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Postby iamjs » Sun Aug 30, 2020 11:46 pm

yep, they got me too.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:57 am

But if you click on "Pirates" on The Athletic, there isn't a Pirates article since last Wednesday. There's a few articles on Twitter personalities in Pittsburgh (which is a good read), some national trade rumors, and a few other articles about baseball that mention a Pirate.

That's just...odd that they don't actually cover every game in some format. My question is this normal, or a COVID thing?

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Postby pens9192 » Thu Sep 10, 2020 5:51 pm

I was scanning the radio dial last night and got to KDKA AM and my ears started bleeding...Zeise was on doing his show since The Fan had the Pirates game. He was talking politics...terrible stuff. Has he done that all baseball season long this year when his Fan show isn't on? I bet Cigna and Honsberger were probably rolling in their graves.

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Postby faftorial » Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:22 pm

I was scanning the radio dial last night and got to KDKA AM and my ears started bleeding...Zeise was on doing his show since The Fan had the Pirates game. He was talking politics...terrible stuff. Has he done that all baseball season long this year when his Fan show isn't on? I bet Cigna and Honsberger were probably rolling in their graves.
"The Hons Man" was a Limbaugh clone at the end but I was a Cigna fan back when he did the nightly talk show before taking over for Bogut in morning drive time.

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Postby RonnieFranchise » Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:02 pm

heyyyyyyy Tolo

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:29 pm

heyyyyyyy Tolo
The worst

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Postby willeyeam » Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:42 pm

I was scanning the radio dial last night and got to KDKA AM and my ears started bleeding...Zeise was on doing his show since The Fan had the Pirates game. He was talking politics...terrible stuff. Has he done that all baseball season long this year when his Fan show isn't on? I bet Cigna and Honsberger were probably rolling in their graves.
His twitter has been 99% politics lately, I just unfollowed him. It's all just so exhausting anymore

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Postby Morkle » Mon Sep 14, 2020 7:58 am

Had the Fan on this morning and decided to give it ago.

From 7:14 to 7:25 I heard one update on scores, the rest commercials.

Got back in the truck around 7:29 and it was still commercials until like 7:34.

Heard 30 seconds of them talking about the terrible towel and got out at Sheetz. Got back in like 4 minutes later, and it was commercials again. Then switched to DVE.

How is that possible, that was stupid.

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:27 am

Back in olden times i would just put da fan on in the background during my normal routine (assemble lunch, make coffee, possibly iron a shirt (hahah iron a shirt)) and would frequently hear nothing except maybe a weather report an update, and 2 minutes of idle talk with the rest commercials. compelling stuff

on this morning, i'm listening to a college footbaw podcast and actually hearing....content?

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Postby Morkle » Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:29 am

That's the only reason why it was on in the first place, because of Saturday.

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:36 am

That's the only reason why it was on in the first place, because of Saturday.
It really is unfortunate that there are people out there looking for good local content about actual games played and games to be played and you cant find it on da fan.

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Postby Sam's Drunk Dog » Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:41 am

The WDVE morning show probably has better sports content than an entire morning on the Fan.

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Postby NAN » Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:46 am

I laughed at this the other day.

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Postby NAN » Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:49 am

The WDVE morning show probably has better sports content than an entire morning on the Fan.
Agree. The FAN morning show is worthless IMO.

For as much as people hate Cook, he actually tries to talk sports. Just has to keep Starkey reigned in.

Muller and Poni are all just hot takes, can't listen.

Zeise would actually be decent IMO except the dude can't speak. But he'll talk sports.

The weekends are great though IMO on the FAN. The morning/early afternoon. That's what I would love on a consistent basis.

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Postby Morkle » Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:54 am

The WDVE morning show probably has better sports content than an entire morning on the Fan.
Honestly, I think this is the case. I prefer them over at least anyone else when it comes to Steeler talk in the morning.

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Postby MR25 » Tue Sep 15, 2020 8:06 am

Ron Cook. What a joke


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Postby willeyeam » Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:00 am

Lol

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Postby Troy Loney » Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:54 am

Prisuta is good, no one on the fan that isn’t a guest like bouchette is anywhere close. The hosts are just Twitter reply guys.

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Postby NAN » Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:46 pm

Chris Carter from dk sports is insinuating al villineuva is racist since he supported a black fallen hero over a black man killed by police.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:10 pm

Chris Carter from dk sports is insinuating al villineuva is racist since he supported a black fallen hero over a black man killed by police.
The SJW's (Matt Gatkja being one) are saying Villeneuva is a bad teammate because he didn't conform to the team.

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Postby willeyeam » Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:15 pm

I think it's silly to take an extreme stance either way without hearing from Villanueva

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:10 pm

He is a bad teammate. There have been two occasions throughout the multi-year timeline of the kneeling for the anthem/BLM movement in the NFL where the Steelers have come out and said this is what we’re going to do and we’re all going to do it as a team and Al went and acted like a special snowflake and did his own thing on both occasions. Not once did a black Steelers player say **** the organization and what they want, I’m going to kneel for the anthem anyways and suffer the consequences. They always followed the marching orders of the ownership, coaching staff, and team leaders about what they should do, something Al has now failed to do on two occasions. He’s a shitty teammate and a shitty leader who thinks he’s above everyone else.... like most military officers.

However, that does not make him racist.
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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:11 pm

Special snowflake? :lol:

My word.

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:12 pm

What would you call it then? Since he obviously wants to be different than the rest of his teammates. Or does it not matter since his opinion falls in line with your beliefs?

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