MLB: Bernstein: Cubs Broadcast Will Be Better Without Santo

[BigSkyCy2]

Bernstein: Cubs Broadcast Will Be Better Without Santo « CBS Chicago

Not a fan of that article at all, but thought I'd throw it out there.

I didn't listen to the Cubs games with Pat and Ron for details on the game. I listed for the entertainment that included notes about the Cubs game.

 

[wonkadog]

Pathetic article. Way to point out the obvious, Ron wasn't one for giving great details/insight on the game. Cubs fans listened because they loved listening to the guy pour out his heart for the team.

 

[jtdoyle1]

Pathetic article. Way to point out the obvious, Ron wasn't one for giving great details/insight on the game. Cubs fans listened because they loved listening to the guy pour out his heart for the team.

+1

Ron's passion for all things cubs was contagious.

 

[Wesley]

Wrong, bucko. The broadcasts will be more boring. Ron covered up for the losing. He was entertaining.

 

[kcclones]

idiot

 

[JP4CY]

All Boers and Berstein do is rile up their audience and this article will help do that. He will get the listeners and follow the Rush Limbaugh way of doing it.

 

[LindenCy]

All Boers and Berstein do is rile up their audience and this article will help do that. He will get the listeners and follow the Rush Limbaugh way of doing it.

I usually avoided 670 for the hosts there.

EDIT: Just scanned the article. No need for this crap. Just sounds like spitting on a man's grave.

 

[istater7]

I bet this guy wouldn't have the balls to write this if Ron was still alive but couldn't broadcast anymore. what an idiot

 

[Cyclone90]

I usually avoided 670 for the hosts there.

EDIT: Just scanned the article. No need for this crap. Just sounds like spitting on a man's grave.

Listen to the Score 670 late at night. Les Grobstein is great. Been around forever and very level headed. A great historian of Chicago sports.

 

[Neckbeard]

I'm not hating on Ron, I loved him too, but even by his low standard his broadcasting was slipping. He was never prepared, rarely aware and wasn't giving much insight on the game at hand. I'm not upset that we are getting a new radio team, but it's too bad that we had to lose Ron to get it.

Bernstein isn't wrong, he's just being overly harsh. Not surprising if you have ever heard the show. If he had posted his thoughts on Steve Alford he would be a board hero.

 

[ISUAlum2002]

I bet this guy wouldn't have the balls to write this if Ron was still alive but couldn't broadcast anymore. what an idiot

I was thinking the same thing.

And as for the broadcasts, Pat Hughes is good enough to carry a broadcast on his own, Ron was there for the entertainment aspect of it. I spend a lot of nights out in my garage listening to the radio calls of Cubs games during the summer.....I'm worried that the new broadcast team won't be able to keep me entertained as well as Pat and Ron always could.

 

[JP4CY]

Ron made up for a lot of what people miss in Harry calling games with Steve Stone on TV. Stoney was a great technical guy to listen to as is Pat. I wonder if Bernstein would have the guts to write an article like this about Harry too.

 

[BigSkyCy2]

I was thinking the same thing.

And as for the broadcasts, Pat Hughes is good enough to carry a broadcast on his own, Ron was there for the entertainment aspect of it. I spend a lot of nights out in my garage listening to the radio calls of Cubs games during the summer.....I'm worried that the new broadcast team won't be able to keep me entertained as well as Pat and Ron always could.

We have a winner for Post of the Thread. I don't know how anyone could pay that close of attention to a radio broadcast for baseball, when the season is 162 games long. I had every game on in my office, only to keep me and my students entertained during the day. Did I care if the Cubs won, sure, as do all fans. Did I care that I could go 2-3 innings without Ron talking about the game, nope, because he was keeping me entertained.

 

[burn587]

All Boers and Berstein do is rile up their audience and this article will help do that. He will get the listeners and follow the Rush Limbaugh way of doing it.

Especially Bernstein. That guy is like Matty P on steroids and HGH. Every time a caller disagrees with them he treats them like they are morons and everytime a guest or his cohost disagrees he cannot let it go how "stupid he thinks they are" and how wrong they are. He generally doesn't even like it if Boers or the producer brings up a topic to discuss, mainly because it wasn't his ideas.

Listen to the Score 670 late at night. Les Grobstein is great. Been around forever and very level headed. A great historian of Chicago sports.

The Grobber definitely knows his Chicago sports history but his show isn't much to listen to. He lets moron callers ramble for minutes on end (I understand not many people are chomping at the bit to call in at 3 in the morning but still) and he really is just a meatball chicago fan. He seems to remember every detail of every game from 40 years ago, though.

 

[cyfanatic]

Listen to the Score 670 late at night. Les Grobstein is great. Been around forever and very level headed. A great historian of Chicago sports.

I would rep this but I am out! Great post and very true!

 

[CYdTracked]

First off how can you even fathom writing that until his replacement is named? I mean we could get stuck with Dave Otto who I don't mind in small doses but over an entire season could annoy me.

Of course Ron was not the best at being descriptive, how many times in a game did he say "let's take a look at the replay....yup, yup" without describing what happened and that was just classic Ron. He was a fan in the booth and he LOVED the Cubs and I think most Cubs fans didn't care that he wasn't your hot shot color guy who could ramble off useless stats at a given moment or tell you how they made a play happen or talk in-depth strategy on every pitch. He told stories of his playing days as they related to the game or let the emotional roller coaster of emotions that most Cubs fans go through come out on air. No one is going to replace the personality that Ron provided, I'm sure someone will do a better job at being a more traditional color guy but when it comes to the Cubs that isn't the only thing the fans listening care about.