On this TBS post-game show....

....David Wells' voice and speech patterns sound really close to John Kruk.

But he's making sense!

Mind-bender!

This TBS game is decent but it doesn't really have many blog-worthy moments....

....because the announcers are generally knowledgeable and not completely full of themselves.

I think I am going to listen to a CD.

Nepotism will only take you so far in some businesses

I see that TBS has let go their lead baseball announcer, Chip Caray who was the son of Braves announcer, Skip Caray (who I personally loved) and the grandson of Cubs announcer Harry Caray (who I didn't love but I understood the appeal).

Chip Caray was of course brutal in calling the playoffs this year with numerous gaffes, misstatements and really an unfamiliarity with American League teams. I have mentioned some of these problems in detail before on this site so I will leave that alone now. It will be interesting to see where Mr. Caray lands but I think he might need some work before he could get back to broadcasting baseball on a national level again.

Lightning bolt!

A thought.

Hey Fox! See what TBS did? You got this guy named Tim McCarver and......

I don't know about these Anderson guys

So I was watching the Phillies/Rockies game last night and I was struck by how mind-numbingly boring play-by-play announcer, Brian Anderson is. He seems to have absolutely no personality in his voice. None. Not an ounce.

His voice also just has kind of a "cheap" quality to it to the point that I found it distracting. It kind of reminded me of someone that would be broadcasting a demolition derby on a local UHF channel.

I understand that Anderson is a Milwaukee Brewers announcer and if I was a Brewers fan maybe he would grow on me but I really doubt it.* I am sure that he is a nice guy and all but.....

Sorry, Brian.

*Considering the other Brian Anderson's out there: 1. Current Red Sox outfielder (.227 career average) 2. Retired pitcher with many teams including the Royals (82-83, 4.72 career ERA), that name is just not working for people in baseball. I bet if Brady Anderson was named Brian Anderson, he would not have hit 50 home runs that year.