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Any clones out there?

Ha, not a 'clone' but I love his show

Probably the only one of those sports broadcasters I can tolerate

Don't know if I would consider myself a clone, but I have been listening to Romey for years.

He's a blowhard who states the obvious while trying to make it seem like he's made some great insight.

He's also fond of preaching down from his pulpit in situations where someone is clearly in the wrong (e.g., corked bats, illegal supplement use), as if spitting on that person when they're down establishes his moral superiority.

Maybe it's just an act, but I don't think so. He's a dumb, self-important prick.

CRAP.

I've never heard Jim Rome's show, though that's because I prefer locally broadcast sports radio as opposed to anything in syndication. As a baseball fan I don't mind listening to say, a caller from Pittsburgh talk about the pitching staff of the Pirates or a New Englander call in to chastise the Yankee organization, etc. But syndicated programs never (to my knowledge) focus solely upon baseball - even during the season. So you have to listen to people go on and on about San Jose Shark hockey or Nebraska Cornhusker football. Living in Chicago, it's at least tolerable to wait through a discussion of Black Hawk hockey. I've been to one of their games; I know some of the names of their players. There is enough familiarity to keep me interested until they start talking about the White Sox. The problem with this is, of course, there are always those teams who peak your interest at some point during the season. You never hear enough about them.

There's a guy who hosted an overnight show for a sports radio station here. His name is Les Grobstein. The man possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of the game of baseball. He's been in the business for decades. I think he is now doing hourly reports for the competing sports station. Has anyone ever heard him? I'm sure even those of you have not lived in Chicago have similiar personalities in your cities: the guy who seems to know it, seen it all, and does it without any gimmicks.

anyone who follows sports carefully is not going to learn anything from jim rome

jim rome sucks.

its not even the fact that he does state the obvious while at the same time trying to make it sound like he's being "controversial"...its the fact that he's a horrible radio host...i cant handle the 5 minute pauses in between words/sentences/syllables...

les grobstein is a fucking monster. i know he's working for espn 1000 right now, but he doesnt really have a show...he's just a beat guy...that being said, sports radio in this city sucks, there are only two shows worth listening to and the rest is all crap like rome...

-andyk

I could care less about Jim Rome aside from a few bewildered laughs. However, I did hear him play Mouthbreather (the Jesus Lizard) on the intro from a commercial break. That gave me a little doubletake.

Andteater, you said, "les grobstein is a fucking monster." Do you mean he's a monster in that he eats up the competition and spits them out? Or, is he a monster in that he's some kind of an ogre, an on-air tyrant? Or what, exactly? I'm really curious because I really did enjoy listening to his show. For what the job of sports radio host entails, I've never heard anyone do it better. Most shows invariably flounder on debates over stats, which player did what in a particular game - that kind of nonsense. But, since the Grobber possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of sports, this rarely happened. No one would question him. Instead, they'd ask him questions, like a guy would call in, telling him that he's been debating with his father for two weeks on who started at first base for the Cubs in 1956. Les, without hesitation, would have the answer. It'd clear way for the more interesting discussions of sport: Who's the better center fielder, Mays or Mantle? Can small market teams compete in this day and age? Does Billy Bean have a system worth copying? It was good radio while it lasted.

tony-

i meant that he was a monster in the sense that he knows just about every little stat you could ever imagine...that being said, i cant say i'm much of a fan anymore - he hosted a saturday morning show for a while this summer and it was not very entertaining...i'm not sure what the problem was, for i used to like his overnight show...but yeah...thats what i meant.

-andyk

Tony wrote:Andteater, you said, "les grobstein is a fucking monster." Do you mean he's a monster in that he eats up the competition and spits them out? Or, is he a monster in that he's some kind of an ogre, an on-air tyrant? Or what, exactly? I'm really curious because I really did enjoy listening to his show. For what the job of sports radio host entails, I've never heard anyone do it better. Most shows invariably flounder on debates over stats, which player did what in a particular game - that kind of nonsense. But, since the Grobber possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of sports, this rarely happened. No one would question him. Instead, they'd ask him questions, like a guy would call in, telling him that he's been debating with his father for two weeks on who started at first base for the Cubs in 1956. Les, without hesitation, would have the answer. It'd clear way for the more interesting discussions of sport: Who's the better center fielder, Mays or Mantle? Can small market teams compete in this day and age? Does Billy Bean have a system worth copying? It was good radio while it lasted.