TBS & Ex-Cub Announcer Chip Caray part ways
Despite the work that he did I am a little surprised that this happened. It'll be interesting to see who they bring in to fill his spot.
(as a side note I feel as though I should note I found this at deadspin)
about 2 years ago
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I deleted a similar post I published
and here’s a link to a NYT source. The nut graph is so beautiful that it should be considered for a Pulitzer.
No loss!
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
interestingly...
… it seems as though he’s also out as Braves announcer. Not sure why there is any surprise, Caray is terrible. He has no clue and/or ability to moderate his excessive enthusiasm, even when it comes to routine plays. Sorry, Chip, but a deep fly ball out in the 5th inning of an unimportant game does not call for screaming and shouting.
by dmlichte on Nov 30, 2009 4:14 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
Rec'd
Wish I could rec it 3X
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Nov 30, 2009 10:23 PM CST up reply actions
Make it 10x from me
Chip’s histrionics this postseason were mind-numbing.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Dec 2, 2009 3:18 AM CST up reply actions
One of my favorite times watching Cubs baseball
was the last three months of the Chip – Steve Stone relationship. Stone distanced himself from an overenthusiastic partner and a horrible baseball team with his trademarked sharp sarcasm.
Does this mean Judd Sirott has a chance at a big league pxp job, or will he stay w/ Chicago and the Blackhawks? What other candidates are out there?
Come visit me inside Wrigley along the Addison side mezzanine fence straight up from 1st base.
by section229beer on Dec 1, 2009 1:40 PM CST up reply actions
ugh
Judd Sirott makes me wish I was listening to Chip Caray
People should remember that while they have the right to their opinion, they are not entitled to be taken seriously. -- Bruce Bartlett
Hopefully, Judd Sirott WILL get a MLB PBP job outside Chicago....
… so we don’t have to listen to him any more.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Maybe.
Whoever they would get isn’t going to be great, either.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 3, 2009 11:10 AM CST up reply actions
I'm probably in the minority....
..but I liked the guy when he was the Cubs announcer.
"It's hard to win 97 games, it's hard to win the division. Our attitude is if you get in every year, you get in most of the time, sooner or later you are going to knock that door down." -- Jim Hendry
Swung on and belted!!!!
…..and the fly ball lands gently in the Left Fielders glove 10 feet in front of the track.
LOL
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Nov 30, 2009 5:51 PM CST up reply actions
Good thing he never did radio with Ron while he was here...
…otherwise I would have pulled many a hamstring out on Waveland chasing after mammoth blasts that somehow would never make it out of the park…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
As opposed to Len...
who seemingly never knows a home run off the bat like most professional announcers do.
I liked Chip. I like Len a little more, I think. But both have good and bad traits.
He's finally where he deserves to be
unemployed. Hope the rest of the lucky sperm club members go too! Buck and brennaman.
Nice.
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
Oh I like Tom Brennaman
He does a good job. Not amazing but good. He does the call for random games as well, like the Big Ten Network, and is always adequate on there
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
Ugh.
I hate Brennaman. I didn’t like him when he was a Cubs broadcaster and as a national guy, he’s awful. Pompous and full of himself.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Ditto
Both of them are pretty pompous. I still haven’t gotten over Marty and Thom lumping all Cubs fans together as superstitious people who were bad sports. “It’s seeing stuff like this that makes you want the Cubs to lose.” That and, “Cubs fans are the worst fans and Cardinals fans are the best fans.” Yeah Thom. I’m sure Cubs fans were great when you worked for the Cubs. And I’m sure you should be propping up fans of your own team. Maybe Marty and Thom should have been complaining about how the Reds franchise has taken a nosedive instead of clinging to past glory.
And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.
I wonder who TBS will hire to replace him.
Hopefully, they will upgrade their overall broadcasting talent for the 2010 playoffs. Can we dare hope Dick Stockton’s days are over at TBS too?
Hey, it's a new century!
Dick Stockton's days may soon be over period.
Isn’t he like 90?
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Nov 30, 2009 5:52 PM CST up reply actions
Oddly enough, he's only 67.
You’d think he was 20 years older.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I blame the hair.
The camera may add 10 pounds, but that Brillo pad on Stockton’s dome adds 20 years.
"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things." ~Winston Churchill
huh?
