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| 5:30
| Steve was not ready for that song to end. He didn't have his music ready to go and all his computer screens were blank. He was in the darkness. |
| 5:31
| That sound is the sound of the city that works on a marvelous marmalade, magical, maniacal Monday. This music has a Gershwin feel to it, like you're on hold at United Airlines. |
| 5:32
| It's such a scam for United to see that Gershwin music because they don't have to pay royalties on it. It's old enough where they didn't have to pay for the rights. Buzz thought they just played a flat $1 million for it. |
| 5:33
| Steve has noticed that the roads are a little more crowded on Mondays than the rest of the week. It might be even more crowded as people attempt to get to work early so they can get to the White Sox opener. |
| 5:34
| Apparently the White Sox home opener isn't as important as the Cubs home opener. Before that game all Steve heard about was the weather forecast. For the Sox they say maybe it'll rain and then show a photo of a squirrel. Steve was about ready to come downtown and spank Ginger Zee. She needs to start eating again and stop tanning. |
| 5:35
| Buzz's standard for too tan is Randolph Scott. That's everyone's standard of course. He's very leathery. Steve did see Leatherheads over the weekend, he didn't really like it. It didn't do well at the box office, everyone was saying Clooney "fumbled". |
| 5:36
| It seems pretty obvious that George Clooney was trying to cement his reputation as the next Cary Grant and the movie had that 1940s madcapped comedy feel, with Renee Zellweger in the Katherine Hepburn role. Sounds like Mr. Blanding's Builds His House to Buzz. |
| 5:37
| In the wake of the poor box office Buzz has been reading articles where people say that Clooney isn't a real movie star, he's just a media creation. If you look at the movies he's starred in, they haven't really done well at the box office. Michael Clayton got good reviews but it didn't do well at the box office. |
| 5:38
| Steve likes George Clooney and he thought he did a good job of directing the movie but it was really two different movies. He was also mad after reading the review in the Wall Street Journal where the woman said John Krasinksi was too bland. |
| 5:39
| Steve and Janet saw the movie at the theater where Matt Dahl is a waitress and he waited on their table. On Friday's webcast Brendan was trying to teach Matt how to pour a bottle of wine but they didn't order any. |
| 5:40
| Steve gave Matt a $20 tip after he brought back some popcorn. Then this guy paid Matt $40 if he could meet Steve. Apparently the guy and his girlfriend had rented a hotel room in the area to see a movie there because they knew Matt worked there. Something freaky was in the offing. |
| 5:41
| The dude was really hammered too. Usually Steve leaves a conversation with someone who's drunk after he repeats himself once. This guy said the same thing 10 times in 5 minutes. He also shook Steve's hand and wouldn't let go. Steve had to go limp just to get out of it. Although then he went on strong with a final handshake just to show dominance. It's very complicated being a guy. |
| 5:42
| Matt and Brendan had a try-out on The B yesterday and Steve thought they did a pretty good job. It was more music but they tried to inject some personality. Eddie and Jobo play 2 songs an hour and Matt and Brendan probably should too. Brendan, come on in here. |
| 5:43
| Matt and Brendan talked for about 30 seconds every half hour so they tried to make the most of it. Brendan was reading something and talking too slow so he talked right over the intro. And just the night before Steve defended Brendan at home because Janet told Matt he talks too slow. |
| 5:44
| Matt came up short a few times but Brendan whacked that one intro. But it's good that they got on the air over there. They like the 2 man shows over there. |
| 5:45
| A girl was supposed to show up to help them at 7 but she didn't get there until 8:30. Steve told Matt he wasn't going to listen but he did. He likes all that music though, it's everything he wants to be doing. It's all about going to strip clubs and nailing girls in limos. |
| 5:46
| The assistant program director at The B is really good friends with Mariah Carey. Steve told Todd that if she's ever in town Steve should take her out to Morton's. |
| 5:47
| That Roman guy went on tour with Mariah Carey or something. Was he a valet or a back-up dancer? Back-up dancer is the way to go, it worked for K-Fed. |
| 5:48
| That Britney was pretty hot before everything went bad. Someone needs to rescue her. Steve had the idea for a prehab facility instead of rehab. He needs to open one of those up out here. |
| 5:49
| Steve thought Matt and Brendan did a good job on a station that they're not used to. They don't know the songs yet but after a day they'd have them all memorized. |
| 5:50
| Steve noticed that they played a few songs several times, Todd runs a tight rotation. Maybe that's why Steve thought all the songs were about the same things. |
| 5:51
| Maybe Matt and Brendan could get into Todd's farm system. Steve wouldn't mind Matt working in another city just to get that damn dog out of his house. Steve did learn to like the dog when it was at his house for a week but it's still very rambunctious. |
| 5:52
| Steve doesn't need to look out in his backyard and see that dog going to the bathroom on his pool cover. |
| 5:58
| Steve normally squawks CLTV because it's local. They repeat the same stuff over and over and over though because they only have two people working there. It's very low budget. |
| 5:59
