Meterparel is the morning flash guy for the Dennis and Callahan program on WEEI.
He is known for taking purposefully obtuse stances against the local teams for the sake of controversy. He went on a ridiculous run during last year’s Red Sox postseason, picking against the Red Sox for a number of inane reasons on a daily basis, only to come back the next day with a new one.
Boston College is exempt from his antics, as he serves as the play-by-play man for the football team of the school. Last season he infamously missed an important play during a game because he was in the bathroom. In the past he served as the voice of the New England Revolution, and the Triple A Charlotte Knights while working down in Charlotte.
He joined the Dennis and Callahan show in 2000.
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Popularity: 33% [?]
There are no words in the English language (except for a few Anglo-Saxon ones) to describe the suckitude of this cretin.
Back-stabbing weasel.
Doesn’t give NHL scores in the morning.
Made on-air sexual innuendos about Ray Bourque’s daughter, then in high school.
“Disapprove!”
Lets put aside his horrible shtick in the morning with the two racists, Dennis and Callahan, and concentrate just on his play by play ability calling BC football.
Doing that, Meterperel is the single worst play-by-play guy I have ever experienced. Virtually EVERYONE I know who has ever heard his awful “TAKE A BOW!!!” and horrible voice inflections, bad preparation, terrible attempts at being hip, dumb nicknames and just his downright annoying demeanor agrees. He is literally unlistenable. I like BC football, but if I am in my car I can’t stomach a listen. I may be able to tune in to listen to get a score, but I can’t take more than a couple minutes. Seriously, you being his friend has clouded what you are listening to. I mean, he is a disaster. He is worse than guys doing high school games on cable access. And lets not forget he is completely unprofessional and a liar, faking an appearance in Kansas City when he wasn’t there when he used to do Revolution soccer (he was actually in Foxboro watching on a monitor). He is the single worst commentator in the United States doing sports broadcasting.
When is BC going to wake up and can this guy?
Typical smarmy entitled rich kid. Adds nothing to D&C or any other show he appears on. BC should be ashamed of itself for hiring this dickweed to do their football games. I found myself rooting against “Matty Heisman” simply because of Meter. I hate him with the intensity of a thousand suns. DISAPPROVE!!!
A horrible, pimply voiced piece of shiit. Embodies the very worst in sports radio.
Wait until the real haters start posting.
There’s really absolutely no need whatsoever for Meterparel’s voice or opinion to be broadcast anywhere on this earth. His existence as a Boston sports “personality” is pointless. He’s not funny, he’s not informative, he’s not interesting, he’s not smart.
The. Worst.
Find a redeeming quality. Go ahead. I dare you.
‘He’s not fat’ doesn’t count.
He is the only member of the morning show to not equate a gorilla to black schoolchildren.
I agree with all the above comments, yet he’s still the best part of the D&C show.
The absolute worst of the worst at WEEI, and that’s saying something. Probably a victim of wedgies and being stuffed in school lockers in his youth. DISAPPROVE x 1000000
for the record dale arnold made on air sexual innuendos about michelle wie, then in high school.
Sure that wasn’t John Dennis?
In any event, Dale’s gunt has rendered him asexual.
i remember dale distinctly.
I think both Dennis and Callahan made those comments about Wie, IIRC.
He’s the reason I can’t listen to the morning show! Imagine that! Lets face it the only reason he got the BC Football gig is because he works for EEI.
APPROVE!
He seems to enjoy sports, he’s passionate, he even watches college sports.
A bad act both on D&C and the BC games for reasons I can’t quite understand. You’d think at some point the guy would figure out that he’s just plain annoying and make some changes.
The suckiest suck who ever sucked. I mean, he just plain sucks.
A smarmy, yukking bush-leaguer that for some unknown reason thinks he has what it takes to be a big time play-by-play guy who in reality sounds like he’s always doing a bad Dennis Miller impersonation.
Can you add a “super-disapprove” button?
i heard him a few weeks back not able to say what peyas are. is there another jew on the face of the earth that doesn’t know what peyas are? extrapolate that to sports and it’s all you need to know.
