Sandman9000 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 I'll start, you follow. Other than myself, Gary Thorne. Just wasn't the same for this year's NHL Finals without Thorne speaking 100MPH. He also refuses to use one of those headsets when calling baseball, for whatever reason, but I've called baseball like that before and it works fairly well. Now you add. ADD! EDIT: Forget to add this in earlier. Explain your choices. I haven't heard of some of these people, and I want to know as to why their good. No LISTMANIA~! in my thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Pat Hughes Ron Santo Bob Uecker Bill Walton Steve Levy Jay Mariotti Steve Stone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandman9000 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 How is Uecker when he's playing it straight? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
therealworldschampion 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Bill Raftery Brad Nessler Harry Kalas Troy Aikman Bill Walton Dan Fouts Ron Franklin Dick Enberg Jay Bilas Sean McDonough Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Mike Emrick. Hate to say it Sandy, but he was much better than Thorne at keeping up with the pace of the playoffs without butchering numerous foreign names. Probably the best hockey broadcaster the league has right now, American or Canadian. Jerry Remy walks the line between excellent commentator and complete screw-off. Either way, he's gold. Vin Scully is the only reason I watch Dodger games. If Scully's not broadcasting, I'll watch something else. Dave O'Brien/Dan Schulman as far as generic play-by-play guys go are pretty good. They're both very good no matter if they're calling professional sports or women's softball. Sean McDonough. Got shafted out of the pbp seat on NESN broadcasts. Still the only reason I'll even give a fuck about college sports. Grew up with him behind the mike with Bob Montgomery for Red Sox games on WSBK-38. edit- added a few names. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Dan Shulman Jim Hughson Vin Scully Mike Tirico Marv Albert Dave Henderson Dean Brown Gord Wilson Peter Alliss Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Vin Scully Brad Nessler Keith Jackson (I hate that he had to fucking retire) Pat Summerall (Ditto) Mike Emrick Jim Hughson Bob Miller John Davidson Dick Vitale Marv Albert Garry Galley for some reason I like Dick Enberg I'll add more later in a different post as they come to me. One thing's for certain, baseball announcers are the ones that can be the most annoying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Oh, and Sterling Sharpe. He and Tirico worked really well together on SNF last year in their two appearances. Too bad they didn't keep him for MNF next season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Jim Nantz Jim Hughson Peter Ooosterhuis Jamie Campbell Vin Scully Steve Lyons Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Jim Nantz Announcer I want to stab multiple times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted June 30, 2006 How is Uecker when he's playing it straight? I enjoy him. Calls the game by himself, does a much better job than the Brewers TV guys, specifically their color guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Are you guys serious about Bill Walton? Whoever is the English guy doing the World Cup now. That's it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustJoe2k5 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 I'll start, you follow. Other than myself, Gary Thorne. Just wasn't the same for this year's NHL Finals without Thorne speaking 100MPH. He also refuses to use one of those headsets when calling baseball, for whatever reason, but I've called baseball like that before and it works fairly well. Now you add. ADD! I would have to agree. It was great to hear him announce the NCAA hockey championship game, just like old times. He and Clement had good chemistry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Tommy Hutton Dickie V (I don't find him that annoying, maybe because I'm an ACC homer myself) Peter Gammons and soon to be... Tony Kornheiser. He will be the greatest announcer ever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Is Gammons an announcer or an analyst? There's a slight difference. I can't think of any games that Gammons has sat in the booth for (minus the Future's game). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandman9000 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Gammons is an analyist. Also, edited this in, but explain your choices. I haven't heard of all of these guys, so I want to know as to why their good and shouldn't be stabbed. No LISTMANIA~! here. I'll also add Gus Johnson for now. He's been great during the NCAA tournament the past couple years, and he has a very commanding voice for a person his size (he looks tiny on the telemavision). He also adds enough excitement at the right times, too. I'll take him over Jim Nantz in a heartbeat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Jim Nantz Announcer I want to stab multiple times. Really? I despise Tirico, actually......Can we agree on neutralism for NBC golf guy Dan Hicks? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Jim Nantz Announcer I want to stab multiple times. Really? I despise Tirico, actually......Can we agree on neutralism for NBC golf guy Dan Hicks? He's OK. I don't want to stab him, so I guess so. As long as we're talking about golf guys, I'll throw in David Feherty, Verne Lundquist, Ian Baker-Finch and Nick Faldo. Fuck the PGA for dropping ABC from their TV deal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Jim Nantz Announcer I want to stab multiple times. Really? I despise Tirico, actually......Can we agree on neutralism for NBC golf guy Dan Hicks? He's OK. I don't want to stab him, so I guess so. As long as we're talking about golf guys, I'll throw in David Feherty, Verne Lundquist, Ian Baker-Finch and Nick Faldo. Fuck the PGA for dropping ABC from their TV deal. You'll throw those guys in as your stabees? Good Lord. Well, Finch is fair game, (but im not sure if I'd stab him quite yet). But, you think Feherty < McCord? See my signature for more on Lunqvist, by the way, who now has a call from the 21st century that will be remember for quite a while with Tiger's chip-in on 16 last April. EDIT: I thought I had the "Maybe....YES SIR!" on there. Coupled with my hatred of Tiger....maybe you're onto something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naiwf 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Vin Scully Doc Emrick John Davidson & Sam Rosen Dickie V Gary Cohen, Ron Darling & I'M Keith Hernandez!