What a collection of gag-inducing sports babblers so far. How about a trio of oldies but not very goodies? Trev Alberts, Craig "Death Penalty" James, and Mark May.
Most nauseating sports announcer
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Nantz is especially bad when doing Patriot games, ugh....!
Holy Cow you could not be more correct. I live in MD and 99% of nats fans hate him. Every pitch is 'front door' or 'back door' While I know what he means, my wife asked and I told her. She said, why cant he just say inside or outside?
Disagree. Fp does indeed play the homer but that is part of his job. Sometimes a bit too much but he’s actually fairly knowledgeable. And he does make it fun, with periodic off the wall references.
Methinks you just resent him as a non nats fan.
Not the worst announcer but a memorable moment.
I remember way back when Bill Russell did the color commentary for NBA games and the rules allowed 3 chances to make 2 FTs. Paul Silas makes one, misses the second, but makes the third. Russell says now that's a clutch player. He's only a 67% FT shooter on the season but when the team really needed it he made 2 out of 3.
I remember way back when Bill Russell did the color commentary for NBA games and the rules allowed 3 chances to make 2 FTs. Paul Silas makes one, misses the second, but makes the third. Russell says now that's a clutch player. He's only a 67% FT shooter on the season but when the team really needed it he made 2 out of 3.
I enjoy any announcer who (a) says little and (b) does not make himself the center of attention, rather than the game.
I would love to see a study of how many words they say today versus years ago.
Let the game speak for itself PLEASE.
Go Wofford.
I would love to see a study of how many words they say today versus years ago.
Let the game speak for itself PLEASE.
Go Wofford.
I'm not one to complain about announcers, but this post did make me think of a post that I made last spring on another forum...
The following sequence just happened between the two announcers doing the Boise St-Washington softball game on ESPNU (and the fact that I'm watching this game at 1:19am with no rooting interest just proves that I'd pretty much watch any live sporting event over anything else I can find on TV).
To set the scene...Washington is up 5-0 in the top of the 5th. Boise had 1st and 2nd with no outs, and a 3-0 count. I swear to God that I just transcribed this word for word:
PBP Announcer: "And again, Plain can't find the zone. Three and O...Any chance you swing 3 and O if you're Cervantes?"
Color Announcer: "No, not after, what is it, a four pitch walk to the batter prior...You have to remember, Home Runs are rally killers."
PBP: "You've got to start it all over again, you're right"
Color: "A lot of people make fun of me, they're like, no they're not, you just want runs, and I'm like, no, when you're down by more than the amount of runs that the Home Run would put up on the board, then, I think they're rally killers. You want a couple of hits."
PBP: "I agree with you on that."
Color: "Yea"
Ground out, strikeout, ground out, and it's 5-0 heading to the bottom of the 5th...
The following sequence just happened between the two announcers doing the Boise St-Washington softball game on ESPNU (and the fact that I'm watching this game at 1:19am with no rooting interest just proves that I'd pretty much watch any live sporting event over anything else I can find on TV).
To set the scene...Washington is up 5-0 in the top of the 5th. Boise had 1st and 2nd with no outs, and a 3-0 count. I swear to God that I just transcribed this word for word:
PBP Announcer: "And again, Plain can't find the zone. Three and O...Any chance you swing 3 and O if you're Cervantes?"
Color Announcer: "No, not after, what is it, a four pitch walk to the batter prior...You have to remember, Home Runs are rally killers."
PBP: "You've got to start it all over again, you're right"
Color: "A lot of people make fun of me, they're like, no they're not, you just want runs, and I'm like, no, when you're down by more than the amount of runs that the Home Run would put up on the board, then, I think they're rally killers. You want a couple of hits."
PBP: "I agree with you on that."
Color: "Yea"
Ground out, strikeout, ground out, and it's 5-0 heading to the bottom of the 5th...
I'm a masochistic Jets fan. His nasally voice is like nails on a blackboard to my ears, and I remember him crying after the Eagles lost to the Giants in 2011 how could the Eagles lose to one of the worst teams in the NFL. That "one of the worst teams in the NFL" only went on to beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl that year. Did I also mention I have a strong dislike for "homer" announcers?
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Bill Walton. He is the only announcer that stops me from watching a game.
Bill's issue is that he has a hard time following the action at this point, specially for football, as I think age has caught up to him.
Misidentifying players, messing up the distance to go, yards the play went for, down, etc.
Hilgrove is really bad. Really bad. Often times, it's impossible to know the result of the play because he is so poor in telling you what happened. I am a Steeler fan, but only loosely, so I fully acknowledge the emotional connection some would have to him. But he is a really bad announcer.
Oh, and the guy for the Eagles is bad as well. How someone with a voice like that ever got into announcing is beyond me. His tone makes him unlistenable
Myron Cope says hello.
Merrill Reese has an amazing voice. He’s way over the hill, but he could make a 2 yard run by Anthony Toney sound like a legendary run by Gale Sayers. Amazing voice for radio
I miss beth mowins reciting our sanctions seven times a game. It was best when they included the graphic listing the sanctions for effect. Good times.
Hey to each his own. I think Reese's voice is one of the worst radio voices I've ever heard. Nasally. Too high pitched. Almost whiny. But enjoy him if you like him.
Correct. Two years ago he said PSU should be in the playoff over OSU. Last year he picked PSU to beat OSU. Unfortunately he was wrong on both counts.
Danielson is a rare Big10 guy who sees through the Emperor’s New Clothes worn by the “Big 2”. He shot down calls in 2006 for a rematch between Ohio State and Michigan because they were “clearly the 2 best teams” according to many in Big 10 land. Helps that the SEC pays him so to speak, but he was right.
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