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Thorne is the man.  Golden pipes.  Mispronounce names all you want, Gary, it's all good.

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Turns out it was a salary dispute.  

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Orioles knew he had leverage with the reds job opening up tonight.

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6 hours ago, Aristotelian said:

Excellent news. Didn't realize how much I'd miss him til he was gone.

Besides being a fan of Thorne it will be good to have a familiar voice on the play-by-play. The new(er) Orioles announcers sound professional, but I'm not used to any of them yet. Watching or listening to the games this year, I almost feel like it's the opponent's broadcast team.

I hope Thorne is around a couple more season before he retires. 

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I've never been a fan of his.  Since his hockey days he has been a "fake" homer to me.  I was ok with Jon Miller til his head wouldn't fit through a regular door frame.  I guess I have always been a Chuck Thompson fan.  Hell, the team of broadcasters i miss the most is Mel Proctor/John Lowenstein. 

 

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Just now, Chuck A said:

I've never been a fan of his.  Since his hockey days he has been a "fake" homer to me.  I was ok with Jon Miller til his head wouldn't fit through a regular door frame.  I guess I have always been a Chuck Thompson fan.  Hell, the team of broadcasters i miss the most is Mel Proctor/John Lowenstein. 

 

Me neither ....he has a good voice but makes many mistakes during the game. 
 

I liked Mel and Brother Low also.

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5 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Besides being a fan of Thorne it will be good to have a familiar voice on the play-by-play. The new(er) Orioles announcers sound professional, but I'm not used to any of them yet. Watching or listening to the games this year, I almost feel like it's the opponent's broadcast team.

I hope Thorne is around a couple more season before he retires. 

I like Ben. Way different than Palmer but he usually gets me to chuckle once or twice a game. 

Can't wait to hear "GOOD BYE HOME RUN" again. I mean, if you can't get excited for a home run as a play by play guy I don't know what to say. That should be Announcer 101 and the first thing they ask for in the audition. 

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2 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

I like Ben. Way different than Palmer but he usually gets me to chuckle once or twice a game. 

Can't wait to hear "GOOD BYE HOME RUN" again. I mean, if you can't get excited for a home run as a play by play guy I don't know what to say. That should be Announcer 101 and the first thing they ask for in the audition. 

2019 Oriole games saw 518 homers.  Is anyone really going to get that excited about, say, number 445?

In 1972 the Orioles scored 519 runs.  I'm going out on a limb and I'll say Chuck Thompson didn't lose his stuff after every single one.

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2019 Oriole games saw 518 homers.  Is anyone really going to get that excited about, say, number 445?

In 1972 the Orioles scored 519 runs.  I'm going out on a limb and I'll say Chuck Thompson didn't lose his stuff after every single one.

Out of 6,189 PA's, yeah, the homers are exciting. Put some emphasis on it, at least. 

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Not a fan of Thorne, either. Tired of him cheering for a Yankee or Red Sox homer. I want to hear some angst from the home team guy when opponent hits one. Ernie Harwell, John Miller, Joe Angel, Proctor and Bro Low are the ones for me. Palmer is getting tiresome. After 30 years, I've heard most of his stories once or twice. Sounds like Thorne is getting an Angelos special. "He wasn't fired, we just didn't complete negotiations on his contract and he left us for another position."

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4 minutes ago, OldNewGuy said:

Not a fan of Thorne, either. Tired of him cheering for a Yankee or Red Sox homer. I want to hear some angst from the home team guy when opponent hits one. Ernie Harwell, John Miller, Joe Angel, Proctor and Bro Low are the ones for me. Palmer is getting tiresome. After 30 years, I've heard most of his stories once or twice. Sounds like Thorne is getting an Angelos special. "He wasn't fired, we just didn't complete negotiations on his contract and he left us for another position."

I think Thorne is pretty good. There's a fine line to be walked between being a fan of the team and being a blind homer.  I can't stand the Bordick/Dempsey schtick, talking about how a 55-win team is full of talent and just about to turn the corner.  And if they ever have a Hawk Harrelson calling the opponent The Enemy, complaining about every call that goes against the good guys, and referring to all the O's by their first name like they hang out at the bar every night I'm going to turn the sound off.

I don't recall Miller, Angel, Proctor, or Brother Low being overt homers, and one of the reasons I like Palmer is his ability leverage his history and popularity to be able to speak the truth.

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2 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

I think Thorne is pretty good. There's a fine line to be walked between being a fan of the team and being a blind homer.  I can't stand the Bordick/Dempsey schtick, talking about how a 55-win team is full of talent and just about to turn the corner.  And if they ever have a Hawk Harrelson calling the opponent The Enemy, complaining about every call that goes against the good guys, and referring to all the O's by their first name like they hang out at the bar every night I'm going to turn the sound off.

I don't recall Miller, Angel, Proctor, or Brother Low being overt homers, and one of the reasons I like Palmer is his ability leverage his history and popularity to be able to speak the truth.

I don't think Harwell, Miller, Angel, Proctor or BroLow were blatant homers, either. Just a little angst, please, when some other team hits one. Palmer is the only one left who can criticize, and it looks like he is being shuffled off to Buffalo.

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