Thursday, December 23, 2010

People Like Listening to Andy Gresh?






Let me preface this by saying I love sports talk radio.  Nothing makes a work day, long drive, or traffic jam seem more tolerable than listening to people just like yourself, who may care a bit too much about sports, banter on about tedious details and illogical arguments.  It's fantastic.  

That said, I change the channel away from the Sports Hub the second that Andy Gresh comes on air.  It's not that he's loud, obnoxious, and strays away from the topic all the time, that's 90% of sports talk radio hosts.  Its his voice.  The guy constantly sounds like he's choking down a lump of turkey meat that's been lodged in his gullet since last holiday season.  

And this shouldn't be taken as an anti-fat or out of shape people rant.  This is strictly about the sound of his voice.  I'm not exactly the model of good health and shape myself.  I get more winded than Tony Soprano eating a plate of pasta when I walk up the stairs at work.

This is a voice that just shouldn't be on radio.  You can literally hear the tiny food particles and spit coming out during chortles or particularly loud arguments.  On TV? Sure I don't mind it.  There are visuals to distract me from his heinous guttural voice.  The guy sounds like Chris Farley shortly before he croaked.  Farley, hilarious person, always made me laugh, would fail miserably as an on air personality. Sports Hub, if you want to supplant WEEI you're going to have to work on Gresh's gullet.