| He might have to stop watching because he can't stand seeing this commercial with the two people who got out of paying their tax debt. A lot of tax cheats much watch CLTV or something. |
| 6:00
| Steve's going to play the commercial again. This woman annoys the hell out of him. She starts in a kitchen wearing a chef's coach. So this woman and her husband must have not reported all of their income. The husband looks like a cartoon character to Buzz. |
| 6:01
| If you don't pay your taxes they should freeze your assets and send you to jail! |
| 6:02
| They took $48,000 of tax debt and brought it down to $400, what is that?! And Steve and Buzz are probably picking up the shortfall. |
| 6:03
| So Steve might have to stop watching CLTV just because of this commercial. He doesn't know what else to watch though. He's not going to watch the Today's Show or any of that crap. |
| 6:04
| It'd be great if CLTV wouldn't run that ad as much, it's sort of like admitting defeat. That couple in the kitchen really irritates Steve. And shame on the IRS for letting them get away with it. That's what prisons are for. |
| 6:05
| It's like when they give amnesty to people who don't pay their parking tickets. If you just don't pay for a few years they give you amnesty and you have to be rest. They should shackle you to a parking meter until you pay what you owe! This is what Steve and Buzz get for being law-abiding citizens. |
| 6:06
| Alright time for the web poll. Friday's question was "will you be attending Vampire Weekend?" which is a band. Only 7% voted yes but that was still probably a successful concert. |
| 6:07
| Steve should submit this poll to Todd as research to show him we should be playing more Vampire Weekend on Jack. Although Steve knows it's not a very scientific poll because he spent part of last night voting the poll down to a more reasonable outcome. |
| 6:08
| Today's web poll question is "do you prefer frozen or homemade brownies?" Consumer Reports pitted new Duncan-Hines frozen, ready-made brownie mix with the Duncan-Hines box mix. |
| 6:09
| Researchers actually preferred the frozen mixture to the box mixture. The cost of the box mixture plus eggs and vegetable spray was $3.19 while the ready-made mix was $3.69. They should call his magazine Cheapskate Reports. |
| 6:10
| It seems like the ready-made mixture is just easier. Buzz doesn't care, he just goes by taste. His mother-in-law makes a brownie from scratch though and it's quite good and he's become used to that. |
| 6:11
| Buzz likes a slightly chewy, mostly cakey brownie with nuts. Is it disturbing to Buzz's mother-in-law that he's older than she is? |
| 6:12
| Steve likes his brownies like Buzz does too though. Someone should come up with a way to make whities instead of brownies. He likes the white cake mix. It was his favorite cake as a kid. Van de Kamp's made a nice white cake with white frosting. |
| 6:13
| Buzz used to like to eat the white cake before his mom put the chocolate frosting on it. Steve prefers the white frosting, that's the way to go. |
| 6:14
| Steve remembers for a time when Buzz was ordering brownies from Domino's, delivered by their mascot Fudgy. Buzz does not remember that. |
| 6:15
| He doesn't remember? In the commercials this giant brownie would come to your door delivering pizza and brownies. Now he remembers it. |
| 6:16
| So that's the web poll for today. It's not a scientific poll, just a way to fill up space on Dahl.com and an excuse to read the article. After the break we'll find out about white brownies although they're not called whities. |
| 6:24
| Steve and Buzz's discussion about blondies, the white brownies, shall wait a moment or two. Brooks Boyer is on the phone. What's his official title again? |
| 6:25
| Brooks doesn't care what you call him as long as you come out to the ballpark. That's what it says on his business card "guy who gets people to the ballpark" |
| 6:26
| Last night's win certainly helped their cause though. The Sox swept the Tigers in Detroit over the weekend. Isn't today Steve Dahl Bobblehead Day at U.S. Cellular? |
| 6:27
| Actually the real Steve Dahl will be bobbling his head in his seat. Or he'll be nodding yes as his boys ask him for another $20. |
| 6:28
| Steve's really looking forward to the game, this is the first chance he's had to go to opening day in a while. Normally he doesn't like to skip work. With ESPN picking up the game last night they moved today's start time back so more people should be able to make it out. |
| 6:29
| And today's game is sold out although Wednesday, what Brooks likes to call the second opening day, is not sold out. And there are plenty of tickets for the rest of the week and the weekend series against the Tigers. |
| 6:30
| Brooks is wondering if Steve has shared any of his opening day memories with listeners. Steve doesn't know that he has any, he really hasn't been to opening day in a while. |
| 6:31
| Brooks wanted to know if Steve signs autographs at the games. Because all patrons are nice to the other patrons. Steve doesn't mind signing autographs, it makes him feel like a big shot. |
| 6:32
| Brooks didn't mean to scare Steve and the Hawks game the other day either. Steve's standing there and he hears someone yell his name and then hit his back. Then Brooks said "be nice to me on Monday." Why wouldn't he, it's Brooks Boyer. Steve doesn't need his tickets yanked. |
| 6:33
| The Sox have a lot planned for today. It will start off with the families of the NIU victims in attendance and the university's president throwing out the first pitch. Then they've got the flyover, which Steve loves. |
| 6:34
