Orioles Announcers, Where Would You Rank Them?

[sfosfan]

Both lists are from Bleacher report in 2011

Worst 15 Broadcasters:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/698214-mlb-power-rankings-joe-buck-and-baseballs-15-most-hated-broadcasters

Top 10 Broadcasters:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/656229-baseballs-10-best-broadcasters

Different author for each article, which explains how Jon Miller got on both lists. Jon is one of my all time favorites and I think we'll all agree he shouldn't be on the worst list. But Gary Thorne is. Do you agree? I like listening to Gary and I'd like to know what I'm not hearing that others do, which warrants his poor rating. I never heard Gary doing a hockey game though, so perhaps it's because it still seems weird to hear him do baseball? Out here in SF we had Lon Simmons and Bill King (two of my all time favorites) do multiple sports and I never thought it was weird listening to them.

Palmer is on the Best list. I've come around and now I like listening to Jim. He drove me crazy for years as I thought he talked way to much, but now when he speaks I actually listen. Not sure how that happened. But I was still surprised to see him on the best list. Thoughts?

[waroriole]

I like Gary, but he's not very knowledgable about baseball.

Jim is after Vin Scully only, IMO.

[Dipper9]

I like Gary, but he's not very knowledgable about baseball.

Jim is after Vin Scully only, IMO.

Gary Thorne is fun to listen to, due to his stories and how excited he gets at key moments of the game. His drawbacks are he doesn't know what pitches are being thrown, often makes mistakes, and generally is not a great "baseball" announcer. But I like him and his excitement and storytelling outweigh the negatives with me.

Jim Palmer is one of the best color guys in the game. I need to say nothing more.

On the radio side, I absolutely LOVE Joe Angel, but cantstanz Fred Manfra.

[luismatos4prez]

I like Gary's excitement and I could forgive all of his mistakes if he would stop saying "3-RBI home run". It's like nails on a chalkboard to me.

[OFFNY]

Orioles Announcers: Where Would You Rank Them?

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[sfosfan]

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When I saw the artist's name I thought it was that OTHER song- the one about family. Thanks for not putting that one on here.

[ktsauers19]

For those who don't like the Gary Thorne and Jim Palmer duo, try listening to YES or NESN. I often have to watch the game via streaming on the internet and sometimes there isn't a MASN stream. Other teams announcers are just awful. I recently also listened to the Twins network, and I watched the game on mute. People don't realize how good we have it at MASN and I implore you to listen to other teams broadcasts. You'll learn to appreciate Palmer and Thorne

[OFFNY]

When I saw the artist's name, I thought it was that OTHER song- the one about family. Thanks for not putting that one on here.

That's a different group (Sister Sledge.)

[MagicBird]

For those who don't like the Gary Thorne and Jim Palmer duo, try listening to YES or NESN. I often have to watch the game via streaming on the internet and sometimes there isn't a MASN stream. Other teams announcers are just awful. I recently also listened to the Twins network, and I watched the game on mute. People don't realize how good we have it at MASN and I implore you to listen to other teams broadcasts. You'll learn to appreciate Palmer and Thorne

You are oh so right. Other teams are awful. Listen to the Nats announcer's

[canonfaz]

I don't think any of our announcers are un-listenable, but here is my pecking order. Try listening to either a YES broadcast or the NESN broadcast of a game. They are absolutely terrible. We are lucky that we have a pretty good group of broadcasters.

Thorne > Angel > Palmer > Bordick > Hunter > Manfra > Dempsey

[Dr. Unk]

Miller no. I could go either way on Thorne. I kind of like him, but he kind of plucks my nerves too.

[sfosfan]

That's a different group (Sister Sledge.)

As Ed McMahon would say, you are correct sir. I will never figure out why I get those two groups mixed up!

[Loophole]

We're blessed. There are very few broadcasting duos as good as Thorne/Palmer... I guess it's just the tunnel vision here that makes people criticize them so much. Of course Angel is one of the best on the radio too. The other half is much worse -- Hunter and Manfra are terrible and I don't think Bordick's gotten any better -- but they really aren't much worse than most other teams' standard announcers.

[Dr. Unk]

Gary isn't a "great" baseball broadcaster, but he's endeared himself to O's fans in recent years, IMO. You really have to listen to him a lot to appreciate what he brings. He's not boring, he has fun out there, and he's pretty hilariously inaccurate at times. And few people can have a report with Jim Palmer - they go well together.

Gary's like our weird drunk uncle.

Yeah, that's it!

[clapdiddy]

Joe Angel is awesome. I agree with Dip about Manfra...I really don't like him on the radio, though he seems like a super-nice guy.

On TV, I like Thorne and Palmer. Bordick is OK, but Hunter and Dempsey are sickening.

From what I've seen and heard from other teams, we should consider ourselves quite lucky to have the Thorne/Palmer team on TV.