Meterparel is the morning flash guy for the Dennis and Callahan program on WEEI.

He is known for taking purposefully obtuse stances against the local teams for the sake of controversy. He went on a ridiculous run during last year’s Red Sox postseason, picking against the Red Sox for a number of inane reasons on a daily basis, only to come back the next day with a new one.

Boston College is exempt from his antics, as he serves as the play-by-play man for the football team of the school. Last season he infamously missed an important play during a game because he was in the bathroom. In the past he served as the voice of the New England Revolution, and the Triple A Charlotte Knights while working down in Charlotte.

He joined the Dennis and Callahan show in 2000.

———————–

{democracy:40}
Unknown's avatar

Published by Bruce Allen

Automattician.

133 thoughts on “Approval Ratings – Jon Meterparel”

  1. There are no words in the English language (except for a few Anglo-Saxon ones) to describe the suckitude of this cretin.

    Like

  2. Back-stabbing weasel.

    Doesn’t give NHL scores in the morning.

    Made on-air sexual innuendos about Ray Bourque’s daughter, then in high school.

    “Disapprove!”

    Like

  3. Lets put aside his horrible shtick in the morning with the two racists, Dennis and Callahan, and concentrate just on his play by play ability calling BC football.

    Doing that, Meterperel is the single worst play-by-play guy I have ever experienced. Virtually EVERYONE I know who has ever heard his awful “TAKE A BOW!!!” and horrible voice inflections, bad preparation, terrible attempts at being hip, dumb nicknames and just his downright annoying demeanor agrees. He is literally unlistenable. I like BC football, but if I am in my car I can’t stomach a listen. I may be able to tune in to listen to get a score, but I can’t take more than a couple minutes. Seriously, you being his friend has clouded what you are listening to. I mean, he is a disaster. He is worse than guys doing high school games on cable access. And lets not forget he is completely unprofessional and a liar, faking an appearance in Kansas City when he wasn’t there when he used to do Revolution soccer (he was actually in Foxboro watching on a monitor). He is the single worst commentator in the United States doing sports broadcasting.

    When is BC going to wake up and can this guy?

    Like

  4. Typical smarmy entitled rich kid. Adds nothing to D&C or any other show he appears on. BC should be ashamed of itself for hiring this dickweed to do their football games. I found myself rooting against “Matty Heisman” simply because of Meter. I hate him with the intensity of a thousand suns. DISAPPROVE!!!

    Like

  7. There’s really absolutely no need whatsoever for Meterparel’s voice or opinion to be broadcast anywhere on this earth. His existence as a Boston sports “personality” is pointless. He’s not funny, he’s not informative, he’s not interesting, he’s not smart.

    Like

    1. He is the only member of the morning show to not equate a gorilla to black schoolchildren.

      Like

  11. The absolute worst of the worst at WEEI, and that’s saying something. Probably a victim of wedgies and being stuffed in school lockers in his youth. DISAPPROVE x 1000000

    Like

  12. for the record dale arnold made on air sexual innuendos about michelle wie, then in high school.

    Like

  13. He’s the reason I can’t listen to the morning show! Imagine that! Lets face it the only reason he got the BC Football gig is because he works for EEI.

    Like

  15. A bad act both on D&C and the BC games for reasons I can’t quite understand. You’d think at some point the guy would figure out that he’s just plain annoying and make some changes.

    Like

  16. The suckiest suck who ever sucked. I mean, he just plain sucks.

    A smarmy, yukking bush-leaguer that for some unknown reason thinks he has what it takes to be a big time play-by-play guy who in reality sounds like he’s always doing a bad Dennis Miller impersonation.

    Can you add a “super-disapprove” button?

    Like

  17. i heard him a few weeks back not able to say what peyas are. is there another jew on the face of the earth that doesn’t know what peyas are? extrapolate that to sports and it’s all you need to know.

    Like

    1. He also couldn’t explain what “kosher” meant, and seems to know more about US Weekly stories and celebrity couples than he does about sports.

      Like

  18. Where to start? The phoney voice? The smarmy manner? The inane comments? The hypocritical attitude? He and his dimwit producer love to play that Dino “barking” sound effect over Joe Castig’s radio calls in the morning but of course he was a drooling sycophant when he worked with Joe during spring training. Why would any organization – much less a major college football program – consider him qualified to do play by play? I have noticed that he’s dropped the “gay” persona he was using a few years back; maybe he thinks it’s unbecoming for a married father.

    Disapprove! Take a bow while you’re standing on the roof of a tall building, Jon!

