Who is the Worst Baseball Announcer? [Archive]

crissfan172

07-13-2010, 11:35 PM

1. Rob Dibble
2. Joe Buck
3. Buck Martinez
4. Tim McCarver

Joe Buck has my vote as worst sports announcer, but he can't touch Dibble when it comes to baseball.

El Gordo

07-13-2010, 11:37 PM

McCarver is annoying, but the Hawk is the worst, followed close behind by the Rob Drivel.

MrOrange82

07-13-2010, 11:38 PM

I'm sensing Hangout posters don't watch enough ESPN broadcasts.

jets4ever

07-13-2010, 11:56 PM

As much as I hate FOX announcers...Joe Morgan, in a landslide...

Hands down.

JTrea81

07-13-2010, 11:56 PM

It's a three way tie between Joe Morgan, Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo.

carolinaoriole

07-13-2010, 11:59 PM

Dibble is the worst ever.
I like Morgan and Mccarver!!
The best is Palmer.

Jermaine88

07-14-2010, 12:00 AM

As much as I hate FOX announcers...Joe Morgan, in a landslide...

I agree with this. It sometimes seems like he's trying to start a argument, maybe it's the way he talks I don't know. Sometimes just listening to him makes me want to randomly get up and grab a bag of popcorn.

epic

07-14-2010, 12:03 AM

Rob Dibble, Tim McCarver and Joe Morgan are all awful.

I hate Dibble's voice, Morgan is an idiot, but McCarver takes the cake all around.

ChrisAF79

07-14-2010, 12:05 AM

Dibble is the worst ever.
I like Morgan and Mccarver!!
The best is Palmer.
I now have concrete proof that you are insane. I always suspected, but now I know.

jets4ever

07-14-2010, 12:10 AM

It's a three way tie between Joe Morgan, Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo.

I hear all three of them quite a bit. And, it's not even close in my mind. Remy and Orsillo are just homers. Morgan's problem (aside from always trying to manage every pitch/play of the game from the booth) is that he's just annoying.

josscki

07-14-2010, 12:11 AM

Kay=Bad
McCarver=Worse
Remy/Orsillo=Worst

isestrex

07-14-2010, 12:15 AM

Let's go O's!

07-14-2010, 12:15 AM

The Red Sox announcers are brutal I can't stand listening to Don Orsillo or Jerry Remy :down:

24fps

07-14-2010, 12:17 AM

Dibble is the worst ever.
I like Morgan and Mccarver!!
The best is Palmer.

The best is Vin Scully and it's not even close.

PrivateO

07-14-2010, 12:19 AM

Ohhhh, I forgot about Dibble before placing my vote for McCarver. :scratchchinhmm:

allsighs

07-14-2010, 12:26 AM

color guy - McCarver and it isnt even close

Play-by-play...the Angels team is terrible. It is like listening to C-span until Gubicza starts talking about how awesome he was with the Royals. However Charlie Steiner is pretty bad too, but especially so since he follows Scully.

TonySoprano

07-14-2010, 12:40 AM

1. McCarver

2. Little Joe Morgan

3. Chris Berman - we only hear from him at HR derby but his suckitude at that is so bad he makes the list

4. Our own Jim Hunter - I don't watch enough Nats games to vote Dibble and when I do see him he's playing straight man to Amusing Anecdotes with Jim Palmer. Hunter, is so bad, the Mythbusters put to the test that you can actually polish a turd and succeeded. Jim's response was " I could have told them that with several years of experience in that area.". Fleet Admiral of the Goodship Lollipop makes my list.

byrdz

07-14-2010, 01:30 AM

The best is Vin Scully and it's not even close.

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berto

07-14-2010, 02:10 AM

Rob Dibble is the worst, but McCarver is pretty close. I don't think Berman does enough baseball to be considered but he is terrible in anything he does, then again most everyone at ESPN is. I also strongly dislike our own Jim Hunter.

dedwretched

07-14-2010, 03:27 AM

I don't like Michael Kay or Hawk Harrelson.

baltfan

07-14-2010, 06:35 AM

Berman!!!!!!(had to add exclamations because msg too short)

TinCup

07-14-2010, 06:52 AM

I don't like Michael Kay or Hawk Harrelson.

Winner winner....chicken blah blah blah.

The Hawk is by far THE worst - takes being a "homer" to the worst extreme.

TinCup

07-14-2010, 06:54 AM

Dibble is the worst ever.
I like Morgan and Mccarver!!
The best is Palmer.

Hey the question was who is the worst, not the best. Stick to the subject please and don't try to hijack a thread.

;):D

rooster1

07-14-2010, 07:11 AM

1. Rob Dibble
2. Buck Martinez's voice

JamesI

07-14-2010, 07:13 AM

Listen to the Yanks Radio show sometime. Sterling is awful.

