s. My choice of screen name has nothing to do with sports and relates to the sometimes cantankerous hot water boiler in Vermont know as "Vermont Yankee." Not to get away from the post, but I have used the 20$ FM TX's and found them to be worth what you pay for them. Very short distance of coverage especially. I found a hack
on the internet that allowed me to greatly increase the output of the C. Crane unit so that I can and have used it my backyard with much success.

 

[ArtSpooner]

Some are even cheaper and I've used them at work.

http://www.maxell-usa.com/index.aspx?id=10;13;253;355&a=info&pid=231
about $20

btw I note the screen name of Cranky Yankee. I know of two people who go by that nickname:
JT The Brick, when he's upset at a Yankee loss...and of course the Yankee fan who calls up
WEEI on the Whiner Line to talk about how "you people are just tarrrrrrrrrrrrrrible". Best descrbed
as a cross between the Wicked Witch of the West and (the accent of) Edith Bunker.

I think the Cranky Yankee B***h was given that nickname by other whiner line callers or Pete Gustin. Speaking of the whiner line, I heard Joey's first third-grade level poem of the season Friday. I don't understand why Andy keeps putting that "Hickory, dickory, dock" crap on day after day. I hope Andy's not getting lazy. Every day he plays Joey, the Cranky Yankee, Frank from Gloucester, and the girl who's trying to sound sexy(get up girl???). Too much of even a good thing gets old............and these aren't good things.

 

[raccoonradio]

Yup, I know you're not either of the Cranky Yankees, just mentioning the name being used by
two others--and in the case of the WEEI caller, she doesn't call herself that but the station
decided to use the name (Art is right).
The "hickory dickory dock" recitation sounds like Andrew Dice Clay doing a joke.

Yes, regarding Vt. Yankee. The $20 one helps me at work to hear Howie's final hour (and
back when Sox were on RKO, to hear Sox games) and no doubt you do get what you pay for
and the C. Crane one overall is better. The $20 one is probably used a lot in cars to
rebroadcast mp3 players.

Speaking of WEEI, I was reading in wikipedia about what "might have been": They went on
as Mike FM on 4/14/05. If they didn't we could have had one of the CBS stations changing
to Jack (and as I've mentioned before what if Ent. decided to make 93.7 a WEEI simulcast
then?)

>>On April 14, 2005, WQSX became WMKK, with an adult hits format branded as "93.7 Mike FM". Inside Radio, a radio industry publication, released information that had this change not taken place, Infinity Broadcasting ... reportedly would have transformed either WBMX, WZLX, or even WODS into Jack FM on April 15.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WEEI-FM

Then there's a link to a Globe article from Sept 12, 2009 saying that ESPN was "in discussions to air some of its national programming on WEEI-AM 850 during nights and weekends, with WEEI intending to move to an FM station within months... ESPN Radio would then take over the 850 spot on the dial. "
http://www.boston.com/sports/other_...espn_radios_boston_affiliate_set_to_sign_off/

As it turned out, while WEEI did pick up some ESPN programming it never came to the point
where 850 was ESPN all the time. And yes, WEEI did move to "an FM station" within months:
24 months, to be exact...and ironically enough WEEI's FM debut at 93.7 was on 9/12/11,
exactly 2 yrs to the day after that Globe article.

 

[rib00]

Why is this show not simulcast on WEEI?

My guess is that it would cost 'eei more to add the quality talent to Saturday AM. I'm sure CSN would expect 'eei to step to the plate with $'s to underwrite the cost of quality. 'eei gets the two stooges for peanuts (if they pay them anything.)

Why change now, have their ever cared about putting quality on the air?? Giving air time to the Ordway Old Boy network is more important.

Poor management by Wolfe and Kahn when they were gutless and overpaid the likes of Ordway and D&C. It's impossible to float to the top when you're holding a 100 lb anchor.

 

[whdh1920]

also the part about Felger and Mazz simulcast and the sports hub has a growing relationship with csn!!

 

[KarsonWithaK]

Yes, regarding Vt. Yankee. The $20 one helps me at work to hear Howie's final hour (and
back when Sox were on RKO, to hear Sox games) and no doubt you do get what you pay for
and the C. Crane one overall is better.

Between you referencing EVERY possible post back to Howie, and LAURO relating EVERY post back to the lack of URBAN AC, I really don't see a need for anyone else on here. You two seem to have it all under control.