~ Bill Raftery Troy Aikman even though I wanted to stab him as a player Dan Fouts Jay Bilas Brad Nessler Bill Walton Mike Tirico & Tom Tolbert The Irish dude who does soccer for ESPN The Spanish dude who does soccer for Channel 41, you know the one who shouts GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLLL LLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Jim Nantz Announcer I want to stab multiple times. Really? I despise Tirico, actually......Can we agree on neutralism for NBC golf guy Dan Hicks? He's OK. I don't want to stab him, so I guess so. As long as we're talking about golf guys, I'll throw in David Feherty, Verne Lundquist, Ian Baker-Finch and Nick Faldo. Fuck the PGA for dropping ABC from their TV deal. You'll throw those guys in as your stabees? Good Lord. Well, Finch is fair game, (but im not sure if I'd stab him quite yet). But, you think Feherty < McCord? See my signature for more on Lunqvist, by the way, who now has a call from the 21st century that will be remember for quite a while with Tiger's chip-in on 16 last April. Uh, no, I actually like those guys. Funny you should mention the chip-in on 16...I actually just finished watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-60BgDPHpw0 One of the greatest calls I've ever heard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 I like the entire YES broadcast team for the most part. Michael Kay and Jim Kaat being the two best. Bobby Murcer is a nice third piece, but when he is forced to do play-by-play, which I can't remember him doing for at least a year, he is pretty bad. Ken Singleton is also a very good regular. Then they have some rotating recently retired players in Paul O'Neill, Al Leiter, and John Flahrety who do a nice job. The general booth is Kay/Kaat/Murcer. Kay is pretty much there for every game, but when he isn't, I feel that the overall broadcast suffers without him. Maybe it is because he is the only one who actually has a background in the field, since every other one of his co-anchors are ex-players. He did radio with John Sterling (who I don't really like too much any more) for years before YES launched in 2002, and was a Yankee beat writer for one of the papers before that, plus he has a radio show on each day. He talks Yankees/baseball in general better than anyone on the dial in the city. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naiwf 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 I think Kay is the drizzling shits as the lead guy even though he was a good analyst, but that's just me. Kaat and Singleton is their best tandem as far as I'm concerned. As you said though they need to keep him since he's the only guy in the rotation that has a broadcasting background. Al Leiter talks as slow as he used to pitch. He'll still be in the process of explaining a first pitch splitter on the 2-2 pitch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Kay keeps it together very nicely when the rest of them, especially Murcer, go off on tangents. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 This YES talk reminds me that Al Leiter is fantastic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 Gary Thorne Steve Stone Steve Phillips-When he's with Thorne, and Stone. Dan Shulman Dave Campell Kirk Herbstreit Dan Fouts Johnny Miller Bill Raftery Len Elmore Chris Spielman Troy Aikman Joe Buck Bill Walton Bert Blyleven-When he analyzes the game, he gives some good pitching insight. Bob Uecker Peter Gammons Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JustJoe2k5 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 I doubt anyone on here has heard of them, but John Forslund and Tripp Tracy are very good. They are the Hurricanes' announcers and I believe they are one of the best announcer duos in the NHL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vivalaultra 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 I like the Astros play-by-play guys, both on TV (Jim DeShaies and Bill Brown) and on the radio ("Crazy" Milo Hamilton and two new guys whose names escape for the moment). Bob Uecker is good. Vin Scully is good. I like Jon Miller and Harold Reynolds when he does the College World Series and the LLWS. After watching several Cubs' games on TV, I must say that Len Kaspar and Bob Brenly have a nice chemistry. And, forgive me for saying it, but I enjoyed Dennis Miller on Monday Night Football. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandman9000 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 How about a little college football? Eli Gold - Alabama Todd Ellis - South Carolina Both have fairly distinctive voices (though I'd like Ellis to turn the bass down in his just a bit), and do a good job with giving the action along with the highlight reel calls. I particularly enjoy the team of Gold and Kenny Stabler. Kenny knows his shit. I doubt anyone on here has heard of them, but John Forslund and Tripp Tracy are very good. They are the Hurricanes' announcers and I believe they are one of the best announcer duos in the NHL. I've heard more of Chuck Katton then the other two. Katton's not bad, but I think he mangled the Cup winning call by rambling on too much. Let the crowd and the moment make the call for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Star Ocean 3 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 T.J. Simers when he does guest commentary for the Clippers Tony Kornheiser Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
