YOU READ ME A LOT. You have a hunch of my tendencies. What I like and dislike. You know I'm a sucker for originality and creativity --genuine people, even those I may disagree with on style or substance, I applaud because at least they're sincere.
WHICH BRINGS ME to
Lurie makes me laugh and gives me unexpected pleasure. His radio show is a NY-flavored tapestry (big words) a table full of bagels and cream cheese --lox and red onions --the only thing missing is the Joe Franklin Show. If you ever went to NY or are an east-coast transplant you know the Joe Franklin show which today remains one of the very best and funny shows ever.
Marty is my Joe Franklin and I can't get enough of him.
You thought I was an Oakland/Eastbay fan and everything Giants was against my religion and you thought wrong.
Again.
Marty Lurie was my chicken soup for recovery shortly after mom passed. I don't want this to be a downer because it isn't. I rip a lot of people on here and you often complain I'm never positive. I'm about to break one of my edicts because I'm about to stray to sunshine. Cloudy days are abated.
Lurie's brand of radio show is my cup of coffee --ok, so four hours of coffee, (sometimes) is not quite healthy but listening to Marty in the backyard is healthy for the heart. It's all baseball and Giants and while, yes, the calls can be long and laborious, they are funny and often entertaining and again, remember this word, "sincere." (For the most part) Because Marty Lurie is sincere.
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I know I'm being sort of coded here because I haven't even mentioned much that Marty mostly talks about baseball and the Giants --two things I don't really care for but Lurie's chicken soup supersedes both of those subjects. I'd call it comfort food radio --macaroni and cheese and a slice of meatloaf if you get my drift.
Marty is real and passionate. Which makes listening to him all the more pleasurable because he seems very happy in his element. I don't have to love the Giants but I do love listening to Marty Lurie.
I like to listen when there is a grinder of a topic. On another note, the Warriors Outsiders and the Giants Triples Alley are putrid. College or High School media programs would be more entertaining.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Besides the fact that the Warriors duo are annoying, talentless dude-bros (Seriously: do they have blackmail photos of someone in a safe-deposit box somewhere?), the whole "Outsiders" concept is ridiculous. If Comcast is giving you a half-hour of airtime multiple times a week, you are the antithesis of an outsider.
DeleteThe Outsiders are hilarious.
Deletecame across triples alley by mistake, its unbelievably horrible, with three late 20 early 30 somethings it grew tiresome after two minutes..its worse then the warrior outsider show AND the happy hour whats the deal with comcast, they can't find anything better to produce "live"
Deletebaseball is a Talking Sport, a narrative unfolding in the moment. what moment??? well, we lost when the pitcher lost his control, or when so and so was taken out for a pinch hitter, or when (fill in the blank) we watch & listen to the game for 3 or so hours and then saddle up to the bar stool with one another and become managers or even general managers. did we win or lose? doesn't matter, there are 162 regular season games and there's another one tomorrow.can't wait? oh, OK lets listen to Marty's replay on the way home...
ReplyDeleteYou hit the nail on the head with a major problem with baseball; "did we win or lose? doesn't matter, there are 162 regular season games and there's another one tomorrow". I hate that the first three months of the baseball season is treated as whatever happens its okay. Then suddenly when the end is coming up everyone is worried about the race to get a playoff spot. Here's some advice you dumb a**es. Maybe if you cared more about the early games and won a few more then you wouldn't have to worry about being one game out of the wild card spot at the end of the season. Baseball should be 82 games like Hockey and Basketball. Make every game count
DeleteI don't mind Marty for an hour or two on the weekends but my god He is on when I wake up and is signing off when I go to bed on the weekends. I hardly listen to the knibber anymore but I especially don't listen on the weekends during baseball season. I need to be awake and active.
ReplyDeleteTip of the cap to Marty Lurie, for his love of the game. He has truly earned the nickname "Baseball Marty!"
ReplyDeleteGraced with marty's charm and humor while growing up....I never tired of listening to him "discuss" the days topics around our kitchen table....loved him then, love him now!!
ReplyDeleteWho doesn't like Marty? He knows how to spin a yarn and can tolerate the most boring of callers.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are so lucky to have Marty to listen to on the air. Go try to find interesting radio commentary across the airwaves anywhere else - they talk and you get nothing out of it, hoping somehow it will get interesting! There's always something to learn in Lurie land! He is the best you can get! Thanks for the great conversation … we don't miss a broadcast!
ReplyDeleteToo bad Marty Laurie is dillusional about this Giants season.
ReplyDeleteIt's a long season!