Wow, Really? Why Sports Talk Radio Sometimes Sucks.

I'm an avid listener of sports talk radio. It is what I usually listen to in my car. I don't listen to FM radio much anymore, save for Kramp & Adler in the morning on FM 102.1. If I want to listen to music in the car I listen to my iPod. I prefer ESPN 540 in Milwaukee over WSSP 1250. But today while driving to get something to eat on my lunch break, I was reminded why I hate sports talk radio as much as I enjoy it. I was listening to the D-List on 540, they were taking calls and emails on the Brewers. A particular email just drove me nuts and it made me ask myself why I was even listening. The emailer suggested the Brewers trade Prince Fielder and another player to the Astros for Roy Oswalt, Lance Berkman and a minor leaguer.

Are you kidding me? Who in their right mind would think it is a good idea to trade Prince for high priced veterans? Yeah, no one should. When the Brewers do decide to trade Fielder, it has to be for 2 or 3 good young pitchers who the Brewers would control for 4 or 5 years at a cheap price. The reason the Brewers have to trade Prince is because he will be expensive and they need pitching. Trading him for one aging pitcher and an aging 1B that will be almost as expensive as Fielder would be is the worst idea ever. And what surprised me was Drew Olson and Dan Needles did not even bring up these points and that the trade would be a disaster.

Now, I hear ridiculous calls and emails all the time on sports talk radio shows, but this one really hit a nerve. I really wanted to call in and rip it. But I didn't have the time to sit on hold and wait to get on the air. Okay my vent/rant is over. I feel better.

WSSP Sports Radio AM 1250's Steve "Sparky" Fifer On Sleep Strike

Steve "Sparky" Fifer who hosts "Sparky's Mid-Day Madness" on 1250 in Milwaukee as well as co-host with Tim Allen on their "Usingers Baseball Post Game Show" after each Brewers game is on a sleep strike until the Brewers losing streak ends. He is currently in hour 55 of the strike. Last night Fox 6 news in Milwaukee did a piece on it. Which you can view below. Big props to Sparky for doing this since many feel his playing of "Celebration" the day Turnbow was DFA on his show was what put the Brewers into this mess before the Houston series. I think it will be at least another day since tonight the Brewers bust out the very overrated 82' Retro Uni's as they do every Friday and they don't play well when they wear them, don't know what their record is when they wear them since they brought them back in 2006 but I know it is well under .500.