I gotta tell you.  I heard 5 minutes of the most God awful radio yesterday afternoon on the Score in Chicago.

I'm not even going to mention the guy's name since he's not a regular. 

It was obvious to me that he had to kill five minutes at the end of his show and didn't have a plan to do it.  He started out by pleading with the Sox to "let the Cubs have a game."  Then he said that if the Sox fans swept the Cubs, they would enjoy it as much as the Cubs fans "sweeping them." 

STOP!  ENOUGH!

Dude, reality check.  Fans do not sweep.  Teams sweep.  Fans live vicariously through them, but have no participation in the contest other than drinking, cheering and swearing.

As for whatever notion of fans, teams or whomever allowing the Cubs a game (which I understand was done tongue in cheek but executed at a college radio level), have you bothered to read the standings?  The Sox are fighting for their life with the Twinkies and the Tigers and the thought of the Sox giving anybody, be it the Cubs or anyone a game right now would  be silly.

Perhaps a better way to tap dance would have been to spend his last five minutes talking about the importance of this game to the respective teams and how the Cubs, if they lost, would have their own massive road losing streak before heading off to San Francisco for an awkwardly scheduled Monday night game followed by an equally awkward series in St. Louis with no off day in between. 

For the Sox, despite their success this weekend, they have to meet a division rival in Cleveland and a mortal enemy in C.C. Sabathia.  After that, it's Oakland, a tough team to play no matter what the venue.  The Sox have to take advantage of this long homestand to stay ahead of Minnesota and Detroit.  You're on the flagship station of the White Sox, kid.  If I wanted to hear weeping and wailing for the Cubs, I'd listen to David Kaplan on WGN.

Then, in his last minute, he started rattling off the times when he would be on the air filling in.  Like anyone cares.  Or remembers.  Or writes it down.

Even in these sponsor driven days of radio (and God knows how sponsor driven the Score is.  Almost to the point of annoyance, but that's a different discussion for a different day) content still is what holds listeners.  I realize that this guy was at a remote location, but even William Hurt had Holly Hunter helping him. And trust me, this guy needed help.

My hope is he'll learn from the experience and become a better radio personality.  That is, if that still means anything to anyone but me.