He also couldn’t explain what “kosher” meant, and seems to know more about US Weekly stories and celebrity couples than he does about sports.
Where to start? The phoney voice? The smarmy manner? The inane comments? The hypocritical attitude? He and his dimwit producer love to play that Dino “barking” sound effect over Joe Castig’s radio calls in the morning but of course he was a drooling sycophant when he worked with Joe during spring training. Why would any organization - much less a major college football program - consider him qualified to do play by play? I have noticed that he’s dropped the “gay” persona he was using a few years back; maybe he thinks it’s unbecoming for a married father.
Disapprove! Take a bow while you’re standing on the roof of a tall building, Jon!
A dunce sports flash guy making fun of a mediorce play by play announcer does not surprise me.
Bruce alluded to it, but let us count the ways:
Meterparel’s Baseball Predictions from September/October 2007:
-The Yankees would catch the Red Sox.
-Manny Ramiriez would never come back from his injury.
-The Angels would give the Red Sox trouble.
-The Yankees would beat the Indians.
-The Indians would beat the Red Sox.
-Jeff Francis would give the Red Sox trouble in Game One because he’s a lefty.
it’s not even worth getting angry about. He writes a script of contrarian comments to bait callers into arguing with him. Credibility = 0.0%
His job is to make his minders–Dennis and Callahan–look good. He does that job well. Anybody would look good when this clown is the measuring stick.
DISAPPROVE.
He thought that Tedy Bruschi was being selfish for wanting to return after his stroke.
Before you go to the next comment, just let that one sink in for a second.
He’s selfish for subjecting people to his voice every day.
I think it’s selfish that he demands oxygen like other human beings.
A HUGE disapprove for Eddie Munster. There is not another radio sports personality out there with worse ‘negatives.’ He is the very epitome of a ‘Rodeo Clown.’ When Dennis or Callahan fall off their bull during their program, ‘Rodeo Clown’ Eddie Munster is right there to do something utterly stupid or say something completely lame to deflect the attention. His BC play-by-play is THE worst imaginable; shouted in a high-octave voice that is akin to scratching nails on a blackboard.
Let’s review: Looks like Eddie Munster, says stupid things in a ‘Rodeo Clown’ sort of way, and is the worst play-by-play man EVER.
In point of absolute fact, the only ‘APPROVE’ ratings will come from ‘Eddie’ voting for himself, or his family coming to his aid.
“Twerp”
A giant bag of disapprove on this one!!
I just can’t get past that smarmy voice, that
comes off as a person talking with a clothes pin
on their nose.
Haven’t listened to that show in a very long time!
Sucks…just sucks!
What is this, some kind of joke? 3 Jowls down!!!
In spite of having no redeeming qualities, still only the third worst person on WEEI in the mornings. Stupid as Burton, emptily contrarian as Halloran, smarmy as Dennis, all wrapped up in a whiny voiced D-bag shaped package.
Wow..You captured my own feelings toward those three imbeciles perfectly..
If he was a hockey player he’d be Tim Thomas, a sturdy backbone to the morning team.
If he was a baseball player he’d be Trot Nixon, not the most skilled, but he’ll never be outworked, gritty, does the little things, founding member of the dirty hat brigade.
If he was an author, he’d be Judy Blume. Are you there God, it’s me Meter?
Hell Yeah he’s there Meter and he’s giving you a galactic thumbs up!
Your comment (however wrong it obviously is) was clear in your first post. The need to post something else is just… Meter-like.
Sigh. Where to begin.
First, the objective
o sports flashes frequently omit game scores
o sports flashes frequently omit entire sports
o rarely chosen to sit in “the big seat” when other
show regulars are on vacation.
o missed key plays in football game to go to bathroom
o pretended to be in Kansas City for soccer game
o give and take with callers is not his strong suit
o overall sports knowledge questionable beyond recent
“fantasy sports” results.
