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Ben Higgins, the usual co-host of XTRA 1360AM's "World of Sports with Chris and Ben" morning radio show, is on vacation. His partner, Chris Ello, has been worse than usual in his absence. Friend-of-the-blog Brady from LobShots told me to take my complaints from this week, which I've been putting out on Twitter each morning, and organize them into their own post. This one is for you, Brady.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, former XTRA employee Josh Rosenberg returned to the 1360AM airwaves to fill Higgins' spot in the morning. It did not go well:
Here comes my weekly rant about San Diego morning sports radio. Get ready.
— Bolts From The Blue (@BFTB_Chargers) April 2, 2013
Ello and Rosenburg isn't just a trainwreck. It's a flaming trainwreck in the middle of a populated downtown.
— Bolts From The Blue (@BFTB_Chargers) April 2, 2013
First of all, Rosenburg is a 1 and Ello is a 2. Yet, for some reason, Ello's playing the role of a 1 and Rosenburg is playing the 2.
— Bolts From The Blue (@BFTB_Chargers) April 2, 2013
Pause. That probably needs some explanation. Here's one of the few things I learned doing a radio show for 1360 for a few months: The 1 is like the play-by-play commentator, whereas the 2 is like the color guy. The 1 gets you in and out of commercial breaks and drives where the discussion is going, and the 2 makes interesting points and talks in soundbytes. Got it? Good, let's keep going.
Second, they're not really addressing Rosenburg leaving 1360 or his time at 1090, but they're dancing around the subject with BAD jokes.
— Bolts From The Blue (@BFTB_Chargers) April 2, 2013
I get that they're not usually together and chemistry takes time, but 1090 had the better show this morning. That's scary.
— Bolts From The Blue (@BFTB_Chargers) April 2, 2013
Related: I can kind of get a static-y Dan Patrick Show on 570AM in the mornings. Thanks, Los Angeles.
— Bolts From The Blue (@BFTB_Chargers) April 2, 2013
Rosenberg*, not Rosenburg. #derp
— Bolts From The Blue (@BFTB_Chargers) April 2, 2013
Kind of. The good ones are paired with bad ones. RT @denver_bolt: BFTB_Chargers Does 1360 have anyone worth listening to anymore?
— Bolts From The Blue (@BFTB_Chargers) April 2, 2013
Ello/Rosenberg Day 2 wasn't any better. Might have been worse. I miss @xtra1360ben
— Bolts From The Blue (@BFTB_Chargers) April 3, 2013
My goodness, Ello isn't even trying anymore. Even Adler is making him seem really stupid by comparison.
— Bolts From The Blue (@BFTB_Chargers) April 4, 2013
I was told that I'd probably be "hunted down and killed" for that tweet. I always knew that, somehow, Twitter would be the death of me.
Two things Ello said that absolutely blew my mind this morning....
— Bolts From The Blue (@BFTB_Chargers) April 4, 2013
1: He turned the Padres game off "in disgust" IN THE 3RD INNING when they were down by 2 runs.
— Bolts From The Blue (@BFTB_Chargers) April 4, 2013
2: "I know you say Matt Harvey is supposed to be a good pitcher, but how many major league starts does he have? I mean, come on!"
— Bolts From The Blue (@BFTB_Chargers) April 4, 2013
Ello watches 3 innings of baseball games and rates pitchers based on how many major-league starts they have. Suddenly, it all makes sense.
— Bolts From The Blue (@BFTB_Chargers) April 4, 2013
Tomorrow, Ello is joined by former San Diego Chargers Guard Mike Goff. Here's to hoping Ello does something to anger Goff.