March 20, 200521 yr Television broadcaster Rich Waltz makes his debut today when Fox Sports Net televises its first spring Marlins game at 1:05 p.m. Waltz said he and color analyst Tommy Hutton "can't wait to start. We've been watching a month's worth of spring training and haven't done any games." Link to Full Article Tune in on FSN
March 20, 200521 yr Tommy claims there has been no kind of "rehearsals." Says he and Len went in cold and it worked. Waltz may be a different dance but the potential success is there because Tommy doesn't have an ego problem. He's a team player. Anyway, announcers deserve a Spring Training, too.
March 20, 200521 yr I can't wait to see the Marlins on TV. I only get to watch them when they're on FSN. It'll be a busy day of channel surfing for me - between the Marlins and College Basketball.
March 20, 200521 yr Im so happy about the watching the game. Its been so long. We can hear Waltz and how he does.
March 20, 200521 yr FSN wants him to stay low key in terms of his call until the season starts. Today is just a test drive. You cannot judge fairly until the season is over.
March 20, 200521 yr I think his voice and Tommy's sort of blend in together. I'm not a fan. 716011[/snapback] yeah, that's exactly what i was thinking. he's also sleep inducing.
March 20, 200521 yr I think his voice and Tommy's sort of blend in together. I'm not a fan. 716011[/snapback] yeah, that's exactly what i was thinking. he's also sleep inducing. 716062[/snapback] Also what I was thinking. With Len, it was different. This dude kinda puts me into some trance. w/e, win some loose some.
March 20, 200521 yr i don't like him. he seems to say 'uhh' ::studder:: way too much :censored . i want len back anyone up for a kidnapping? :burglar
March 20, 200521 yr Rich Waltz is so boring, more often than not the stadium noises were drowning out what he was saying because he talks so quiet and softly. Len made everything interesting, even just hearing him saying "Inning Over" was entertaining, this guy is terrible. That kid with the fake deep voice from the UM broadcast is better than Rich Waltz.
March 20, 200521 yr I was at the game so I didnt hear Rich talk. I am guessing from your posts that he wasnt that good. Maybe he was just nervous :confused
March 20, 200521 yr That kid with the fake deep voice from the UM broadcast is better than Rich Waltz. LOL he couldn't have been THAT bad...
March 20, 200521 yr That kid with the fake deep voice from the UM broadcast is better than Rich Waltz. 716127[/snapback] I wouldn't go that far.
March 20, 200521 yr That kid with the fake deep voice from the UM broadcast is better than Rich Waltz. LOL he couldn't have been THAT bad... 716153[/snapback] Nah, but he was close. Sometimes you didn't even realize he was talking.
March 20, 200521 yr I said earlier that "Announcers deserve a Spring Training, too." That said, I muted the TV in the 7th inning and turned on the radio. Tommy did the best he could. But he had a dead weight attached.
March 20, 200521 yr C'mon, cut the guy some slack...it was his first freakin' game. You guys are unreal. :thumbdown
March 20, 200521 yr I can't fully judge him until about the second week once he develops a routine and becomes familiar with his surroundings. However, the stadium noises were heard too much. This game was quite boring to call. Nothing really happened. When Lo Duca got the hit with the bases loaded to score 2, he did get pretty excited. Remember that this is his first telecast with us and he didn't want to seem overexcited. Len did the exact same thing the first half of his first season in 2002. It seemed like he whispered most of the time, but once he got into it, he grew into the person we know him as.
March 20, 200521 yr Good Lord... You people are harsh and have no patience... I watched the game up until the 6th inning or so, and I thought he was fine, considering it was his first game as a Marlin and considering they were calling a SPRING TRAINING GAME !!! Meaning the stadium is smaller, all the fans were closer, etc... I could barely hear Craig Minervini and Josh Beckett during that little in-game interview. It wasn't Rich Waltz, it was the surroundings... Probably even the equipment.... Listen to the guy a few more games before you start putting kidnapping plans together to bring Len back.. Now, a question.... Did Waltz ever do ESPN games? He sounds familiar...
March 20, 200521 yr Good Lord... You people are harsh and have no patience... I watched the game up until the 6th inning or so, and I thought he was fine, considering it was his first game as a Marlin and considering they were calling a SPRING TRAINING GAME !!! Meaning the stadium is smaller, all the fans were closer, etc... I could barely hear Craig Minervini and Josh Beckett during that little in-game interview. It wasn't Rich Waltz, it was the surroundings... Probably even the equipment.... Listen to the guy a few more games before you start putting kidnapping plans together to bring Len back.. Now, a question.... Did Waltz ever do ESPN games? He sounds familiar... 716208[/snapback] Seems like they audio was uneven compared to what we are used to. Waltz has done games on ESPN.
March 20, 200521 yr I said earlier that "Announcers deserve a Spring Training, too." That said, I muted the TV in the 7th inning and turned on the radio. Tommy did the best he could. But he had a dead weight attached. 716199[/snapback] I tried to do that, but there was a 15 second delay between my DirecTV and the radio.
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