Jessica Burch is Officially another KPIX Dud; Vern Glenn Needs to Stop Being Gary; Jon Miller Callout; Radnich Was a Pain, But We Miss Him Now; Being Blunt on Hump Day

I GAVE HER TIME--no more. Honeymoon is over.

Like almost every new person they hire, the latest gem, Jessica Burch, is a total NON-FACTOR. A DUD. Any other description would be false.

This is KPIX today.

Ms. Burch has served her country, God bless her. She's studied weather, great. It's a shame she has ZERO presence and appears awkward on the air, which she does every morning. Even when she's on radio (KCBS) it's an uneven sound. I'm supposed to not say any of this because I'll be accused of being a misogynist. Of course I will be because that's the way of the world these days.

Ms. Burch is so awkward and un-inviting on PIX she manages to make Darren Peck look good. That's hard as hell but it's fact. At least Peck has some basic on-air ingrediants that work. Officer Burch has military cachet and can fly fighter jets which makes her a grear weather forecaster.

Right, "LT".

*If Vern Glenn were to stop trying to be Gary Radnich, he'd be fine. I've said this repeatedly. Vern knows. The shuffling-papers; the Garyisms; the look and demeanor. Vern should be Vern and not Gary. Larry King used to say, "be yourself." Vern didn't get the memo.

Vern, stick to the basics. Be you and quit trying to be cute. Involve a few moments of time to be original and quit the Gary shtick, you can pull it off. I'm not trying to bust your chops, Vern, I'm being straight forward and up front. It's critical, of course it is and were I hiding like the other cowards, sure, you'd be pissed but I'm here in front of the class.

*KPIX has to make a move soon. Replacing Allen Martin who retired (by proxy) and saw the handwriting on the wall. I just hope PIX doesn't hire a marine.

*I respect Jon Miller for his HOF chops and overall baseball/broadcast merit. But I'm not a big Miller fan of late (and the last few years) because Miller decided to make the broadacast about himself. Always. He's good enough that even his lengthy stories are generally interesting and compelling.

On a recent telecast, Miller spoke about his father being killed on military duty --Miller was only a year old--it was a touching story and it would have been ever more poignant had Miller not repeated it, (on radio) in the next later innings. That took away the spontaneity. Had he repeated it a few innings later, it would have been more powerful and genuine. Instead it lost its luster.

His penchant to talk endlessly --on and on and on--is plain crap. The "adios pelota" crap HR call is just that, crap. His repeated, ad-nauseum multiple want to say, such and such "hit that ball, 104 miles off the bat" is nauseating and ridiculous. My god, what a sham!

Miller is a good pbp-broadcaster. I'm not suggesting otherwise. But he's become broadcast-bloated and his ego has overtaken him. I'll say it--nobody else will. Fine. It needs to be said.

*Speaking of Gary Radnich, I'll say this: I miss him. So do a lot of you. It's not losing-sleep miss, but miss nonetheless. Even a smidgen of Radnich would be great now.

Radnich overdid it at the end. He quit pretending to work and just sort of showed up and mailed it in, of course he did but he was still worth a listen (on both KNBR/KRON) --at least he put things in perspective and set the proper tone.

He had a feel for the moment. I'm betting he'd had had a lot to say about the pandemic and social unrest --via George Floyd, etc--we're experiencing. That part of Radnich I miss because he could put sports in perspective and address the obvious. He was not fixated on naming the Giants' player of the week.

Had only Raddy been a better editor (of himself), he'd have had a nicer legacy.