St. Louis sports talk radio

[thrill]

Must...turn....Slaten...off....





Can't.

[longhornbaseball]

I was listening to the press box the day after Bonds hit 756 and Cusamano said that if you go by numbers alone and don't think about steroids that Bonds is definitely one of the best players of all time (a very reasonable opinion which I agree with 100%). Ramsey said no way was this true because Bonds' career average wasn't above .300. He said maybe he's one of the best sluggers of all time but he wasn't one of the best hitters. I flipped out in my car and started screaming at the radio listing all of the reasons why Barry should be considered one of the best ever. When I realized Bob could not hear me I punched CD. Life has been much better since then.

KFNS really screwed the pooch with their programing. Kilcoyne and Hayes are off of the Morning Grind and Burwell's contract isn't renewed. They ruined the two best shows on local sports radio.

[stlouie_lipp]

You are too knowledgeable to be in sports radio. Listeners won't know what the heck you are talking about.

I know a lot of people hate them, but that's why I love Bores and Bernstein on the Score. They are smart guys you don't pull the normal "dumb jock" routine that most do.

[thrill]

You are too knowledgeable to be in sports radio. Listeners won't know what the heck you are talking about.

I know a lot of people hate them, but that's why I love Bores and Bernstein on the Score. They are smart guys you don't pull the normal "dumb jock" routine that most do.

They are my heroes in the sports talk industry.

[JL21]

You are too knowledgeable to be in sports radio. Listeners won't know what the heck you are talking about.

I know a lot of people hate them, but that's why I love Bores and Bernstein on the Score. They are smart guys you don't pull the normal "dumb jock" routine that most do.

They are my heroes in the sports talk industry.

How do you feel about Mike and Mike?

Obviously very, very fluffy stuff, but at least they aren't a bunch of screaming monkeys flinging poo at their listeners.

[thrill]

You are too knowledgeable to be in sports radio. Listeners won't know what the heck you are talking about.

I know a lot of people hate them, but that's why I love Bores and Bernstein on the Score. They are smart guys you don't pull the normal "dumb jock" routine that most do.

They are my heroes in the sports talk industry.

How do you feel about Mike and Mike?

Obviously very, very fluffy stuff, but at least they aren't a bunch of screaming monkeys flinging poo at their listeners.

I listen to them when they are on. I like their interaction and I like the fact that they stay within themselves. They don't try to act like experts at everything they talk about (Colin Cowherd, Slaten, Hadley, etc).

[Third Strike]

I'd rather try to pull my hair out while diving head-first into an active volcano.

That is a very vivid description and it also describes how I feel about listening to Slaten.

But ever since the morning grind disbanded I pretty much stopped listening to 590 anyway.

I listened to the morning grind during the playoffs last year, and it was great. I hadn't listened in a while and listened last week and it sucked. What happened?

[docellis]

I'd rather try to pull my hair out while diving head-first into an active volcano.

That is a very vivid description and it also describes how I feel about listening to Slaten.

But ever since the morning grind disbanded I pretty much stopped listening to 590 anyway.

I listened to the morning grind during the playoffs last year, and it was great. I hadn't listened in a while and listened last week and it sucked. What happened?

Either Martin or Jim Hayes quit (can't remember which) and the other got fired (iirc) by the new station GM type dude (Jason Barrett).

Tim McKernan stayed for a while and eventually either quit or got fired because the show just kept getting worse and worse.

But now he has a new show (I can't remember what station) but it is an AM show.

[GatewaySnayke]

Kilcoyne quit because he was working late at night, getting up early in the morning and was just tired of the whole process. Jim Hayes was fired, then Tim McKernan was presumably fired/quit. It was probably amicable. He had zero chemistry with Bob Fescoe, who is one of the worst things to happen to STL radio besides Chris Dimino and Kevin Slaten. Fescoe had no business being brought in to St. Louis anyways. Why would you hire a guy who is a bleeding heart Rock Chalk (Crap)head fan/Yankee fan?

I can't stand Mike and Mike. Golic's constant "but-but-but-but-but-and-and-and-and-and" is too much. He is not cut out to be on the radio. What genius decides to put a stutterer on the air? Also, Greenie's man-up crap gets old, as does their constant adoration of Tom Brady. They know nothing outside of the NFL, and I'm not wholly convinced that Greenberg has much of an idea what's going on. ESPN's entire radio lineup is so awful -- from Mike & Mike to Cowturd to Dan Patrick (his show was crap) to MENSA to whoever sat in with Doug Gottlieb (who was tolerable). Jason Smith is the only good thing at ESPN Radio, and he's a product of the far-superior FSR.

[Freed Roger]

This is an obvious/gratuitous comment, but... in the offseason when Jack Buck hosted sports openline in the evenings it was golden. Wish I had tapes of some of those shows.

Everybody is familiar with his broadcasting, but he was equally as good hosting talk radio.
Nearly every caller to the show paid a quick homage to Buck i.e. "Mr. Buck I've been listening to your voice since I was in the womb..." you would think this would get old to hear that, but Buck with his usual grace kept the show moving.

The show had top of the line national guests on a daily basis. was funny and classy and upbeat (upbeat but not with the rose-colored glasses on). Besides baseball, his connections to the NFL he pulled in football greats for conversation.

Towards the end, him with Charlie Spoonhour was a great listen. All in all it was better than anything on local or national airwaves.