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Post by inger on Aug 6, 2019 21:41:27 GMT -5
Joe Garagiola made his bones telling Yogi Berra anecdotes. That’s when I liked him best! It’s also how he started out on talk shows... Yogi was always a hit back then...Even if you weren’t Yogi. You just had to repeat the stories... |
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 6, 2019 21:43:10 GMT -5
You just made the idea of watching at least an inning or so of a Tigers game seem attractive. That’s not easy... They’re making The Orioles look like the Big Red Machine... Which, by the way, is a great example of a team with only average pitching dominating... Sort of like the Yankees. Big guns on offense, strong defense... average pitching was plenty enough... Gibson's voice does not fit his demeanor. Gibson has Parkinson's disease, which might explain his demeanor. Of course, it's a little odd that he's one their broadcasters. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 6, 2019 21:43:24 GMT -5
He’s STILL go a seat in the front row! One of the greatest commercials ever!... A genuinely funny man. Great story teller. For sure. He is a very good broadcaster. I remember even back when he was a player you always heard that teams would keep him longer than his performance might merit because he was so entertaining. |
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Post by rizzuto on Aug 6, 2019 21:43:35 GMT -5
I could listen to Vin Scully read the phone book.
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 6, 2019 21:44:46 GMT -5
I thought Tony Kubek was really good. Intelligent commentary, and a bit too honest to suit The Boss. I thought he made a good pairing with Al Trautwig back in the MSG days. Garagiola was a little too corny with the stories for my taste, but he reminds me of listening to games as a kid and I give him nostalgia points for that. The Yankees have had many outstanding announcers over the decades. On the other hand, they also have John and Suzyn. I thought Garagiola was excellent in his younger days, but his wit caught the attention of talk shows. That led him to become a bit more of a self-promoter, plotting for additional work as a guest, guest host, and host of other events. Can’t really blame him. There was a lot of money to be made year round in those venues. So, Joe had a bit of hotdog in him. That’s not so bad... (: Sort of sounds like Dick Vitale. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 6, 2019 21:45:26 GMT -5
Gibson's voice does not fit his demeanor. Bibson has Parkinson's disease, which might explain his demeanor. Of course, it's a little odd that he's one their broadcasters. Chi, I knew about his Parkinson's. But he has always sounded that way. The voice just didn't seem to be in synch with the hard-nosed player persona. |
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 6, 2019 21:45:30 GMT -5
Cubbies home announcers are pretty comical. Dry, understated humor that you’ll miss if not listening closely. Is Bob Uecker still doing the Brewers games? I think he's still doing some games on the radio. |
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Post by rizzuto on Aug 6, 2019 21:45:38 GMT -5
The congenital Bleier is back!
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Post by inger on Aug 6, 2019 21:46:24 GMT -5
Not Jim Palmer for me. He sounds like a talking corpse. So droll. So monotonic...Plus, he’s probably in just his underwear most days. And he’s trying not to get too animated so he doesn’t break his plastic surgery or explode his Botox. Mr. Vanity... Jim definitely has what the French call amour propre. I find him amusing; guess the drollery works for me. Plus I enjoy the smartass Earl Weaver stories. I will give points for the Weaver tales... Weaver was an interesting character... |
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Post by rizzuto on Aug 6, 2019 21:47:13 GMT -5
Maybin, baby, you’ll be true...
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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 6, 2019 21:48:22 GMT -5
I thought Garagiola was excellent in his younger days, but his wit caught the attention of talk shows. That led him to become a bit more of a self-promoter, plotting for additional work as a guest, guest host, and host of other events. Can’t really blame him. There was a lot of money to be made year round in those venues. So, Joe had a bit of hotdog in him. That’s not so bad... (: Sort of sounds like Dick Vitale. I used to hate Dicky V. But he wore me down and now I love him. PT baybee!! |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Aug 6, 2019 21:48:29 GMT -5
Maybin, baby, you’ll be true... Just unbelievable what him and Tauchman have done and were gotten for basically nothing. |
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Post by rizzuto on Aug 6, 2019 21:51:27 GMT -5
Sort of sounds like Dick Vitale. I used to hate Dicky V. But he wore me down and now I love him. PT baybee!! I’m just the opposite...over the years, he completely eroded my ability to listen... |
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Post by geo on Aug 6, 2019 21:51:47 GMT -5
Stick a fork in the Boston boobies.
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 6, 2019 21:51:58 GMT -5
Sort of sounds like Dick Vitale. I used to hate Dicky V. But he wore me down and now I love him. PT baybee!! In early days, he was a good analyst, before he turned into a cartoon character. |
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