It's June, which means that it's time to update our power rankings of Sports Animal hosts, which we've never done before. And what good is a web site that doesn't include power rankings of some sort?
This is a particularly bad time to be a Sports Animal listener, as the only thing going is Major League Baseball, not exactly something this group of characters is well-versed in. So after the jump, here they are, ranked from least likely to most likely to make me turn my radio to NPR in disgust.
1. Mark Rodgers
This is a low totem pole, but Rodgers is on top of it, only partly because he was nice to a friend of mine at a poker table a few months back. He's gotten better since taking over as sports director at KOCO, and is less likely to simply repeat the conventional wisdom of the day than most of these guys. Willingness to publicly disagree with callers, fellow hosts, and OU football coaches is a positive.
2. Mike Steely
Openly admits he doesn't like or care about baseball, which is a negative in my book, but probably doesn't hurt him too much in the eyes of most people in these parts. Steely doesn't take himself too seriously -- which is a big problem with the Sports Animal guys in general -- and is occasionally slightly funny.