How bout all that stuff letters and everything you focus it on the team rather than a PBP guy on the radio. The least Im worried bout is who is doin the radio calling. Im serious I cant take this team anymore lets gets that accomplished first. Not meaning to be rude just I could care less on the radio it would be different if he did the whole game but he dont just bare thru it for the few mins and turn that aggression towards the team and lets get the team better

or whine about it some more.

Worry about the freakin team that his calling for the 5th inning on.

Yelling works in hockey, in baseball all it does is irriate people.

Just sayin’…

i live in reds territory, so unless the games are on wgn or espn or fox, i have to listen to the online stream. fingernails on a chalkboard, a jackhammer, an irl crapwagon, and detroit’s goal horn going on at the same time sound better than judd does calling an inning.

i know pat’s cushy deal that gives him an inning off (and if anyone needs a 1 inning break after carrying ron during games for however many years its him) but there needs to have been a better in-house search for a play-by-play guy. i’m almost turning off in the 5th inning for reasons other than performance on the field.

…is that we’re comparing Sirott to Pat Hughes, who I honestly think is one of the best play-by-play people I’ve heard. I sometimes flip around on the Gameday Audio when I’m at work, and just want a ballgame to listen to, and really, there are some announcers out there who aren’t very good. To be sure, there are jewels, like Vin Scully who is in a league by himself, but I haven’t heard anyone paint as clear a picture as Pat does.

So, we have high standards, and Judd is suffering by comparison to them. Maybe someone could calculate his VORA (value over replacement announcer) and see! :-)

1 inning on the radio, right?

If that’s all you have to worry about, life — indeed….is very good.

It could be Joe Morgan.

I’m glad I’m not the only one that thinks like. His ‘banter’ with Ronnie is also pretty painful.

Because of the unique situation w/Hughes, and Ron’s inability to step in and PBP. Radio color people through the league are normally able to handle an inning of PBP. Santo cannot.

So, the Cubs are stuck with having to find somebody to do one damn inning. Sirott has other work for WGN, to actually make this a legit job. With Provus and Masur, the Cubs were lucky — these guys had the chops and were able to use this as a springboard to Full-Time MLB gigs.

Let the guy alone, it’s tough to improve when you don’t have the air time.

I’ll be glad to join you. He’s brutal to listen to. Yep, I noticed Ronnie’s even getting impatient with him too.