Comments on: It is high, it is far, it is terrible http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/it-is-high-it-is-far-it-is-terrible-7505/ A New York Yankees Blog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:59:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Craig http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/it-is-high-it-is-far-it-is-terrible-7505/#comment-274035 Craig Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:46:39 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7505#comment-274035 How can people not like Kornheisher? Far better than listening to Theisman and that gang. Tony K. kinda reminds me of Larry David which is never a bad thing. All the crappy games that they play on MNF you often need some entertainment to come from somewhere else. How can people not like Kornheisher? Far better than listening to Theisman and that gang. Tony K. kinda reminds me of Larry David which is never a bad thing. All the crappy games that they play on MNF you often need some entertainment to come from somewhere else.

]]> By: Craig http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/it-is-high-it-is-far-it-is-terrible-7505/#comment-274030 Craig Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:41:17 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7505#comment-274030 Maybe I need YES Network to see what the big deal with Kay is b/c even on MLB.tv I don't always get to hear him that often. Maybe I need YES Network to see what the big deal with Kay is b/c even on MLB.tv I don’t always get to hear him that often.

]]> By: Craig http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/it-is-high-it-is-far-it-is-terrible-7505/#comment-274027 Craig Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:38:24 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7505#comment-274027 I gotta disagree with most of the comments and other than No. 1, that list is awfully inaccurate. Lou Holtz, 50?!?!?!?! I feel like jumping into a tree shredder when he's on TV. I like Kay just for his HR calls (SEE YAAA!!) and Sterlings "Yankees Win" call gets him exempt from this list. I LOVE Carver and Buck (although I hated how he overreacted on that "vile, despicable, wretched, heinous" Randy Moss celebration, especially since I'm sure many fans, like me, didn't even realize what he was doing) and Madden. Some announcers/teams just work well with a sport the way milk works well with brownies. How about we amend the list, include every single female sideline reporter (except for Goddess Erin Andrews) and take off some of the announcers that do not deserve to be on the list. Also, since that list is populated by many of the most well known and accomplished announcers - who would be left to include on a list of the best announcers? Harold Reynolds would be number 1 obviously, but what about the rest? I gotta disagree with most of the comments and other than No. 1, that list is awfully inaccurate. Lou Holtz, 50?!?!?!?! I feel like jumping into a tree shredder when he’s on TV. I like Kay just for his HR calls (SEE YAAA!!) and Sterlings “Yankees Win” call gets him exempt from this list. I LOVE Carver and Buck (although I hated how he overreacted on that “vile, despicable, wretched, heinous” Randy Moss celebration, especially since I’m sure many fans, like me, didn’t even realize what he was doing) and Madden. Some announcers/teams just work well with a sport the way milk works well with brownies. How about we amend the list, include every single female sideline reporter (except for Goddess Erin Andrews) and take off some of the announcers that do not deserve to be on the list.

Also, since that list is populated by many of the most well known and accomplished announcers – who would be left to include on a list of the best announcers? Harold Reynolds would be number 1 obviously, but what about the rest?

]]> By: johnny http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/it-is-high-it-is-far-it-is-terrible-7505/#comment-273171 johnny Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:23:01 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7505#comment-273171 yeah, last year he made it sound as if the yankees weren't a good team at all. oh wait, they weren't yeah, last year he made it sound as if the yankees weren’t a good team at all. oh wait, they weren’t

]]> By: johnny http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/it-is-high-it-is-far-it-is-terrible-7505/#comment-273147 johnny Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:54:29 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7505#comment-273147 agreed! singleton is great, nice guy too. my #1 worst: Joe Buck I'd rather listen to helen Keller try to call a ballgame than Joe Buck. agreed! singleton is great, nice guy too.

my #1 worst: Joe Buck

I’d rather listen to helen Keller try to call a ballgame than Joe Buck.

]]> By: Rob in CT http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/it-is-high-it-is-far-it-is-terrible-7505/#comment-272979 Rob in CT Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:19:03 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7505#comment-272979 "Before I started muting the games whenever Kay was part of the broadcast team, he was really cutting into my enjoyment of the games as I’d end up yelling at Michael Kay for 3 hours a night. " Hah. I reached that stage last year. “Before I started muting the games whenever Kay was part of the broadcast team, he was really cutting into my enjoyment of the games as I’d end up yelling at Michael Kay for 3 hours a night. ”

Hah. I reached that stage last year.

]]> By: Rob in CT http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/it-is-high-it-is-far-it-is-terrible-7505/#comment-272978 Rob in CT Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:17:52 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7505#comment-272978 Ack, I forgot to mention Singleton. He's solid too. Really, the Yankees announcer problems could be largely solved by removing two people: Kay and Waldman. Ack, I forgot to mention Singleton. He’s solid too. Really, the Yankees announcer problems could be largely solved by removing two people: Kay and Waldman.

]]> By: Rob in CT http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/it-is-high-it-is-far-it-is-terrible-7505/#comment-272976 Rob in CT Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:17:03 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7505#comment-272976 Sterling has a good radio voice. If I can just manage to tune out what he's actually saying... He's kinda blind now, and he has a habit of waxing poetic about the worst player on the field... which does have its own special charm. I can deal with Sterling. Waldman is a toxic combination of terrible voice & bad announcing. I feel bad about it, but she drives me insane. The combination of Sterling and Waldman is nigh unbearable. Kay is terrible... I feel like he's gotten worse (more arrogant). I miss Jim Kaat. I like Leiter's work (and he will challenge Kay at times, which is key). Coney and Flahrety are fine. I love the road games that Kay doesn't do. Sterling has a good radio voice. If I can just manage to tune out what he’s actually saying… He’s kinda blind now, and he has a habit of waxing poetic about the worst player on the field… which does have its own special charm. I can deal with Sterling.

