Robert Buan's Contract Terminated by KTRB
by SwampyD on Apr 2, 2010 2:44 PM PDT
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From Robert Buan's Facebook page:
Bad news (or good, depending on who you ask): KTRB has chosen to terminate my contract. Thanks to you all for everything over years on the post-game.
Whatever your opinion of Robert's perspectives, I take this as bad news. I assume this is a cost-cutting move as I don't know that Robert gets negative feedback from the fans that listen. First Marty Lurie, now Robert. Wtf?!
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Huh.
Too bad, I suppose. I’m sure he’s a good dude and everything, and there will be an outpour of “OMFG Buan noooooooo!” from AN, but…
He wasn’t a very good broadcaster, the “Buancast” thing had become a running joke here on AN because he was really not very good at delivering information during games, and his postgame show had already been replaced by that Townsend guy, rigth?
I AM VERY MUCH ENJOYING THE HITTING OF BASEBALLS AND SCORING OF RUNS. -mikev
only an ZOMG CENSORED WORD FAMILY SITE quotes himself. -mikev
Seems the writing was on the wall when KTRB started making their changes
But I also don’t know that Buan was all that. Seems like a nice, personable guy but I never did listen to much of his stuff.
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Buancasts were better than nothing...
That is all.
Actually, that is not all.
If KTRB wants to make money and draw more listeners in, they should hire a certain ex-sign shop manager…
I’d listen to “Bloomcasts”
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 2, 2010 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
Leopold Bloom on why he loves Mr. Peter Gammons, his best buddy:
"Peter Gammons systematically ignored and/or ran down the A’s in the pages of Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News for a good ten year stretch in the late seventies and early to mid-eighties. Trust me, the c**ksucker hates our team."
aw! Thanks guys!
You can tell them I’m available.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Mx2
Leopold Bloom on why he loves Mr. Peter Gammons, his best buddy:
"Peter Gammons systematically ignored and/or ran down the A’s in the pages of Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News for a good ten year stretch in the late seventies and early to mid-eighties. Trust me, the c**ksucker hates our team."
d to the power of five
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Fight the power! Fight the power!
(× ≠ ^)
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
LMAO
Leopold Bloom on why he loves Mr. Peter Gammons, his best buddy:
"Peter Gammons systematically ignored and/or ran down the A’s in the pages of Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News for a good ten year stretch in the late seventies and early to mid-eighties. Trust me, the c**ksucker hates our team."
Hmmm.
He’d probably have a cult following, but many wouldn’t get his sense of humour.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
I beg to differ.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 5, 2010 1:04 AM PDT up reply actions
That's only cos it'd get you out of Florida...
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Speaking of which,
why the fuck are you still there? Aren’t you supposed to be moving back? When will we see the Leopold Bloom post that says, “Hi, I’m posting this from a Motel 6 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where I stopped for the night”?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I hope I would get further than Hattiesberg.
Actually, that’s not too bad a guess…
I am meeting with my brother this evening to discuss money, which I have none of, because I was trying to demonstrate I was committed to staying before they fired me.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 5, 2010 6:07 AM PDT up reply actions
If I had to guess, I'd say I'm leaving first of May.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 5, 2010 6:07 AM PDT up reply actions
That still doesn't answer the question of when you arrive...
Are you taking a direct route back or are you going to zig zag across the country?
by LoneStranger on Apr 5, 2010 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Gotta agree
I like him as a person but wasn’t thrilled with his postgame show. It’s time for some new blood.
dood, I've come to the conclusion that you're just a dumb*ss.
by sf drift king on Apr 3, 2010 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Townsend has a radio show here in Sac.
And, having listened to it, I can tell you that he’s a major downgrade in comparison to Buan.
"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico
I can see, though, how Townsend has a bigger upside to radio business types
Hearing him for a couple hours this spring, he seems like he’s more of the classic radio sports talk model: sharp, clipped delivery, quick to leap to opinions, and above all, a style which is very much aware that pushing the buttons of a radio audience is the ticket to Arbitron ratings (and, presumably, to his next, more prestigious job).
