Media: Phil Luciano is gutless, clueless and utterly without class
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that
Instead, he’s spent this entire year ragging on other teams, especially the Cubs. Last month, he devoted an entire column to how Cubs fans are either:
- Losers for tossing back opponents home-run balls, or;
- Liars for saying they toss back opponents home-run balls. He said they throw back decoy balls they brought with them to the game.
On the day this column appeared, I tried to call into the Markley and Luciano Show on 1470WMBD, but I was told by the young lady who answered the phone that they did not intend to take any phone calls during the opening segment of the show, where Luciano was mouthing off, yet again, about stupid Cubs fans.
Perhaps this was wise. I’ve heard Luciano get furious with callers who had the audacity to not think the sun shined out of Luciano’s ass. Once, Jamie Markley has had to tell Luce to shut up and stop screaming at the callers. So, perhaps it was Markley’s decision to not take callers for that segment. He was afraid that Luciano’s panties would get in a bunch and he’d fly off the handle again, in classic he-can-dish-it-out-but-he-can’t-take-it fashion
Not that the Cardinals have escaped his notice. I heard his radio show yesterday, and he was doing his best to humiliate the Redbirds for losing a bunch of games in a row. Although I hate to have to be the one to rise to their defense, I must point out that the Cardinals have endured a lot of misfortune and tragedy this year, and have hung in there. They are five games out, but I’ve gotta respect their abilities and worry about a comeback.
And Redbird fans — as irritating as they are, and as inferior as they are to Cubs fans — are a far better class of fan that the typical White Sox fan, half of whom I am convinced are on meth and go to the ballpark to hide out from the cops. The Cardinals fan retains at least a modicum of loyalty to their team when they aren’t doing so hot. White Sox “fans” spend half their time ragging on their own team, but much prefer complaining about the others. They remind me of what Yankees fans would be like if the Yankees had one-third the talent.
And let us not forget that the White Sox are the third favorite baseball team in a state that only has two native baseball teams. And I strongly suspect that if we were to rank the favorite teams among non-Chicago residents, they would be:
- Cubs.
- Cardinals.
- All other teams.
- White Sox.
I expect more of anti-Cubs nonsense in the coming month, because Luciano lacks the talent to think up new subject matter. But the fact remains that we’re half-way though September and the Cubs are alone at the top of the Central Division. This is better than many Cubs fans thought could happen in what was supposed to be a year to rebuild.
Luciano can double the amount of snide that exudes from his finger tips, but nothing can change that fact.
Billy Dennis is a former reporter and editor at small daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois and Missouri. He comments on media, news and politics. He also owns and operates 
“…get furious with callers who had the audacity to not think the sun shined out of [his] ass…”
You make him sound like a geniune “journalist”.
A couple things strike me about this post:
1. You listen to Markley and Luciano, and actually tried to call the show. That’s all they and WMBD really care about.
2. The White Sox have been World Champions a couple times in the past 99 years, so they still have bragging rights.
As a Cards fan, I have generally found Sox fans rather innocuous. The exception would be my college roommate “Mungo,” who laughed like a hyena when Cubs catcher Steve Swisher dropped that third strike in the last game of the 1974 season, costing the Cardinals a chance at the playoffs.
FYI, your pages aren’t rendering properly on my Safari browswer.
Go White Sox!
Switch to Firefox. Thpt!
Seriously, send me a screen capture and I’ll try to fix whatever is wrong.
Jamie Markley gave Phil sh*t this afternoon during a promo for the Journal Star saying something like (not even close to a direct quote) “…And you can read Phil Luciano’s column where he bashes Cub fans again!”
Of course Phil blasts back about he’s not bashing fans and it’s more of history piece or something.
Cubs/Cards 4 game series to begin shortly! Should be fun!
A first grade teacher explains to her class that she is a Sox fan. She asks her students to raise their hands if they were Sox fans too. Not really knowing what a Sox fan was but wanting to be like their teacher, their hands explode into the air like fleshy fireworks.
There is, however, one exception. One girl has not gone along with the crowd. The teacher asks her why she has decided to be different. “Because I’m not a Sox fan.”
Then, asks the teacher, what are you?
“Why I’m proud to be a Chicago Cubs fan,” boasts the little girl.
The teacher is a little perturbed now, her face slightly red. She asks the girl why she is a Cubs fan.
“Well, My Dad and Mom are Cubs fans, and I’m a Cubs fan too.”
The teacher is now angry. “That’s no reason,” she says loudly. “What if your Mom was a whore, and your dad was a drug dealer. What would you be then?”
A pause, and a smile. “Then,” says the girl, “I’d be a Sox fan.”
QUOTE:
“On the day this column appeared, I tried to call into the Markley and Luciano Show on 1470WMBD, but I was told by the young lady who answered the phone that they did not intend to take any phone calls during the opening segment of the show, where Luciano was mouthing off, yet again, about stupid Cubs fans.”
This is a reason I never tune into those assholes on WMBD Radio. Everytime you call in to voice your opinion or to chat, the producer (Courtney Lynne Bickerman and Jeff Whitmore) always says “I’ll pass that along,” and abruptly hangs up on you. They can’t let people on the air anymore because they’ll loose money if they don’t advertise EVERY 5 minutes! All those guys at WMBD Radio (Mike Wild included) care about is MONEY so they can keep thier “yacht” on the Illinois River!
The only stations in Illinois that’s worth listening to is WBBM, WLS, WGN and WDWS Champign. WMBD Radio is NOT like what it used to be in the days of Robert Roth and Charles Earley (Collins).
Fuck them….
Before Mr. Dennis can gloat, I just want to announce, as a Cardinals fan, that the Cubs did, in fact, kick their asses Friday night. As they say in Woodford County, “The Cards, they be suckin’.”
Easy on my White Sox …
Let me correct my earlier post about Sox fans I have known: Add Don Hammontree.
JB – That’s a cool story, except I used it here about a week or two ago.
I think Abe Lincoln used that joke last century. Hell, I think Caesar used that joke on the floor of the Roman senate.
Very nice. Want a cookie?
Go Cubs!