No Phillies Radio Network for the World Series

[aindik]

Seltzer, you're right.  There will never be another Harry Kalas.  But having said that, I like Scott Franzke a lot.  He's really good.  And he and L.A. make a great team.

And, if you like the TV team, the TV guys will be doing the 4th, 5th and 6th innings of every game.  Tom McCarthy on PBP, and Gary Matthews or Chris Wheeler on color.  The color analysts alternate by game, I think.

It'll be nice to have three choices to listen to the games.  At home, the TV crew and 2 radio stations.  In the car, three radio stations including WCBS, which doesn't come in clearly enough on the radios in my house.  I'll probably go with the WPHT crew.  I love John Sterling but won't listen to him through static.

At home I will unplug my center channel speaker and turn up both the radio (for commentary) and the TV sound from the other speakers (for crowd noise and game sounds).  I will use my TiVo to synchronize picture with sound.

[JaMa]

John Sterling is good doing the play by play, but his gimmicky "Thhheeeee Yankees win!" is SO obnoxious.  To me, when an announcer has a trademark ending like that, it sounds forced, and it prevents him from being spontaneous.  He ended the ALCS by saying, "Game over, ALCS over.  Yankees win.  Thhheee Yankees win".  I'd rather have my announcer show genuine excitement and get caught up in the moment.

[Seltzer]

AS Harry got caught up in the moment last year.

[aindik]

I like his gimmicks.  I know it's cheesy and contrived, but I like it anyway.  To me, it's like an old time Top 40 DJ doing baseball play by play.

One announcer of whom I've grown tired is Joe Buck.  Talk about the opposite of genuine excitement.  I suppose it's genuine, but there's no excitement at all.  He nonchalants everything.

Jon Miller is excellent on the radio.  Better than he is on TV.  Joe Morgan drags the broadcast down, but he has less time to talk on radio, so it's better.

[JaMa]

Totally agree on Buck.  He and McCarver aren't that good.  John Miller is one of the best baseball announcers there is.  I think he's superb.  Besides Miller, there aren't many guys I can think of on the national level who I like.   

[Seltzer]

Jon is the best national baseball announcer hands down. And I agree he is better on the radio.

[aindik]

Kind of odd hearing ESPN's spots with ESPN's personalities on 1210.  IIRC, the flagships are required to clear the ESPN network spots.

[aindik]

Even odder hearing Tom McCarthy on 1210 reading live spots for AutoZone that send listeners to ESPNRadio.com to vote.

[aindik]

Why are they pausing for TOH station IDs?  There are no network affiliates.  Why not just have the PBP guy say "you're listening to the Phillies in the World Series, on the Big Talker 1210, WPHT Philadelphia" at the top of every hour?

[bsquared11]

John Sterling only cares about one thing when he broadcasts.  John Sterling.  Anyone who thinks he paints the picture doing radio play-by-play must be watching the game on TV simultaneously  Sterling and Suzyn Waldman are the Yankee radio announcers for one reason and one reason only: George Steinbrenner.