A word, if I may...

On the subject of sports radio, sportscasters and any concomitant prejudice involving what these guys are doing:

Sports radio involves men calling in and complaining about their aggrandizing wives, mostly, creating problems that threaten to send them to the bar, the unemployment line, or even "Central Park".

"Why the hell are the Bills kicking our ass?" "If the Bruins don't get rid of Samsonov they are finished in the Eastern division" "Why doesn't Theo do something about those veterans", etc etc

The thing of it is, from my experiences with rap, punk rock and Asia, all these sportscasters are flat out positive about the future, as they are all big fans of this stuff. When the subject of the Replacements comes up, or Public Enemy, or when any other band is alluded to, there is almost no holding back: typically: "I can't believe that bleep. That's the bleep. We were sitting ducks. I must have put in so many hours with that material.... and on and on." The same goes for Asia. "Well, I guess I'll have to get out my Japanese dictionary for when Daisuke shows up.....pregnant pause....I mean it, .....etc etc."

So for all those who can't spend enough time attacking athletes, remember what Sports Radio is really there for: All those dudes who married beautiful wives who want divorces or something.

It's just a job, a public service, another genre of our world. If some guy is reading through baseball stats with his ear glued to his radio, 162x a summer, instead of crawling the walls because his wife is losing it, then that radio station better be there.

You would have to understand what it means, I guess. To those I know, who it seems to me should actually know better, who are looking at sports through a backwards telescope, wondering what it is that they were missing when it comes to all the time they put in avoiding the subject, I can deliver the goods.

Here's a clue: anytime they start talking about "records", you know what the deal is. Also, the March tournament is coming up; the word "cd" sounds a lot like the word "seed", as in "Tennesee should get a good seed. Boston College is definitely looking at the top half of the draw. PAC 10 is where it's at. It's possible amazingly enough, that Wisconsin might not get a top seed - but they're not just going to lie down when it comes to the third round against UCLA or somebody.... What the hell is going on with Florida? And of course, "Ohio State is bucking for Number One now, Columbus is rocking, Oden is the bomb, he should be looking at a nice apartment in Memphis or Boston" - "No, a nice house! What are you thinking?" "Well, I don't know, a nice condo in Back Bay is good, he certainly doesn't have to worry about the nickels and dimes", and so on and on.

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