Sorry, but there is no place for this… While I did not like Caray as an announcers, by all accounts Caray is a top notch person. Comparing his firing to that of a guy who clearly did unethical things is uncalled for.
i wasnt comparing this to steve phillips getting fired for doinking a coworker
1 Aaron down, 1 to go
by jesus christos on Nov 30, 2009 5:45 PM CST up reply actions
Then say so
Because the first, second and third things most people are going to think is Chip did what Phillips did.
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
I think maybe he was referring to the fact
that they are both annoying baseball announcers.
They also both worked with former players named Joe whose broadcasting abilities are, well, questionable.
"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things." ~Winston Churchill
just saying...
… that lumping him and Steve Philips, who was fired after a very well publicized affair with an intern is questionable at best, especially when you don’t go any deeper into detail.
Simpson's not that bad
Better than Morgan, but that’s not saying all that much…
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
I was thinking of Joe Carter...
who was abysmal.
"I have the time and hatred but not the knowledge." ~Madison Cub Fan (Aug. 25, 2009)
Chip is better than the chatterbox bozo we have in the booth now
"Cubs will win 79 to 83 games." BLou (7/21/09)
I liked Chip too.
I’m surprised to hear that a number of people here disliked him so much. To each his own, I guess.
I liked him also...
…I wish him the best.
by TheHawkRules on Dec 1, 2009 12:22 PM CST up reply actions
Fisted!!!
People should remember that while they have the right to their opinion, they are not entitled to be taken seriously. -- Bruce Bartlett
Sadly, no.
Every time Chip screamed “Fisted!”, I flinched and dropped the phone.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
Chip Caray -- good guy,
but mediocre in the booth. That ‘chatterbox’ currently in the Cubs booth is hands-down better than most of the jokers in MLB TV booths today.
Apparently certain individuals don’t hear other broadcasters across the country.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Nov 30, 2009 7:12 PM CST reply actions
agreed on all accounts
Caray will get another job because 1. he’s a big name and 2. there are some truly horrid announcers out there. Its unlikely that it won’t be in a big market, but for a small or mid market club, landing someone like Caray is a good get. Caray drove me nuts as the Cubs guy, blathering on about cotton candy, balls off the “fair pole” and all of his other annoyances, but he’ll end up somewhere.
It is interesting to see what the networks characterize as top talent, handing out the big jobs to guys like Chip and Matt Vasgersian. While there are a ton of bad announcers, there are also some great ones who fly under the radar. Outside of Chicago, Pat Hughes is not well known, and teamed with a top notch color man, he’d do a tremendous job announcing playoff baseball. With Hughes and Kasper, IMO, we’ve got two of the better PBP men in the business.
Anyhow, here’s an interesting read via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
If you are referring to me
I think BB does a great job.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 1, 2009 1:02 PM CST up reply actions
From that piece
I’d bet he winds up on Fox South/Peachtree. Chip really wasn’t terrible on Cubs telecasts — just average. Stone made hime better. The opposite — Chip & Joe Carter. Joe was so bad Chip had to carry him, and that really hurt the entire broadcast.
Caray left the Cubs to do Braves games, and to work with his father. With TBS getting out of ‘local’ coverage into network games — that changed his role completely. I think (as he seems to admit) that he’s better when he works every day. When you don’t work as much — you lose an edge, and fall into “crutches.”
The TBS network job didn’t suit him, and it showed. But, as I said, he seems to be a good guy, (Chip was always a local radio interview guest when the Cubs were in town, and he sounded pretty genuine in those discussions) and he should be fine.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 1, 2009 1:01 PM CST up reply actions
FTFA
The spokesman also said there was no rush to find a replacement for Caray and said that his Braves and TBS duties could possibly be shared by several broadcasters.
This makes me think that we’ll get moar Sager. The mind boggles.
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
Agree Jazz
I get to listen to quite a few, and Kasper does a good job. “Chatterbox”, I don’t get that.
I base my grading on if you can listen to a visiting team broadcast booth and enjoy the game hats off to them. The White Sox you can’t get through the first inning, Stone and Hawk are awful.
Carey was average. I thought he did a decent job in Chicago.
If you're a Sox fan, Hawk is great
If not, you’re screwed. He has so many nicknames and quirks its ridiculous
He’s made some pretty borderline racist comments on the air as well
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
Let's be honest - chip sucked.
