Jim Rome Clone Report by Greg in Sun Valley

Summary of today's Jim Rome Show

Jim started with...

ALCS
   The Yankees laid a beat down on the Angels last night. Rome said, "Jow Girardi went from being a guy who overmanaged and over thought everything to a genius overnight. Because bringing back CC Sabathia on 3 days rest turned out to be a brilliant play."

NLCS
   Manny Ramirez missed the end of Monday's game while taking a shower. Rome said it has been a while but "Planet Man Ram" is back. Rome went on, "I'd say it's good to be back, but, it's not." Manny is quoted as saying, "I was taking a shower. I came out and I saw it on television..." Rome continued, "My man, you're not supposed to find out whether or not you won from John Kruk. You're on the team."

John Hancock commercials
   There was discussion and E mails about depressing "John Hancock" financial T.V.commercials. Rome called them "the most depressing commercials ever...brutal." They are about terminal illnesses, retirement money lost, etc.

Rolling Stone Magazine
   The publication did and article on Brown's coach Eric Mangini. It referred to him as the "Augustus Gloop" of the NFL and said he's brought "a hurricane Andrew of football mismanagement to Cleveland." Jim said, "Nice Wonka smack, Rolling Stone." Many jokes, sound bytes and E mails came up on the subject.

Callers

Richard in the ATL was on hold 2 hours, 15 minutes. He told J. Stew he had some "zingers". References he used: "Brother", "struggling" (twice), "now I'm done", and an original zinger, "T-Pain" for Terrell Pryor. He got racked!

Nate in Portland got run by the "manual buzzer".

Guests

Jimmie Johnson (#48 NASCAR)
   He has won 3 of the first 5 races in the chase playoff. Jim said it appeared Jimmie's 4th championship was his to lose, then asked him if he could taste it.  Jimmie responded, " I can see it out there...It's tough to get too excited about things. I mean in our sport there's so many variables that can come up and bite you during the course of a race. They also discussed how some say Jimmie's recent dominance is actually not good for the sport.

Visanthe Shianco (Minnesota Vikings)
   He had 2 TD receptions on Sunday. He says their offense is emphasizing a balance of pass and run. Previously, Adrian Peterson was carring the weight of the offense. He said teammate Percy Harvin is very hard to tackle. Of Jared Allen, he said,"...motor never stops, relentless...he practices just like he plays. He also told us Brett Favre progressed in their system,and they are all on the same page.

Tony Scheffler (Denver Broncos)
   He is a tight end who had 6 receptions and 1 TD against the Chargers. He started by saying he is a long time listener of the show and a big fan. Jim thanked him. Tony agreed that they have a new persona. Tony told us that Brian Dawkins is a team leader. He said the Broncos were "like the NFL version of you boy Wing Foward...everyone had us last man, all season."

Text contest

"War seeing Rome on that horders show throwing a temper tantrum and refusing to throw away any of his old phones." Ronnie Textico

"Hey Rome, excellent interview with that guy, you know, my man 'Homeslice'. I really enjoyed it. Signed Brett Favre."  Dez from Guam

Triple U sponsor: "When a coworker brings donuts for the office and somebody only eats half of a donut and leaves the other half."  Handsome Rick in Saratoga

Actual Triple U: None...out of time!

Text Contest Video
This video parodies how I got blocked!





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