Buan was a big glass of bland, served at room temperature. Opinions always lodged squarely in the conventional wisdom, and unwilling to criticize the team’s (or any specific player’s) approach on nearly anything. Not hard to see how KTRB might’ve concluded that Buan’s radio numbers had flatlined forever.
Everybody's got a little light under the sun.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Apr 4, 2010 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
+10
Very well said. I am warming up to the Townsend guy for his Damon Bruce-style approach to dissecting the A’s.
Bob Geren, on 8/2/07, on the success of Alan Embree as new interim closer: "What can I say,... he's been our Steady Tremendous Bullpen Man"
One is nice but boring to the masses, one is prone to generate more of a reaction whether good or bad
Guess which one a radio station likes more?
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I would think that makes it feel less like
a personal rejection to Robert. Whenever you’re fired, it’s like rejection, but if they replace you with someone similar it’s like saying you weren’t good at it, whereas if they hire someone with a totally different style it’s like, “OK, they want to go in the jackass shock-jockey direction and that’s totally not me.”
Still doesn’t pay his bills while he looks for a new job, but maybe it makes it feel not so bad.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Yeah, I don't know how he's taking it but I'm sure he'll be fine
It’s just one of those things: for radio talk shows and newspaper columnists, the more outrageous you are the more of a reaction you get, which in turn leads to the employers believing you’re going to generate more attention for them and their sponsors, yadda yadda and all that.
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The irony is that, even by ratings standards,
the loudmouth host doesn’t even create a better show. The real difference is that he attracts more attention to himself, so then the radio station can advertise “the Jim Rome show!”, “the Colin Cowherd show!”, “the Gary Radnich show!” and people will say “Oh yeah, I remember that guy.”
They remember that guy because he dominated the show with his personality. They might actually prefer a show where the host is a lower-profile guy who actually lets the interviewees do more of the talking and doesn’t pick fights with all the callers. But though they may like the show better, they won’t remember the brand name of the host, so it doesn’t help the radio station for continuing to plug the brand.
That is why obnoxious jackasses thrive on talk radio and cable TV, not necessarily because the audiences actually prefer them.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
One of the biggest turnoffs the first time I listened to Townsend
was how often he referred to “A’s Talk with Chris Townsend,” even when it didn’t really fit. It was very forced and lame.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
One of the biggest turnoffs the first time I listened to Cindi
was how often she referred to her “Hotties” especially when they didn’t really fit into her shirt. Wait, did I say turnoffs?
Oh, I agree he's a better sell
I’ve just listened to him enough to know that he’s neither a) knowledgable nor b) more pleasant than elective open heart surgery.
"PECOTA can pretty much kiss my ass."-Nico
a terrible, awful commentator & announcer
Truly truly, I felt all through his tenure that many of us here could do it better, myself and my Face for Radio included. And don’t even get me started on Mr. Bloom, cuz I’d douse myself with gas and set myself ablaze if it’d get that guy hired to do the A’s postgame..
That said, this is an ugly way to fire someone who’s worked for you since you began broadcasting the games and on the A’s broadcasts for years previous if you’re KTRB…. I mean, he does all the Spring Games and then they come north and they bag him right before the season, that’s a bit harsh, no?
I utterly loathed his style and nasal voice, but in all fairness this is on the unceremonious side of termination IMO… I mean at least let the dude say goodbye to his listeners or something, damn.
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
I think Buan knew it was coming
He repeatedly refused to answer my question about next years ST games.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
and he did the spring as a lame duck anyway?
That’s kinda weak…
Then again, the man’s probably got a house payment too, and would probably say thank you if you shit in his hat…
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 3, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Same here.
He always seemed like a nice guy, and I had nothing against him personally, but I never liked his on-the-air work.
Pitching and defense wins pennants, but offense sells tickets.
No one tell Bloomy
he loved the BuanCast.
Well I always hate to see someone lose their jobs unless they’re coaching the Raiders so good luck to Mr. Buan in whatever his next job is.
I'm okay with it.
