Some observations from today's radio broadcast.....

[Bruce Miles]

Dusty means absolutely nothing demeaning, pejorative or condescending when he calls a guy "Young." That's reading way, way too much into things.

 

But why would a big league manager twice, not just once, preface a player in the lineup by saying "young"? I'm not trying to read into it, I'm just looking for an explanation I guess. I've never heard a manager do that before and I think it's kind of odd.

 

Well, he used to refer to Choi as "Big Choi."

 

Yesterday, he referred to Bynum as "Fast Freddie."

 

They're all friendly terms.

[Larry Horse]

Dusty means absolutely nothing demeaning, pejorative or condescending when he calls a guy "Young." That's reading way, way too much into things.

 

But why would a big league manager twice, not just once, preface a player in the lineup by saying "young"? I'm not trying to read into it, I'm just looking for an explanation I guess. I've never heard a manager do that before and I think it's kind of odd.

 

Well, he used to refer to Choi as "Big Choi."

 

Yesterday, he referred to Bynum as "Fast Freddie."

 

They're all friendly terms.

 

Point well taken. I forgot about the "Big Choi" nickname.

[Soul]

There are plenty of legitimate things to gripe on Dusty for. I'm not going to start parsing his every phrase.

[danonwaveland]

Much as Ronnie annoys me, I still love him -- in a Cub-like way, of course. He usually doesn't know what inning it is, but I do appreciate his love for his team. Today, I had the misfortune of hearing Harrelson and Jackson call the Sox game. Every time I hear them, I get down on my knees and thank the Lord for Len and Bob, Pat and Ron. Heck, I even thought Chip Caray was a hall-of-famer compared to those two clowns in the Sox booth. You can put Harrelson on "mute" -- yes!!!