Cleveland Indians radio show host Bruce Drennan does not have time for fair-weather fans. After the Indians’ 3-2 Opening Day loss to the Detroit Tigers on Thursday — in the snow, no less — some fans were not pleased with the team’s first game of the season, despite there being another 161 games to go.
Enter Drennan and his radio show “Drennan Live,” a live call-in talk show on Bally Sports Great Lakes. As Drennan took postgame calls, this Cleveland fan entered the picture to give their piece of mind on the Indians and the effort of some of the team’s players.
In typical radio host fashion, Drennan did not hold back on the caller with this roast of a lifetime.
Cleveland broadcaster Bruce Drennan GOES OFF on a caller! 😳😂 pic.twitter.com/mf06W8L43c
— Tim and Friends (@timandfriends) April 1, 2021
Here is a copy of the important parts of the exchange:
Caller: The next guy… the good pitches down the middle, he won’t swing at, but the balls down around his ankles, he hits to shortstop into a double play! This has been going on for two years.
Drennan: I guess you missed a lot of the games that [Franmil] Reyes hit in the clutch last year, huh?
Caller: No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Drennan: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You’re an idiot. You’re an idiot and you don’t know baseball. Oh, you are an idiot. Listen, you’re gonna tell me you are judging… you don’t know anything. You don’t know squat, you stupid idiot. You’re gonna tell me you’re gonna make a judgment on the season after one game, in 30 degree weather? That proves what an ignoramus you are. Get off our show! Fair-weather idiot.
Now that is how you dismantle a fan’s overreaction to game one out of 162.