The Buancast was to be celebrated in its incompetence and inconsistency. There’s beauty in the perverse, iow.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
the bauncast
was not affiliated with ktrb, no?
he still works for the A’s, yes?
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
Ok OK
Maybe you guys didn’t like his style, I guess I have a fondness for him because I used to listen to the post-games when I was still a teenager etc. Two days before fan fest? I don’t think KTRB is really in synch with the fans here.
"The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar, the other's convicted."
This is something that should have happened over the/an offseason
Whether he was good or not is beside the point. The timing of when it was handled was atrocious.
Leopold Bloom on why he loves Mr. Peter Gammons, his best buddy:
"Peter Gammons systematically ignored and/or ran down the A’s in the pages of Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News for a good ten year stretch in the late seventies and early to mid-eighties. Trust me, the c**ksucker hates our team."
+1
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 3, 2010 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Was/is he employed by the A's or KTRB or both?
And I agree that the timing of it is awful, and sad.
Ms. Jesa
Thanks!
So does this mean the A’s actually fired him? Not that I expect you to know…just trying to understand the specifics.
Ms. Jesa
z front office page has him listed as Broadcasting Manager.
"The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar, the other's convicted."
It also lists him as Robert Buan.
Leopold Bloom on why he loves Mr. Peter Gammons, his best buddy:
"Peter Gammons systematically ignored and/or ran down the A’s in the pages of Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News for a good ten year stretch in the late seventies and early to mid-eighties. Trust me, the c**ksucker hates our team."
Strike three!
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 3, 2010 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
That sucks for Robert
i hope they get somebody to broadcast the spring training games next year, he wasn’t great at broadcasting but at least he was doing it. I was OK with his post-game show but didn’t listen a ton. I liked his interviews at least. I was also unaware that he was employed by KTRB, I always thought it was the A’s.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Someone will clarify
But I think he’s employed by the A’s media folk, but he has a separate broadcasting contract for post-game etc with the bums at KTRB. Boo KTRB for the loss.
"The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar, the other's convicted."
KTRB might have been giving him the spring to try to prove himself.
I could see the radio gang uniformly asking that for RB. He was not a very good PxP guy. He was, in fact, one of the worst I ever heard, But they all loved him—KK, Ray, Vince…I could see them making a small stand for the guy.
The problem was the best on-air thing he could do was the post-game, and even that was horrible. I listened for years, but he was noticeably bad.
But, yeah, it was a cruel time to fire him.
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I agree
Robert was not good on the air, and he was not going to get more than 1% better no matter how hard he tried. Not a knock on Robert; few people are natural broadcasters, many of those who are are not otherwise particularly admirable, and there are dozens of more important skills in the world than being able to babble interestingly in front of a microphone. .However, there are enough decent broadcasters around so there’s no need to have the lousy ones on the air. But smart managers and good companies find more graceful ways of easing people out of jobs that don’t fit.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
very true.
Given that they already stripped him of his post-game show, his refusal to answer micdog’s repeated questions and his general demeanor this spring training, I’m guessing it wasn’t totally out of the blue.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
The "Curse of Not Answering Mickey's Questions" strikes again!
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 3, 2010 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
epically bad.
Like you really didn’t know what was going on, when. It was amusingly bad.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
It was endearingly bad.
Like The Shaggs.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 3, 2010 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions
...and the whole Ellis-with-a-unicorn thing
originated from a Buancast. The A’s were hitting, and Buan had Ellis all over the diamond (he’s at second! no, he’s at first! wait, he went to third!), and probably scoring multiple times, so the only explanation for those listening (and game-threading) was that Ellis was riding a unicorn. So, I guess we should thank him for that long-lasting nickname.
I'd probably revise that sentence.
And put “in Jennifer’s mind” after “only explanation”.
This never happened, but I saw you leave
and crawl into a bed of broken windows.
Regarding the timing of the firing,
we don’t know that something didn’t happen in the last few days, be it an incident or dispute of some sort. Put me in the camp that has a hard time being crestfallen because he just wasn’t, IMO, good at what he did.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
strange how we would post almost exactly opposing viewpoints at the same time,
Crossfire.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
normal how we would not post exactly nearly similar facts at different times.
