Around Baseball 2014

[Boxcar]

Seattle is amazing. TB, Boston, and SD are also top-notch IMO.

 

SF still has Jon Miller, right? Don't watch many Giants games due to the fact that the team is boring and mediocre. That guy has a great voice.

 

Most overrated, by far, IMO is Vin Scully. I get that he's old as f*** and he's been the broadcaster forever, but I'm not really thinking about that when he's slowly telling stories about Matt Kemp eating a taco in between pitches. His voice gets on my nerves, too. I know I'm in the minority but I'd throw that out there.

[Eragon]

I really enjoy Ashby and Howarth.

 

That's cool, I like them. Ashby was great because he was so honest but sometimes it seemed a bit negative. I like Joe a lot, very common sense type.

[fatcowxlive]

You guys are all forgetting Vin Scully. Shame on every single one of you

[Orgfiller]

Off the top of my head, announcing teams worse than Buck and Pat:

 

Royals (Rex Hudler in particular, unbearable)

Angels

Phillies

 

No one else comes to mind.

 

Best 3:

Red Sox, by far

Yankees

Rays or Astros. Probably lean Astros. I like the Orioles, too

 

I haven't listened to most of these, but I don't like the Orioles guys because they're very homerish. I really hate when broadcasters are obviously biased, ala White Sox. It's fine to be excited when your team does something good, but some just simply won't accept a play that goes against their team even when it's right in front of them.

[GD]

SF still has Jon Miller, right? Don't watch many Giants games due to the fact that the team is boring and mediocre. That guy has a great voice.

 

Most overrated, by far, IMO is Vin Scully. I get that he's old as f*** and he's been the broadcaster forever, but I'm not really thinking about that when he's slowly telling stories about Matt Kemp eating a taco in between pitches. His voice gets on my nerves, too. I know I'm in the minority but I'd throw that out there.

 

I think Scully is good, but overrated.

[G-Snarls]

I really enjoy Ashby and Howarth.

 

Ashby is long gone and that's a shame.

Edited April 22, 2014 by G-Snarls

[Boxcar]

You're missing one....

 

STRETCH, STRETCH, YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOARD YES!!

 

 

 

Alan Ashbey is awesome and they're showing WAR in Houston so they're doing something right

 

I could listen to Hawk's home run calls for hours. He's a massive homer and I don't like Stone at all but he definitely makes the game more entertaining. I always pick his feed if I'm watching a Sox game.

 

Edit: Unless they are playing Boston because Don Orsillo is the best play-by-play guy out there and Jerry Remy is incredible. The most genuinely funny announcing duo and Jenny Dell is the hottest woman in sports.

[fatcowxlive]

I could listen to Hawk's home run calls for hours. He's a massive homer and I don't like Stone at all but he definitely makes the game more entertaining. I always pick his feed if I'm watching a Sox game.

 

Personally I like his home run calls, because of how into it he gets. I just posted that because the consensus on this board is that Hawk is the worst

[Orgfiller]

I think Scully is good, but overrated.

 

This, he's very old school, which is fine, but this means that he goes for a lot of traditional stats and the monotone commentary can become a bit boring after a while.

[NorthOf49]

Diamondbacks are good too! Steve Berthiaume and Bob Brenly. As I said earlier, all of the NL West crews are good; easily the best division.

[Abomination]

I think no matter who the announcers are people who listen to them for 162 games a year are going to find aspects they don't like, and they'll naturally key into those as time progresses and get more and more annoyed at it.

[fatcowxlive]

I think Scully is good, but overrated.

This, he's very old school, which is fine, but this means that he goes for a lot of traditional stats and the monotone commentary can become a bit boring after a while.

 

Wow really??? Scully is awesome, he's the last old school guy that's left, you can literally sleep to his voice. He doesn't need stats, his stories are good enough!

[Orgfiller]

Diamondbacks are good too! Steve Berthiaume and Bob Brenly. As I said earlier, all of the NL West crews are good; easily the best division.

 

I have it on good authority that the D-Backs guys are very biased, care to confirm?

[Eragon]

I haven't listened to most of these, but I don't like the Orioles guys because they're very homerish. I really hate when broadcasters are obviously biased, ala White Sox. It's fine to be excited when your team does something good, but some just simply won't accept a play that goes against their team even when it's right in front of them.

 

Is their any Blue Jays TV broadcaster that you liked including past and present?

[NorthOf49]

Don't forget the ESPN crew! They're really good. Even Kruk.

[Boxcar]

Diamondbacks are good too! Steve Berthiaume and Bob Brenly. As I said earlier, all of the NL West crews are good; easily the best division.

 

Didn't Brenly used to be with the Cubs? For some reason I was thinking Mark Grace was still there and he is terrible.

[Eragon]

I could listen to Hawk's home run calls for hours. He's a massive homer and I don't like Stone at all but he definitely makes the game more entertaining. I always pick his feed if I'm watching a Sox game.

 

Edit: Unless they are playing Boston because Don Orsillo is the best play-by-play guy out there and Jerry Remy is incredible. The most genuinely funny announcing duo and Jenny Dell is the hottest woman in sports.

 

If Hawk was doing a homerun call and I was sitting beside him, he would be dead man.

[Boxcar]

Don't forget the ESPN crew! They're really good. Even Kruk.

 

Shulman will be loved forever, but please never say that about Kruk again. What a dumbass. Hershiser and Shulman are a good tandem.

[GD]

I'm very, very sure I'm the only one who mildly enjoyed Jamie Campbell.

[Orgfiller]

Is their any Blue Jays TV broadcaster that you liked including past and present?

 

I found the CBC broadcasters pretty decent when that still existed.

[fatcowxlive]

Is their any Blue Jays TV broadcaster that you liked including past and present?

 

Who remembers Jamie Campbell being a broadcaster? Who am I kidding, you all do! But he was the first Jays broadcaster I heard... "You can kiss that one goodbye!"

[Orgfiller]

I'm very, very sure I'm the only one who mildly enjoyed Jamie Campbell.

 

I didn't mind him, but he's very cheesy. I liked that he had an original homerun call, whereas Buck is just awful at that.

[GD]

Even though he's a pretty terrible person, Matt Vasgersian.

[fatcowxlive]

I found the CBC broadcasters pretty decent when that still existed.

 

Wasn't Darren Fletcher on that? I know Jesse Barfield was on CBC

[Orgfiller]

Even though he's a pretty terrible person, Matt Vasgersian.

 

Rod. Black. Ugh

[GD]

Anyone old enough to remember Brian Williams on the CBC weekend broadcasts. That man's voice was made for baseball. I have no idea whether or not he knew what he was talking about.

 

Can't remember but I LOVE Brian Williams' voice.

[Orgfiller]

Wasn't Darren Fletcher on that? I know Jesse Barfield was on CBC

 

I think both were, at least Barfield I know for sure.

[fatcowxlive]

I'm very, very sure I'm the only one who mildly enjoyed Jamie Campbell.

That's ******** because I liked the guy!

[Eragon]

Who remembers Jamie Campbell being a broadcaster? Who am I kidding, you all do! But he was the first Jays broadcaster I heard... "You can kiss that one goodbye!"

 

And apparently so I recently heard he took that line from some other Jays commentator from the 80's.

[GD]

Rod. Black. Ugh

 

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW GROSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

Him and Rautins on the Raptors' broadcast. f***ing horrible.

 

Matt Devlin was excellent on the Jays' broadcast last year. Was sad when he left. That call on the Muni double isn't something I'm going to forget.