Waldman is a toxic combination of terrible voice & bad announcing. I feel bad about it, but she drives me insane. The combination of Sterling and Waldman is nigh unbearable.

Kay is terrible… I feel like he’s gotten worse (more arrogant). I miss Jim Kaat. I like Leiter’s work (and he will challenge Kay at times, which is key). Coney and Flahrety are fine. I love the road games that Kay doesn’t do.

]]> By: the most felonious vocalist http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/it-is-high-it-is-far-it-is-terrible-7505/#comment-272920 the most felonious vocalist Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:09:04 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7505#comment-272920 Sterling has many faults but I am thoroughly entertained by his antics. This is probably because I'm rarely forced to rely on him for accurate information since I watch almost all the games on tv. If I had to listen to the rado all the time I could see his act wearing thin quickly. Suzyn is horrendous. Michael Kay is the true villain. His combination of arrogance and ignorance is really unprecedented. One thing that really bothers me about him is the way he'll state some ridiculous uninformed opinion of his and then try to pass it off as a question by asking the color guy if he agrees. O'Neill is awful but he sure isn't afraid to point out Kay's stupidity. Leiter and Cone also exposed his ignorance regularly. It kills me that Michael Kay is the centerpiece of the YES Network. Centerstage gets some good guests and I've even enjoyed some episodes despite Kay's buffoonery but that show would be so much better if they replaced him with Bob Lorenz. Lorenz actually guest hosted a show it was much better than usual. That ridiculous guffaw of Kay's makes me scream. Before I started muting the games whenever Kay was part of the broadcast team, he was really cutting into my enjoyment of the games as I'd end up yelling at Michael Kay for 3 hours a night. My favorite Yankee broadcaster is Ken Singleton. It's great when he's the play by play guy. I feel like Al Leiter makes a lot of good points. David Cone has potential but is very reluctant to criticize anybody. Flaherty is an idiot who doesn't really understand how teams win baseball games. I have no idea what he's ever done to earn his spot with the Yankees. He does occasionally point out Kay's stupidity, which is a plus. I already miss Bobby Murcer, who was the epitome of class and enthusiasm and had a great voice. Sterling has many faults but I am thoroughly entertained by his antics. This is probably because I’m rarely forced to rely on him for accurate information since I watch almost all the games on tv. If I had to listen to the rado all the time I could see his act wearing thin quickly. Suzyn is horrendous.

Michael Kay is the true villain. His combination of arrogance and ignorance is really unprecedented. One thing that really bothers me about him is the way he’ll state some ridiculous uninformed opinion of his and then try to pass it off as a question by asking the color guy if he agrees. O’Neill is awful but he sure isn’t afraid to point out Kay’s stupidity. Leiter and Cone also exposed his ignorance regularly. It kills me that Michael Kay is the centerpiece of the YES Network. Centerstage gets some good guests and I’ve even enjoyed some episodes despite Kay’s buffoonery but that show would be so much better if they replaced him with Bob Lorenz. Lorenz actually guest hosted a show it was much better than usual. That ridiculous guffaw of Kay’s makes me scream. Before I started muting the games whenever Kay was part of the broadcast team, he was really cutting into my enjoyment of the games as I’d end up yelling at Michael Kay for 3 hours a night.

My favorite Yankee broadcaster is Ken Singleton. It’s great when he’s the play by play guy. I feel like Al Leiter makes a lot of good points. David Cone has potential but is very reluctant to criticize anybody. Flaherty is an idiot who doesn’t really understand how teams win baseball games. I have no idea what he’s ever done to earn his spot with the Yankees. He does occasionally point out Kay’s stupidity, which is a plus. I already miss Bobby Murcer, who was the epitome of class and enthusiasm and had a great voice.

]]> By: Ben K. http://riveraveblues.com/2009/02/it-is-high-it-is-far-it-is-terrible-7505/#comment-272825 Ben K. Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:39:08 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7505#comment-272825 Off the top of my head, I can name at least four teams — Phillies, Red Sox, Mets, Dodgers — with better radio teams, and that's just from years of subscribing to MLB.com's gameday audio. Sterling is not a good play-by-play announcer; he's not a good analyst. He has a colorful way of calling games, but that's hardly a positive. There is something to be said for just shutting up now and then and letting the sounds of the crowd seep through the radio. What Sterling and Waldman do is the exact opposite of subtle, good broadcasting. Off the top of my head, I can name at least four teams — Phillies, Red Sox, Mets, Dodgers — with better radio teams, and that’s just from years of subscribing to MLB.com’s gameday audio. Sterling is not a good play-by-play announcer; he’s not a good analyst. He has a colorful way of calling games, but that’s hardly a positive.

There is something to be said for just shutting up now and then and letting the sounds of the crowd seep through the radio. What Sterling and Waldman do is the exact opposite of subtle, good broadcasting.

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