Ron Santo, in the real broadcast, is funnier.

...was that back when Caray and Stone were, um, being allowed to seek opportunities elsewhere, some Tribune columnist (I can’t figure out who) was arguing for Greeny to be the play-by-play guy. He wasn’t trying to imitate Hughes so much as to showcase what it would be like for him to do PBP. That’s also why Alou and Sosa were there.

Of course, Greenberg would’ve partnered with Brenly in this arrangement, not Santo. But that’s the gist.

on Padres TV, color man Mark Grant did a great “Pat.” Grant admitted he listens to Pat and Ron when Cubs radiocasts are on XM, because he enjoys them so much.

He also did a bit between the two of them, with Hughes asking Santo about his ‘gameday’ toupee, in response to an E-Mail Santo received. Grant wasn’t that good doing Santo, but his Hughes was dead-on.

Hughes is very tough to mimic. I’ve never heard anybody try to do so, outside of Grant and what has been submitted in this fanpost. Those two mediocre talk hosts has best stick to their area of expertise is. (If, of course, you can call this pair—“experts.”)

it will be the first time Mike or Mike has said anything intelligent. Between Greenburg’s complete lack of anything but the vaguest insights into the sports he discusses and Golic’s weak Notre Dame apologetics and proud father tales of his son’s budding football career, that show is the epitome of everything wrong with ESPN…..and yet it’s still more tolerable that Mike North’s Morning Racist Rants.

Greenie always prefaces their playing of a Santo clip with, “we love the guy and are not making fun of him”. While Greenie is about as effeminate as a man can possibly be regarding the rough side of sports, he does know his Chicago side of things. Having graduated from NW and working at CLTV when it was born in ‘93, he covered the Cubs for a few years.

Golic on the other hand is just another dumb-ass ex-football lineman (uuhhh ball, see guy with ball, kill guy with ball), he gets by with the knowledge he’s the complete opposite of Greenberg. He doesn’t “get” the Chicago thing, which is fine.

I’ve heard them do the imitations before and well, they’re mediocre at best. They really need practice on game calling and color. Their AFL broadcasts were rather lame.

They’ve also commented on Harrys’ work, not making fun in as much as pointing out how much he was loved. To the point, in one discussion that Harry was talking about something while the game was going on and you can even hear the pitch being thrown, taken for a ball and no noting of it. Of course what Greenie didn’t get was that was a TV call Harry was making. He wasn’t on the radio that time.

If there was a local ESPN1000 show at 5-9 AM I would listen to it, just like I do Waddle & Silvy (Colin Cowherd is annoying) and Mac, Jurko & Harry (don’t even know who the national show guys are 2-6pm).

aren’t paid to say anything intelligent. They’re paid to tune in listeners; and in case you haven’t noticed, they do. Other than the NY Jets and Notre Dame football, they really have no agendas, unlike Cowherd. They get huge ratings, they must be doing something right. As for me, I enjoy them immensely. Why does everything that is ever said about sports, have to be in the most serious tone. They take sports and try and put humor in it, and if you ask me, they do a great job. Sure, they’re not the most knowledgeable people, or stand up comics by any means, but they do good radio.