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Mon Jan-10-05 10:16 AM
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Poll question: Who is the worst TV sports announcer? |
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:18 AM
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1. I voted for Tim McCarver |
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But Joe Buck and Bill Walton are not far behind...
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:19 AM
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6. i'll second bill walton. i remember the first season he was on as |
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an NBA announcer, and i said to my dad (with whom i was watching the game): this guy won't last 1/2 a season as an announcer. years later...
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:37 AM
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31. But he's still around |
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And he hasn't improved at all.
I can't stand him!
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:24 AM
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9. Or local to the Twin Cities market |
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Eric Perkins from KARE 11 tv. He is so vacuous.
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:18 AM
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but I voted for McCarver (amazing that he can speak with Steinbrenner's......oh never mind)
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:19 AM
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4. but you're just anti-Redskin. |
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:25 AM
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10. Well he knows his geniuses I'll give me that |
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The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.-Joe Theisman http://www.wisdomquotes.com/000530.html
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:18 AM
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3. other: Joe Buck WITH Tim McCarver |
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:19 AM
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:50 AM
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:20 AM
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gawd I hate that hick accent of his
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:28 AM
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13. Seconded; Dookie V is up there too |
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:30 AM
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He has a really hard time choosing sides when Duke and UNC play!
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:04 AM
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22. how could I overlook him |
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a little of him goes a long, long way. he practically orgasms at the mention of duke
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Mon Jan-10-05 12:10 PM
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35. Yep - Good ole Dookie V. |
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Although, to be fair, can we call him a sports announcer? He never seems to notice that there's a game going on in front of him, only seems to be able to talk about Duke, Coach K., and the mighty ACC.
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Mon Jan-10-05 02:24 PM
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45. Well, he does have one thing right... |
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Mon Jan-10-05 02:48 PM
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I'm just not interested. I mean, how many times does it need to be pointed out during a game not involving an ACC team?
Actually - I kind of like Vitale. He's got a lot of enthusiasm for the game, I just think it's misdirected to be talking about something completely unrelated to what's happening on the floor.
He talks right over the play-by-play, so most of the time the audience doesn't get details they might like - like who a foul was called on, or how many timeouts a team has left.
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:20 AM
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I'd rather listen to cats fighting.
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:28 AM
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After his incessant shills for the Repukes this past season, I'm surprised he wasn't mentioned.
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:29 AM
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15. I guess I don't watch enough MNF |
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:28 AM
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12. Dick Enberg used to be great as the Angels' announcer... |
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...but his tennis work (Wilbledon, US Open) bites big time.
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:28 AM
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14. I Don't Know if he's still on the air... |
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...but when I lived in the Phila. area, there was a TRUE idiot on channel 3 named Lou Tilly. UGH! If he were on "Jeopardy with ** and Einstein, at least ** would come in second. THAT"S how dumb he was!
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:31 AM
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17. Local Astros guy: Milo Hamilton |
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:puke:
Apparently a legend somehow. Never gives a score, never refers to the other team by name (always 'they' or 'them'); applies idiotic nicknames to everyone, is an unabashed homer (uses 'we' as if he's on the field.)
I hate this guy.
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:32 AM
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18. There is no worse than Brent Muskratburger. |
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Mon Jan-10-05 10:58 AM
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19. "and there sits his blind father watching from the stands" |
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My favorite Musberger line
You are looking LIVE at sold out RFK stadium where the Redskins will take on the Philadelphia Eagles.........back in the old CBS football days.
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:00 AM
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20. That should be on his tombstone |
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Pity poor Gary Danielson.
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:05 AM
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23. Jerry Coleman of the Padres... |
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"And he slides into second with a stand-up double."
I actually heard that one.
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:10 AM
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26. This poll should have asked... |
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...who is the SECOND worst TV announcer.
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Mon Jan-10-05 12:24 PM
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:03 AM
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21. I never really heard the great Harry Carey in action... |
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...but the parodies by John Camponara and Will Ferrell had me in stitches.
"You know, Steve, I was up at three a.m. at some greasy spoon - oh, there's a triple play - I had eaten too many jala-pen-yo peppers - Johnson of the Cubs just got beaned, both benches up - finally I got me some Kao-pec-tate..."