But Joe Morgan is the worst, followed by McCarver and Dibble.

Don_Aase_Fan

07-14-2010, 07:24 AM

Listen to the Yanks Radio show sometime. Sterling is awful.

Besides Singleton and Leiter, the MFY have incredibly bad announcers and broadcasters. I don't think it gets much worse than Suzyn Waldman. I never understood how such a revered team could have such an awful crew.

As for THE worst? It's a tie between Joe Morgan and Tim McCarver.

Moose Milligan

07-14-2010, 07:44 AM

McCarver doesn't bother me a whole lot, though I can see why people don't like him.

I'm not sure who to pick before Dibble or Morgan. I might have to go with Dibble, actually...no other announcer has made me shout "SHUT THE ---- UP!" at a TV until Dibble. Morgan is really close, though.

Hunter makes my list...I hate getting home from work, turning on the game and looking forward to hearing Thorne and Palmer and then find out the appropriately named Fleet Admiral is on the mic.

ShaneDawg85

07-14-2010, 08:16 AM

Abadie

07-14-2010, 08:16 AM

My votes goes to the voices you hear when the TV is changed to SAP. Talking a mile a minute to say a guy grounded out to second.

I'm kidding...I personally cannot stand Michael Kay's obvious bias when announcing ballgames. He does know more than most about the Orioles, but his bias disgusts me.

Goober Noodles

07-14-2010, 08:19 AM

ledzepp8

07-14-2010, 08:21 AM

Thankfully Berman doesn't do enough baseball, because he's horrible. I want to like the guy, and I do believe he's got actual knowledge of sports, but it doesn't come through. He's a hype man, and I can't stand that.

McCarver is inexcusably horrible.

He's a walking pop culture reference page. He's horrible. He literally thinks it's supposed to be about him putting on a show instead of calling the game (or derby). I liked him when I was like 11. Now I think he's a major ass clown.

DrungoHazewood

07-14-2010, 08:43 AM

McCarver is annoying, but the Hawk is the worst, followed close behind by the Rob Drivel.

I can't believe it took until the 2nd page for Hawk Harrelson's name to pop up. Good god he is horrible in every way.

What was the call for the final out of Mark Buehrle's perfect game? "HISTORRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!"?

Harrelson is beyond terrible. He's the homer to beat all homers. He actually calls all of the White Sox players by their first names. He calls the White Sox "us" and "we". And he openly roots for the team, calling the other team "the enemy".

howie14

07-14-2010, 08:45 AM

The best is Vin Scully and it's not even close.

I would agree except I can't forgive him for calling the Oriole first baseman Johnny Powell throughout the 1966 World Series.

I'm always amazed by the number of people who get upset over Ken Harrelson. If he were on a national broadcast team he'd be offensive, but it's Chicago WhiteSox baseball. I just find his act to be silly and I laugh at it. The "Goodguys 3, Badguys 2" stuff, "YES!!!!" etc.

My favorite was that he used to call Craig Grebeck (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grebecr01.shtml)"The Little Hurt".

SammyBirdland

07-14-2010, 08:51 AM

I'm assuming you're not counting radio announcers in this poll? If you are, then:

1. John Sterling
2. John Sterling
3. John Sterling
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Robocop

07-14-2010, 09:03 AM

1. suzyn waldman
1a. john sterling
1b. hawk harrelson
1c. joe buck

DrungoHazewood

07-14-2010, 09:08 AM

I would agree except I can't forgive him for calling the Oriole first baseman Johnny Powell throughout the 1966 World Series.

I'm always amazed by the number of people who get upset over Ken Harrelson. If he were on a national broadcast team he'd be offensive, but it's Chicago WhiteSox baseball. I just find his act to be silly and I laugh at it. The "Goodguys 3, Badguys 2" stuff, "YES!!!!" etc.

My favorite was that he used to call Craig Grebeck (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grebecr01.shtml)"The Little Hurt".

If Joe Angel regularly said stuff like "C'mon Nicky, we really need a hit here, the city of Baltimore is counting on you. Evil ol' Greinke comes set, here's the pitch... Yea, yea, yea, it went through!!! We beat the Royals 5-4!!!!! We won!! We won!!! Yeaaa!!!! Yeaaaa!!!!" I'd pretty much want him fired yesterday.

gtown

07-14-2010, 09:11 AM

What's sad is that McCarver used to be decent. Buck is awful as well. Would love to start a petition to let Vin Scully call one more world series--by himself on Fox.

For TV guys, the play-by-play guy in Tampa is beyond boring. Dibble's pretty bad and Carpenter talks too slowly -- Nats games are hard to watch.

I don't hear them often, but Thom Brennaman and Jeff Brantley might be the worst team.

On radio, the worst is Suzyn Waldman and no one is close.

(ducking) I actually like Hawk and Stone but I realize Hawk is an acquired taste.