Woah!
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
huh.
that looks kinda….tense.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
It's almost as if Buan was tring to arrest that cop.
Leopold Bloom on why he loves Mr. Peter Gammons, his best buddy:
"Peter Gammons systematically ignored and/or ran down the A’s in the pages of Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News for a good ten year stretch in the late seventies and early to mid-eighties. Trust me, the c**ksucker hates our team."
During spring training, he may have that authority.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
The cop's in left field
No right field. In the stands… wait, no… in the urinal… um… shit… the parking lot. I can’t see him. Oh. Wait. He’s actually right in front me. Not sure how i didn’t see that one.
Leopold Bloom on why he loves Mr. Peter Gammons, his best buddy:
"Peter Gammons systematically ignored and/or ran down the A’s in the pages of Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News for a good ten year stretch in the late seventies and early to mid-eighties. Trust me, the c**ksucker hates our team."
by DMOAS on Apr 2, 2010 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Gold!
will crosby spread his legs so far apart at bat that the games will have to be rated nc-17 -- emperor nobody
looks like a stoner
sounds like a stoner
dresses like a stoner.
i bet he isn’t a stoner
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
If he was a stoner, we wouldn't have this problem
and this conversation would not even exist.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 3, 2010 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
How is Chris Townsend doing?
is he an upgrade?
"I get nervous every fifth day," Braden said. "I figure the day that goes away is the day I saddle up behind the 7-Eleven desk."
Townsend had Buan on last night
Buan was doing the in-clubhouse interviews, as he did during spring training games when Townsend was doing the postgame shows.
Townsend is an employee of KTRB, unlike Buan.
Cant stand Townsend
What a jackass
"The A's have to be setting some record this year for simultaneously maximizing team quality and player anonymity. I guess that’s sort of their thing though." - Luke in MN
by hero66 on Apr 2, 2010 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
How many sports talk personalities aren't
the entire KTRB lineup is littered with them. KNBR has always been atrocious too. Furthermore, none of them seem to have a clue about the game beyond being able to parrot dumb ex jock conventional wisdom.
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
There are differing opinions on me. According to Iglew "DFA is PT with a sense of humor. PT is DFA with introspective self-doubt. I like them both" but according to sirbed Im "The Stats Killer"
by designatedforassignment on Apr 3, 2010 1:54 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
amen
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
by Future Ed on Apr 3, 2010 6:12 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
buan, for all his horribleness while his mouth was open, seemed to have a built-up understanding of the A’s. townsend seems to go into the booth still clutching the sports page, from which he just tried to cram the latest info on the team so that he can say something using current roster names.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Apr 4, 2010 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, I like Chris Townsend!
He came to my house to pick up a free telescope I had listed on craigslist.
I lamented that I’d tried to sell it for maybe twelve months, off and on, and no takers. Hence it was now…free.
He said, “That sucks…” then he peeled off a twenty out of his pocket, and said, “Here..”
Finally! A sale!
Twenty buys my friendship and approbations!!!
Awaiting the start of the 2010 season!
by One won lost won on Apr 3, 2010 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Call me.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
You get the friendship, the approbations
and, an autographed picture of me with the signature:
“Flashfire, YOU are the greatest!”
signed,
“$30 Fan”
Blez: Most folks seem to believe that the big flaw with the 2010 Oakland A's will be the lack of any power.
Beane: They believe it because it's true.
by One won lost won on Apr 7, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I may have to like him for that story.
The early problem I’m having is that the MLB Audio feed is cutting out before the post game show and when I go to KTRB’s web site, it won’t come in, either. So I might not get ot listen to him til I move back.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 3, 2010 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
not only was buan bad at his job, but he didn't really seem to care
not much of an effort
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
He always came across to me as someone
who was in love with the sound of his own voice, and was the only one.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
hmm...
