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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 18, 2020 17:39:52 GMT
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Apr 18, 2020 17:46:00 GMT
Joe Buck.
And I'm glad you left that philanderer Harry Kalas off it - people think he's a God here - he was 'OK'
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Apr 18, 2020 17:53:01 GMT
Vin #1
I never listened to a lot of these guys, except in clips. Uecker, Harwell, Barber.
A few not on the list
Denny Mathews - Royals. I believe he did the first Royals radio broadcast and is still doing them
Mike Shannon - Cardinals. Solid guy, been with the Birds since his playing days.
Harry Kalas - Phillies. Other here can tell you more about him
I was listening to the Cardinals radio feed during the 2013 WS when I was at work. In the 9th of Game 4, Koji Uehara kept throwing to 1st. Over and over, with the Sox up by two. Mike Shannon was getting frustrated "Why does keep throwing to 1st, why does he keep throwing to 1st. When Koji picked off Wong, there was a long silence. Then Shannon said sheepishly "Well, I guess that's why he was throwing to 1st".
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Post by flyerzzrul on Apr 18, 2020 19:16:03 GMT
Joe Buck. And I'm glad you left that philanderer Harry Kalas off it - people think he's a God here - he was 'OK' Harry Kalas is widely known as one of the all-time greats and rightly so! |
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Post by millar70 on Apr 18, 2020 19:19:42 GMT
Vin Scully
I'm surprised you don't have Don Orsillo on your list. I thought he was one of your favorites.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Apr 18, 2020 19:20:14 GMT
Joe Buck. And I'm glad you left that philanderer Harry Kalas off it - people think he's a God here - he was 'OK' Harry Kalas is widely known as one of the all-time greats and rightly so! Listening to him and Richie in their late years was like visiting my Pop-Pop in the retirement home and listening to him reminisce about 1940 with the guy across from him in a comatose state playing checkers with him.
People thought baseball was boring as is - just listen to Harry and Richie - better than Ny-Quil to put you to sleep.
Just brutal - thankfully they put Wheels out to pasture too.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 18, 2020 19:38:49 GMT
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Post by klawrencio79 on Apr 18, 2020 21:00:37 GMT
Scully is like broadcasting art. This should be unanimous.
I like Costas too. Bob Murphy, the old Mets radio announcer, was also great.
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Post by millar70 on Apr 18, 2020 21:45:10 GMT
Very cool, though it's too bad the game was against the Rays, that's a big yuck. Should have had Dick doing a Tigers game against the Yankees or Indians or along those lines. |
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Post by Rufus-T on Apr 18, 2020 22:13:47 GMT
Tough choice between Sculley and Costa, but I lean more towards Costa's style. One thing about Sculley is so great that even by himself at the mic without the color commentator, he can make watching the game interesting. Gary Thorne is also great at calling the game.
Not sure if anyone outside of New York heard of Howie Rose. He used to call the NY Rangers hockey games. Now he calls the Mets games. I think he is one of the best in calling the game. Because of him, it is more fun listening to the Mets game on the radio than the Yankees game.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 18, 2020 22:35:52 GMT
Tough choice between Sculley and Costa, but I lean more towards Costa's style. One thing about Sculley is so great that even by himself at the mic without the color commentator, he can make watching the game interesting. Gary Thorne is also great at calling the game. Not sure if anyone outside of New York heard of Howie Rose. He used to call the NY Rangers hockey games. Now he calls the Mets games. I think he is one of the best in calling the game. Because of him, it is more fun listening to the Mets game on the radio than the Yankees game. so many costas lovers!!! thorne is great, funny too:
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Post by klawrencio79 on Apr 18, 2020 23:08:15 GMT
Tough choice between Sculley and Costa, but I lean more towards Costa's style. One thing about Sculley is so great that even by himself at the mic without the color commentator, he can make watching the game interesting. Gary Thorne is also great at calling the game. Not sure if anyone outside of New York heard of Howie Rose. He used to call the NY Rangers hockey games. Now he calls the Mets games. I think he is one of the best in calling the game. Because of him, it is more fun listening to the Mets game on the radio than the Yankees game. Rose is fantastic. I was going to mention him but thought it would make me look like a homer.
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Post by Rufus-T on Apr 18, 2020 23:49:36 GMT
Tough choice between Sculley and Costa, but I lean more towards Costa's style. One thing about Sculley is so great that even by himself at the mic without the color commentator, he can make watching the game interesting. Gary Thorne is also great at calling the game. Not sure if anyone outside of New York heard of Howie Rose. He used to call the NY Rangers hockey games. Now he calls the Mets games. I think he is one of the best in calling the game. Because of him, it is more fun listening to the Mets game on the radio than the Yankees game. Rose is fantastic. I was going to mention him but thought it would make me look like a homer. The Mets really know how to pick their announcers. There were Bob Murphy & Ed Coleman on radio, and now Howie Rose on radio and Ed Coleman go to the TV. I remember i enjoyed watching Kiner's Korner back in the days. Even the television crew is great with Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling. The Yankees can't compete regarding announcers. I have listen to the announcers from other teams on MLB audio or MLB Network. None that I found so far can match the Mets crew.
Edit: I forgot to mention Tim McCarver.
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Post by millar70 on Apr 18, 2020 23:58:01 GMT
Rose is fantastic. I was going to mention him but thought it would make me look like a homer. The Mets really know how to pick their announcers. There were Bob Murphy & Ed Coleman on radio, and now Howie Rose on radio and Ed Coleman go to the TV. I remember i enjoyed watching Kiner's Korner back in the days. Even the television crew is great with Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling. The Yankees can't compete regarding announcers. I have listen to the announcers from other teams on MLB audio or MLB Network. None that I found so far can match the Mets crew.
Edit: I forgot to mention Tim McCarver.
I'll give it up for the Mets, they have always had better announcers than the Yankees. Doesn't translate to success on the field, but at least they got that! |
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 19, 2020 2:04:09 GMT
Vin #1 I never listened to a lot of these guys, except in clips. Uecker, Harwell, Barber. A few not on the list Denny Mathews - Royals. I believe he did the first Royals radio broadcast and is still doing them Mike Shannon - Cardinals. Solid guy, been with the Birds since his playing days. Harry Kalas - Phillies. Other here can tell you more about him I was listening to the Cardinals radio feed during the 2013 WS when I was at work. In the 9th of Game 4, Koji Uehara kept throwing to 1st. Over and over, with the Sox up by two. Mike Shannon was getting frustrated "Why does keep throwing to 1st, why does he keep throwing to 1st. When Koji picked off Wong, there was a long silence. Then Shannon said sheepishly "Well, I guess that's why he was throwing to 1st".
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 21, 2020 2:44:39 GMT
Very cool, though it's too bad the game was against the Rays, that's a big yuck. Should have had Dick doing a Tigers game against the Yankees or Indians or along those lines. 
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Post by flyerzzrul on Apr 21, 2020 4:30:12 GMT
Harry Kalas is widely known as one of the all-time greats and rightly so! Listening to him and Richie in their late years was like visiting my Pop-Pop in the retirement home and listening to him reminisce about 1940 with the guy across from him in a comatose state playing checkers with him.
People thought baseball was boring as is - just listen to Harry and Richie - better than Ny-Quil to put you to sleep.
Just brutal - thankfully they put Wheels out to pasture too.
You can't tell me "Chase Utley You Are The Man!" isn't one of the greatest calls in history |
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