    Like

    1. A dunce sports flash guy making fun of a mediorce play by play announcer does not surprise me.

      Like

  19. Bruce alluded to it, but let us count the ways:

    Meterparel’s Baseball Predictions from September/October 2007:

    -The Yankees would catch the Red Sox.
    -Manny Ramiriez would never come back from his injury.
    -The Angels would give the Red Sox trouble.
    -The Yankees would beat the Indians.
    -The Indians would beat the Red Sox.
    -Jeff Francis would give the Red Sox trouble in Game One because he’s a lefty.

    Like

    1. it’s not even worth getting angry about. He writes a script of contrarian comments to bait callers into arguing with him. Credibility = 0.0%

      Like

  20. His job is to make his minders–Dennis and Callahan–look good. He does that job well. Anybody would look good when this clown is the measuring stick.
    DISAPPROVE.

    Like

  21. He thought that Tedy Bruschi was being selfish for wanting to return after his stroke.

    Before you go to the next comment, just let that one sink in for a second.

    Like

  22. A HUGE disapprove for Eddie Munster. There is not another radio sports personality out there with worse ‘negatives.’ He is the very epitome of a ‘Rodeo Clown.’ When Dennis or Callahan fall off their bull during their program, ‘Rodeo Clown’ Eddie Munster is right there to do something utterly stupid or say something completely lame to deflect the attention. His BC play-by-play is THE worst imaginable; shouted in a high-octave voice that is akin to scratching nails on a blackboard.

    Let’s review: Looks like Eddie Munster, says stupid things in a ‘Rodeo Clown’ sort of way, and is the worst play-by-play man EVER.

    In point of absolute fact, the only ‘APPROVE’ ratings will come from ‘Eddie’ voting for himself, or his family coming to his aid.

    Like

  24. A giant bag of disapprove on this one!!

    I just can’t get past that smarmy voice, that
    comes off as a person talking with a clothes pin
    on their nose.

    Haven’t listened to that show in a very long time!
    Sucks…just sucks!

    Like

  26. In spite of having no redeeming qualities, still only the third worst person on WEEI in the mornings. Stupid as Burton, emptily contrarian as Halloran, smarmy as Dennis, all wrapped up in a whiny voiced D-bag shaped package.

    Like

  27. If he was a hockey player he’d be Tim Thomas, a sturdy backbone to the morning team.

    If he was a baseball player he’d be Trot Nixon, not the most skilled, but he’ll never be outworked, gritty, does the little things, founding member of the dirty hat brigade.

    If he was an author, he’d be Judy Blume. Are you there God, it’s me Meter?

    Hell Yeah he’s there Meter and he’s giving you a galactic thumbs up!

    Like

    1. Your comment (however wrong it obviously is) was clear in your first post. The need to post something else is just… Meter-like.

      Like

  28. Sigh. Where to begin.

    First, the objective

    o sports flashes frequently omit game scores
    o sports flashes frequently omit entire sports
    o rarely chosen to sit in “the big seat” when other
    show regulars are on vacation.
    o missed key plays in football game to go to bathroom
    o pretended to be in Kansas City for soccer game
    o give and take with callers is not his strong suit
    o overall sports knowledge questionable beyond recent
    “fantasy sports” results.

    Then, the subjective

    This guy is a self serving, self loving hack of the highest degree. Everything he does smacks of trying to create another role or opportunity for himself. Tries to draw attention to himself at all costs and in every assignment. Awkward at BEST as a fill in host on the rare occasions he is allowed into the “big seat.” He’s the friggin Bert Convy of Boston Sports Media – won’t go away even though he has no talent because he MUST be connected to someone, somewhere. He inspires listeners to root AGAINST the team for which he is doing play by play. His broadcast style is at all times forced, he is unable to simply converse and his fake laughter is unbearable. Obviously nervous with an open mic in front of him and frequently resorts to use of oddly placed “Yes!” as a means of covering dead-air as he is incapable of thinking of anything else to say.

    Somewhere, Eddie is saying “My son got FIRED from that hell hole and they let THIS idiot stay on?” For once, I agree with Eddie.

    Disapprove

    Like

    1. He’s very good at being a self serving, self loving hack of the highest degree.

      If you can only do one thing, do it well!

      Like

  30. So we don’t offend anyone’s sensibilities, I will keep my remarks brief. I wouldn’t piiss on Meter if he was on fire. I wish he flew with Thurman Munson. DISAPPROVE.