I wonder if he truly was in a state of nonrealization about his degree of incompetence…
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 3, 2010 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, Buan was terrible at P x P
But I’ll never forget him answering Bloom’s email question about the two women who walked into his sign shop
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
That was pretty awesome.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa, what??
I missed that one. What happened?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Here.
http://www.athleticsnation.com/2010/3/12/1370303/open-thread-game-24-cont#32449218
The response is a little ways down the thread.
This never happened, but I saw you leave
and crawl into a bed of broken windows.
That was pretty awesome.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Mx2
Leopold Bloom on why he loves Mr. Peter Gammons, his best buddy:
"Peter Gammons systematically ignored and/or ran down the A’s in the pages of Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News for a good ten year stretch in the late seventies and early to mid-eighties. Trust me, the c**ksucker hates our team."
d to the 5
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Robert is an employee of the A's, not of KTRB
so I’m a bit confused by this information. Have the A’s fired him?
This is from March 21
RADIO
March 21, 2010|By Ben Fong-Torres
(Page 3 of 3)
Random notes: KTRB (860 AM), flagship station for the A’s, has tapped Chris Townsend to host the team’s postgame shows. Townsend has a syndicated all-night show on the Sports Byline Network on more than 500 stations. He’s also worked with the Giants, Warriors and 49ers on television. Robert Buan, the A’s broadcast manager who’d been host of “A’s Talk,” will contribute interviews and commentary.
He did a great job doing the graduation speech at SF State a few years back
Leopold Bloom on why he loves Mr. Peter Gammons, his best buddy:
"Peter Gammons systematically ignored and/or ran down the A’s in the pages of Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News for a good ten year stretch in the late seventies and early to mid-eighties. Trust me, the c**ksucker hates our team."
Honestly, I will miss him a lot.
I really enjoyed the postgame show and I thought “Buancasts” were such a unique part of being an A’s fan. I loved the game threads with Buancasts. :-)
"Oh who am I kidding? The A's and Giants could stage a pillow fight, and I'd still care who wins." -67Marquez
I can roll with this.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
glad some people share my sentiment.
"The two of them deserve each other. One's a born liar, the other's convicted."
did you check the date on that Facebook entry?
Perhaps it referred to KTRB hiring someone to do the postgame, which it did a about a month ago. As far as I know Buan is still an employee of the A’s. As I said, both he and Townsend were on the show last night.
I thought that was a huge loss.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I never liked his voice or his cadence,
but his interview subjects were always interesting, and I admired his hustle for selling his own ads.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 3, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
My big hope is that Robert lands on his feet.
My biggest hope is that we still get webcasts of non-radio spring games in future seasons.
The artist formerly known as HigherPie.
yup.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
This is kind of like when we traded Jack Hannahan.
Was Buan particularly great at his job? Well, no, probably not, but I still thought he was a cool guy and I liked him.
So it’s kind of a bummer. But it’s not an epic uber-bummer like it would be if we lost Ken Korach.
Hopefully Robert will find somewhere else to ply his Buaniness.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I thought Robert was good on the postgame show
Obviously not a PxP guy, but those broadcasts were just in ST anyway. I asked him on his FB page what the deal is with his contract. I thought he would still be employed by the A’s regardless of anything that happened with KTRB, but we’ll see.
@worldblee on Twitter.
I k, r?
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions
saddest part of the story?
i just checked robert’s fb page. I have almost as many friends.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
lol!
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions
moi?
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
it's not even 3.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 2, 2010 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions
i suppose i shouldn't've taken the lords name in vain like that
considering the day and all.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
Oh, probably not.
but what’s he gonna do, come back from the dead?
BTW, NOW it’s getting late.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 3, 2010 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions
nah.
no sleep til…
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 3, 2010 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Brooklyn?
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 3, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
yup.
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by Leopold Bloom on Apr 3, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
he's friends
with dominic cotroneo. now i feel weird
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
Just found this: Buan said today he was
informed Friday that his contract with KTRB 860 was terminated. Chris Townsend had taken over host duties for the postgame show, but Buan was still working with the show in a reporting capacity. Buan still holds a job within the A’s front office."