| Fans are going to love Nick Swisher and Orlando Cabrera. Steve also likes that Carlos Quentin guy. The Sox are off to a good start which is better than last April. They fell behind in April and never recovered. |
| 6:35
| You can't win a division in April but you can certainly lose one. And it'll be good for the Sox to get as far away from the AL Central Evil Empire. The Tigers are coming really close to the Yankees in payroll. |
| 6:36
| The Twins are coming to town today. If Steve were that team he'd never recover from losing Santana. But you see what the Mets are paying him and they really couldn't keep him. Plus the way the Twins are, when they lose a guy they just stick a new prospect in there and he fills the gap. |
| 6:37
| That's Brooks Boyer, vice president of marketing for the Sox. He does a good job for them and he used to work for the Bulls. He's made that place great, along with the green seats. Those blue seats had a 90s feel to them, or even the 80s. |
| 6:38
| In 2006 they were only able to put in some of the green seats because of the playoffs and World Series the year before. Last year it was all green and it was great. |
| 6:39
| Caller Larry thought those blue seats from The Cell would have gone well with what Dave Dombrowski of the Tigers was wearing last night. He was dressed like Mr. Rogers and there was something wrong with his trousers. There was some sort of fold or something and when he sat down it looked like he should have been a porno star. |
| 6:40
| Joe Morgan and John Miller couldn't stop talking to Dombrowski while his team was getting the snot kicked out of them. Why don't they get a room or something. |
| 6:41
| Caller Susan is out in Geneva and looking forward to another beautiful spring day. It was really nice yesterday. Although Steve was under the impression it was supposed to rain all weekend. That's why he didn't get his car washed on Friday. Although if he had got his car washed on Friday it wouldn't have rained. So Steve will take credit for the nice weather. |
| 6:42
| Even though it's supposed to be nice today Steve brought his winter coat, gloves and knit cap just in case. He also has a spring jacket but it is Chicago, you never know. |
| 6:43
| Is Susan alright, Steve's hearing a lot of noise on her end. She was just putting her gas station receipt away. How much did she pay today for gas? It was about $46 for her Buick Rendezvous. Is that half a tank? That Rendezvous is a nice car although Buick needs to update their logo. It says "old man". |
| 6:44
| Susan's husband is like Steve, he doesn't like chocolate brownies. When they were dating they went to a restaurant that served a blondie, which is a brownie made without chocolate. She got the recipe and she makes them frequently. You can make them chewier or more cake like and that's determined by adding an extra egg. What time can Susan be over with those? |
| 6:45
| Steve doesn't like chocolate as a rule, chocolate is a girl thing. It's less manly to like chocolate. You know how Steve knows that? Because our own Pete likes hot chocolate. He drinks it two-handed like Jennifer Aniston on Friends. The mugs are very heavy these days. |
| 6:46
| On Friday Steve was talking about the prize wheel and how maybe he might spin it too much. He's going to try to be more judicious about spinning the wheel though. |
| 6:47
| A lot of times people call in just to win the prize although today both calls deserved a spin. It's Steve's show, he can do what he wants. And sometimes if he's taking a lot of calls spinning the wheel for every person slows things down. Steve got an email over the weekend about the prize wheel though, he doesn't even know what it means. But first a call. |
| 6:48
| Caller Warren wanted to remind Steve that there are still two blue seats at The Cell, where Podsednik and Konerko's home run and grand slam hit in 2005. That's not bad and in the scheme of things you can't really see 2 blue seats. |
| 6:49
| Steve's going to take a break before he reads this email. This guy sends Steve a lot of emails, maybe he should be blocked. |
| 6:50
| Perhaps Buzz can tell Steve what this email means because he doesn't get it. Steve might be too accessible, he's thinking of dialing it up to Howard Hughes. Buzz is wondering who his sole liaison to the outside world would be. Would Pete be the one shuffling in and out of the darkened hotel room? Steve would prefer if Buzz did it. |
| 6:56
| We've got a Soxapalooza today. Brooks Boyer was just on, Ron Kittle is coming up soon and Pat Boyle, Peanut Butter, will be in-studio. |
| 6:57
| Steve would have done a Cubsapalooza but he doesn't care. Actually he met Len Kaspar at the Comcast Sportsnet Awards and he said he'd come on the show whenever Steve wanted. |
| 6:58
| The staff of the show is Cubs fans, including Stephanie as we learned last week. Now that Tina's gone she's gone back to the Cubs. Steve tried to call her last week and she was at the Cubs game. |
| 6:59
| Steve calls up to the office. That was the first Cubs game Stephanie has been to in 2 years. If Steve hears about her going to another game she's going over his knee. It might happen anyway just for the one game. |
| 7:00
| Stephanie's the only Sox fan left now that Tina is gone. She'll step it up just for Steve then. She did wear black and white to the game but it wasn't specifically Sox gear. |
| 7:01
| Did Pete go to any games over the weekend? Steve was getting an out-of-town feel from Pete because he didn't answer any of his emails. Or was he just ignoring him? |
| 7:02
| Pete was in town and he went to the game on Saturday, he saw a nice win. Steve sent an email about Ellie Pai Hong and Ginger Zee going at a hot dog together. Pete didn't respond because he wanted to make sure he had the tape, which he didn't. So he was trying to cover his own mistake then. |
