*Bad news: Labor strife threatens Warriors/NBA season. Good news: Less Bobbie Shitsgerald. Giggles, aka, "Rudy", had a fun week. Notre Dame won and the Dubs introduced a new team exec. Rudy got to put on his latest brown-toilet paper act. He's downright giddy. Watch out, Andris Biedrins, he's hovering.*Nice to know my Comcast trolls are in full frontal assault. Memo to the morons: I was never told that I wasn't invited to appear on Bombcast Live. I simply decided to quit trying to kiss a lot of collective ass and deemed it better, far better, to speak my mind and, not beholden to the upper suits, give straight-forward, unbiased opinions about the dweebs on Third street. There are some who are hard workers and do good work. Ted Griggs is a good guy. He's caught in the fire. I don't like a majority of the "Insiders." And the "Senior Insider" is nothing more than a negative bully who thinks by being an asshole curmudgeon, he's royalty. Not. Urban is cool...personally, but his act went south many moons ago. Amy G is so bad, she's good. Jaymee Sire has perfect teeth. Damon Andrews thinks he's Bryant Gumbel. Scott Reiss is more detested than a non-appointment at DMV.
*The world won't end if Ralph Barbieri is not in the mix at KNBR. But the pizza at Amici's will be dough-less in memoriam.
*You don't have to be a misogynist to hate Jan Wahl and Kate Scott.
*Speaking of which...Kate Scott makes Dan Dibley look like a young Andy Rooney.
*Bruce Jenkins new gig: president of the SF Giants booster club.
*Dear Greg Papa: Bill King didn't go bonkers on the TD call if the Raiders were down 24-0. And when the Warriors were making jump-shots and lay-ups in meaningless games, Bill referred to it as "garbage time." Take note, Mr. Syracuse broadcast alum.
*At KTVU, the toxic fumes in the newsroom are increasing, courtesy "Special Ed". So much so that management is mulling and SE is in the cross hairs.
*Can someone fucking explain to me the relevance of the "only FM sports station?" Yeah, great stuff. Shit content and east-coast assholes with zippo appeal on stereo. Maybe you should call the Pope and ask for a medal.
*"The Sports Saloon": rather listen to a Adam Meyer karaoke session.
*Lowell Cohn, Art Spander, Glenn Dickey: "Wineing for dollars."
*On message, on topic, and infinitely readable: The SJ Merc's Tim Kawakami. (See, I do like someone).
*"Where's the beef?" Ray Ratto's mumblings on Knibber
*Count the number of times Raddy says "At the end of the day" each day. And dear Larry Krueger, sure, it's OK that you've decided to tame it down and go soft, courtesy Felipe Alou, but do this: quit kissing your partner's ass. He's on that long walk on a short pier status at Cumulus, just like the Amici's guy.
*Speaking of Amici's: it's about as authentic an "east-coast" pizza as a "Noah's" bagel. You don't bake bagels without BOILING them first and when you SMOTHER sweet-based tomato sauce on a pie, you get a SHITTY pizza, like Amici's. (Try Arizmende in Berkeley/Emeryville and/or Tomasso's in the city--better, and cheaper too...and close to Staten Island-like pizza).
*Underrated and better than bozohead "Byrnesie": Ray Woodsen. Yeah, he's a bit sullen, but anything beats hyper douche schmuck who forget to touch the plate in the 2003 ALDS at Fenway.
*"People behaving badly": the entire KRON morning show. (Can we get another traffic update?)
*This just in: Larry Beil, Kevin the Rat, and Dennis O'Donnell in a SF ACT performance: "The Mod Squad."
*Attention, interns at Knibber, KGO Radio and KRON: when sending in anonymous troll e-mail, be sure to figure out a way to omit the IP address.
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Maiocco is only Comcast "Insider" worth a damn. He works hard covering the 49ers, maybe that's what sets him apart, working hard.
ReplyDeleteRich, looks like you woke up on the wrong side of the bed,but I LOVE this line: "anything beats hyper douche schmuck who forget to touch the plate in the 2003 ALDS at Fenway." Amen.
ReplyDeleteI think Matt Steinmetz is far and away the best of the Insiders. I wish he did more than just the NBA.