Stiglich has the news… Sorry I can’t do proper links with my iPhone.
So this means, I guess, that Buan still has his A’s job but KTRB doesn’t want him appearing at all in the Postgame. Since Townsend has been hosting the Postgame for over a month, I suspect something more is going on.
by OaklandSi on Apr 2, 2010 10:30 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Yeah, maybe the KTRB brass
if there is such a thing, didn’t want Buanfans …if there are such a thing, to have issue with his being relegated to on-air correspondent. I thought they had a decent rapport but maybe Townshend didn’t want to share the show with anyone, particularly the former host.
I'll have a sandwich and a draft(sic). - Bill King (RIP)
Townshend is mediocre at best,
and I will make no effort to listen to his show or buy any products advertised on it when I do listen.
"Cheese is the fruit juice nature intended."- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Apr 3, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank God
This guy was a complete no-talent hack. I can’t believe that some of you say you will miss him.
i will miss him
he is softer spoken, which i like better than most sports radio people. His rapport withthe players is cool. he often went rouge in the questions talking about non sports stuff which i liked.
he is not the best pbp that’s for sure, but i like the bauncasts. its a wholly unique art form.
maybe its only me, but i don’t think he was talking to hear himself. it sounded as if he thought no one was listening.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - danmerqury
"he often went rouge"
wore makeup?
played canadian football?
moulin rouge?
khmer rouge??
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones."
-BB 07/27/05
Robert Buan
is goofy, always cheerful, and almost never mean. That’s so refreshing in sports radio. Other guys may know what they’re talking about, but so many of them are loudmouth smart-ass bullies. I hate that.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Agree that he was always cheerful, and I liked that, but...
…he would also never take on, or allow others to talk about, potentially negative or tough subjects, and I hated that. (At least when I used to listen to him, which has been a few years) I get nothing out of an always-warm-and-fuzzy-everything’s-peachy format. I do believe you can be relevant and “real’” without being an ass or bully at the same time.
Pitching and defense wins pennants, but offense sells tickets.
it wasn't easy to vent frustrations with Buan
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
No, his predecessor was a complete no-talent hack.
Robert Buan may not have been good but he was a couple of steps up from the bum he replaced.
Root for the Giants? Not even if they're playing al-Qaeda!
Not really a Buan fan but...
…the guy he repalced, Rich Herrera, was such a no-nothing blowhard and former-Giants shill, it made Robert look a little better than he really was. At least Robert was somewhat informed, polite, didn’t scoff at objective analysis, and didn’t rip the A’s in his previous job.
Robert was better than Rich and that counts for something.
Root for the Giants? Not even if they're playing al-Qaeda!
"know-nothing." Duh. I'm right up there with him.
Root for the Giants? Not even if they're playing al-Qaeda!
he does post game for the Rays now.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on Apr 3, 2010 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I just listened to Townshend on the way home from the game
I think I like him. he said he really doesn’t like the Giants despite being employed by KNBR for a while and that he thinks the LAofA have the worst name ever. If he keeps talking like that he might win some fans.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
No
I didn’t make it by, my Dad had a work thing come up at the last minute so we weren’t as early as I had hoped.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I was saying "Booo-an!"
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
+1
i don’t think anyone thought Robert was the best pxp on radio, but i always looked forward to catching one webcast during spring. and i always found him calming to listen to after aggravating losses, which has been helpful the last couple years. and how can you not miss his cheesy signoff? booo-uan indeed.
I agree on these points.
If I had to choose between no A’s broadcast that spring day, or a Buancast PxP, I’d pick Buan any day.
by LoneStranger on Apr 5, 2010 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions
He was my successor as sports director at KALX
And we both know Kevin Bacon!
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Is it true that he makes everything better?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
In the Contra Costa Times
I read the Buan still has a job with the A’s front office.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
the White Sox might claim him
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
Everything is better with bacon.
by cuppingmaster on Apr 6, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
i like Buan
maybe he’s not a baseball man but i liked his enthusiasm and passion for the A’s
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