More announcers......

I'm gonna piggyback on DA BOOTH's blog below regarding announcers...

For years now the state of announcers has gotten steadily worse.  I've complained before...mainly to deaf ears,  but my God, some games are just unwatchable because of bad announcing.

Case in point.....this year's World Series.........I could only take so much at a time with announcers Joe Buck and Tim McCarver.   Joe Buck acts like he's announcing something as complicated as brain surgery instead of a baseball game.   McCarver would be lost without a stat book and his helpers passing facts thru his headset.   Everything he says centers around some stat.

I long for these long gone announcers:
Joe Garigiola and Tony Kubeck- In the 1970's and early 80's baseball had the "Saturday Game of the Week".  Garigiola was a former player and knowledgeable.  Kubeck was lighter but also knowledgeable. Neither had to depend on stats to prove a point.

Richie Ashburn and Harry Kalas- You may have heard Kalas in recent years and he was one of the best. But I think his best days were when he and Ashburn were paired. Throughout the 70's and 80's they brought Phillies games to life.  Asburn was one of the "Whiz Kids" from the 1950's and won batting titles in both 1955 and 1958.  Nobody has called a better homerun than Kalas.

Howard Cosell, "Dandy" Don Meredith, and Frank Gifford- The original Monday Night Football crew.  Nobody has done it better since.  Yes, there have been many combinations over the years, but this group made you want to tune in.   Gifford was a professional and called a tight game.  Meredith brought the lighter side of a former Dallas QB who seemed at home drinking a cool one while wearing his cowboy hat.  Cosell never seems to get credited for his knowledge of sports, but he was extremely knowledgeable. Cosell added flair and could make a game between the Lions and Browns seem like it was for a championship.  I always loved the end of a game when the result was in the bag and Dandy Don would let out a chorus of "Turn out the lights, the party's over".

Chuck Thompson- If you were an Orioles fan in the 1970's and very early 80's you know who Chuck Thompson is!    He brought 33rd Street to life night in and night out.  Made you love the way he said Palmer, Robinson, Lee, Murray, Lowenstein.....  Lighthearted and full of baseball stories.

Keith Jackson- College football....leafs turning brown and falling on a crisp fall day.....the Rose Bowl.....potnificating........"Whoa Nellie"...   need I say more?