| 7:03
| Some guy emailed Steve that Ellie Pai Hong and Ginger Zee decided to eat a foot long hot dog and each started at an opposite end. That's audio we have to have. Any time there's girl-on-girl TV tape should be rolling. |
| 7:04
| Penny who rides the levels down in the Jack studios says there was no audio. That's impossible, they had to be talking about it before they did it. She's dead to Steve anyway after that day when she wouldn't hold the phone up to her when the computers were down. If she had the phone at her ear she could hear a tone so she would know to hit the commercials. |
| 7:05
| There has to be audio of them eating the hot dog though and that's what the letter says. According to the email at the end of the 10 am news on Saturday Ginger and Ellie contemplated eating the foot long hot dog. Emailer Chuck has direct quotes from the broadcast too. That sounds like audio to Steve. |
| 7:06
| Larry Wert probably has it, in heavy rotation on his computer. Steve will have to get it from him. As an alternative, Pete has Charlie Wojciechowski and Warner Saunders' computer segment. |
| 7:07
| Alright so here's this email about the prize wheel. Steve questing the entire process on Friday and put it on blocks for some scrutiny. Nothing was really decided though. |
| 7:08
| The emailer says we shouldn't give as many prizes to the staff's relatives. What's he saying, we're stealing them? It sounds like Bob of Bob and Ron to Buzz. Who sends things like that to other humans? |
| 7:09
| For a second Buzz thought he knew what the guy was talking about but then he lost it. We're being accused of stealing the gift certificates. Steve's pretty sure he can afford dinner. |
| 7:10
| Steve got a letter from a guy who him talking about the Jim Thome and A.J. Pierzynski bobbleheads he got for being a season ticket holder. The arms on both bobbleheads were broken. |
| 7:11
| The guy works for Empire and sent Steve an Empire Man bobblehead doll, holding a briefcase. The arms won't break because they're closer to the side of the doll. It comes in a nice box too. |
| 7:12
| Steve's working on getting his own bobbleheads. He hates to take this one out of the box though, now he's become like a crazed Star Wars collector. |
| 7:13
| For the almost 13 years that Steve's been working in this building for CBS someone has been promising him a bobblehead doll. He's going to call down to the newsroom to check on the status of his bobblehead doll. |
| 7:14
| Adam is Mr. Spend Thrift, he wants about $150,000 to do the It's Too Early DVDs, he likes to do things first class. Adam's still checking on removable headphone and microphone accessories for the bobbleheads, at Steve's request. |
| 7:15
| Steve requested that? He doesn't want it if it adds to the cost. Steve's staff suggested the accessories anyway, not him. Adam likes the idea but that's because it spends more of Steve's money. |
| 7:16
| There was a bobblehead of Steve with headphones and a mic but Jeff Schwartz might have taken off with it when he quit. Then he went to ESPN in Chicago. He quit while Steve was on vacation, a vacation Jeff made him take so he could quit. He called him on a Friday to tell him, clicked over becuase there was another call coming in and then he's on ESPN being interviewed. |
| 7:17
| Adam should try to track down that other bobblehead because Steve doesn't want to have to sit there having photos taken of him from every angle. Adam even said they needed photos with his pants off. He said he the head wouldn't be the only thing that would bobble. |
| 7:18
| Why doesn't Adam put that DVD project on the backburner, Steve's not spending that much money on it. Adam thinks this is a great time to do the DVDs, they'll be done just in time for Christmas. Steve doesn't care about that! |
| 7:19
| He was toying with a pre-order to see how much interest there was. Then he's cancel the project if not enough people pre-ordered. He'd still lose money refunding the money though. |
| 7:23
| Ron Kittle is on the phone but he's getting ready to go on Fox in about a minute. He'll call back right after he's done with the segment. |
| 7:24
| Alright let's do the NCAA brackets then, although we all know what happened. He likes to stay with the concept and Brendan has guided us every step of the way. |
| 7:25
| Steve picked North Carolina, as did Brendan, and they got crushed by Kansas. That's Bill Self coaching Kansas, or Bill Selfish as Steve calls him. He really pimped the U of I program. |
| 7:26
| Memphis beat UCLA as well. You could tell from the outset that Memphis was going to win. Steve went with UCLA because they were his alma mater for about 45 minutes. Steve would pick Memphis over Kansas tonight though. |
| 7:27
| Brendan's also picking Memphis because he can't root for Bill Self. Although John Calipari, the coach of Memphis, isn't very likable either. |
| 7:28
| Ron Lewis, who doesn't even work for us technically, is winning with 119. Mary has 108, Jim with 102, Brendan with 91, Steve with 90, Stephanie with 89, Pete with 80 and Adam with 46. Adam picked Butler to win it all. |
| 7:29
| If Memphis wins tonight Ron wins the pool. If Kansas win Stephanie wins. It sounds a little fixed. She's the only person checking the brackets, she could be changing the scores. |
| 7:30
| Ron Kittle is back on the phone, he wasn't on for very long with Fox. It's TV time, they run you through pretty quickly. They made him wear his retro 1983 jersey, he told him he wears it to bed every night. |
| 7:31
