Kevin Brown

[DirtyBird]

14 minutes ago, Philip said:

Kevin Brown is terrible. Wagner is terrific, and Gregg Olson and Wagner seem to be a great pairing. I’d like it to continue.

Snooozefest

[Moose Milligan]

43 minutes ago, Sydnor said:

Kevin Brown calls every inning of every game for the rest of the year or Austin Hays plays every inning of every game for the rest of the year. You have to choose one.

This is absurd. 

I’m driving Hays to the airport though. 

[DirtyBird]

1 hour ago, Sydnor said:

Kevin Brown calls every inning of every game for the rest of the year or Austin Hays plays every inning of every game for the rest of the year. You have to choose one.

How about if Kevin Brown just read aloud every Roy Firestone game thread post, real time?

[Malike]

1 hour ago, Philip said:

Kevin Brown is terrible. Wagner is terrific, and Gregg Olson and Wagner seem to be a great pairing. I’d like it to continue.

I thought Geoff Arnold was in the booth with Olson?

[Roy Firestone]

1 hour ago, Sydnor said:

Kevin Brown calls every inning of every game for the rest of the year or Austin Hays plays every inning of every game for the rest of the year. You have to choose one.

easy choice. KB all the way. We should BE so lucky.

[thegardner]

I'm not a huge Kevin Brown fan, I think he goes too far off topic and gets weirdly self indulgent at times BUT he is far and away the best we have, from G Arnold (mediocre) to M Newman (horrible).  I prefer Brown by a mile and I do think he keeps getting better.

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, thegardner said:

I'm not a huge Kevin Brown fan, I think he goes too far off topic and gets weirdly self indulgent at times BUT he is far and away the best we have, from G Arnold (mediocre) to M Newman (horrible).  I prefer Brown by a mile and I do think he keeps getting better.

Finally gotten to listen to Ben Wagner on the radio a few times the past couple weeks and have been very impressed.   He is excellent.

[maybenxtyr]

I admittedly have not been through the whole thread, but is this the same Kevin Brown that a lot of people had their panties twisted up about last season when JA gave him a timeout? He's about the best that the O's have right now. We can only hope that with new ownership they'll work on the MASN side this winter.

[HowAboutThat]

48 minutes ago, Malike said:

I thought Geoff Arnold was in the booth with Olson?

I like Wagner better, but Arnold is good too. I get them mixed up, but I think the one I liked best was Wagner and Olson. Isn’t Arnold usually with Scott Garceau?

48 minutes ago, Malike said:

I thought Geoff Arnold was in the booth with Olson?

 

[HowAboutThat]

53 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

How about if Kevin Brown just read aloud every Roy Firestone game thread post, real time?

That’s actually a terrific idea. Like actors on Saturday night live reading text messages.

[e16bball]

2 hours ago, maybenxtyr said:

I admittedly have not been through the whole thread, but is this the same Kevin Brown that a lot of people had their panties twisted up about last season when JA gave him a timeout? He's about the best that the O's have right now. We can only hope that with new ownership they'll work on the MASN side this winter.

This is really the only place where there is any sort of vocal opposition to Kevin Brown — a place that skews pretty heavily older than average, overwhelmingly male, and unanimously obsessed with baseball as a stand-alone pastime. The dogmatic baseball purist/traditionalist is probably not his strongest demographic, with Mr. Firestone standing as an outspoken exception to that rule.

There definitely need to be changes/improvements to MASN, but replacing Kevin Brown is a change that will only occur if he chooses to leave for greener pastures.

That’s because the vast majority of the fanbase loves Kevin Brown. Particularly the portion that the O’s are assuredly targeting to keep their fanbase growing and vibrant. That being the portion that doesn’t deeply yearn for the days when commentators primarily just announced the action on the field and otherwise remained mostly stoic and silent, so that the only interruption of the ambient noise was the occasional propeller plane flying overhead and perhaps the light crackle of static on dad’s old transistor radio.

[OriolesMagic83]

5 hours ago, Sydnor said:

Kevin Brown calls every inning of every game for the rest of the year or Austin Hays plays every inning of every game for the rest of the year. You have to choose one.

All MASN equipment is destroyed and can't be replaced from China until 2025 and the only way to "enjoy" games is listening to play by play with Melanie Newman or Vieira is the O's closer for the rest of the year.

[OriolesMagic83]

4 hours ago, DirtyBird said:

How about if Kevin Brown just read aloud every Roy Firestone game thread post, real time?

I hear Can of Corn posts in Squidward's voice.  

[Frobby]

4 hours ago, Malike said:

I thought Geoff Arnold was in the booth with Olson?

Details, details. 

[DrungoHazewood]

16 hours ago, Philip said:

Kevin Brown is terrible. Wagner is terrific, and Gregg Olson and Wagner seem to be a great pairing. I’d like it to continue.

The whole game last night I'm thinking "I really like Gregg Olson the person, but these guys aren't even half as good as Brown and McDonald."