He was a joke, both here and in Atlanta.
Hope he finds a new career, because he is an awful baseball announcer.
Funny part is, he’s probably better off than his old partner who is STUCK teaming up with the absolute worst announcer in history, Hawk Harrelson!!
Honestly, Reasonable People Can Differ
The key word being honestly, I imagine. I don’t understand the venom being thrown Caray’s way. He wasn’t his Dad, Grand Dad or Vin Scully or Jack Brickhouse, but he doesn’t deserve the level of hate being thrown at him here. He had a lot to live up to, and it would be interesting to see how some of the people here would fair under similar circumstances.
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
I don't hate Chip
And he’s probably a decent guy. But I’ve always thought he was a bad announcer, for a lot of reasons already cited. Over-enthusiasm, innaccurate calls, etc.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 1, 2009 8:42 AM CST up reply actions
GOT TO MEET
Chip at Harry Caray’s ( Downtown ) after a game . He was with a group of friends . He came over to our table and chatted about the Cub’s win that day . He seemed like a decent guy . What we all have to remember he had huge shoes to fill . He didn’t act like Harry or Skip nor did we expect he would . I wish Chip all the best .
agreed
After Harry died, I sent Chip a letter, which he promptly responded to. By all accounts he is an excellent human being, which is far more important than being an excellent broadcaster. While I am glad he’s no longer broadcasting here, I wish him the best.
by dmlichte on Dec 1, 2009 10:53 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
Don’t understand all the vitrol against Chip. He may not have been the best broadcaster in the world but he never did anything negative against the Cubs. I guess if some people aren’t bitching they aren’t saying anything.
by LT on Dec 2, 2009 9:37 AM CST up reply actions
Where is the vitriol against Chip of which you speak?
Other than one poster, who only seems to post in “snark”, the bulk of the criticism has been about his announcing ability – including comments from the poster above, who’s comment you rec’d. No one is saying anything negative about Chip as a person, and the comments about the broadcasting really have not been harsh.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 2, 2009 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
There has been bashing of Chip in the past here
It has to come from people who don’t have access to all of the really, really bad baseball pbp teams across the country.
Chip did trade on his name. That’s OK. It’s the family business. It happens everywhere. He might not have gotten out of Omaha, or any such market if his last name wasn’t Caray, but so what, you know?
The current #1 pbp guy with Padres TV did over 10 years of AA Ball in Tulsa and some back up work on ESPN. That’s really toiling in the low-pay district for a long time. This guy is about as good as Skip. But, Skip barely spent a day in such markets due to his name.
Skip’s OK. Average. Not really good. Not really bad. No reason for some here to bash him so much.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 2, 2009 1:35 PM CST up reply actions
There's really no bashing in this thread
And while I don’t read every topic, I don’t remember a lot of it in other threads, either.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 2, 2009 1:42 PM CST up reply actions
Yes
I wasn’t really speaking so much about this thread in particular, but just since the day he wasn’t the voice of the Cubs anymore. There have been lots of I hate Chip type posts since. Maybe that is just typical now days. You’re either with us or against us I guess.
by LT on Dec 2, 2009 4:09 PM CST up reply actions
Ah, got it
Sorry for jumping to conclusions
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 2, 2009 8:25 PM CST up reply actions
As opposed to Steve Stone
Who constantly over criticized and said some pretty bad things the year before he was fired/left
Anger or bitching for the most part is our job, as the bloggers and those who read blogs. Occasionally for the radio. The guys on the air during the game have to keep a professional attitude and can criticize but not really express what they’re fully thinking
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
Hey, what's wrong with Hawk?
Hint, check my sig. :)
"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07
Hawk
is the reason I can’t stand to watch White Sox games. I’ll be happy when “he gone”.
Cub fan since 1969 and Im not taking my avatar down until they show up in a playoff series.
Agreed 100%
I live in Chicago and so could watch many Sox games, however, I just can’t bring myself to listen to that blathering idiot. I understand that he’s going to be rooting for the Sox, but he’s just such an arrogant homer that it supercedes actually watching a Sox game.
"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07
Well I suppose I could,
but I do like actually hearing what’s going on as well. Kind of boring watching a silent TV. :)
"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07
Same here...