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:05 AM
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They would switch for the middle 3 innings from TV to radio (Harry did 4-5-6 on radio) and one day we were listening and he just started screaming incoherently. We had to go in the other room to see what happened.
It was a fly out near the wall. :eyes:
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:12 AM
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27. Steve Stone on Harry and seedless grapes |
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Edited on Mon Jan-10-05 11:13 AM by underpants
I don't remember the whole thing but it went something like
Second inning You know Steve the other day I was at the market and they had these seedless grapes what is that all about? Stone: (trying to change the subject) You know the Pirates ptichers....
Harry:I mean how do they get the seed out?
Stone:Harry with one out and a runner on first.....
Fourth inning (Stone thought the grape thing was behind them) Harry:...and how do the farmers plant the next crop without the seeds? Stone:Well Harry I am not really sure Harry:ME either they need the seeds right? Stone:Yes Harry
Sixth inning Harry: Did....did they have the seeds in them or not? Stone (sigh)I think it has to do with genetic engineering (Stone immediately realize he shouldn't have said that) Harry:Genetic what? What's that all about.....
_______________________________ Pittsburgh used to have a catcher name LaValier (la-VAL-yer) but Harry never got it right he constantly referred to him as LAVAlear. Stone would try to use the correct pronunciation to clue Harry in but it never took.
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:14 AM
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28. ooh Harry and his names... |
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Edited on Mon Jan-10-05 11:14 AM by kick-ass-bob
Rodriguez: rod-re-gueeze.
*eek*
on edit: I think I actually remember hearing that live...
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:07 AM
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Boy, did he suck. He should stick to owning movie theaters, as he seems to be doing well at that.
Dan Dierdorf sucks too.
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:21 AM
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complete idiot about the game of baseball, and hey dickhead, just because the Reds won two WS back to back, doesn't make them a dynasty.
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:22 AM
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30. its amazing they have him paired with Jon Miller |
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Mon Jan-10-05 11:54 AM
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Mon Jan-10-05 12:02 PM
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34. Tim McCarver is the most boring, tedious, long-winded... |
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son-of-a-bitch ever to sit in front of a microphone. If he ever did know anything interesting about baseball, he has long since forgotten it. He has got to be polishing somebody's knob to have kept that gig going.
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Mon Jan-10-05 12:11 PM
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Mon Jan-10-05 12:21 PM
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37. Without a doubt: Billy Packer |
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I, and almost every other University of Kentucky fan can't stand this jerk. He just hates UK and we hate him back. Why CantBroadcastSports lets him call any game that UK plays is beyond me.
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Mon Jan-10-05 01:05 PM
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I am not aware of him hating UK but then I really don't care.
I grew up listening to him do the ACC games. I learned so much just listening to him call games that it boggles the mind.
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Mon Jan-10-05 02:27 PM
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46. Billy Packer was awesome when he did ACC games. |
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But when he went national, he really started sucking. He no longer explained the game and what was going on, and just started spewing what all the other color guys did.
He was as good as Dan Bonner - which is why I worry what Dan Bonner will turn into now that he has started doing more national games.
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Mon Jan-10-05 01:32 PM
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42. I'm not a Packer fan, either |
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he's turned from being a decent announcer to a guy that is basically a referee, complaining about how the officials ref the game.
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Mon Jan-10-05 01:16 PM
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Don't know first name but he does football games on Fox I think. He is the biggest idiot. He either states the obvious or talks out of his ass.
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Mon Jan-10-05 01:19 PM
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41. Brian Baldinger is a Madden wannabe (teamed with an Albert) |
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Mon Jan-10-05 01:34 PM
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43. Larry Morgan and Mac McCausland. |
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The two clowns doing Iowa Basketball.
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Mon Jan-10-05 01:51 PM
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44. Howard Cosell - Worst. Sportscaster. Ever |
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Mon Jan-10-05 03:01 PM
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48. Jonni Miller... He does PGA tour golf for USA network (I think) |
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Mon Jan-10-05 03:34 PM
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49. Tim Green (FOX NFL) n/t |
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