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I'll say this. I believe I am the only network broadcaster on this board, and I've taken my share of criticism in 45 years at it. I know what thats like, so here goes. I think Melanie Newman is ok as

Moose Milligan
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She’s ok. I sort of disagree that she hasn’t gotten better at her job. Or maybe I just don’t mind her as much.    She’s also not our full time play by play announcer so the outrage of how bad s

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I'd rather have her PBP than Mike Bordick's commentary!

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3 hours ago, glenn__davis said:

Honest question to you (and others that think she's fine)....

Have you tried listening on the radio?  To either her or Garceau?

On TV I don't think they're very good but I don't really care because I can see the action.  But while I respect everyone's opinion I don't understand how people could think that either are acceptable on the radio.

I really don't care that much. I honestly don't. 

On the radio she is fine, on TV I think she is fine. Joe and Fred were the best, John Miller has been gone for so long I just don't care anymore. Gary Thorne was great but he had his problems too. The teams we have right now, all permutations, are various levels of meh. 

 

I don't care that she said "blank player out to center field," I mean, I know what she means because I understand context. 

 

Ben MacDonald is an edible away from sounding like Boomhauer up there, and that is fine. 

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16 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

I still dont understand how Bordick was here for 9 seasons and was atrocious. Glad he's gone but jeez that was a long time. 

Anytime Bordick is mentioned my mind automatically goes back to him still calling Chris Davis "the crusher" even though he was hitting .100

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1 hour ago, SilentJames said:

I really don't care that much. I honestly don't. 

On the radio she is fine, on TV I think she is fine. Joe and Fred were the best, John Miller has been gone for so long I just don't care anymore. Gary Thorne was great but he had his problems too. The teams we have right now, all permutations, are various levels of meh. 

 

I don't care that she said "blank player out to center field," I mean, I know what she means because I understand context. 

 

Ben MacDonald is an edible away from sounding like Boomhauer up there, and that is fine. 

So basically, there's really nothing an announcer could do to be "not fine" to you?  

I just want to know what's happening in the game, in a way that makes sense when I can't watch.

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8 minutes ago, glenn__davis said:

So basically, there's really nothing an announcer could do to be "not fine" to you?  

I just want to know what's happening in the game, in a way that makes sense when I can't watch.

I mean, I said I don't really care? So there it is? 

I've never listened to her on the radio and thought "i don't know what is going on," apparently you have so there we go? 

Is she the best PBP person I have ever heard? No. Am I starting multiple internet conversations over it? No. 

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I tend to watch on TV but found myself listening to a few radio broadcasts recently. I've become acutely aware of when Melanie is doing the radio PBP because without fail, there will be some obviously needed piece of information that isn't being provided. Often this is something like the ball/strike result of the last pitch, or perhaps whether a runner made it to second or third.

It's really unacceptable for a major league organization to have this be an ongoing problem, IMO. I don't place all of the blame on Melanie, as it seems obvious to me that there would be some producer listening in who would notice these things, then coach her on them.

I don't really care for her otherwise, but she's no worse than Rob Long for me in the studio or Garceau on TV. I can live with that.

I'd still rather listen to her than Bordick.

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9 minutes ago, tsqd said:

I tend to watch on TV but found myself listening to a few radio broadcasts recently. I've become acutely aware of when Melanie is doing the radio PBP because without fail, there will be some obviously needed piece of information that isn't being provided. Often this is something like the ball/strike result of the last pitch, or perhaps whether a runner made it to second or third.

It's really unacceptable for a major league organization to have this be an ongoing problem, IMO. I don't place all of the blame on Melanie, as it seems obvious to me that there would be some producer listening in who would notice these things, then coach her on them.

I don't really care for her otherwise, but she's no worse than Rob Long for me in the studio or Garceau on TV. I can live with that.

I'd still rather listen to her than Bordick.

Completely agree with this.

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15 hours ago, yark14 said:

Anytime Bordick is mentioned my mind automatically goes back to him still calling Chris Davis "the crusher" even though he was hitting .100

Davis is due to break out of his slump countless times after Davis had been below replacement level for 3 years.

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15 hours ago, SilentJames said:

I mean, I said I don't really care? So there it is? 

I've never listened to her on the radio and thought "i don't know what is going on," apparently you have so there we go? 

Is she the best PBP person I have ever heard? No. Am I starting multiple internet conversations over it? No. 

No problem if you don't care.  Different strokes for different folks.

As I said earlier, I think as a whole we've been pretty restrained in the criticism this year, so we need a release every now and again.  We saw this thread and the Giants thread pop-up recently I think because she's been doing TV and people have been exposed to her more.  I have to listen to a lot of games on the radio because of my kids' schedules, and while I've no doubt been spoiled by Jon Miller and Joe Angel, there's no reason the Orioles should have Newman or Garceau doing PBP.  They can both be great as studio hosts.

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