| They're going to have an 80s weekend coming up and on the day they unveil the Harold Baines statue the team will wear the retro jerseys. That's one of the hottest selling jerseys in the country but Ron hated them at the time. |
| 7:32
| Ron sent Steve a jacket and he was hoping he'd come out golfing with him. Steve would golf but Ron would have to teach him. |
| 7:33
| Steve saw a nice thing on channel 7 last week about Ron's benches. They filmed for 3 hours and aired about a 3 minute segment. That's TV for you. Steve has the World Series bench that Ron made and it's still holding up. |
| 7:34
| You can go to Ron's website to view the benches although he's working on getting that thing redesigned. His daughter was supposed to do it but kids usually don't want to do stuff for their parents. |
| 7:35
| Steve sees that Ron's got a Northside bench on here as well. He also did one for the Yankees and a Blue Jays bench. |
| 7:36
| Steve was thinking of Ron still does those charity softball games, count him in for that. Ron actually just got some photos scanned from a charity game Steve was in with Carlton Fisk. |
| 7:37
| After Steve left Ron and Pudge went out. When Ron got home he took off all his clothes and jumped into his pool to cool off. He forgot to hold his breath and almost drowned. If it wasn't for the pool vacuum the headline would have been "Former baseball player found nude, dead in pool." |
| 7:38
| Those benches he makes are awesome and he's got a Cubs one too so he's branching out. |
| 7:39
| Steve knows this is going to sound gay but Ron is the strongest guy he has ever met in his life. If you just go to pat him on the back you'd be amazed at how developed he is. That's all Steve's saying. He never misses an opportunity to pat him on the back. Buzz thinks he's copping a quick feel. Steve knows what it sounds like but for a man Ron's age it's remarkable. |
| 7:40
| There's no need to mock Steve though, he's admitting it. He doesn't say that about Dan Pasqua though. Steve's met him about 100 times and he never remembers him. |
| 7:41
| Friday was the last Blackhawks home game, it was Fan Appreciation Night. Although apparently they don't appreciate Steve, he didn't get anything. They had a bunch of fans on the ice getting jerseys off the player's backs. |
| 7:42
| This is going to sound gay too but when Adam Burish took his sweater off he had a tank top on. He seemed quite built as well. Steve might have just become gay, is that possible? He doesn't want to follow through with it though, he just wants to admire like a sculptor. Although he can't sculpt. |
| 7:43
| Steve does have his sweater from the puck drop though. And he'd like to once again say he was the only radio guy who didn't get booed. Roe Conn did the puck shoot on Friday and he was booed more and more with every shot. |
| 7:44
| They didn't have a hot enough girl to distract the crowd from Roe Conn. And there was another girl so it sort of watered down the concept. Roe took it in the shorts though and Steve couldn't have been happier. |
| 7:45
| Steve cheered all the other Radio Icons, the original 6 as they refer to themselves as. Then Steve Cochran got added, like an expansion team, so Steve booed him. |
| 7:50
| We had some problems with our internet stream last week, we had a weak stream. We might need to take some Flomax. |
| 7:51
| Usually if there's an issue Steve will get emails about it but today he only got one so he just wants to make sure it's still working. It seems like it's working although it's delayed. Let's hear what we just did. |
| 7:52
| Seems like it's working to Steve. If we stayed with the stream long enough something weird might happen. Steve just saw a cartoon of him in a hammock and he doesn't know what it's for. It looks like he's going somewhere or doing something. Steve's not aware of any hammocky areas he'll be frequenting. |
| 7:53
| Steve's just going to call Adam, he should know why he's in a hammock. He's vice president of marketing for Steve Dahl International. Steve is president but in title only. |
| 7:54
| Adam says that it's just a photo they use for the stream. Again, why is Steve in a hammock? When we first started on Jack they asked for some artwork to use. Adam's wondering what pose Steve would like to be in then. Adam's already on Steve's list, no need to be a smart-ass. How about the baseball artwork, that would be good for opening day. |
| 7:55
| Live read: Joebees |
| 7:56
| It's time for Steve to take his bee pollen. Bee pollen is nature's most perfect food. |
| 7:57
| That Joe Bee is an energetic little fella. Probably because he's on the bee pollen. |
| 7:58
| We've got the nuevos rancheros coming up but Steve's going to do the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell first. It's not quite 8 am though. |
| 7:59
| Steve's looking at the atomic clock on the wall, it says 7:59. Buzz's watch is 2 minutes slow. |
| 8:00
| Alright, it's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. On the phone is Tom from Fox Lake. Last time Steve talked to Tom he thought he was 12 years old. That would be illegal though. |
| 8:01
| They're selling the Cheesy Beefy Melts up in Fox Lake like they're going out of style. And they actually are, Thursday is the last day to get them. |
| 8:02
| Steve is also giving away a taco a day for a year to the person with the best Taco Bell experience/adventure. |
| 8:03
| Joining us now is Ed Farmer, voice of the Chicago White Sox. Ed got into Chicago at 4 am, just when Steve was getting up. He drove in with Steve Stone, he couldn't let him drive alone. |
| 8:04
| Steve is loving Ed and Steve Stone together, it sounds great. Steve and Ed both know their stuff. They're trying not to overload people with too much stuff though. |
