Sports broadcasters are idiots

Ok, I'm watching the World Series right now. I'm not a huge sports fan, I'm the guy that roots for the home team no matter what. So, I'm delighted the WS is on tv and suffering through the pre-game show, wondering why the heck there's almost an hour of coverage before the first pitch. Anyway, that's not the point of this rant (because I know some people LOVE to hear the endless banter about the nuances of the game "He often laces his shoes in the loop back pattern but due to the humidity and soil conditions of northern California he's switched to the double back. Well have to keep an eye on that tonight!"). As the announcers were going over the strengths of each team one of the guys says "...and I'll tell you what. If the Giants can pull out an early lead in this game, they'll hold an advantage."
You sir, have a firm grasp on the obvious.

Dangit, Giants just scored.
Go Tigers!!

Agree on the sportscasters. Agree on the Tiggers.

I am with you on this one. Most sportscasters are nincompoops. Joe Buck and Chris Collinsworth are the worst. If they announced a game together my mind would explode. It'd be like watching a movie with Nicholas Cage and Keanu Reeves together with a lot of dialog between each other.

To continue on dumb things I've heard. It was a 1st down in a college football game and this sportscaster goes "Well Bob this first play is either going to be a run or pass."

Joe Namath, Cris Collinsworth, Jim Gray, All bad.

Baseball, in particular, seems to breed a ton of idiotic blather to fill all the dead air.

Joe Buck is a horrible broadcaster who only has a career because his dad was a Hall of Fame announcer for the Cardinals.

I like Jon Gruden a lot. He's a crazy little bastard who doesn't care who he irritates. I miss having Ron Jaworski in the booth with his. Gruden and Jaworski obviously hated each other, and whenever Ron would try some half-baked attempt to get the best of his rival, Gruden would always shut him down with something like "Don't we have some old footage of your leg snapping in half we can cut to here, Ron?"

jg

The best sportscasting team of all time was Pat Hughes and Ron Santo on Chicago Cubs radio. Sadly, Ron passed away about 2 years ago

Toby Moody, Julian Ryder, and Neil Spalding (and formerly Randy Mammola) commentating MotoGP makes all other commentary just seem stupid and boring, even if it doesn't need the help.

I didn't realize the Giants were in the world series, as I don't pay any attention to sports without wheels. But I am from San Francisco, and probably owe my favorite racing number to Willie McCovey. Go Giants!

Allow me to be the first to mention Murray Walker!! Fortunately I got the British feed for F1 while growing up...

http://www.worldmotorsport.com/murray/

I miss Steve Stone.

Frank Caliendo's new go-to voice is Jon Gruden. I heard it on the radio the other day and I laughed so hard. It's almost as good as his Madden.

i wouldn't mind sports if it wasn't for the idiots they have announcing it on tv- and the fact that the idiots in my monday night bowling league like to repeat everything that they heard the idiots on tv say on Sunday as if they actually thought it up themselves or even know what they are talking about... my dad had it right when i was a kid- he'd watch the game (baseball or football) on tv with the sound muted and listen to the play by play on am radio...

I've been watching the Tigers all season long, and here's my pet peeve. The Tigers (and I'm sure the Giants) have a TV contract with Fox Sports and, wait for it, announcers who actually know something about the team. If Fox really wanted an enjoyable broadcast, they would pull an announcer from each team's regular crew so they wouldn't have to totally shoot in the dark, or unconvincingly read something the production crew handed them. If you've actually watched the team all season, most of the comments made by the national broadcast crew are just flat out wrong. Plus, it would be hiliariously awesome to have the two guys in the booth pulling for opposite teams instead of trying to be "neutral".

The radio guy for the Buccaneers game and Florida State games in my all time favorite. If I could delay radio to listen to him for the games I would.

Guess this is one where I'll go against the grain again. Didn't watch a lot of the game, being a Phillies fan, I can't stomach the Giants. But I have no issues with Joe Buck. I think he does a good job. Same with a lot of the other "top" announcers on sports...Aikman, Michaels, Collinsworth, Jaworksi. I have no issues with them. I like Gruden, but he sometimes seems a bit to "positive". It's as if he's afraid to say anything negative about a player for fear of jeapordizing a future job opportunity. If someone fumbles, he'd say The running back dropped the ball, but the way he let it go was a thing of beauty.

The only mainstream announcer I really don't like is Mike Mayock. If he says someone or some team has "The best xxxxx in the league" one more time, I'll puke.

It's been cool growing up in Philly, as they've had some legendary announcers. Gene Hart for the Flyers, Harry Kalas for the Phils...they were awesome.

kazoospec wrote: ...If Fox really wanted an enjoyable broadcast, they would pull an announcer from each team's regular crew so they wouldn't have to totally shoot in the dark, or unconvincingly read something the production crew handed them. If you've actually watched the team all season, most of the comments made by the national broadcast crew are just flat out wrong.

^this

kazoospec wrote: Plus, it would be hiliariously awesome to have the two guys in the booth pulling for opposite teams instead of trying to be "neutral".

^^^^^^^^^^This...sooo sooo SOOOOO much this

What drives me waaay up the wall is how the announcers will drone on and on and on and on and on and on and on, gushing praise, love, and worship till its ankle deep around the players feet....for which ever team is winning, regardless of what they mightve said last week, or even if the team is really any good. And when the lead changes, in mid sentence, they will begin gushing over the other team. Just call the plays when theyre happening, then STFU and just enjoy some peace when theres a lull in the action.

DirtyBird222 wrote: The radio guy for the Buccaneers game and Florida State games in my all time favorite. If I could delay radio to listen to him for the games I would.

Gene Deckerhoff. Oh man he's awesome. Just the right mix of fan and observer.

jg

I grew up listening to the big red machine on the radio...Marty Brennaman and Joe Nuxhall (R.I.P.) were calling the games back then. They were the best...THE BEST! Joe passed away a few years ago,but Marty is still calling the games. It will be a sad day when he calls his last game. Probably has forgotten more about baseball than the GRM collective could ever know.

BOOGITY BOOGITY BOOGITY!

Appleseed wrote: I miss Steve Stone.

I really have a tough time deciding if I like Steve Stone or not. His voice is too nasally and really annoying, but the stuff that he says doesn't make me want to go and put my head in a vice.

It's Chicago. We talk like that.

Tim McCarver's verbal diarrhea is borderline Kerouacian in its stream-of-conscious free association, and damn hilarious when your team's not in the middle of a 3 game collapse. I'd suggest a drinking game based on McCarverisms, but I think there would be a measurable uptick in alcohol-poisoning cases.

In Game 6 of the NLCS, he concluded one of those pitch-by-pitch summaries of an at bat by proclaiming, with grave sincerity, "pitching is weird." In the same inning he compared Beltran's "regal" walk to the plate second only to Freddie Cupples.

...Wait, what?

Well, thanks for the piercing insight there, Tim.

lol beltran

John Madden is by far the worst......seriously