April 21, 200521 yr I was watching the White Sox- Tigers game on WGN today, the announcers are so bad...these guys are worse cheerleaders than Ron Santo, which I didn't think was possible What is it with announcers in Chicago (and most of the midwest) being such homers? I don't mind a local announcer to being a little biased, but there's a lin
April 21, 200521 yr It's comical how much of homers they are. It can be entertaining at times so I don't really mind em all that much.
April 21, 200521 yr Author It's comical how much of homers they are. It can be entertaining at times so I don't really mind em all that much. 750380[/snapback] it was my first time hearing them, so I was just amazed...I used to think the A's announcers were bad until I heard announcers of all these other teams
April 21, 200521 yr I remember I was really little, I used to watch White Sox games all the time. I loved Wimpy and Hawk they were hysterical.
April 22, 200521 yr They are hired by the White Sox, what do you expect? Do you really need a bland unbiased announcer to tell you exactly everything that is going on? Believe me, if you were a White Sox fan or rooting against the team they were playing, you'd love them. "It's 5-1 good guys!"
April 22, 200521 yr I can understand why they're like that...they can get old and annoying sometimes though. I like enthusiasm but sometimes they go a little too far.
April 22, 200521 yr They gotta keep the fans happy somehow. So many years without a championship for both teams will really piss of the fans. Waltzy would have been lynched if he made today's Mientkiewics GS call in Chicago.
April 22, 200521 yr They have BAR NONE the best home run call in baseball. YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD.............. YES!!!!!!!
April 22, 200521 yr Author They have BAR NONE the best home run call in baseball. YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD.............. YES!!!!!!! 750870[/snapback] What about HE HITS IT HIGH!....HE HITS IT DEEP!...HE HITS IT OUTTA HERE!
April 22, 200521 yr Is it just me, or did it dawn on anyone that this is a case of the kettle calling the other kettle black?
April 22, 200521 yr They have BAR NONE the best home run call in baseball. YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD.............. YES!!!!!!! 750870[/snapback] What about HE HITS IT HIGH!....HE HITS IT DEEP!...HE HITS IT OUTTA HERE! 751012[/snapback] I like that one too
April 22, 200521 yr Author They are hired by the White Sox, what do you expect? Do you really need a bland unbiased announcer to tell you exactly everything that is going on? Believe me, if you were a White Sox fan or rooting against the team they were playing, you'd love them. "It's 5-1 good guys!" 750631[/snapback] there's a difference between being a homer, and being a flat out cheerleader... also, when you're doing a national broadcast (WGN is carried by most cable providers across the nation), you should try to be as unbiased as possible... They're the only announcers I've heard refer to the team as "we"...also, a white sox player can get the weakest hit possible and they'll talk about what a great piece of hitting that was, and then someone on the other team will do the same thing and they'll talk about how lucky that was...
April 23, 200521 yr They are hired by the White Sox, what do you expect? Do you really need a bland unbiased announcer to tell you exactly everything that is going on?? Believe me, if you were a White Sox fan or rooting against the team they were playing, you'd love them. "It's 5-1 good guys!" 750631[/snapback] when you're doing a national broadcast (WGN is carried by most cable providers across the nation), you should try to be as unbiased as possible... They're the only announcers I've heard refer to the team as "we"...also, a white sox player can get the weakest hit possible and they'll talk about what a great piece of hitting that was, and then someone on the other team will do the same thing and they'll talk about how lucky that was... 751459[/snapback] Why should they change their act when they're only on WGN? Why do they have to be unbiased if it's a national broadcast? As for your other comments, that's not true at all. Hawk routinely gives credit to the Twins, and calls out Sox players if they make a mistake. He'll whine about bad calls (if it is a bad call for sure) but I don't like it if he keeps whining about it later in the game. Hawk is not a propoganda machine. He's just a really biased southern Sox fan.
April 23, 200521 yr also, a white sox player can get the weakest hit possible and they'll talk about what a great piece of hitting that was, and then someone on the other team will do the same thing and they'll talk about how lucky that was... 751459[/snapback] I believe you are refering to what Hawk would call, a duck snort. :lol
April 30, 200521 yr Watched them again tonight. Worst announcers in the league from what I've heard. 758625[/snapback] The Athletics, Mets, and Red Sox are worse on the TV side.
April 30, 200521 yr They have BAR NONE the best home run call in baseball. YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD.............. YES!!!!!!! 750870[/snapback] What about HE HITS IT HIGH!....HE HITS IT DEEP!...HE HITS IT OUTTA HERE! 751012[/snapback] I gotta admit, the home run call for Bonds' 660th home run was badass. HEEEEEEE HITS IT HIGHHHHHHHHHHH......... HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HITS IT DEEEEEEEEP........ SIX SIXTY OUTTTTTTTTTA HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's too bad his calls in MVP 2005 are so crappy and nothing like his calls in real life.
April 30, 200521 yr Watched them again tonight. Worst announcers in the league from what I've heard. 758625[/snapback] The Athletics, Mets, and Red Sox are worse on the TV side. 758639[/snapback] The guy who does the Yankee games on YES is the worst, anytime he goes "OH WHAT A _______" it's the equivelant of dragging your finger nails across a chalk board.
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