I’m 100% Cubs all the way, but, also a BIG baseball fan and would like to watch the Sox when it doesn’t conflict with the Cubs, but, just can’t stand Harrelson…so, I tried them on the radio…have any of you heard Ed Farmer? Needless to say…I don’t watch or listen to any Sox games
Have heard very little of Ed Farmer
Living in Chicago, and being a baseball fan in general, I would like to at least be knowledgeable about the Sox so I can have intelligent conversations and arguments with Sox fans, but it’s just so… damn… hard… to watch a game.
"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07
I'll confess to listening to Sox games in the car sometimes.
Farmer does seem to know what he’s talking about, but he has all the emotion of your average goldfish. In Hawk and Farmer, the White Sox have somehow managed to cover both extremes of the broadcasting spectrum.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
Sox radio is like listening to PBP of a root canal
it is by far the worst I’ve heard in my travels. One might suspect Farmer gets fined by the FCC for any fluctuations in voice.
thereisagroundertothethirdbasesidethathitsthebagandrollsintothebullpenRamirezisgoingtomaketheturnandtrytoscoreHeresthethrowHessafeSoxwin.
by JCD on Dec 7, 2009 2:35 PM CST up reply actions
The White Sox
are the reason that I can’t watch White Sox games
Careful Son, They will break your heart. And then stomp on it. But I will be a Cubs fans until I die. Its your fault Harry!!!
by deployedcubfan on Dec 4, 2009 8:34 AM CST up reply actions
Keep in mind this wasn't just a playoff job.
Chip did the every-Sunday-afternoon TBS national game. Someone will have to be hired to do that. Wonder who it will be?
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Lots of guys out there...
who knows?
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 1, 2009 1:03 PM CST up reply actions
Dick Stockton?
ADOLFO!!!!
RODRIGO!!!!
People should remember that while they have the right to their opinion, they are not entitled to be taken seriously. -- Bruce Bartlett
According to Dick Stockton
Air ah mass Ramirez is our third baseman
I just don’t get it. If he was our back up 3B and wasn’t an all star, etc, I’d understand. But Ramirez (trying to be unbiased) is one of the better players in the game and is the best bat on a team that is well known through out the nation. To be on a national broadcast and mispronounce a name like that for two consecutive years in the playoffs is just mind blowing.
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
I liked Chip when he was with the Cubs
but after a couple of years with Len (who I really like) I realized Chip just isn’t very good. It could be that he worked well with Stone but not so much with other color guys. This year’s playoff games with Chip were really brutal. I wish him well and hope he lands another gig.
I am an American aquarium drinker...
Spot on observation!
Seems like a lot of these PXP guys do well when they are paired with the right combination.
I always thought Stony and Chip were decent working as a pair (in their Cub days), but didn’t “sound” as well paired with other guys, like Harry Carey, etc.
Vince Lloyd and Lou Boudreau were terrific together, but Lou didn’t sound as good when paired with Harry.
It’s all about being in the right combo to be most effective.
If you think you've seen it all...just wait!
by CubFanSince1970 on Dec 1, 2009 11:34 AM CST reply actions
Right.
Len Kasper with someone else might not be as good as he is with Bob Brenly. They make a good team.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Yeah, I agree.
Brenly’s gruffness balances out Kasper’s nerdiness. They’re like a fine wine, really.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
Are there any...
…former Cubs players or management anyone knows of with PxP aspirations?
"Some guys make lemonade out of lemons. Hendry makes hash out of prime meat."
Don't know about PBP...
…. but I think Eric Karros would make an excellent successor to Ron Santo if/when Santo decides to retire.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al Yellon on Dec 2, 2009 6:32 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I can't see Santo retiring
I think the radio job is what’s helping keep him alive.
"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07
Probably so.
At the same time, he will be 70 in April… there may come a time when he’s physically unable to do it any more.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I think soon he will only broadcast home games.
In recent years, he’s started skipping a couple of road trips each season which leads me to believe he soon will only do home games and possibly choose a road trip or two to go on.