    Like

  32. Very poor play-by-play man. One of the worst I’ve ever heard in fact. It’s hysterical to me that he actually believe he’s qualified to take on such a high-profile role as radio play-by-play man for the Boston Red Sox….the BOSTON RED SOX!! He can’t even make people want to listen to Boston College football games, even though their the only big-time college football program within 500 miles.

    Staking out contrarian positions for the sake of being contrarian is what we all hated about Ron Borges, but at least with Borges you had the idea that he knew something about football, even if his anti-Belichick agenda always was getting in the way. With Meterparel, you just get the feeling that he knows NOTHING about which he speaks. His anti-Red Sox schtick last October was transparent and beyond embarrassing.

    Very large disapprove from me.

    Like

  33. Dissapprove! He is “ass-paper” man. I remember one morning the guys on AAF were bitching and moning about somebody in the building who was “building a nest” every morning and then leaving it there for the next person to clean-up. Guess who? I hate those people. Tells me something about the kind of person they really are.

    Like

  34. This is idiot is what is exactly wrong with WEEI. He and his fake radio voice. F him. DISAPPROVE.

    Like

  35. Absolutely the worst. His attempt at sounding like an announcer with his gutteral “big boy” announcer voice is pathetic.

    Like

  39. Finally Bruce!

    Meter is probably the dumbest human being to exist. It says something when hes considered good in the AM compared to his play-by-play. I dont know how he got that gig but he is damn awful at play-by-play.

    Just plain awful, needs to ban from the US.

    Like

  40. Come on people — Meter is running 4 point AHEAD of Tomase on approvals. There is still work to be done…

    Like

  41. Horrible at play-by-play. Horrible at the flashes. Horrible at hosting when he sat in the big chair. Overall, one of the worst personalities on local sports radio.

    Rotten to the core.

    I wish I had four hands so I could give him four thumbs down.

    DISAPPROVE.

    Like

  42. Jortsfather, when not speaking in the 3rd person, is an Approve! machine. However, the machine farted at me this AM when I saw the name of JMP. He is the worst, prob still wears rolled up jorts and is offers zero to the station.

    1,000,000 Disapproves

    Like

  44. He seems to revel in his own ineptitude. Look up the word
    “grating” in the dictionary and you’ll see a front a side view of Meter. Must have received many a well-earned pounding in school. That probably explains a lot. Actually getting to post this is cathartic.

    Like

    1. Where would Italian food, one of the greatest cuisines be without grated parmesan reggiano or pecorino romano.

      Grating is great.

      Like

  45. Disapprove! (ad infinitum)

    Completely without talent. Typical ‘eei flash ignoramus, in the booth to play the resident stooge (see also Sheppard). Fancies himself the next Borges &/or Tomase with his contrived contrarian shtick.

    Like

    2. Let’s not forget what a wonderful job starting up the bandwagon for getting Nomar outta here… He is the reason I stopped taking New Englnad Sports Tonight seriously… Disapprove!

      Like

      1. If he did start that bandwagon, that’s at least one point in his favor. Have you followed Nomah’s career since he left Boston?

        Like

  46. This guy takes smarmy to a whole new level! Saw him on ComcastSports last week and his opinion is Lowell is done. This was after the first game that he came off of the DL! He sucks.

    DISAPPROVE!

    Like

  47. At least Callahan is genuinely a racist and Dennis genuinely a blowhard. There is nothing AT ALL authentic about this pinhead. He’s like a WWE creation, but due to his spindly frame, he’d have to be a manager or an announcer. That’s it- he’s the Mean Gene Okerlund of the blown out port-a-john that is the Boston sports media. Contrarian for no reason against the local teams, unless you’re wearing maroon and gold. If so, he’ll gobble you down like the kielbasa queen. Like Rocky bellowing from the snowy mountaintops, I offer my leather-lunged best- DISAPPROVE! DIS-AP-PROVE!

    Like

  48. I have never had a bad time listening to him do PBP for an Eagles or Revolution game.

    Not once have I heard him make a bad call. And the pipes on this guy! No complaints there.

    Like

    1. You must have missed his over-the-top TD call last season followed by Pete Cronin breaking the news to him that the ball didn’t cross the goal line.

      Like

      1. oh, I wouldn’t say I missed it

        I didn’t hear it, I’ve never heard any of his play by play, but I haven’t exactly missed it

        Like

  49. ill take the morning crew over at 890, adam jones, kevin winter, and bob picoozi (sp?)

    sometimes you get scores you don’t need or care about with the national guys, but on the whole straight professionalism

    Like

  50. I’ve seen announcers suck before, but he and his morning show companions are the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.

    And he sucks most of all.

    Like

Comments are closed.