| 8:05
| It was nice to score 13 runs last night after ESPN did nothing but talk about the Tigers before and during the game. |
| 8:06
| They probably just needed to find something to fill air time since the Tigers were down so much. That's when they need to find hot chicks in the stands. |
| 8:07
| The thing that has surprised Steve so much, or at least what he's glad to see, is that they're not giving up. They seem to be gelling as a team which they didn't do last year. |
| 8:08
| Steve is liking Carlos Quentin in centerfield too. It'll be interesting when Jerry Owens comes back though. |
| 8:09
| Steve doesn't see any clouds in the sky looking west so hopefully it stays nice today. |
| 8:10
| The Tigers do not get a break though, they're heading to Boston next. Steve loves when a team is good on paper and bad on the field. |
| 8:11
| Even if you're a Cubs fan you should check out Ed and Steve Stone. They're in rare form. |
| 8:12
| Baseball is all about the pitching so when you have those two guys explaining it at that level it makes it really enjoyable. |
| 8:13
| Steve's going to take a break and then after that the news for sure. Although Pat Boyle is supposed to be coming in. Maybe he could sit in and comment on the news. Steve knows he has some very strong views on Africa and Darfur. |
| 8:20
| That's Dave Dombrowski on ESPN last night. Steve did not appreciate what was going on with his pants. Either it was a weird fold or he should be doing pornos. |
| 8:21
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 8:22
| News with Buzz |
| 8:23
| Protests over China's involvement in Tibet caused the Olympic torch to be extinguished in Paris. What's the big deal about all this? It's just because if Tibet? The games were in Russia once, don't people know what went on there? |
| 8:24
| The torch is due to arrive in San Francisco later this week. It'll probably just as crazy out there. |
| 8:25
| Hillary Clinton has fired her top strategist after he met with Columbian officials about a trade deal the candidate opposes. Didn't something similar happen in Obama's campaign? You think the Columbians bring blow to their meetings? |
| 8:26
| Meanwhile Chelsea Clinton was in Chicago yesterday. Chelsea has some bad mic technique. Don't Lewinsky it! Chelsea said that if her mom won the election she wouldn't move back into the White House. |
| 8:27
| 18 girls were removed from from a polygamist sect compound in Texas. How did it go on for that long? You've got a bunch of people living in the desert, the sect was started by that Warren Jeffs guy |
| 8:28
| A new report shows that a quick withdrawal from Iraq could lead to chaos and possibly genocide. Once again kudos to Saddam for keeping a lid on that whole place. |
| 8:29
| The guy was from a minority religion in Iraq and he becomes dictator. And he poker faced us on those WMDs. He should be in the World Series of Poker with that bluff. |
| 8:30
| Bottles were thrown and street signs were pulled down when Michigan State's Cedar Fest got out of control over the weekend. |
| 8:31
| Hollywood is remembering Charlton Heston, who died on Saturday of Alzheimer's-related complications. SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE! Steve knew it was people. |
| 8:32
| A tabloid report is saying that the death of Sonny Bono might have been more than an accident. A former FBI agent says he was assassinated. By hitmen dressed as trees? |
| 8:33
| The agent suggests that Bono was beaten on a ski slope by men hired by drug dealers, who were afraid he would expose them. Then it was staged to make it look like he ran into a tree. |
| 8:34
| Lt. Governor Pat Quinn won't say whether he thinks Rod Blagojevich should be removed from office but he is in favor of recall votes for Illinois. |
| 8:35
| That sounds bad but in Illinois the governor and lieutenant governor don't run on the same ticket. Quinn can see the writing on the wall. |
| 8:36
| Starting today riders on some CTA bus routes will be able to track where their bus is online or on a cellphone. |
| 8:37
| A group of teenagers in Australia attacked a high school with bats and machetes. It caused the school to be locked down for the day. |
| 8:38
| Steve's looking at the bus tracker. What are the odds that the average busgoer has the means to look up the bus location on a computer or phone? Steve can track a route for Buzz if he wants. How about the 147, that's what Buzz would take if he took the bus. |
| 8:39
| Buzz has thought of taking the bus because of the money it would save him. It would almost be like having a second job. The 147 isn't on here though, they only have 14 routes. Get back to Steve when you have all of them. |
| 8:40
| Meanwhile the CTA has a $5 million deficit. It probably cost $5 million for this program, all so Ron Huberman can walk around a bar showing the system off to people on his PDA. |
| 8:41
| Prince is on the phone. He doesn't think people should take buses. Steve has no idea what Prince is saying. Is he saying people shouldn't take the bus? |
| 8:42
| Prince is anti-bus, that's what he's saying. Steve doesn't take the bus either. The bus tracker seems like a stupid service. |
| 8:43
| Brendan also takes the 147 up to Matt's house. It's only a 20 minute ride, that's nothing. Buzz should take it with him some time. They could sit next to each other, Brendan could run ideas by him for the show. It could be like a mentoring program. |
| 8:44
| Buzz is going to take the bus home today. Steve will not be taking a bus or a train to U. S. Cellular though. He might stop by and see Mike Dahl and his friends, they're tailgating today. |
| 8:45
