Jun
We Hate the ESPN Baseball Announcers
Audrey and I watch a lot of baseball. We watch the Yankees and the Mets. We feel especially good when they beat the Red Sox, Phillies, and Atlanta. Usually, we watch the Yankees on the YES network and Mets on SNY. On weekends, the games shift to WPIX. WOR and FOX. Sometimes they shift to ESPN.
There are excellent announcers. The Mets have Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez and Gary Cohen. They are always on SNY and usually covering Mets games when the game is on other channels. The Yankees have Al Leiter, David Cone, Paul O’Neil and Ken Singleton. They do for the Yankees what Ron, Keith and Gary do for the Mets. Al and David had played for both Mets and Yankees during their careers. These are all superb announcers and commentators. They add a lot to the game. They can all be proud of their work as announcers. Keep in mind that Keith, Ron, Al, David and Paul had equally proud careers playing baseball.
Unfortunately, at least once on the weekend, one of the teams is covered by ESPN. We hate it because the ESPN announcers give the term “lame” new dimensions in meaning. Worst is the most talkative of the three, a fat old bald guy who speaks in partial sentences. This loudmouth has a voice better suited to a kiddie show than sports. He is slow and unenthusiastic. He also does not know the New York teams well. You can count on at least three stupid comments per inning from Fatso.
We turn down the sound when the games are on ESPN because of their announcers, especially the fat old man. They are so pathetic we do not even stay around to find out their names. It is a shame that an otherwise good baseball game is tarnished by such ill-sounding and misinformed announcing.
This has nothing to do with Heathenism, or lessons, or anecdotes, and it certainly is not humor. After three hours of hearing ESPN last night, we have had enough!