DrungoHazewood

07-14-2010, 09:19 AM

Thankfully Berman doesn't do enough baseball, because he's horrible. I want to like the guy, and I do believe he's got actual knowledge of sports, but it doesn't come through. He's a hype man, and I can't stand that.

When I was, like 18, I thought the Chris Bermans and Dick Vitales and John Maddens were the best thing ever. I also loved the SportsCenter guys with their crazy catchphrases.

I guess as I got older I started to find all that stuff tiresome, and really am more interested in, you know, baseball and football and stuff, instead of turning the volume up to 17 and inventing 4784 bad nicknames.

The Wedge

07-14-2010, 09:21 AM

hatepaste

07-14-2010, 09:25 AM

Jim Hunter.

Michael Reghi.

Josh Lewin (more for his voice than anything)

rochester

07-14-2010, 09:32 AM

Dibble is by far the most annoying...
McCarver and Morgan are tough for me... not a big fan but old enough to remember how much greater BB was in my youth.
Click on The O's game and see Hunter and Flanny - now that's depressing.

JourneyFan

07-14-2010, 09:44 AM

Joe Morgan
Rob Dibble

NewMarketSean

07-14-2010, 09:51 AM

Chris Berman...by a landslide. He is just horrible at everything he does.

RustyMcNail

07-14-2010, 09:57 AM

There are more bad ones than good ones, but Hawk Harrelson and Michael Kay are excruciatingly putrid. :puke:

Moose Milligan

07-14-2010, 10:36 AM

Reghi was the worst PBP guy the Orioles ever had, IMO. He makes Hunter look like Darth Vader.

srock

07-14-2010, 11:13 AM

Happy to see McCarver is beating the field.

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Aside: I forgot about Joe Morgan. Don't see him much and he is covered by the Almighty Jon miller. Also, I never see Dibble because I don't live in the MASN broadcast region.

BigBro81

07-14-2010, 12:07 PM

Here are the 3 most annoying calls in all of sports:

1) "You can put it on the boooarrdd YES!!.....YES!!!"

2) "He gone"

3) Alexiiiiiiiiiiiii......YES!!!YES!!!YES!!!YES!!!!YE S!!!!YES!!!!

waroriole

07-14-2010, 12:07 PM

I would have said Dibble before tonight... but that's because I obviously forgot how bad McCarver was (hey it's been since October....). He made so many stupid comments tonight it was laughable.

1. McCarver
2. Dibble

---Huge Gap---

3. Someone else

Yeah, I'm not usually subjected to McCarver unless it's WS or AS time. But, every time I hear him I realize just how awful he is. Why does Fox keep putting him on. Everybody hates him.

waroriole

07-14-2010, 12:09 PM

Here are the 3 most annoying calls in all of sports:

1) "You can put it on the boooarrdd YES!!.....YES!!!"

2) "He gone"

3) Alexiiiiiiiiiiiii......YES!!!YES!!!YES!!!YES!!!!YE S!!!!YES!!!!

I know I'm in the very small minority of non White Sox fans, but I kind of like Hawk. Yeah, it's a schtick, but entertaining every now and then. If I had to listen to it often, I would probably change my tune. Does he still say "He'll grab some bench" after a strikeout?

tennOsfan

07-14-2010, 12:12 PM

As much as I want to vote for McCarver, I can't with Joe Morgan around. I liked Morgan as a player, but my goodness, he's annoying to listen to go on and on about something.

Morgan is the worst color guy I've ever heard in any major sport and yet ESPN trots him out there every year. Morgan is so bad that I can't stand hearing Jon Miller. That's pretty bad.

waroriole

07-14-2010, 12:13 PM

The best is Vin Scully and it's not even close.

No doubt about that. I could actually watch the WNBA if he called it. OK maybe not.

JourneyFan

07-14-2010, 12:17 PM

Morgan is the worst color guy I've ever heard in any major sport and yet ESPN trots him out there every year. Morgan is so bad that I can't stand hearing Jon Miller. That's pretty bad.

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BigBro81

07-14-2010, 12:17 PM

I know I'm in the very small minority of non White Sox fans, but I kind of like Hawk. Yeah, it's a schtick, but entertaining every now and then. If I had to listen to it often, I would probably change my tune. Does he still say "He'll grab some bench" after a strikeout?

I have no idea, but I hate watching White Sox highlights on ESPN and hearing him in the back round. "Mercy" is another one of his calls which i don't mind nearly as much as "Youcin pudidon the BOOOARRRRD, YES!!!". That guy kills me. Gary Thorne is ok, and Jim Palmer broadcasts while reading the back of his baseball cards outloud in front of a mirror while kissing it and combing his hair, which i like better than hearing Hawk Harrelson call a homerun...

