50 worst announcers in sports today - Yahoo!
For the most part, these are all national acts, so I expected to see the Joe's (Buck and Morgan) and the killer B's (Berman and Brenamann). Joe Buck's pompous ass should be WAY higher on this list IMO. I am counting the days until his schthick grows old and he has to take a lesser job.
My hate list:
Football: Pam Ward makes me watch the early NCAA football games on mute. She constantly gets distracted when finishing her thoughts, and makes the game almost secondary for some reason.
Baseball: Hawk Harrrelson is the AL loser, and the I'll Mark Grant as the NL loser. Both are disasters.
Kudos to Matt Vasgersian for leaving the Padres...his homeristic calls now go national thanks to his MLB Network promotion.
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No way!
I love Hawk Harrelson.
You can put it on the booooard…… YESS!
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by dantheman85x on Jan 31, 2009 1:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
He deserves to die in a very painful and lingering manner.
by Lars The Wanderer on Jan 31, 2009 2:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not only that, but I want to stand over his grave when they’re putting him in, and say “he gone!!” like he does everytime a player on the other team strikes out.
Brian Sabean's dad- will make a few phone calls to help his son find a new job after next season
by rxmeister on Jan 31, 2009 3:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I cant stand listening to the White Sox announcers on WGN
I see the future, and it is Pablo
by CB30 on Jan 31, 2009 3:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
pretty good list
they definitely have the right guy at #1 and they seem to cover most of the “deserving” people. I would have moved Screamin A. Shit up to #2 and Skip Clueless to #3, I can at least put up with Berman, Morgan, and Tony Kornholer, but when either of those two come on the screen I pull a muscle reaching for the remote.
by FluLikeSymptoms on Jan 31, 2009 4:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
/ Stamped agreed
The author seems to count boring him is a bigger "sin". To me the top of this real should about people that make you consider eugenitics even though you strongly morally oppose the idea.
Here comes Captain Obvious wearing his Atomic Wedgie!
by daveinexile on Feb 1, 2009 9:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If you follow the link to their list of the 50 best announcers, you’ll come upon this travesty.
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
by i did my job on Jan 31, 2009 5:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Miller looks strung out in his pic, but yes that is a huge travesty.
I can haz homerunz!
by jbowl on Jan 31, 2009 5:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Heart Howard Cosell
But the list needs moar Lesley Visser.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 31, 2009 5:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Tim McCarver
Studious and eloquent
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jan 31, 2009 7:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
There’s a whole bunch of guys who made the top 50 and worst 50. That makes no sense to a simple caveman like me.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Feb 2, 2009 4:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How is Jim Nantz not on there? He's in the top 10 on my list.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 31, 2009 5:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I agree
Nantz is just awful. He belongs on the list
by FluLikeSymptoms on Jan 31, 2009 6:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, most golf announcers belong on this list. Judy Rankin ergs me too.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Jan 31, 2009 6:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Haven't heard all of these guys
But all of them I have heard can pass for baseball announcers if they’re just background noise and you aren’t paying attention. You can’t do that with Ted Lightner. He should be high on this list, even though he’s regional.
Also, there should be a women’s category, for Jeanie Zelasco, etc. Women announcers bring sports ratings down. TV execs, who aren’t usually sports watchers, if you get my drift, think that if women are announcing, more women will watch sports. Women watch sports because men watch sports and men who watch sports dig women who watch sports. But men who watch sports don’t watch as often if they think the sports broadcasts are being geared toward women.
Women should be announcers for sports in which women are actually contestants. Women announcers will tell you that’s discriminatory because no one watches (outside of Olympics figure skating, and a few other things) women’s sports.
With their argument, I rest my case.
by Sabertooth on Jan 31, 2009 6:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Your second paragraph makes my head explode
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 31, 2009 6:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL. Yeah, well, sorry about that. but I’m only telling you the truth.
by Sabertooth on Jan 31, 2009 7:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for telling me and Baron why we watch sports. :)
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jan 31, 2009 7:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I didn't
I was generalizing. You get the difference?
by Sabertooth on Jan 31, 2009 7:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
that generalization = fail
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jan 31, 2009 8:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
“I’m making a broad generalization.”
“No, you’re making a generalization about broads.”
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Feb 1, 2009 9:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m terribly proud of the fact that I’ve made a Clerks reference and a Ulysses reference on MCC in the same morning. Fuck phony high brow/low brow divisions!
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by jcb9 on Feb 1, 2009 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bro?
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Feb 2, 2009 4:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was out getting tomato soup
thanks for having my back.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 31, 2009 8:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I found a recipe for skillet apple pie that I really want to try, coincidentally.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 31, 2009 8:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It was in Cook's Illustrated so you know it's good
I just need a skillet that can go from stovetop to oven and I do not have one of those. :/
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jan 31, 2009 9:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, kudos to you guys for keeping this clean. I didn’t notice that comment until just now and… good god… the sexism….
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Feb 1, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Lars always knows what to say
Talking about pie was better than wasting my time on a sexist idiot.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Feb 1, 2009 11:13 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mmmm… sex pie….
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Feb 1, 2009 11:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cream and yellow stuff…sounds kinky.
Never has a poster been more correct in the history of the internet. Ever! - ResDog on yours truly
by jcb9 on Feb 1, 2009 12:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
…or the signs of a much needed trip to the Dr.’s office.
Giant Dirtbags: Brian Anderson, Todd Jennings, Steve Hammond, John Bowker
Don't F with the Affeldt
by Giant among Angels on Feb 1, 2009 12:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Dr. Pepper?
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Feb 1, 2009 12:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
gtfo.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Jan 31, 2009 7:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
joe buck should be #1
no doubt in my mind
by HoLdEmUP on Feb 1, 2009 11:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
IDNAWTA
Some random misplacements on the list
-I would rank Gus Johnson in my top 10 favorites. He makes every game more exciting to watch.
-How is Emmit Smith not in the top 10? He makes a living off of making Steve Young continually confused at Emmitt’s “analysis”
-Buck & McCarver ought to be #1 & #2. It’s baffling that fox would put the two of them together year after excruciating year.
-Even though he’s not an announcer, I’d stick Lou Holtz in the top 20 for his analysts role. How can anyone take him seriously anymore? I start laughing every time he talks!
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Feb 2, 2009 4:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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