Then, the subjective
This guy is a self serving, self loving hack of the highest degree. Everything he does smacks of trying to create another role or opportunity for himself. Tries to draw attention to himself at all costs and in every assignment. Awkward at BEST as a fill in host on the rare occasions he is allowed into the “big seat.” He’s the friggin Bert Convy of Boston Sports Media - won’t go away even though he has no talent because he MUST be connected to someone, somewhere. He inspires listeners to root AGAINST the team for which he is doing play by play. His broadcast style is at all times forced, he is unable to simply converse and his fake laughter is unbearable. Obviously nervous with an open mic in front of him and frequently resorts to use of oddly placed “Yes!” as a means of covering dead-air as he is incapable of thinking of anything else to say.
Somewhere, Eddie is saying “My son got FIRED from that hell hole and they let THIS idiot stay on?” For once, I agree with Eddie.
Disapprove
He’s very good at being a self serving, self loving hack of the highest degree.
If you can only do one thing, do it well!
I think Meter just posted at /12:32:46
So we don’t offend anyone’s sensibilities, I will keep my remarks brief. I wouldn’t piiss on Meter if he was on fire. I wish he flew with Thurman Munson. DISAPPROVE.
Hand picked by Gerry Callahan… nuff said.
DISAPPROVE!
Very poor play-by-play man. One of the worst I’ve ever heard in fact. It’s hysterical to me that he actually believe he’s qualified to take on such a high-profile role as radio play-by-play man for the Boston Red Sox….the BOSTON RED SOX!! He can’t even make people want to listen to Boston College football games, even though their the only big-time college football program within 500 miles.
Staking out contrarian positions for the sake of being contrarian is what we all hated about Ron Borges, but at least with Borges you had the idea that he knew something about football, even if his anti-Belichick agenda always was getting in the way. With Meterparel, you just get the feeling that he knows NOTHING about which he speaks. His anti-Red Sox schtick last October was transparent and beyond embarrassing.
Very large disapprove from me.
Dissapprove! He is “ass-paper” man. I remember one morning the guys on AAF were bitching and moning about somebody in the building who was “building a nest” every morning and then leaving it there for the next person to clean-up. Guess who? I hate those people. Tells me something about the kind of person they really are.
This is idiot is what is exactly wrong with WEEI. He and his fake radio voice. F him. DISAPPROVE.
Absolutely the worst. His attempt at sounding like an announcer with his gutteral “big boy” announcer voice is pathetic.
Ubertool. Disapprove. Despite the smarminess, I suspect he is keeping his head just above a deep pool of self-loathing.
why would he think he can’t do sox play by play? geffner did.
Only three more hours until I can go home and disapprove on another computer.
Best line of the day!
Finally Bruce!
Meter is probably the dumbest human being to exist. It says something when hes considered good in the AM compared to his play-by-play. I dont know how he got that gig but he is damn awful at play-by-play.
Just plain awful, needs to ban from the US.
Come on people — Meter is running 4 point AHEAD of Tomase on approvals. There is still work to be done…
Horrible at play-by-play. Horrible at the flashes. Horrible at hosting when he sat in the big chair. Overall, one of the worst personalities on local sports radio.
Rotten to the core.
I wish I had four hands so I could give him four thumbs down.
DISAPPROVE.
Jortsfather, when not speaking in the 3rd person, is an Approve! machine. However, the machine farted at me this AM when I saw the name of JMP. He is the worst, prob still wears rolled up jorts and is offers zero to the station.
1,000,000 Disapproves
The worst. “You pay me for my opinion.” Enough said.
DISAPPROVE
He seems to revel in his own ineptitude. Look up the word
“grating” in the dictionary and you’ll see a front a side view of Meter. Must have received many a well-earned pounding in school. That probably explains a lot. Actually getting to post this is cathartic.
Where would Italian food, one of the greatest cuisines be without grated parmesan reggiano or pecorino romano.
Grating is great.
Disapprove! (ad infinitum)
Completely without talent. Typical ‘eei flash ignoramus, in the booth to play the resident stooge (see also Sheppard). Fancies himself the next Borges &/or Tomase with his contrived contrarian shtick.
At least he has ambition and goals.
Let’s not forget what a wonderful job starting up the bandwagon for getting Nomar outta here… He is the reason I stopped taking New Englnad Sports Tonight seriously… Disapprove!
If he did start that bandwagon, that’s at least one point in his favor. Have you followed Nomah’s career since he left Boston?
