I don't watch the games when they are played. A day or two later, I scan through the TV broadcast (on the internet), looking for what drew my interest during the game. On game day, I listen on the radio. I love sports on radio. My radio habit really firmed up back in the 70's when I used to listen to Bob Wilson do the Bruins games. He was the greatest. Where I was living at the time, there were no TV broadcasts of Bruins games. Nor of Pats' games! The local TV stations (New Hampshire/Vermont) carried Giants games, I think it was. So I listened to Pats games on radio, when I could get reception. I still miss the Gino Cappelletti/Gil Santos broadcasts. (I remember when Gino was a player. When I was a kid, I could only follow the Boston Patriots in the newspaper or in routine sports segments on the radio.) The new pairing is fine. Socci is absolutely 100% professional, and I get a kick out of Zolak's goofball fanboy schtick, though I wonder at times if he might have a brandy flask tucked away in his sports jacket. They're fine, as I say, but I still miss Gino and Gil. I miss Bob Wilson even more. I guess I'm just curious if anybody else still does the radio thing. I'm 76, which I suppose is probably relevant in all this, lol.
Here's ol' Bob.
