Listening to Mr. North right now going on how the Cubs having the best record in baseball means nothing because they are in the National League. Oh well…I guess thats what I get for tuning him in.

Kasey

Give the man your “shut up” award. Then turn your dial on your radio and make sure you never listen to the man again. So much of television/radio has no constructive talks… they just like to verbally shred whatever they can. This is what gets them short term ratings… Just find something else to listen too, and hopefully enough Cub fans will change the channel to hurt his ratings and he’ll learn to be a better steward of his mouth.

its humorous to listen to idiocy dribble from his mouth. its just white sox sentiment, him and the yes man of his next to him whining about the sox and annoyed at the fact that they truly are the ignored step-child of the city.

Yeah, he was talking with Steve Stone about this. Stoney did praise Marmol, but in praising Linebrink, he gave a stat which he prefaced with “if you throw out the Cliff Floyd homer” (from Friday, where Linebrink gave up the game-winner)...

Sorry Steve, did that shot not count?

I actually stream the score here in MN during the day (as long as the Cubs aren’t playing that afternoon), and I would have to agree. Whether its the Cubs or not, callers who do not agree with North, or Boers and Bernstein for that matter, are automatically labeled as idiots or morons and generally get hung up on.

I do find Murph’s show enjoyable.

isnt the only idiot. espn hates us, fox hate us, most teams in baseball hate us. oh I hope the day comes this year that we can smear this in their ignorant faces. then they will be all over us. what a season, i been waiting for this all my life, one of the best teams ever—i can hear it now!

The only Mike North I know of used to run a half-assed hot dog stand over by Schurz High School. Place just up and shut down a few years ago, though…..

Breaking News out of Chicago today….

Water is still….. wet.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.;)

I used to like the Score when Mike Murphy was on in the morning, but Mike North is unlistenable. I would really enjoy a more neutral local morning sports radio show, as it is now I listen to Mike and Mike on ESPN, but outside of thier Stone Cold Lead Pipe Locks and football talk, they’re really just background noise. I don’t care about ultimate fighting or hockey or the Celtics/Lakers or most national stories, so I don’t get why the third largest sports market in the country can’t get their own morning show.

I love Mac, Jurko, and Harry though. Mac is the kind of Sox fan I like, a smart baseball fan who just tells it like he sees it – not a Cubs hater (North) or always negative (Boers and Bernstein). I don’t like how Harry plays both sides of the fence so much, but he’s a smart baseball guy and says what I’m thinking as a fan a lot. I also love having Jurko’s perspective as a former pro – which is why I like Mike and Mike sometimes. Even though these three guys are fans, they present the truth in an unsensationalized way.

BTW – From listening to Mac lately, it sounds like North’s days may be numbered anyway.

are pretty good. I like them because they’ll present things in an mostly unbiased way. Waddle was great when he was on WGN too. I like when they have Mark Giangreco on too, he’s pretty funny. Unfortunately, I don’t get to listen to them much right in the middle of the workday.

I actually like Dave Kaplan on WGN at night too. He’s kind of a blowhard sometimes (my wife thinks he’s way too much of a namedropper), but he’s a smart baseball reporter.

Over Mike North and his rude idiocy, ANY morning. IMHO.

because he operates under a number of false impressions. Most notably, that the National League is inferior to the American League. Now, just looking at the statistics, (that he so dutifully trots out), it may look as though this is the case. However, North only shows his ignorance because he downplays the NL; saying that they should be so much better statistically because they get to face the pitcher, instead of another hitter. Logically, this argument is flawed from the get-go, mainly in that one can not draw comparisons when there is nothing to compare it to. One can assume, (make an ass out of themselves), this, but in order to make a comparison and draw logical assumptions, you must have equal sides. Now North would call me an idiot, but that’s ok. I went to college for Philosophy, whereas Mike North used to sell hot dogs until his big mouth got him a job.

There are very few people who can sustain a radio talk show by themselves and Mike North isn’t one of them.

for why I don’t listen to sports radio with the ocassional acceptance of Mike and Mike in the Morning and Dave Kaplan.

go back a long way. IIRC, there was something involving Mark Grace not talking to The Socre guys in the early 90’s. SInce then, I think the coverage of the Cubs by them has been very biased.

However, North is an idiot. He’s a grade A idiot in fact. I don’t listen often, but I did get a taste a few weeks ago when he was talking about (of all things) politics! They were talking about McCain and specifically about McCain’s mother. They mentioned how she is continuously brought out so that the campaign could underscore that though McCain is 72, he’s a young 72. Look at how young and vibrant his mother is.

So, North questioned, with an accusatory tone, as to why the Obama campaign was hiding Obama’s mother. Why, he asked, was she never put in front of the media. Oh, I don’t know, Mike. Maybe it’s because she died of ovarian cancer in 1995.

He’s a tool. A complete tool. But White Sox fans must love him. He gets ratings.

North’s whole bit is based on ridiculous, dim-witted opinions designed to generate maximum controversy which, unfortunately, seems to be working.
I haven’t listened to him since his days with Dan Jiggets. The best way to handle him is to turn the dial, keep it turned and ignore.

The big Sox fan. He rips into them, even though they are in first place in a weak AL Central, (how ‘bout that for a surprise!) He failed this morning to state, or understand for that matter; that a few hits in just a couple of those games at the orange peel v. Tampa & they could have come home 2-2 or 3-1 from Tampa. No, he doesn’t even mention this, he always says that he is tough on the Sox b/c he is a life long fan, and wants them to win. Then he mentions in the same breath that Cubs fans are idiots because we don’t tear down our team for their “betterment” as he does the Sox. Well. if this an example of a Sox fan, count me out… I won’t root against them, and might even root for them from time to time – but I’ll never go over to the dark side.

All I heard this morning from North was him whining why the Cubs are getting so much media coverage, and that they don’t deserve any of it. For a guy who grew up in the city, how can he not already know that it’s always gonna be like that, whether he likes it or not? Why beat a dead horse over and over and over again, especially on a “professional” radio format? I swear I was listening to some punk kid outside the Cell with all his moaning this morning.

Then he goes on to say the Cubs best record in the MLB means nothing, because the NL are the triple AAA of baseball. In other words, nothing should be written about the Cubs win streak and record because we are A) in the NL B) in June and C) not his beloved White Sox.

I wish there were more options in the morning. Mike and Mike are just plain cheesy, so I usually just resort to music/podcasts. Give North the boot 670!

he started a rumor about marmol and others for sabathia and he supported it. i personally wouldnt do it.