what a complete douche. I love Kruk and Kuip. As it was said in the comments section, this guy must have never listened to another hometown broadcast and seen how bad most crews are. We are truly blessed as Giants fans.

However, he’s WAY off the mark on this one.

But beyond that I think he’s pretty wrong.

I usually like Goodman too.

I agree that crowd shots are a little over used but everything else I like, pretty much.

I weirdly miss Bip Roberts and his toothy cheesy “Back to you, Kuip”.

And for the love of god, this year there’s no Cammie and in my book, that’s an instant upgrade.

He missed the only thing that really annoys me about Krukow, and that’s him playing with that damn glove during the game.

They are excellent broadcasters, but I think it is not blasphemy to dislike some of Krukow’s mannerisms. I used to like Joe Garagiola, too, but he eventually became a total caricature of himself, trying to outdo his own down-home schtick week to week. I LIKE Krukow a LOT, but if I never ever ever ever EVER heard him or anyone else say “Grab some pine, Meat,” or “Gamer” ever ever again, that would be nice. I would bet that a lot of us solid fans would feel the same.

As for the shots of fans in the stands, that’s a director’s choice, not the announcers. The Giants own these shows/games, so they want to advertise the “ballpark atmosphere” as fun you can’t get at home. It hurts the broadcasts. It’s not the announcer’s fault.

but coming from St. Louis, let me tell you that’s a lot better than what I usually have to listen to. It’s obvious who Kruk wants to win, yes. But he doesn’t let it jade his coverage (i.e. he doesn’t out and out lie in favor of the Giants) and he always offers up praise for the other guys too. So in short, I’m a fan. I wouldn’t want the Giants broadcast crew to change at all, in fact. Perfect just the way it is.

A: The crack of the bat, and KnK.
Cammie was torture. Amy is somehow less awful.

He does homer quite a bit. But he’s very complementary to all the players. He’s not shy at all in his praise of good plays/players on the other team, which I think sorta balances it out.

I will now go eat Hamburgers with my hot coworker. yay.

If this Goodman character is only watching 1 or 2 games a season – I think he’s missing the point. The target audience for Giants broadcasts is not the casual observer, but nutcases like us who will watch or listen to, all or part of 162 games! [bah! I even listen to /watch the spring training games]

The Giants broadcasts do a good job of both entertaining and informing. If you are going to watch ~500 hours of baseball in the course of a season, you want both.

And in your defense there is a lot of announcers now days do not realize they need to alter their method when doing a "team" broadcast as opposed to when the do a "national" or out of market gig. Most try and do the "homer" stuff on the national and you lean to heavily the reverse direction. Unfortunately you pick one of the few announcers in baseball to go off on that has an inkling about the difference between "team" and "National". ( Check out the few broadcasts he does with an anoucer from another team or out of market. They are not great but he cuts a lot of the laugh reel stuff out.)

I would love see Goodman endure Buck’s lil boy. The streets would flow with blood.

Free hint: Funny off topic stuff is part of baseballs culture. Just like the disregard for proper grammar and English.