Other broadcasters have done this as they age such as Vin Skully and Milo Hamilton.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Dec 2, 2009 1:51 PM CST up reply actions
He's really physically unable to do it now
He misses so many games because of procedures and he won’t go to NYC because of ’69….Dave Otto does more and more games every year
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
I think it's part of it
But he seems pretty connected to his family, too.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 2, 2009 10:37 AM CST up reply actions
I think it's keeping him alive too
But Carlos Marmol at closer isn’t going to be good for his health
People should remember that while they have the right to their opinion, they are not entitled to be taken seriously. -- Bruce Bartlett
Keith Moreland spent some time...
…in both the radio and TV booths this past season. He was doing analysis, though, not PxP. I thought he was pretty good.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
Moreland was barely average.
Eric Karros, is certainly superior. He’d be great in the Cubs radio booth.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 2, 2009 1:37 PM CST up reply actions
I hope Santo stays as long as he wants to
But your first line, if true, speaks volumes about what we’re used to.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 2, 2009 1:43 PM CST up reply actions
I enjoyed Moreland's Texas twang...
…but, yeah, I guess Karros would probably be better.
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
+1
Karros does a fine job
Sutcliffe isn’t half bad either. When talking about pitchers he’s very good (for obvious reasons)
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
I also thought Moreland did a fine job.
You could tell he followed the team.
I know he does Texas football, so he’s used to being on the air.
by JCD on Dec 7, 2009 2:38 PM CST up reply actions
I thought Moreland was good too
People should remember that while they have the right to their opinion, they are not entitled to be taken seriously. -- Bruce Bartlett
he's not a former Cub and hopefully won't be for awhile...
…but you gotta figure when Dempster’s pitching days are over, he wouldn’t be adverse to getting behind a microphone on a full-time basis. Again, though, I’m sure he’d be the color/analyst guy, not PxP. I could easily see him being a Rick Sutcliffe type.
Not sure where PxP guys come from, but I don’t think it’s the playing field.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Some have come from the field
Random names as they come to me:
Uecker, Harrleson, Farmer, Boudreau did some PxP, Mike Shannon.
I’m sure there are others. But more often than not, the better ones have spent a lot of time honing their craft.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 2, 2009 11:10 AM CST up reply actions
also add
Rick Monday and Dan Gladden to the list. Not sure if Monday does it as much these days in LA since they hired Charley Steiner. Gladden does mostly Color, but also does a few innings of PBP with John Gordon in Minnesota, and he’s great.
Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek both did PBP for NBC at times.
Jerry Coleman, a longtime Yankee, did PBP for the Padres on radio for many years.
It’s much less common today than it was 30 or so years ago.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
And, apparently Coleman
is still around, in a very reduced capacity as he pushes to 90. I guess he’s coming back for another year.
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Dec 2, 2009 1:40 PM CST up reply actions
Duane Kuiper...
out here in the Bay Area does p-b-p, and you’d never think “ex-player” when you hear him.
Monday.....
…splits with Steiner on road trips because Scully doesn’t travel. For home games, Scully does the first three innings as a simulcast, Steiner/Monday does 4-6 on radio, Scully does TV alone 4-6, then Sculy does a simulcast from 7 to the end of the game.
Don Drysdale did play by play for the Angels, White Sox and Dodgers. Jerry Reuss and Al Downing have also some some limited play by play for the Dodgers.
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
Keith Moreland?
Dave Otto?
Lou has also done some post season work when he was with the then Devil Rays
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
All three of those did color commentary, not PxP
And Piniella was . . . not good.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 3, 2009 11:09 PM CST up reply actions
Lou worked for Fox-TV for the year he was out of managing.
He was pretty bad.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Indeed
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Dec 4, 2009 8:46 AM CST up reply actions
I wonder how many times he said look on 1 broadcast
This Chicago Cubs team is currently Aaron free. Keep it that way, please.
by jesus christos on Dec 7, 2009 10:25 PM CST up reply actions
I'm tempted to try and find some clips or soundbites of Lou doing color commentary.
I’m guessing you could probably make a drinking game out of his use of the word “look.”
Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.
Alcohol posioning . . .
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
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by Shanghai Badger on Dec 4, 2009 11:37 AM CST up reply actions
I've mentioned this before
But my favorite Chip Caray moment was when he was calling a Braves game on TV. His wife had brought his infant son up to the booth and Chip was bouncing him on his lap when he came out with this: “Just like his grandfather, he likes a bottle before bedtime.”
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
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