Sports Media Thread

[jersey cubs fan]

8 hours ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Catching a stray... I don't think Sulley was saying that negatively

 

8 hours ago, Wilson A2000 said:

I wondered that too. Is thicc used negatively or positively more often?

Generally speaking it is unwise to speak about a woman’s body and its relative thickness. Women in media get this horsefeathers all the time. He’s a middle aged man. She probably doesn’t take kindly to it 

[Rex Buckingham]

2 hours ago, jersey cubs fan said:

 

Generally speaking it is unwise to speak about a woman’s body and its relative thickness. Women in media get this horsefeathers all the time. He’s a middle aged man. She probably doesn’t take kindly to it 

absolutely true... that is more important than how Sulley meant it

[imb]

16 hours ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Sulley getting called out 

 

 

i tried telling him at one point that I thought what he considered his misanthropy or whatever was just that he might actually not be a good person. he doesn't treat other people well, and in response, they get tired of his act and discard him. and then he uses "well i dont like people anyway" as a cover for having no one and nothing in his life. he disagreed and called me gay but i was right

[UMFan83]

Deadspin was sold and all existing staff let go.  They are rebooting it again.  

Good Zombie Deadspin was terrible.

 

 

[Rob]

23 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Deadspin was sold and all existing staff let go.  They are rebooting it again.  

Good Zombie Deadspin was terrible.

 

 

Sad to see the current writers lose their jobs, but that site was a shell of its former (sometimes glorious) self.

I need more articles about A.J. Daulerio getting high on LSD and trying to throw a no-hitter in a video game.

[Sammy Sofa]

Defector is infinitely so much better; good riddance.

[17 Seconds]

i still miss real deadspin. it feels like it's been gone for decades

Edited March 12, 2024 by 17 Seconds

[Sammy Sofa]

Jim Spanfeller Is A Third-Rate Parasite | Defector

[JHBulls]

Wouldn’t know where to put this major coaching breakdown, so will put it here. 
 

 

Yeah, that’s one way to get the players to play for you. 😂 

[PackLandVA]

John Sterling, voice of the Yankees for the past 36 years, is retiring effective immediately. Apparently there's some health concerns.

[imb]

damn i hate seeing the longtime radio and tv guys retire for age or health related reasons. always loved sterling. just an iconic voice

[jersey cubs fan]

1 hour ago, imb said:

damn i hate seeing the longtime radio and tv guys retire for age or health related reasons. always loved sterling. just an iconic voice

[jersey cubs fan]

Consistently among the worst, much like Sterling for the past ~15 years 

[Wilson A2000]

 

[BigSlick]

listen just tell me how we can get Len Kasper back calling Cubs games ok

[CubinNY]

8 hours ago, BigSlick said:

listen just tell me how we can get Len Kasper back calling Cubs games ok

The crazy thing is that Len is a lot less enjoyable on the radio than he is on TV. But he's sort of a weird dude. 

[BigSlick]

5 hours ago, CubinNY said:

The crazy thing is that Len is a lot less enjoyable on the radio than he is on TV. But he's sort of a weird dude. 

its significantly harder to do a radio call than a tv call, so I get it. But, to me, Len was the voice of the Cubs at their best, and it doesn't feel right to not have his voice there. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

I wonder what Len's contract status is with the White Sox.  I know he signed a "multiyear deal" prior to the 2021 season, so he is currently in his 4th year on the job.  Does he really want to continue doing radio in obscurity while watching terrible baseball for the foreseeable future?

[Andy]

2 hours ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I wonder what Len's contract status is with the White Sox.  I know he signed a "multiyear deal" prior to the 2021 season, so he is currently in his 4th year on the job.  Does he really want to continue doing radio in obscurity while watching terrible baseball for the foreseeable future?

I don't even want to speak a world without Pat Hughes calling Cubs games into existence, but if he were to retire I wonder if there would be a match there.

[Irrelevant Dude]

7 minutes ago, Andy said:

I don't even want to speak a world without Pat Hughes calling Cubs games into existence, but if he were to retire I wonder if there would be a match there.

Pat is only 68.  By broadcaster standards, that isn't extremely old.  If he is healthy and wants to keep doing it, there is no reason to think that he can't continue to broadcast for another 5-10 years or more.  Hopefully long enough for Zach Zaidman to have found gainful employment elsewhere.

[Wilson A2000]

On 5/7/2024 at 1:07 PM, Irrelevant Dude said:

I wonder what Len's contract status is with the White Sox.  I know he signed a "multiyear deal" prior to the 2021 season, so he is currently in his 4th year on the job.  Does he really want to continue doing radio in obscurity while watching terrible baseball for the foreseeable future?

He wanted to do radio and call playoff games, but now that White Sox playoff games are nowhere in sight, time to find a new job

[Irrelevant Dude]

9 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

He wanted to do radio and call playoff games, but now that White Sox playoff games are nowhere in sight, time to find a new job

The whole "wanted to do radio" always seemed a bit fishy.  I know everything Len said about radio, but did he REALLY prefer to do radio, or was that just the job that was conveniently open after a falling out with the Cubs?

[javy knows my name]

On 5/10/2024 at 9:11 PM, Irrelevant Dude said:

The whole "wanted to do radio" always seemed a bit fishy.  I know everything Len said about radio, but did he REALLY prefer to do radio, or was that just the job that was conveniently open after a falling out with the Cubs?

I think it's a little of both. What I feel really confident in is that Len won't come back to the Cubs unless Ricketts sells the team

[Wilson A2000]

On 5/12/2024 at 12:41 PM, javy knows my name said:

I think it's a little of both. What I feel really confident in is that Len won't come back to the Cubs unless Ricketts sells the team

What was their beef?

[UMFan83]

58 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

What was their beef?

They made Len wear a sport coat on the air