Giants Series

[Hank Scorpio]

2 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

It’s better if, say, Gary Thorne says those words. 

No, it’s not. Those words are stupid, and they should never be said. Plus, Gary Thorne was too drunk to know what was going on half the time.

[SilverRocket]

Melanie is definitely poor at PBP, but frankly none of the other radio PBP announcers are also any good at the basic task of informing me of what's happening in the game. Arnold is sometimes passable on TV but inconsistent, but not good on radio. Kevin Brown is the only good one.

[glenn__davis]

2 minutes ago, SilverRocket said:

Melanie is definitely poor at PBP, but frankly none of the other radio PBP announcers are also any good at the basic task of informing me of what's happening in the game. Arnold is sometimes passable on TV but inconsistent, but not good on radio. Kevin Brown is the only good one.

They are all significantly better than Newman and Garceau.  In terms of actually describing the action, those 2 are the clear bottom of the barrel.

I don't mind on TV because I can see the action but neither should be doing radio.

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, Fiver6565 said:

I never played. I have no problem with the terminology. An analyst is much better served if he’s played. I certainly know that a grounder to Mateo is not a ‘grounder back to Mateo’. That a high hopper to third isn’t a ‘looper to Urias’. That a SS doesn’t ‘look to second’ for a DP - he throws to second.  I didn’t have to play to know these things. For a PBP person knowledge of the game doesn’t have to come from personal playing experience. Anyone who has watched baseball can describe action on the baseball diamond, if they are good at PBP. Do you really think Brown’s little league experience at age 9 or whatever has anything to do with him being good at his job?

Never having played baseball or softball has zero to do with Melanie’s issues. 

Never played?  What are you, some kind of communist?

[NCRaven]

Was looking for the Giants Series and found one more bash Melanie Newman thread.  Guess I’ll have to keep looking.

[Moose Milligan]

1 hour ago, Hank Scorpio said:

No, it’s not. Those words are stupid, and they should never be said. Plus, Gary Thorne was too drunk to know what was going on half the time.

Rubbish. 

[Fiver6565]

49 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Never played?  What are you, some kind of communist?

I mean like organized. I never played little league, HS ball, etc. 

[Etch]

45 minutes ago, NCRaven said:

Was looking for the Giants Series and found one more bash Melanie Newman thread.  Guess I’ll have to keep looking.

people gotta vent ... watched the highlights of last night's game on Youtube this morning ... and who should grace my ears on a few plays but the GOAT ... Jon Miller!!! ... and especially so when he'd call a play after Melanie called a play ... good Lord he was ours for all those years ... thanks Peter ... thanks for nothin'!!

 

[Fiver6565]

1 hour ago, Hank Scorpio said:

No, it’s not. Those words are stupid, and they should never be said. Plus, Gary Thorne was too drunk to know what was going on half the time.

Gary Thorne was the perfect amount of drunk to know what was going on, all the time!

Long live Uncle Gary 

[Etch]

1 minute ago, Fiver6565 said:

Gary Thorne was the perfect amount of drunk to know what was going on, all the time!

Long live Uncle Gary 

fastball down the middle ... Gary: "There's a slider in the dirt." 

[Billy F-Face3]

Gary Thorne has such a good sounding sports voice, he could probably talk about how the Earth was flat and I'd still probably enjoy the game.

[Getz]

I remember a lot of people here not liking Gary Thorne as an announcer when he was it MASN, now everytime I see his name on this board is praising him.

I just find it weird that suddenly he lost all his haters.

[Billy F-Face3]

10 minutes ago, Getz said:

I remember a lot of people here not liking Gary Thorne as an announcer when he was it MASN, now everytime I see his name on this board is praising him.

I just find it weird that suddenly he lost all his haters.

I haven't been here long, so you've never seen me hate on him. I always liked him ever since he was doing NHL for ESPN in the 90s. I couldn't believe that MASN was able to get such a big time broadcaster when he was calling Orioles games.

My favorite will always be Jon Miller when he was calling Orioles radio broadcasts. I wonder if he's calling the Giants game while the Orioles are playing? I would love to get patched into that and hear it.

[Fiver6565]

15 minutes ago, Getz said:

I remember a lot of people here not liking Gary Thorne as an announcer when he was it MASN, now everytime I see his name on this board is praising him.

I just find it weird that suddenly he lost all his haters.

I was never a hater. For me that ‘don’t throw it away - don’t throw it at all!!!!’ Call of that Machado play in 2012 granted him lifetime protection against criticism. An iconic call. Imagine Melanie or Scott Garceau on that call. Would not have had the impact it did, at least for me. 

[Hank Scorpio]

1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

Rubbish. 

Thorne had a great voice. Maybe that’s all you need to have for some people and that’s fine. Potato potahto.

I prefer knowledge of the game, identifying pitches properly, knowing who’s at bat, not treating the game as a sideshow while telling human interest stories during it, etc.