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Greg Schulte: ‘Would Be Fun’ for Diamondbacks to Make World Series in Final Season as Radio Voice
“That would be a lot of fun.”

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2 months agoon
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BSM Staff
Greg Schulte, legendary radio voice of the Arizona Diamondbacks since the team’s inception in 1998, is retiring at the conclusion of the 2023 season – something he hopes does not occur for several more weeks and ends in a World Series Championship.
In an interview on Arizona Sports 98.7 morning program Bickley & Marotta, Schulte expressed how he knew the National League West was going to be a difficult division to come out of this season and gave a brief synopsis on the Diamondbacks season. Strong September play propelled the team into the postseason, which opened the possibility of his final season ending with the organization’s second World Series championship.
“I was hoping,” Schulte responded when asked if he expected to be calling games this late into the postseason. “I wasn’t going to hold my breath on it, but I just wanted to see a lot of improvement heading into next year with these young kids getting a chance to play on an everyday basis.”
Throughout the final season of his 26-year radio career with the Diamondbacks, the team has commemorated the broadcaster, culminating in a pregame ceremony, gift presentation and ceremonial first pitch on Sept. 29. He has called nearly 4,000 regular-season and postseason contests on radio and television, including Luis Gonzalez’s walk-off hit to clinch the 2001 World Series championship.
“I wanted the Diamondbacks’ kids, this ballclub, to experience Chase Field,” he shared. “We’ve seen it, guys. It’s Arizona – everybody’s from somewhere else. If you win, you’re going to get the fans out there.”
The Diamondbacks eliminated the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night, advancing to the National League Championship Series for the first time since 2001. While the result was a disappointment for baseball fans in Los Angeles, Calif., it provides an influx of young, dynamic talent looking to make their mark in October. While Schulte is grateful for every chance he has to step behind the microphone and call games, he can only hope that this illustrious postseason run will end with baseball’s ultimate glory.
“That would be a lot of fun,” Greg Schulte said. “It’d be fun for me – obviously, I’d enjoy it – but for the ballclub; the organization [and] the Valley – just to have this fun right now going on [has] been thrilling and I hope it does continue.”
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Shan Shariff: FS1 Has the Worst NFL Analysts
He noted that Skip Bayless, Craig Carton, and LeSean McCoy were the “dumbest” analysts for FS1.

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2 hours agoon
December 5, 2023By
BSM Staff
FS1 has assembled a wide-ranging cast of former NFL players and pundits throughout its analyst, panelist, and host roles. That doesn’t mean they have earned the respect of 105.3 The Fan’s Shan Shariff.
During the Dallas morning show Tuesday, Shariff shared that in a recent interview with Awful Announcing, he named the three “dumbest” analysts when it comes to the Dallas Cowboys. He noted that Skip Bayless is the worst offender, while Craig Carton is third on his list behind LeSean McCoy. All three work for FS1.
A recent statement from McCoy caught the particular ire of Shariff, for arguing that Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, despite playing well recently and being viewed as an NFL MVP candidate, needs to play worse to see how he’ll respond to the adversity.
“I wanna see when he messes and how he responds,” McCoy said.
“I honestly think — I don’t know if he’s a clown or if he’s just not intelligent…he made zero sense,” Shariff said. “Everyone else on set was looking at him like ‘You want him to be worse and mess up so he can respond to that in order to get more MVP consideration?'”
“If he had said ‘I need to see Dak play well against good teams’, that’s a totally valid statement,” co-host RJ Choppy said. “This makes no sense.”
Shariff then brought up a recent statement from FS1’s Joy Taylor that argued Prescott can’t win the MVP due to his on-field play.
“This is like a two-and-a-half-minute clip. I don’t have the patience for or the tolerance for that,” Shariff said.
Co-host Bobby Belt responded by saying “She’s clearly on TV because of her football opinions,” which led Shan Shariff to say “Yeah, Thanks, Jason Taylor,” the older brother of Joy Taylor, who made the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a 13-year NFL career.
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ESPN 1400 Coming to KGVL in Greenville, Texas
Greenville, Texas is 50 miles northeast of Dallas.

Published
3 hours agoon
December 5, 2023By
BSM Staff
KGVL in Greenville, Texas is preparing to flip formats from oldies to sports radio with ESPN 1400 set to debut after Christmas.
After it wraps up airing Christmas music, the station will permanently air a sports format with ESPN Radio.
“While we have enjoyed bringing you classic hits for the last few years, we have an opportunity to bring something to Northeast Texas that we can’t pass up!,” a post to the station’s Facebook stage said. “Starting after the Holidays, we will become ESPN 1400! Not only will we bring you non-stop sports, but we will also carry LIVE sports like college football, NFL, NBA, MLB, and even CFP Bowl Games!”
Greenville, Texas is 50 miles northeast of Dallas. KGVL is a Class C, 1,000 watt station owned by E Radio Network. The station covers the majority of Dallas and the eastern portion of the Metroplex. It can also be heard on FM translators on 105.9 FM and 107.7 FM.
The news was first reported by RadioInsight.
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Scott Van Pelt: ‘Say Yes Until You Earn the Right to Say No’
“You put as much on your plate; be a good earner for your employer…”

Published
5 hours agoon
December 5, 2023By
BSM Staff
On Monday afternoon, the New York Jets made headlines when Dianna Russini of The Athletic reported that quarterback Zach Wilson was reluctant to reassume the starting role when asked by the team. Shortly after the report was promulgated, ESPN New York afternoon program, The Michael Kay Show, welcomed ESPN SportsCenter and Monday Night Countdown host Scott Van Pelt for his weekly appearance on the show. When he was asked about the Wilson situation, he compared it to how those in the sports media business interact with management and earn credibility and prestige.
“Peter, you wear a lot of hats man,” Van Pelt said, addressing co-host Peter Rosenberg. “Your boss says, ‘Hey, we need you to come in and do this, that or the other.’ I always say to people in any business, ‘Say yes until you earn the right to say no.’ You put as much on your plate; be a good earner for your employer; and then at some point maybe you earn the right to say, ‘Listen, I’d rather not do this, but I’ve got you on all these other things.”
Show co-host Michael Kay hypothesized a scenario in which Van Pelt would tell ESPN management that he did not want to host Monday Night Countdown because of the injury to Cincinnati Bengals starting quarterback Joe Burrow. For Scott Van Pelt though, he understands the position he is in and how there are other people that look at him with a sense of envy.
“This is where you could point out, ‘How many people would kill to do this?,’ and that’s what we hear in our business [is] ‘You know how many people would kill to do this?,’” Van Pelt said. “Of course, and we get all that, and we’re lucky people – all of us – we’re in the get-to job, not got-to.”
Scott Van Pelt brought up how there are likely listeners who work extremely hard and would be aghast and perplexed if they heard someone in sports media talking about how they did not want to go to work. Moreover, he referred to what Wilson reportedly said as “an indefensible position” as the segment concluded.
Earlier in the segment, Kay called it “bizarre” that the discussion was even being had about Wilson not wanting to return to the starting quarterback job after being relegated from the role two weeks ago. Co-host Don La Greca also added his perspective into the situation, addressing Kay about how he goes about his work as the play-by-play voice of the New York Yankees and working in other roles.
“Michael, you know in your life there’s probably lots of times you’d love to tell your boss, ‘Are you kidding me?,’” La Greca said, “but you still say ‘Yes’ because it’s your boss.”