ReplyDeleteI don't why you hold up Kawakami so high. Since last year he's changed his style-he now loves everybody. No,no whine...just all kisses and hearts for everybody from Golden State to uncle Al even.
ReplyDeleteI used to post that he must think the way to a Pulitzer is to write 1,274 articles ripping Al Davis. I guess he took it to heart..he's all prose to "great talents" now.
Btw,I had Comcast on..and out of the din,I hear Raddy say "Jan Wahl needs to shut the hell up"..I missed the context-but when I looked up,he wasn't smiling. Those two I take it aren't KRON buddies?.
If you watch Kate Scott-you see she's almost suffering listening to two old white men. "Focus,Gary,focus!"
Should have added,Kawamaki fits right in tight with those "insiders" you hate.He's no different from them.
ReplyDeleteYou are right. Amici's is way overrated. Their pizza sucks. Their pasta sauce is that watery, sicilian style crap that I cannot stand. You want good Italian food? Go to Original Joe's (in downtown San Jose). You want good pizza? Go to "Slice of New York" (in Santa Clara and in Sunnyvale). End of story. . . . oh, btw. . . what happened to Jade Hernandez (KTVU) ? She's not on in the A.M. anymore. . . what gives?
ReplyDeleteAgreed Amici's pizza is bad.
DeleteDisagree about missing Jade Hernandez. She cannot enunciate to save her life. I had to change the channel whenever she was on. I may be neurotic, but I could not understand how she, (and a few others on other stations), could not have their English profs teach them to enunciate properly. Broadcasters, if anyone, should be able to do that well.
Example: She would say 'Jost' instead of 'just'
Her rabbit-like eyes bothered my, but I could tolerate those over hearing her butcher the English language.
I get that a lot of men found her cute. They wouldn't be paying attention to what she was saying anyway. ;)
Imagine if you will: A cross-country road trip stuck in a car with Jana Wahl and Eric Byrnes. By Winnemucca, I would have gouged out my eardrums with knitting needles.
ReplyDeleteInsiders? How "inside" are any of these guys? Purdy was the one who broke the Neukom story. End of list.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't look good for the NBA - that's bad news for Fitzhaters! But please remove "Special Ed" from the station that used to command respect on a consistent basis! Can't have low morale at Channel 2! There are too many worthy people there, SE, Miebach, Clark excepted.
ReplyDeleteTierney and Davis are evolving into clones of Fitz and Brooks...alota giggling at their own jokes,that same 'tude of F&B that people hate. Why were they doing a Cheech and Chong bit? No idea..just pure lameness.
ReplyDeleteWhen they start to treat callers as either friend's of the show-or enemy's to be hated,then it will a complete clone.
Amici's does suck, well not suck but I would take at 2 other pizza joints over the razor's. Ralphie would probaly go to 95.7 if he get fired from the Blow hole leader in Sports, probably making $80,000 a year which he deserves instead of $400,000 that robbing the bank. I would ike to know if shitz does get paid by the Warriors for the KNBR gig
ReplyDeleteWow, so much KNBR vitriol Rich??? You must have been turned down for an internship there? "What's your deal" anyway? So much for your credibility when in comes to KNBR!!! Perhaps, if you divulged your agenda, we'd have an easier time taking your posts regarding the sport leader more seriously.
ReplyDeleteLast week,Dan Dibley was ripping Notre Dame as not being relevant for the last 20 years..then he said,He HATES those Notre Dame alumns that brag about being from ND and called them pompous and full of themselves.
ReplyDeleteOf course he meant all that for Fitz.
He's just stating the obvious. KNBR sucks, Fitz is an ass kisser, etc...
ReplyDeleteAnyone disputing this is a family member or receiving a paycheck from KNBR.
A disgusting, biased, clown infested production from top to bottom.
No plug for mountain mikes? not to rich: take the boxes out of your bed before going to sleep, the cockroaches wont invade as much. How do you pay rent, btw?
ReplyDeleteOh, come on...Amici's isn't THAT bad. It's not Geraci's in Cleveland but it isn't supposed to be. This isn't the Rust Belt, thank God.
ReplyDeleteI'm going home to Ohio in three weeks. I'll get to taste the real stuff and then come back to a place where my skills actually have value.
Original Joes? Are they still mafia-runned? That was the rumor, anyway.
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