07-22-2010, 07:22 AM
Brickhouse was amazing...very much from the same school as Scully. People forget that when Brickhouse was the voice of our generation, Harry was the voice of the White Sox. I never really got past that...
My mom grew up a mile from Ebbets Field, watching the great Dodger teams of the 50's. Her favorite announcer was Red Barber...Scully was his protege.
It's hard to imagine a better announcer than Vin Scully...he makes these forced tandems sound absolutely inane.
The Mets announcers are a disgrace...Gary Cohen is fine, but I'm telling you...Keith Hernandez doesn't even like baseball anymore, and is about as pompous as they come. Ron Darling is simply trying to show everyone how much he knows...and fails miserably.
I do think they missed on Len and Bob. They've become a great pair. They work easily together...and Bob (whom I was not and early fan of) is as insightful as they come. I saw him at a game in Philly, too...he clearly likes the Cubs, and was VERY good to the fans. Len is smooth...he sometimes sounds like he's afraid of offending anyone, too much...but, he's great.
But...yeah...Brickhouse? If you were going to commemorate an announcer, he should have gotten the first statue.
My mom grew up a mile from Ebbets Field, watching the great Dodger teams of the 50's. Her favorite announcer was Red Barber...Scully was his protege.
It's hard to imagine a better announcer than Vin Scully...he makes these forced tandems sound absolutely inane.
The Mets announcers are a disgrace...Gary Cohen is fine, but I'm telling you...Keith Hernandez doesn't even like baseball anymore, and is about as pompous as they come. Ron Darling is simply trying to show everyone how much he knows...and fails miserably.
I do think they missed on Len and Bob. They've become a great pair. They work easily together...and Bob (whom I was not and early fan of) is as insightful as they come. I saw him at a game in Philly, too...he clearly likes the Cubs, and was VERY good to the fans. Len is smooth...he sometimes sounds like he's afraid of offending anyone, too much...but, he's great.
But...yeah...Brickhouse? If you were going to commemorate an announcer, he should have gotten the first statue.