tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post5277460732001728992..comments2024-01-10T07:00:57.766-05:00Comments on It is about the money, stupid: Muchnick has no love for Sterling (and neither do I)Jason @ IIATMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11675184282951841175noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post-56923811432615891372009-05-20T15:11:37.017-04:002009-05-20T15:11:37.017-04:00I think I'm in the minority on this one but I actu...I think I'm in the minority on this one but I actually find Sterlings pre-fab calls hilarious. It's more of a laughing AT him instead of WITH him kind of thing, but I give him some credit for originality. Now, from a purely baseball perspective, he's horrible. If he got the calls right and laid off on the homerism a bit (HR calls notwithstanding) I think he'd be more tolerable to more people.<br /><br />As for Waldman, she doesn't talk about how pulling an outside pitch is a good piece of hitting - quite the opposite - she over simplifies the game by breaking it down into a few simple rules: If you take outside pitches up the middle or to the opposite field, you're an excellent hitter. If you throw strikes, you're an exellent pitcher. She's not wrong, but those seem to be the only things she really understands about the game and that's the extent of her analyses. She doesn't get much deeper into the game than that.<br /><br />Suffice it to say, I would KILL to have a real play-by-play team in the radio booth. I listen to a lot of innings in the car or headphones at home while I'm doing other stuff. I used to actually find myself listening to Met games when Gary Cohn was doing their games (Howie Rose and that other dingleberry they have there now don't really do it for me) just because he was so good. I think Cohn is a d**che (better, Jay? :D) on TV but he was great on the radio.<br /><br />Sidenote - anything is better than Charley Steiner.dinologic (Dean D)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14412884655658158190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post-1254514247652348282009-05-20T10:55:11.065-04:002009-05-20T10:55:11.065-04:00Please watch a Braves game on Peachtree (I watch o...Please watch a Braves game on Peachtree (I watch on MLB.tv) TV. When those two announcers get going, it is absolutely insane. My mom always wonders how much they've been drinking. Last night when there was a pop-up in the ninth on the 12th pitch of an at-bat, the announcer yelled, "Yiiippppeeeee, a popper to Chipper!" Someone shoot me.tHeMARksMiThhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445834941960575715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post-26795286957352887682009-05-20T10:00:06.987-04:002009-05-20T10:00:06.987-04:00the worst part of sterlings phrases are that they ...the worst part of sterlings phrases are that they make it into the stadium on the digital banners. argh!!Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292000135912284575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post-11845994406322500902009-05-20T09:07:07.724-04:002009-05-20T09:07:07.724-04:00Suzyn is even worse. At least Sterling seems to h...Suzyn is even worse. At least Sterling seems to have some fundamental idea of how baseball works. Suzyn spends half her time talking about how it was a good piece of hitting to pull an outside pitch or how that perfectly flat fastball right down the pipe was an excellent pitch or something else stupid. Sterling is in his own world, but at least that world somewhat resembles the actual baseball universe. <br /><br />Also, this is an excellent excuse to link to this, from the same fine gentlemen who heckle Steven A Smith at the draft every year:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e-JMNU5SPwJTRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09056595765101960162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post-75747793353157737042009-05-19T16:05:00.000-04:002009-05-19T16:05:00.000-04:00I imagine Sterling could be much better if he wasn...I imagine Sterling could be much better if he wasn't doing all the work. Get someone with some baseball intelligence (who actually sounds good on the radio) instead of Waldman. <br /><br />Her garbled lexicon adds nothing to the booth. The games mostly sound like Sterling is trying to keep himself entertained. I live in Maryland, so I have to listen to most games (no YES in Birdland), and she is just terrible.<br /><br />Most broadcast units work in tandem each calling every other inning. Sterling and Kay/Steiner used to work that way. Suzyn is so bad she couldn't do that if she were forced to. I enjoy the ninth inning the most, when it is just Sterling in the booth.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012819618124377771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post-60417405225718166052009-05-19T14:32:00.000-04:002009-05-19T14:32:00.000-04:00Bill, I agree with you: Waldman is as bad. But th...Bill, I agree with you: Waldman is as bad. But that's like comparing the sound of the kazoo to the sound of the recorder.<br /><br />Both make your ears bleed. Which you prefer to hate more is solely up to you.Jason @ IIATMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675184282951841175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post-37949696765426022622009-05-19T14:17:00.000-04:002009-05-19T14:17:00.000-04:00Thank you.
I would never listen to a Yankee radio...Thank you.<br /><br />I would never listen to a Yankee radio broadcast for any reason, but even just the three-second highlights on XM make me want to break my radio or computer. <br /><br />I think you can make a strong case that Suzyn Waldman is even worse, though.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840958382433052735noreply@blogger.com