This guy takes smarmy to a whole new level! Saw him on ComcastSports last week and his opinion is Lowell is done. This was after the first game that he came off of the DL! He sucks.
DISAPPROVE!
At least Callahan is genuinely a racist and Dennis genuinely a blowhard. There is nothing AT ALL authentic about this pinhead. He’s like a WWE creation, but due to his spindly frame, he’d have to be a manager or an announcer. That’s it- he’s the Mean Gene Okerlund of the blown out port-a-john that is the Boston sports media. Contrarian for no reason against the local teams, unless you’re wearing maroon and gold. If so, he’ll gobble you down like the kielbasa queen. Like Rocky bellowing from the snowy mountaintops, I offer my leather-lunged best- DISAPPROVE! DIS-AP-PROVE!
I have never had a bad time listening to him do PBP for an Eagles or Revolution game.
Not once have I heard him make a bad call. And the pipes on this guy! No complaints there.
You must have missed his over-the-top TD call last season followed by Pete Cronin breaking the news to him that the ball didn’t cross the goal line.
oh, I wouldn’t say I missed it
I didn’t hear it, I’ve never heard any of his play by play, but I haven’t exactly missed it
ill take the morning crew over at 890, adam jones, kevin winter, and bob picoozi (sp?)
sometimes you get scores you don’t need or care about with the national guys, but on the whole straight professionalism
I’ve seen announcers suck before, but he and his morning show companions are the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.
And he sucks most of all.
It is because of talent like Meter that I listen to WEEI religiously.
When I was younger I’d listen all the time, as I grew older and more disillusioned I’d listen less and less. Now unless I’m with an older family member where it’s easier to just go along than to argue about the loss of interest, or on those few special days of the year where the nostalgic heartstrings pull and it feels like on Super Bowl week or World Series week I should be listening to sports radio. Despite the push of science and reason demonstrating that it is a lost cause, somehow in those times the pull of faith is too strong and I think, this week, if only this week I’ll listen to the sermons about Manny by the high priests of sloth, envy and gluttony. Only to leave again until the next time there is a big event and I have faith that ‘this time it will be different, how can they bitch about Francona after he performed miracles winning two World Series’. But they do, and never again will I listen I say, but then it is Easter and the Sox have just started their season and I just tune in to hear the game …
Meter does in fact = ‘No Pointe.’
You humble me with such a grand comparison. But no I am simply one of the millions, and millions of Meteorites.
p.s. You’re either a Meteorite or an Asteroid
20% approve? For all of their bashing of blogs, the trogdolytes over at ‘EEI sure are good at stuffing the ballot box.
We expected better from you, men of Wolfe.
A hearty disapprove for Gerry Callahan’s find. It’s been stated already much more eloquently, but I’d love to reiterate it. He has no redeeming qualities at all, atrocious big phony announcer voice, horrible at the sports flashes, thinks he is hilarious when in reality he’s lamer than Tiny Tim, even contrarians shun his opinions as too ludicrous. He’s not even trusted to host the show when one of the regulars is out, instead they’ll turn to such talents as Steve Burton or Larry Johnson. The only reason Meter got the BC Football gig was so that Jason Wolfe could stick it to Ted Sarandis one more time. Callahan should return him to whatever Carolina backwater he dredged him out of.
and if you’re listening Jason Wolfe .. 3 words: key man insurance
get it for Meter!
He’s as deep as he is wide.
Thinks working at THE #1 SPORTS TALK STATION IN AMERICA somehow qualifies him as announcer material. Using this logic I should consider myself an automobile by simply standing in my garage.
A turd’s turd, devoid of original thought or sports knowledge, stole Mike Breen’s flash boy act from the Imus show.
Couldn’t find his ass in a dark bathroom without a flashlight and instructions.
best personality on the station…funny and not a friggin homer like the rest of them and the callers…approve!!!
Mrs. Meterparel
The worst Boston has to offer in the electronic media world. By a country mile. He is terrible at everything he does - flash duties, pbp, guest host in the AM. He’s the kind of guy Hollywood casts when they want you to root against the nerd.
