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OK. Now that I know that this Rants section exists, I'm in trouble. I've been looking for a place to vent my frustration about the afternoon show on XM 175, so here goes...

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously. There should be a law against extremely biased sports talk shows. There is only one channel in the world that broadcasts 100% baseball talk 24 hours per day. That, to me, is a monopoly. So, I am forced to listen to these idiots day after day, each afternoon if I want baseball talk. And, when Kennedy sticks by his guns to say that Pujols is in the Mitchell Report (even when he's not)... when Dibble sticks up for every baseball player in the world (in this case Clemens) even if they commit murder... when neither of them has a clue about the value of a baseball prospect (since Dibble would rather field 25 Miles than 25 Rasmus)... I think that I'm going to shoot my computer speakers.

I really cannot stand listening to Dibble defend Clemens and rip apart McNamee. Yet, I have to hear it every day. It doesn't even matter if Clemens is right and McNamee is wrong at this point. It's just such biased coverage that I think my ears are actually bleeding. XM 175 does so many things right: morning show, fantasy focus, steiner (most of the time), kushner, etc. Why is their afternoon coverage so terrible? Please, everyone in this community, e-mail XM radio and tell them to can the afternoon show. Save yourself from listening to these incompetent "broadcasters." Please!

seconded...but I end up listening to them anyway because they're the only ones I can get talking baseball.

You're correct, Dibble and Kennedy are by far the worse hosts on XM (although Ripken would be up there if he had a regular show). They are serious baseball player homers and the stories they "regale" the listener with are awful. Who's the Sat. afternoon guy? Is it Eric Byrnes or Kushner? Whoever it is, I don't like him either. Charlie Steiner, Mark Patrick, and Buck Martinez are a joy to listen to. I was glad they released Destrada.

Byrnes is on either Saturday or Sunday morning. I think it's Saturday. He drives me insane. Loves to hear himself talk and strings together sentences/thoughts with "anyuuund".

The terrible duo just announced that they received an extension for 4 years. I think I'm going to go cry now.

clevername wrote:seconded...but I end up listening to them anyway because they're the only ones I can get talking baseball.

Steroids =/= Baseball

yeah, the last 4-5 months they're either talking about steroids or they're talking about Clemens. Prior to this crapstorm, though, they did occasionally talk some baseball, including some mildly interesting stories about life in the minor leagues and such.

myersli wrote:OK. Now that I know that this Rants section exists, I'm in trouble. I've been looking for a place to vent my frustration about the afternoon show on XM 175, so here goes...

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously. There should be a law against extremely biased sports talk shows. There is only one channel in the world that broadcasts 100% baseball talk 24 hours per day. That, to me, is a monopoly. So, I am forced to listen to these idiots day after day, each afternoon if I want baseball talk. And, when Kennedy sticks by his guns to say that Pujols is in the Mitchell Report (even when he's not)... when Dibble sticks up for every baseball player in the world (in this case Clemens) even if they commit murder... when neither of them has a clue about the value of a baseball prospect (since Dibble would rather field 25 Miles than 25 Rasmus)... I think that I'm going to shoot my computer speakers.

I really cannot stand listening to Dibble defend Clemens and rip apart McNamee. Yet, I have to hear it every day. It doesn't even matter if Clemens is right and McNamee is wrong at this point. It's just such biased coverage that I think my ears are actually bleeding. XM 175 does so many things right: morning show, fantasy focus, steiner (most of the time), kushner, etc. Why is their afternoon coverage so terrible? Please, everyone in this community, e-mail XM radio and tell them to can the afternoon show. Save yourself from listening to these incompetent "broadcasters." Please!

How do you listen to them on your computer?

I believe satellite radio subscribers can listen online. I'm a Sirius subscriber, but my mom has all the information, so I can't get in.

GatewaySnayke wrote:I believe satellite radio subscribers can listen online. I'm a Sirius subscriber, but my mom has all the information, so I can't get in.

They can, but the MLB channels aren't available online.