AdamK

I went Brown. Brown gets the edge over Thorne because he is here now and a total pro. I think Thorne is great and I thought he was a perfect match for those winning years he was here. Thorne's solid gold voice and cadence are part of the reason he's one of the best. Brown has very very good pipes but get's negative points for reminding me of Joe Buck (a compliment to any broadcaster, I guess, but not my cup of tea). Brown is distinct enough from Joe Buck, and I have listened enough to Brown, that I can discern his uniqueness. After that, I'd go: Arnold. I like him. Perhaps better on TV than on the radio. Hollander slightly edges out Newman, but both are part of the family, so I am happy to hear their voices. I guess I do notice Newman's description of plays (on the radio) leave me with an unclear picture of what is happening from time to time. Then Garceau. I loved his radio show with Jeremy Conn. I prefer the others when it comes to the broadcasts. McDonald makes every combination twice as good to me. Palmer starts to mumble often times and I can't make out if he is being erudite or... I don't know... snobbish? Maybe not snobbish but I am struggling to find the word that depicts what people love about him that is the same quality that rubs me wrong about his style at times.

I don't see an issue with a dress code for on-air personalities employed by the team. It's one of the easiest forms of branding and way easier than creating a dress code that doesn't include Os gear. Promoting the clothes as a revenue stream feels like a side-effect some may experience - otherwise we'd see less uniformity. I'm not suggesting they aren't motivated by money, but I doubt wearing Os shirts is about selling Os shirts as the top strategy there. Edit: maybe I missed we were discussing radio folks not tv folks, but hey - I am still okay with it. I'd even assume it was consistent no matter what since they represent the team and they are visible to people even if it is just those in and around the broadcasting booth (for radio).

FWIW Someone in the game thread last night mentioned people with signs were not thrown out. Yesterday may have been top 3 least favorite days of this season.

Adley has had his share of dropped third strikes to Felix.

Mateo has a knack for extended the 9th this year no matter where he is.

He did get scrod out of free strikes (but then did get a gift call)

Yes

Trying to get this thread over 1k posts too, huh? Autobots, roll out!

It going to get weird in the bird bath once things get cold, just sayin.

This is how Brown never returns to the booth. "Well now that this has gotten out, we can't go back out of principle" type of thing.

Get us over 1000 posts Batma -er, I mean- Master Wayne

I agree. Thought she made it clear - to make it clear it wasn't scheduled -- that the August 11 return was suggested and not necessarily a sure thing. At this point, the only thing that gives me hope he returns is they don't want to pay him not to work and they don't want to pay others to fill in when they are paying him. I hope he does return. I hope he stays. I want he and McDonald to do every broadcast. I think many don't realize how good we have it with those two together, but Brown on his own is great.

This story is everywhere. Our clubhouse is aware of this and have their own feelings on ownership, I'm sure. It may not be their business because they have an entirely different job to do, but it's distracting (verb). Whether it becomes a distraction (noun) is another thing. Hopefully not. A loss tonight doesn't make it so.

True, it's been written here, but definitely hits differently when shared on the air among people who used to -- and currently -- work for the team. It's an awfully good, concise primer on why people have the right to buy-in on siding with Brown at this juncture.

It's nearly 11 mins worth of pent-up anecdotes, examples, facts, critique, strong feelings... The first 1 min is particularly noteworthy because of the awkwardness between Brit who felt Rob was doubting her publicly which she pressed him on forcing him to explain himself before they could move on to the meat of it all. Worth a listen if you haven't had enough of this yet.

I actually recall now Newman, Palmer and Arnold joking about "shirts" earlier this year on air. Didn't mean anything to me at the time, but there was about 30 seconds of banter from the booth with Newman patched in later in a game, on the road (I think), about if she had enough shirts for the guys. Maybe I am mistaken and now we all get to ponder the meaning behind innocuous patter, but -- laughingly -- the three were making sure someone had the shirts for them all next time. I could be wrong. Isn't this great! Guh.

LOL. Yeah. Turns out that emulating your look after the broadcaster had a net negative impact on my "luck" in highschool.

I had to look up why Jon Miller was let go since it happened while I was distracted by life at the time and it eventually led me to this clip - from Miller just 5 months ago. I guess he never stood a chance here: An irritated Jon Miller goes on a rant about the “bush league” Diamondbacks by u/meatintubef0rm in baseball

I'm on the cusp of both and agree. Miller was the sound of baseball to be when my fandom was galvanized. Then he disappeared while I was distracted by girls, summer jobs, etc. Never knew why and time passes. I loved Gary. Guess I like the voice and cadence of both he and Miller as much as the content. Brown falls in with those two in that way to me... He sounds the part PLUS I like the content and what others have been critical of I don't get bothered with. I don't want to lose Brown. He adds so much value to my time spent watching from here. Good ones are not everywhere.

The bigger this gets, the less likely it seems a possibility. I know of the 8/11 date but I'll believe it when I see it. I'm out of market so I figure the game will be blacked out or on Apple TV anyway.

So stupid. Brown is part of our A team. He's a pro and if you don't think he's our best option on any given night, listen to the other team's TV broadcast and you'll hear how lucky we've been. There's got to be more to this, like an internal warning about process or some other operational BS, but I hate the fact that this is a thing. Jebus save us.

Couldn't watch the game... How did he do?

Hyde included Cowser in his reaction, post game, to that Austin Hayes catch in Toronto. He said something like "at first I was wondering where Cowser was, then out of nowhere here comes..." I re-watched the highlight wondering if Cowser in CF should've had a better shot at it but the OF was shading towards right and the ball was hit between he and Hayes. Cowser was a touch deeper and I don't think he could've gotten there but I'm not sure how his jump was. Maybe Cowser needs this. I'm glad he has his buddies in the clubhouse.