Three Man booth on the road

[accinfo]

I think we can say this a bit of a change of philosophy with MASN to have Brown, Palmer, and Ben McDonald again in the booth together for a road game.  I assumed they did just for a home series but it continues on the road in LA.  It certainly costs them more money.  It pissed me off when they continued last year to do the road games from a TV screen using Covid as an excuse.  I think this shows a difference in ownership.

[Frobby]

I don’t think they did the road games from Baltimore last year.  

Palmer always does the SoCal series.   I’m a little surprised they brought Ben too, but it’s enjoyable.  
 

[CynBeth]

I love the 3 man booth!

[MDK02]

2 hours ago, accinfo said:

I think we can say this a bit of a change of philosophy with MASN to have Brown, Palmer, and Ben McDonald again in the booth together for a road game.  I assumed they did just for a home series but it continues on the road in LA.  It certainly costs them more money.  It pissed me off when they continued last year to do the road games from a TV screen using Covid as an excuse.  I think this shows a difference in ownership.

I think they’ve been doing away games from the ballpark for the past 2 years now. I know they definitely were last year. 

[Emory Eagle]

I wouldn’t pass up a trip to LA on the company dime.  

[accinfo]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

I don’t think they did the road games from Baltimore last year.  

Palmer always does the SoCal series.   I’m a little surprised they brought Ben too, but it’s enjoyable.  
 

I thought they did in early last year but it could have been 2 years ago.  Time flys when you get older.

[oh-wee-ohs]

No hotel costs for Palmer and strategically timed home games coinciding with HoF weekend and the flights back home to LA. Makes all the sense. 

[EnochRoot]

Having Ben and Palmer in the booth is probably the best one-two color commentators in the sport. Ben is there to provide immediate knowledge serving it up to Palmer. KB is smart enough to stay back when the two get to talking..

Edited August 28 by EnochRoot

[InsideCoroner]

Personally I wish the 3-man booth was a permanent thing. 

[Moose Milligan]

3 hours ago, EnochRoot said:

KB is smart enough to stay back when the two get to talking..

That’s the best part about it. I say we should get Roberts in there, make it a 4 man booth and see if that makes it even better. 

[InsideCoroner]

4 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

That’s the best part about it. I say we should get Roberts in there, make it a 4 man booth and see if that makes it even better. 

I sense if you had your way it would be an 11-man booth with Brach, Dave Johnson, Devereaux, Bordick and whoever else could help minimize KB's mic time.  

To be fair, at the end of a recent game against Cleveland that we won 9-5, KB signed off saying that it was a game "enough to drive you crazy if you let it", and it wasn't until a half-hour later I realized he was quoting the Dolly Parton song and I did an involuntary eye roll. 

[Moose Milligan]

45 minutes ago, InsideCoroner said:

I sense if you had your way it would be an 11-man booth with Brach, Dave Johnson, Devereaux, Bordick and whoever else could help minimize KB's mic time.  

To be fair, at the end of a recent game against Cleveland that we won 9-5, KB signed off saying that it was a game "enough to drive you crazy if you let it", and it wasn't until a half-hour later I realized he was quoting the Dolly Parton song and I did an involuntary eye roll. 

Nah, I just like Roberts.  I also like Dave Johnson, he's got the grumpy "get off my lawn" bit down pretty well.  

And yes, involuntary eye rolls all over the place.  

[sevastras]

9 hours ago, Emory Eagle said:

I wouldn’t pass up a trip to LA on the company dime.  

I would volunteer to stay home for all games west of Denver, west of LV once that materializes. 
Im sure the area Roy lives in or Palmer are nice enough however those downtowns are terrible. Although I haven’t been to California since Newsome started cleaning up a couple of months ago.(disclaimer-this is not a political post, just my opinion of the deterioration of these cities over the last 15 years or so).

[dtk9119]

Palmer lives in CA so minimal expense. McDonald probably heads to Denver w/ Brown after this series and we won't see Palmer again until mid September.

I do like the 3 man booth though.

[yark14]

Anything that keeps Geoff Arnold out of the TV booth is good with me.