| Steve isn't opposed to talking the L though he just hasn't found a time or place to do it. He almost took it when he went to the Chinese New Year Parade because parking is tough down in Chinatown. |
| 8:46
| Luckily Steve got a call from a guy he knows down there who said he had a space for him. Steve went down there on that Sunday and saw his guy waiting for him. He pulled his car out of a space but as Steve was trying to back in some guy pulls into the space front first. |
| 8:47
| Normally that's when Steve pulls right up next to the guy so he can't open his door and then they have a little chat. Normally Steve goes into I-don't-care-if-you-kill-me mode, he's going to settle this. |
| 8:48
| But his Chinatown guy drove away so Steve assumed that he had another space somewhere else. So Steve starts following this guy and they're going further and further from Chinatown. |
| 8:49
| Once the guy got on the expressway going north Steve realized that he followed the wrong guy. He just thought it was his guy because he was Chinese. |
| 8:50
| Over the weekend that kid got killed with a baseball bat. Steve has noticed that all the TV stations are keeping tallies of how many Chicago Public School students have been killed. |
| 8:51
| They started that up after the NIU shootings, even though these kids in Chicago aren't being killed at school. That's just how they're framing it on the news though. |
| 8:52
| That's how they've always done it. Steve remembers one of the first carjackings reported in this city. Then after that every news story was about carjackings. |
| 8:53
| One of that kid's relatives said that someone has to put a stop to black-on-black crime. How about putting a stop to all crime? |
| 8:59
| Joining Steve and Buzz in the studio is Pat Boyle. Steve saw last night they had a special one hour Sportsnite. That's the normal Sunday gig. |
| 9:00
| Today they do have an hour long pre-game for the Sox game today. How about those Sox too? They've been amazing so far. |
| 9:01
| No cramps for Carlos Zambrano yesterday, he was drinking plenty of water and eating a lot of bananas. He said he felt like a monkey. We've got some audio of Big Z from yesterday. Pete's just loading that up now. |
| 9:02
| Derrek Lee and Alfonso Soriano also had home runs yesterday. Pete might have thought there'd be more small talk with Pat before the sports. Is Pete cramping up over there, does he need a banana? Because Steve has a banana for him. |
| 9:03
| Pete thought he had the Zambrano audio under CZ but it's not there. It's a clerical mistake. How can it be in two places at once? |
| 9:04
| Steve thought he should talk about the Cubs a little more to balance things out. Although the Sox had a better weekend. When was the last time they swept the Tigers at Comerica? |
| 9:05
| Derrek Lee is starting to hit, he's got 3 home runs already. Last year it took him 21 games to get his first home run. And Fukudome is still playing well, it seems like he's everything they wanted. |
| 9:06
| Pat only had one tape today, the Zambrano audio. All that work for nothing? What about Ozzie and Joe Morgan, no audio on that? |
| 9:07
| Did Pat see last night when the ump got hit and he was on mic? AJ said "OH MY GOD" and then the ump swore. AJ seemed genuinely concerned for the ump and John Miller was trying to say that it was nice that he seemed to care but he couldn't quite get it out that way. |
| 9:08
| Does Pete have what Miller said after the ump got hit? It was something about AJ rarely endearing himself to anyone. It seemed like an unnecessary slam. |
| 9:09
| ESPN was trying to do anything to keep the audience last night. They were really hyping the Tigers and then they lost 13-2. They talked to Dave Dombrowski for 45 minutes! |
| 9:10
| Is Steve the only one who noticed the bulge in Dombrowski's pants? He doesn't need to see that! |
| 9:11
| The guy who wears the M & M jacket at the Sox games called in last week. He wanted Steve to come to opening day with him but he declined the offer. |
| 9:12
| The Sox have a new plaque that's going to list all the season ticket holders. Being a season ticket holder saved Steve during his Blackhawks puck drop. Roe Conn was booed mercilessly on Friday. |
| 9:13
| Alright Pete has that John Miller audio ready. He says that AJ rarely endears himself to anyone. What does that even mean? |
| 9:14
| It seems like he was trying to say that it was nice that AJ showed some compassion but he couldn't pull the trigger on it. Instead he turned it around and made it seem like it was AJ's fault. |
| 9:15
| Before the game Ozzie got into it with Joe Morgan a little bit but it wasn't on TV. They got into an argument about who was the better player to come from Puerto Rico. |
| 9:16
| Ozzie says it's Pudge or Roberto Alomar but Joe Morgan said it was Roberto Clemente. Joe said Ozzie was crazy and Ozzie had a few choice words for him. |
| 9:17
| Ozzie couldn't let it go though and after the game he was talking about it to the media. It's just Ozzie's opinion, he can say whatever he wants. And Ozzie loves Roberto Clemente anyway. |
| 9:18
| Steve thinks Clemente is the politically correct choice. He might benefit a bit more because he had a shortened career and he died in a plane crash trying to deliver supplies to hurricane victims. |
| 9:19
| This story just proves how pompous Joe Morgan is though. Steve has met him and he's a pompous ass. Pat also had a run-in with Joe, he'll tell the full story after the break. |
| 9:25
| It seems like Ozzie and Joe Morgan were arguing about the best Latin American baseball player ever. |
| 9:26
| So Pat Boyle is here and he has a Joe Morgan story. Joe Morgan and John Miller are both pompous. They're really pompous for guys who do one game per week. |
