Scott Garceau is not my cup of tea (Moderator edit)

[Brian88]

Debating who is better between Garceau and Newman is like arguing over who you'd rather have hit with the game on the line between Brandon Fahey and Freddie Bynum.

[Frobby]

51 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

He also knows Orioles history.  He says a few interesting things every once in a while, which is why he’s superior to Newman.

Garceau is the type of guy I would like to have a beer with and listen to him tell stories about older Oriole stuff.

Melanie knows plenty.  She’s not a good radio PBP person because she has trouble describing fast-moving events.  But she’s knowledgeable and hard working.  On TV I don’t mind her   

Choosing between her and Garceau is not a good set of options.  
 

[Sports Guy]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

Melanie knows plenty.  She’s not a good radio PBP person because she has trouble describing fast-moving events.  But she’s knowledgeable and hard working.  On TV I don’t mind her   

Choosing between her and Garceau is not a good set of options.  
 

I haven’t heard anything from her that would make me call her knowledgeable but admittingly, I haven’t heard her much.

[Roll Tide]

5 hours ago, NelsonCruuuuuz said:

Why isn’t literally anyone else doing this series? Rob Long? Melanie? Tony? Frobby? Bigbird? Literally anyone else…

I think/thought the girl commentator is monotone and just plain boring. Problem with Garceau is he’s way past his prime. We really need our next (pick your poison). Thompson, Miller, Angel etc.

[SteveA]

1 hour ago, Sports Guy said:

He also knows Orioles history.  He says a few interesting things every once in a while, which is why he’s superior to Newman.

Garceau is the type of guy I would like to have a beer with and listen to him tell stories about older Oriole stuff.

He knows Oriole history so well that Friday night he referred to Padres /ex-Ray pitcher Blake Snell as Nate Snell.   Nate Snell spent a year or two in the Oriole bullpen 35 years ago.

[yark14]

4 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Melanie knows plenty.  She’s not a good radio PBP person because she has trouble describing fast-moving events.  But she’s knowledgeable and hard working.  On TV I don’t mind her   

Choosing between her and Garceau is not a good set of options.  
 

Melanie might not have a voice that people love, nor is she as good at fast-moving calls as Kevin Brown, but she definitely does her homework.  I don't mind her at all.

[byrdz]

At times he seems a bit defensive/argumentative with Palmer. It’s subtle but annoying.  

[Tony-OH]

17 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

He also knows Orioles history.  He says a few interesting things every once in a while, which is why he’s superior to Newman.

Garceau is the type of guy I would like to have a beer with and listen to him tell stories about older Oriole stuff.

Scott is such a classy guy on top of it all. I'd like the Orioles to find their crew and stick with it next year. Kevin Brown should be the new Thorne. He's play by play for every game unless he has something else going on nationally. Then I think Geoff Arnold is the back up guy for PBP. 

Scott is perfect for the in studio stuff.

 

[waroriole]

I’d like to hear more from Dave Johnson. 

[Tony-OH]

16 hours ago, SteveA said:

He knows Oriole history so well that Friday night he referred to Padres /ex-Ray pitcher Blake Snell as Nate Snell.   Nate Snell spent a year or two in the Oriole bullpen 35 years ago.

The old 32-year old rookie who the Orioles thought was 29-years old until he had to get a passport to go to Japan with the team. Snell was such an interesting story who had to overcome racism in the South in the late 60's, turning down two separate offers from major league teams, getting taken in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 draft, and being released all before finally making his debut in September of 1983.

If anyone wants more on Snell, check out out his great bio on Sabr at https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/nate-snell/ .

[waroriole]

16 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

The old 32-year old rookie who the Orioles thought was 29-years old until he had to get a passport to go to Japan with the team. Snell was such an interesting story who had to overcome racism in the South in the late 60's, turning down two separate offers from major league teams, getting taken in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 draft, and being released all before finally making his debut in September of 1983.

If anyone wants more on Snell, check out out his great bio on Sabr at https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/nate-snell/ .

What an interesting life. Thanks for sharing

[Hallas]

While Kevin Brown is clearly the best current PBP option on the O's broadcast, I don't think Newman is awful.  Garceau on the other hand is.  20 years ago when Garceau was younger and his voice was better things might have been different.  But as one example (of many) his play call of Rutschman's game tying HR the other day had all the emotions of a funeral.  I think he'd be fine as a studio guy and I have no doubt he bleeds orange and black, but he's just in over his head as a PBP guy.

[McLovin]

I like Scott. He and Brooks were the tandem when I was a kid in the early 80's - and it takes me back to that time. Scott was also a great Ravens play-by-play man.

[glenn__davis]

He's fine on TV. But try listening on the radio. It's bad. 

[gtman55]

Melanie is fine as a studio host but her play by play is very amateur-ish. Especially her home run calls.

I was on the message board of one of the Orioles opponents who was watching the game on the Orioles feed. They were shocked that Melanie was an actual part of the play by play team and thought she was a fan who won some sort of "announce an inning of an O's game" contest.