For as passionate I am about baseball and college hoops (to a lesser degree) I don’t really spend any time watching sports talk or sports yell on TV. So on that rare occasion that I find myself out for lunch during the week, I’m stuck with multiple TV’s, and luckily today all were set to mute. How can one judge any of the shows or particular personalities without hearing a word anyone says?

Alas, he was my roommate, I can read body language, and the format isn’t cutting edge. While every show has a dominant “host” and not are all male, they have little to offer save for lots of yelling. Even though all of them are in hermetically sealed rooms, they all feel the need to raise their voices above a non-existent din. There is usually a collection of schlubs seated at counters with assorted crap on them to denote a mancave. The female, morning talkers are no different, they overdo it with the coffee mugs and crap. Instead of yelling, they cackle or screech.

All of the alpha males look alike whether they played professionally or not and use the same makeup artists. I’m not sure what any of the guys and gals in the background provide, but I’m glad they have jobs on TV because I’m not sure they could bag groceries effectively. (And as a manager at a grocery store, I’ve done that),

I think the various NFL pregame shows are to blame for this particular format where there are five people too many on set contributing little and signifying nothing. One of the earlier shows to perfect the format was the Dan Patrick Show (on TV and radio) but only because Patrick was a superior interviewer who had a collection of great producers, who eventually became contributors.

Without citing individual performers, mainly because I still have no idea who anyone was, the shows I caught glimpses of were Barstool, The Pat McAfee Show, FBAM or something from the NFL Network and some odd FOX Sports channel show where the guys are serious-because they are all wearing jackets and ties. They must be serious thinkers, right?

I’m sure if the volume were on I would have heard something controversial that would have caused me to cancel a subscription or turn my attention to Lifetime or reruns of Phil Donahue, but I don’t think I missed any real content that will change my opinions of the Miami Marlins or Dolphins.