Who he is: Berry Tramel
What he does: Sports Columnist for the Oklahoman; Sports Radio host for the Sports Animal
Why Approve: Don’t tell anyone, but I actually think Berry Tramel is a pretty good writer. When I was in high school and college, I actually looked forward to reading his sports columns. But then this thing called the Internet came along, and I learned that other newspapers had writers just as good as Berry, and you could read them whenever you wanted for free. When that happened, Berry’s columns lost some of their luster. However, other than an occasional piece by Darnell Mayberry, Berry Tramel is the only columnist worth reading at the Joke.
Another reason to approve of Berry is that he is a thorn in Regular Jim Traber’s colon bag during their radio show on the Sports Animal. Sure, some of their arguments seem contrived, but anyone who can ruffle Regular Jim’s bull feathers deserves some praise.
Why Disapprove: I mentioned that Berry is pretty good writer, but unfortunately, he spends too much time trying to convey goofy points and share odd opinions. Also, it’s hard to take a writer seriously when he looks like a homeless person. And it’s even harder to take a sports talk host seriously when he sounds like he just stumbled out of the woods drinking a flask of moonshine. To top everything off, Berry Tramel happily boasts that he’s the guy who hired Jenni Carlson. That makes me want to puke.
Last Week’s Result: Last week, 42% of Lost Ogle readers approved of Dean Blevins. That’s actually much better than I expected! There’s a 20% chance that Dean celebrated this achievement by getting drunk and hitting on cheerleaders…or at least Channel 9 interns.
Vote after the jump…
Do you approve or disapprove of Berry Tramel?
- Approve (70%, 299 Votes)
- Disapprove (30%, 131 Votes)
Total Voters: 430
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I still remember his “Oklahomans see world in one day” column.
All sportswriters look like homeless people. Approve with extreme prejudice.
You should drop his approval rating 1 point every time he calls the Thunder “Boomers”
I tune in to The Animal every day between 440 and 520 because I want to be listening when they call 911 on live radio because Traber stroked out. Talk about contrived, your reasons to disapprove are contrived. Tramel isn’t just the best sportswriter/columnist at the Oklahoman, he’s the best writer at the entire paper. This is a no-brainer. APPROVE.
is this guy stoned? is he in that ‘flaming lips’ band you guys keep talking about… damn hippie.
Disapprove!
He makes Oklahomans look like backwoods hillbillies in coonskin caps.
His idea of nirvana would be riding a three-wheeled bicycle to the county fair to hear a barbershop quartet sing “Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair”.
Hickimus Maximus.
“unfortunately, he spends too much time trying to convey goofy points and share odd opinions.” That’s in the disapprove column? Wonder what Regular JT’s colon bag would think of that?
Approve!
Berry is a throwback. He does look like a homeless person, but that’s what all sports writers used to look like in the pre-ESPN days.
Huge approval for him destroying Traber and Eschbeck with common sense on a more than regular basis.
Pros: Seems to be honest, Looks like he should have cartoon birds circling his head with X’s over his eyes, Had the best slam on Traber this year
Traber: “As someone who played in the pros…”
Trammel: “You mean Japan?”
Traber: “I’m not speaking to you anymore.”
Cons: Hired Carlson, Works for the Oklahoman
APPROVE with Conditions: Start drinking from a flask during videos, Call Jenni “Sugartits” on air at least once a week, Assign Dave Morris to cover cat fashion shows.
He calls the Thunder “Boomers” – I hate that ! ! !
PRO: The only reason to listen to the Sports Animal is to hear Al and Traber say “Total Dominance……”
And there’s nobody to say “Hour” because Berry hurt Traber’s feelings and Traber hung up on him.
CON: First name is Berry. WTF is that about?
Approve!
Tram sounds like Ted Turner when he does the radio spots … close your eyes and imagine Ted’s likeness AND that voice fits!