Absolutely love you guys today!! Great stuff and one hundred and ten percent on the money.
I only wish Bruce had picked another Monday to do Meter because I’m too busy at work this week to deliver the mile-long laundry list of foibles this Sports Spawn of Satan deserves, although I think that ‘smarmy’, ‘self-serving’, ‘grating’ and ‘weasel’ sum it up quite nicely.
forgot that he had stole breen’s act. is anything on weei’s morning show not ripped off from some other rival show or station? even when they were edgy they turned out to be pussies.
The reason so many people hate Meter is the same reason so many hate Gene Simmons of KISS — anti-semitism!
Meter’s got a big bankroll and lifetime security ($250,000 per annum plus BC and commercials).
You’ll be listening to him for the next 30 years. Meanwhile, Meter will have three mansions.
As one of just a few Jews in Boston sports media, Meter is subject to blatant anti-semetic attacks. He is a modern day Rosa Parks, who will never back down.
By the way, Bruce is “working DOWN in Charlotte” the same as “working in Charlotte?”
I think 5 random people making $30,000 a year contribute more to society than Meter.
Davey, “a modern day Rosa Parks”? You need extensive professional help, you anti-dentite.
just back from my anti-semitism meeting and wanted to check in with a disapprove.
not talented. his true persona is the only thing uglier than his on air character.
I disapprove of my radio for being able to carrying his weak signal. He is the definition of “grenade tosser” and “pot stirrer”. He looks like a vampire reject from the set of “Blade”. Ever since I moved to Western MA, I have avoided the AM show due to what he calls a “voice” now being in stereo. His opinions are so contrived and scripted, I don’t even know how people can call in angry to the show and argue with him. I’d rather watch and listen to 40 straight hours of Spygate and Barry Bonds stories featuring Pedro Gomez and Merril Hodge.
He’s so pitiful, I actually like Pop Looney on JT the Brick now.
A Wal-Mart door greeter who got lucky.
I too would like to thank all of you posters. It’s been a tough, hectic Monday here at work and for the last 10 minutes, I’ve been laughing my ass off with your commentary.
There is no need for me to repeat earlier criticisms, so here is mine. I see him as a pathetic sycophant. We all know them when we see them. They are all too common in high school (although most learn their lesson and eventually grow up). They are the kids who have no redeeming qualities of their own. They are permitted to hang around with guys that they think are cool only because they have brother who will buy beer for them or parents with a pool or some such lame reason. Most people outgrow that stage after they eventually get the crap kicked out of them by each of these supposed “friends”. I see Meter doing a very lame attempt at mimicking the boorish behavior of D+C, looking through the glass at them, snickering at his own stupid and insulting on-air comments hoping to see the two of them snicker back. It’s bad enough that he is a sycophant. That he has chosen these two losers as the object of his desperate attempt for some kind of acceptance is what lowers it all to the level of “pathetic”. Disapprove? Oh yeah.
Meterparel = McLovin
Disapprove vehemently, but admittedly my rating is based on his work from two years ago, since I have not listened to one second of D&C in two years. And I must say, the sky is bluer, my coffee tastes better, and the morning commute is more tolerable ever since. And judging by these comments, I haven’t missed out on anything ……
Amen.
131 approvals so far????
How many are from ‘EEI nitwits trying to keep one of they own from totally drowning in this poll??? There’s no way he can get triple digit approvals!!!!
Agree with all the negatives above. Cant say it much better or any different.
Fake voice, fake opinions. A wanna-be.
If Meter were a woman he would have Pam Anderson’s breasts with Ruth Buzzy’s face and hairnet.
Blows chunks.
Worst play by play man ever.
I will say nothing was funnier than listening to him get Challenger and Callender confused on the same play time and again. I used to be amazed how Challenger would go in motion, pick up the blitzer to give Ryan time, and make a catch 20 yards down the field on the same play.
No matter what METER gets your attention & makes you think. isn’t that what sportsradio is all about it? Plus you gotta admit he is entertaining!
The only thing this little turd ever made me “think” about was how many ways I’d like to pummel his scrawny arse. You have to be kidding me.
He’s the polar opposite of entertaining.