There is nothing that gets me angrier when watching a sports event then listening to announcers who have no idea what they are talking about. I find that announcers that follow teams throughout the season are much easier to listen to because A. They know all the players on the field and they know how they play because they've been watching them all year. B. Even though people dont like to admit it the normal everyday announcers push for their team more, which i find more exciting.
It makes no sense to me for a team, especially a baseball team, to play for 5 months with the same guys announcing day in and day out and then when the playoffs start they have to go to other stations with announcers who haven't seen one of these teams play all year.
The list begins with the worst announcer of all time, Joe Buck. Joe has been doing the baseball post season for years now and every time I want to sit down and watch some good playoff baseball I am greeted by the voice of the most ignorant man Ive ever listened to. Joe doesn't solely just do baseball either, he does football all year and he is even worse with that.
The main reason I am writing this blog though is because of the disgraceful group of announcers that TBS put together for the Division and Championship series' this year. I was kind of embarrassed for guys like Bob Brenley and Tony Gwynn, because these are guys who did great on the field playing and managing, but have no business what so ever calling these games. They messed up 16 times in game 3 of the Cleveland Yankees series that I counted. 16. That is horrible and when you say things like this is Derek Jeter's 49th postseason game you should be automatically turned off.
I hope MLB caught watched these games and realized how stupid these announcers are and leave the games on their normal channels with normal announcers. This would make the games much more enjoyable and Im sure many more people would tune in.
The newest channel thats got me going crazy is Versus. The new hockey channel that originated last year with a bunch of idiots talking about everyting except whats going on in the game right in front of them. These guys should really prep and do some research before they call these games so they can sound somewhat intelligent because they are making me lose my mind and I will begin to watch games on mute if the anounncing doesnt improve.
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I know exactly how you feel, I usually hate listening to Tim McCarver because he makes some of the dumbest statements ever, and he always just backs them up with the fact that he used to play. I don't really like listening to Joe Morgan either b/c he is always bashing the Yanks, I guess he still thinks he is part of the Big Red Machine.
I agree with you. While watching the post season games, I find it easier to just mute the game. Not only do the announcers barely know what they are talking about, when it comes to the teams themselves, but they say the most obvious things. I mean the way these announcers do their job, any idiot can announce the games. The only reason I have the sound on during the games is for the interviews, and to make fun of how ridiculous the announcing is.
I couldn't have said it better, some announcers just have no idea. It seems worse in college football than anything--but you figure if they are considered professionals they would do a better job.
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