| 9:27
| So Pat is working in Detroit and ESPN comes to town to do Sunday Night Baseball. They asked him if he wanted to help out so of course he says yes. |
| 9:28
| The first thing they do is ask Pat to go pick up Joe Morgan at his hotel. At the time Joe and John did not get along so they didn't ride in a car together. |
| 9:29
| Pat's first mistake was turning his car off while he went into the hotel because it was a 95ª day. He calls up to Joe's room and the first thing he hears is a flush. That bathroom phone must be the dirtiest thing in the hotel room and everything in a hotel room is dirty. |
| 9:30
| Joe comes down about 15 minutes later and there were a bunch of people asking for autographs because the A's were also staying there. People start to recognize Joe but he's just pushing everyone off. He's not even acknowledging them. |
| 9:31
| Pat finally approaches him and says he's here to give him a ride. It's been 15 minutes and the windows in Pat's car were up. He opens the door and it's like a sauna. Then the air conditioning doesn't work. |
| 9:32
| So Pat and Joe are both sweating buckets and Pat's trying to make small talk. Joe asks what's up with the air conditioning. That's a reasonable question, Steve will say that. |
| 9:33
| They get to a stop light and in the cab next to them in a few Oakland A's like Ricky Henderson and Jose Canseco. After what a jerk Joe was to Pat and everyone in the lobby he was all smiles with the guys on the A's. |
| 9:34
| They got to the ballpark, Joe slammed the car door and then he had some choice words about Pat to some guy with ESPN. |
| 9:35
| Ozzie can think whatever he wants though. If he wants to think Roberto Alomar is the best Latin American ever he can. |
| 9:36
| Brian Urlacher is not participating in voluntary workouts with the Bears today, he's unhappy with his contract. But it's a contract! It's for 10 years. Steve knows he has some extra expenses now with the out-of-wedlock kids but c'mon. |
| 9:37
| He's not coming off his best year on the field plus he's coming off neck surgery so he doesn't have a lot of bargaining power. |
| 9:38
| Pat will never understand why he signed a 10-year contract. He had to know that NFL salaries would continue to skyrocket. |
| 9:39
| Urlacher has 2 kids with his ex-wife and then one kid with that other woman. She must have some rap because she's not that good looking. |
| 9:40
| Did Pat happen to notice what Hawk and DJ we wearing on opening day in Cleveland? Nothing they had on matched. Can't they get Mark Shale up there or something? |
| 9:41
| They said it was supposed to be cloudy and maybe rain today but it looks clear to Steve. |
| 9:42
| Pat's wondering what Steve's plans are for opening day. He'll probably head over to Jimbo's before the game, have a few and then nail a monstrosity in the alley. Actually he'll probably just go to the gym and then head over to the game. |
| 9:50
| That's Tammy Souza giving Steve a shout-out today. She might be hot for him. Maybe she wants to go to a game? It would be strictly professional of course. |
| 9:51
| Steve was talking to Pat during the break, they forgot to mention that the Bulls are out of playoff contention. The Hawks had their final game of the season yesterday against Detroit, they lost. |
| 9:52
| Steve's got the White Sox now to fill up his empty hours. He counted all of his games, he's going to 53 this year. One year he'll try to do all 81 though. As Steve learned with the Blackhawks, by 5 or 6 at night he's looking for something to do. With the old schedule he was always looking to get out of stuff at night. |
| 9:53
| Steve only missed 2 Blackhawks games after he got his season tickets and that's because he was out of town. It made the winter fly by too. And it made winter makes sense. |
| 9:54
| Steve's going today, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. He's got 3 people who buy tickets from him, David from The Little Guys, Mary's father-in-law and Shu. It's a tight group. |
| 9:55
| Steve wants to go to more games with his new schedule. David from The Little Guys only wants to go to the Cubs games on the schedule though. |
| 9:56
| There are some afternoon games coming up that Buzz could attend. On April 28th there's a 1:05 game against Baltimore. |
| 9:57
| Steve's excited to go though, it seems like a nice day. The local media made a big deal about the weather for the Cubs opener but not really for the Sox. It might be that the Cubs had Opening Day, officially sanctioned by MLB. |
| 9:58
| It's always amazing to Buzz how much media attention the Cubs get. That's because most of your broadcasters are Cubs fans, it's the thing to do. Steve keeps it real though. It looks very nice out though but Steve prepared for cold weather. |
| 9:59
| Buzz doesn't have the kind of loyalty to any team that Steve has, it must be fun. He used to have that with the Dolphins but they lost too much. |
| 10:00
| The Kilman's do root for the Bears, at least until they can see that things aren't going well. Your best bet is to just take things one game at a time. You need some light at the end of the tunnel. Right now we have Rex Grossman though. |
| 10:01
| Steve thinks it'll be Kyle Orton as QB. And he can check with Jim just to make sure but at the beginning of spring training Steve said Carlos Quentin would be the starting center fielder for the White Sox. Jim confirms Steve said that. |
| 10:02
| Jim should also include in the log that Steve said Kyle Orton will be the Bears QB and he'll be good. He'll be the franchise QB! That should be available to reference and also to delete if necessary. |