LeeDorm8185

07-14-2010, 12:21 PM

Joe Morgan is the worst for me. I've never heard Rob Dibble (does he do Nats games? that would explain why I've never heard him ;) ) so I have no opinion on him.

Hawk Harrelson annoys me, but Steve Stone is great, so I'll put up with Hawk on occasion just to listen to Stone.

Vin Scully is a treat to listen to. It helps that I'm a Dodger fan. There are very few like him left though, unfortunately.

Rockford

07-14-2010, 12:27 PM

Suzyn Waldman, Joe Morgan, Michael Reghi are among the worst.

I'm in the minority with a few others on this board in that I don't take Hawk Harrelson seriously and don't get bent out of shape by his antics. I've seen a lot of his phrases posted here but haven't seen his "Dadgummit!" yet.

I can appreciate that Hawk is a guy you can tell who really enjoys talking about the game of baseball. Now, you can debate how much the stories get embellished, but I like hearing his old baseball "war stories" from back in the day. He still talks about Alvin Dark, for pete's sake.

Jagwar

07-14-2010, 03:43 PM

Sterling and Waldman, and it really isn't close.

Sterling: Home run calls and his "Yankees Win" antics
Waldman: Go listen to her absolute gushing when Clemens showed up in the owner's suite in his return to the Yankees.

RShack

07-14-2010, 03:52 PM

I can't believe it took until the 2nd page for Hawk Harrelson's name to pop up. Good god he is horrible in every way.

What was the call for the final out of Mark Buehrle's perfect game? "HISTORRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!"?
What will we say when he finally gets fired? "He gone!"

People who don't name him #1 just haven't heard him, that's all.
You've got Vin Scully at one end of the spectrum and Hawk Harrelson at the other end.
Everybody else is in between, it's just a matter of where...

maudibjr

07-14-2010, 04:08 PM

The Hawk is just bad. Can't stand McCarver, but I don't mind Morgan.

Guess just a matter of taste.

RayC

07-14-2010, 04:18 PM

I voted for McCarver as the worst, but I must admit that there were many more that I would have included in a vote for "???". Namely:

Reghi, Sterling, Buck, (Fox should be banned from broadcasting any future baseball games) Brenneman & Co. are almost as bad; etc.,

Haven't heard of Waldman, but I guess I will have to listen to a Yankee (radio?) broadcast to check that out.

Harrelson is only tolerable as comic relief. Morgan is sufferable, as is Dibble.

Good post and survey!

MrOrange82

07-14-2010, 09:42 PM

The Hawk is just bad. Can't stand McCarver, but I don't mind Morgan.

Guess just a matter of taste.

No. A matter of taste is like..."I don't like angelfood cake, but you do and that's OK." Listening to Joe Morgan ramble is like watching a brain damaged woodpecker try to drill a hole through the hull of an aircraft carrier.

He literally makes me stoopider every time I hear him call a game.

(see?)

dedwretched

07-15-2010, 02:45 AM

Winner winner....chicken blah blah blah.

The Hawk is by far THE worst - takes being a "homer" to the worst extreme.

I could use a chicken dinner right about now. Popeye's or Crisp & Juicy. ;)

dedwretched

07-15-2010, 02:49 AM

I would agree except I can't forgive him for calling the Oriole first baseman Johnny Powell throughout the 1966 World Series.

I'm always amazed by the number of people who get upset over Ken Harrelson. If he were on a national broadcast team he'd be offensive, but it's Chicago WhiteSox baseball. I just find his act to be silly and I laugh at it. The "Goodguys 3, Badguys 2" stuff, "YES!!!!" etc.

My favorite was that he used to call Craig Grebeck (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grebecr01.shtml)"The Little Hurt".

Craig Grebeck? That takes me back. Though his nickname should have been "The Atom Sized Hurt."

dedwretched

07-15-2010, 02:54 AM

When I was, like 18, I thought the Chris Bermans and Dick Vitales and John Maddens were the best thing ever. I also loved the SportsCenter guys with their crazy catchphrases.

I guess as I got older I started to find all that stuff tiresome, and really am more interested in, you know, baseball and football and stuff, instead of turning the volume up to 17 and inventing 4784 bad nicknames.

Your TV goes to 17? Mine goes to 11.

cmcgarvey

07-15-2010, 03:12 AM

Chip Caray.
Living in Braves country now, I cannot stand this man's idiocy.
Games are on mute.

24fps

07-15-2010, 03:17 AM

No. A matter of taste is like..."I don't like angelfood cake, but you do and that's OK." Listening to Joe Morgan ramble is like watching a brain damaged woodpecker try to drill a hole through the hull of an aircraft carrier.

He literally makes me stoopider every time I hear him call a game.

(see?)

Naw, Morgan's worse. I'd pay to see that woodpecker...

:D

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07-15-2010, 10:19 AM

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