KNBR's relatively credible, Tom Tolbert, (ex-Warrior player, ESPN tonsil--part of the "Razor and Mr. T" with Ralph Barbieri, 3-7 PM,) opened Wednesday's show with a mild-smack down of the Comcast SportsNet Bay Area special on Tim Lincecum.
At least he tried to.
"I don't want to rip it, but after 10 minutes there was nothing there for me, " said Tolbert of the special that explored the day in the life at Lincecum's pad. The show was hosted by that noted sporting journalist, Jaymee Sire. (I didn't see the show because I'm not into crib shows and don't have any interests there.)
Barbieri admitted, belatedly, that he saw a portion of the show but fell asleep after awhile. In between you could hear a lot of nervous laughter.
What Tolbert was trying to say, what he really wanted to say, but had to hesitate, was the obvious: the show sucked for the most part, ba ding! He didn't actually say that, I did, but if you listened, you know the deal.
The hesitation alley part was pretty transparent because although Comcast doesn't own KNBR and vice-versa, they're both integral parts of a very well-oiled media machine that is called the SF Giants. And you don't want to mess with that company. Kind of hand-in-hand.
I'll give Barbieri some credit for this line: "Hey, Comcast has a ton of money and they need programming, right?" Tolbert: "Sure do."
'Nuff said.
