I missed Toucher’s abortive interview about the Jets, but compared to the Incubus debacle from 2006, I don’t think it was much. I don’t think the phone line issue has anything to do with T&R. And as much as I love Crash and Adolfo, there’s simply no way those two should be on the radio together. Crash is constantly threatening to kill Adolfo, Crash is endlessly irresponsible and Adolfo is bottomlessly incompetent. If T and R get canned, they go with them.

As for those who didn’t earn it today, I’m afraid that would have to be T&R on 98.5 (at least for those wanting a D&C alternative). If more problems with their phones lines weren’t enough, Toucher stumbled through a routine intro with an SI writer and then proceeded to interrupt Jon Wallach when he wanted to ask the guy a Jets question. Toucher told Wallach they would be having a Jets writer on later in the show. Isn’t this the type of stuff you would want to bring up either at a pre-production meeting or at least off the air during a commercial break? If these same type of gaffes are taking place a month from now, it’s safe to say CBS Radio will be looking for a new morning show when T&R’s contracts come up next summer. I’m also curious if guys like Crash & Adolpho are on the same contract deal as T&R because if they’re not I can’t imagine either of them lasting too much longer in this format.

And Bruce, I don’t think you were imagining things yesterday with the Sports Hub’s callers. I tuned in yesterday afternoon and heard at least three callers over the span of an hour start with an absurd question about Francona only to then toss in a Hulk Hogan reference and then hang up. Is this considered the equivalent of “Baba Booey” for the sportsradio set? Or has “Jim the Wrestling Goon” gotten his brothers together to try and sabotage the new sports station out of his unabashed loyalty to Ordway and EEI?