Wednesday, February 25, 2004
CALLING ALL CALLERS
Before I get started here with the rest of the post, I'll remind everyone that the KING-5 Greg Bailey piece tonight from spring training was on Shigetoshi Hasegawa, and it was a pretty good piece. We learned that Shig is the Mariners' golf champion and has written a couple of books. When asked what his latest book was about, he joked that it was about "fat American people." The main theme of the whole thing was that last year, Shig finally believed in himself, used self-talk as a tool, etc.
Now for the rest of the post...
I've listened to tons of KJR-AM in Seattle over the years, and I want to take this step to induct three callers into my unofficial KJR Callers Hall of Fame (Jeremy can and probably will elaborate on this) --
George in Port Angeles -- it's just weird when this guy calls in to the Softy show. Softy plays some background music (hick music, with chickens clucking in the background), and George has free reign to rant on the air for a minute or more. The guy's got somewhat of a distinctive and quirky voice also. He had garnered enough of a reputation to the point where Softy and Steve Sandmeyer actually did a whole show from George's house a few years ago.
Gloria in Bremerton -- This woman was very wise with age, and was a dedicated caller to the Mitch and/or Softy shows. She cared about her sports and was very knowledgeable. I think I remember her calling in and crying when the Mariners were almost on their way to Tampa for good. No one shall make Gloria cry ever again and get away with it.
Paul in Puyallup -- This man was one of the most energetic callers (and crazy) callers to ever be on KJR's air. He provided some highly-charged calls on Baseball's Best Postgame Show (I've even heard him on the KOMO postgame show nowadays), and believed in the power of the Sodo Mojo, a phrase that I only liked when Paul in Puyallup yelled it out. People may have seen Paul at the Safe wearing a black-and-white striped referee's shirt, as is per usual for Paul. Paul also went by the name "The Ref" from "the 206" when Sports Fan Radio's JT the Brick show broadcast nationally and on KJR after the David Locke show (or Baseball's Best) got over with at night. Other people may hate him and think he's nuts, but I like Paul in Puyallup...and I think he's nuts.
I shall now tip this glass of Safeway Select Tea with a Twist (ripoff Lipton Brisk Iced Tea) to you all, George, Gloria, and Paul, in my KJR Caller Hall of Fame.
[Edit ~8:25p -- Shig is the Mariners GOLF champion, NOT their GOLD champion, as previously noted. I don't even know what being a champion of gold would entail, but that's not what Shig is. He's a GOLF champion.]
Now for the rest of the post...
I've listened to tons of KJR-AM in Seattle over the years, and I want to take this step to induct three callers into my unofficial KJR Callers Hall of Fame (Jeremy can and probably will elaborate on this) --
George in Port Angeles -- it's just weird when this guy calls in to the Softy show. Softy plays some background music (hick music, with chickens clucking in the background), and George has free reign to rant on the air for a minute or more. The guy's got somewhat of a distinctive and quirky voice also. He had garnered enough of a reputation to the point where Softy and Steve Sandmeyer actually did a whole show from George's house a few years ago.
Gloria in Bremerton -- This woman was very wise with age, and was a dedicated caller to the Mitch and/or Softy shows. She cared about her sports and was very knowledgeable. I think I remember her calling in and crying when the Mariners were almost on their way to Tampa for good. No one shall make Gloria cry ever again and get away with it.
Paul in Puyallup -- This man was one of the most energetic callers (and crazy) callers to ever be on KJR's air. He provided some highly-charged calls on Baseball's Best Postgame Show (I've even heard him on the KOMO postgame show nowadays), and believed in the power of the Sodo Mojo, a phrase that I only liked when Paul in Puyallup yelled it out. People may have seen Paul at the Safe wearing a black-and-white striped referee's shirt, as is per usual for Paul. Paul also went by the name "The Ref" from "the 206" when Sports Fan Radio's JT the Brick show broadcast nationally and on KJR after the David Locke show (or Baseball's Best) got over with at night. Other people may hate him and think he's nuts, but I like Paul in Puyallup...and I think he's nuts.
I shall now tip this glass of Safeway Select Tea with a Twist (ripoff Lipton Brisk Iced Tea) to you all, George, Gloria, and Paul, in my KJR Caller Hall of Fame.
[Edit ~8:25p -- Shig is the Mariners GOLF champion, NOT their GOLD champion, as previously noted. I don't even know what being a champion of gold would entail, but that's not what Shig is. He's a GOLF champion.]
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