Official Enemies of Don Orsillo Thread

[Commander Shears]

I recently started lurking around this forum and checking out a bunch of threads, including some rather old ones. I’ve noticed a disturbing trend. People are complimenting Don Orsillo.

 

The line was drawn and I felt the need to register & post when I got to this quote, for which I will retain the poster’s anonymity:

 

'McDonough only did Friday night games. Besides him and Orsillo are pretty much the same. They even SOUND exactly alike.'

 

Either there is some REALLY good crack going around or I’m in the Twilight Zone. Let me tell you the difference between Sean McDonough and The Redundancy King of Redundancy. McDonough is funny and knowledgeable. Orsillo knows nothing about the game and has the personality of a wet blanket. (If you ever want to destroy a comedic riff, just get Don to contribute. He makes Debbie Downer seem like Dane Cook.)

 

Anyone see Channel 7’s Sports Extra a month or so ago when he uttered the immortal phrase ‘the bullpen’s been great’?

 

Or when he said Curt Schilling had settled into his outing – with one out in the SECOND INNING. Oh, and there was a guy on first – who scored.

 

Or when he said ‘Alan Embree picks up his first strikeout and couldn’t have picked a better time to do it!’ It was the second batter he faced. He walked the first.

 

My personal favorite is when he parrots an opinion Jerry Remy gave just a couple innings earlier, and pretends its his own. He used to have the decency to wait a couple of games, but now he’s down to about half an hour. Remy has to notice. He has to.

 

It's like he's doing an impression of an announcer, but isn't one. He's a pod and I cannot be the only one dreading the next forty years of this guy.

[yeszir]

He's still better than 98% of the other broadcaster's out there.

 

edit: In my opinion.

 

edit #2: Welcome to the site by the way, we're glad to have you.

[YanksHater213]

A lot better at that...

[Commander Shears]

Curt Gowdy. Ned Martin. Sean McDonough. Don Orsillo? One of these things is not like the others.

 

By that logic, Edgar Renteria is fine because he's better than most shortstops. Not being the worst isn't good enough for the Sox.

 

It is embarrassing that such a flagship franchise would make such a buffoon its public face. It is insulting that they would expect no one to care. The Red Sox deserve better. Red Sox fans deserve better. To think that we don't notice his incompetence insults our intelligence. To think that we won’t care insults our passion. The announcer is our ambassador, our voice, our connection to the game.

[yeszir]

What if you're really Jerry Remy using talksox and various forums to spread your secret hatred for Don that we all know you really foster!

[Commander Shears]

What if you're really Jerry Remy using talksox and various forums to spread your secret hatred for Don that we all know you really foster!

 

Busted.

 

Oh, and thanks for the welcome.

[element1151]

He's still better than 98% of the other broadcaster's out there.

 

edit: In my opinion.

 

edit #2: Welcome to the site by the way, we're glad to have you.

Yeszir is enjoying the 'in-post edit' a bit too much.

[Manny Goes Boom]

Would you rather have Tim McCarver?

[YanksHater213]

...and/or Joe Buck?

[Commander Shears]

...and/or Joe Buck?

 

Personally, I think Buck gets a bad rap (you try calling a game saddled with the submental that is Tim McCarver). Sort of like Miller & Morgan. It can't be easy carrying that kind of dead weight.

 

What I would prefer is someone who knows enough about the game so he doesn't have to rely on three pitch-count updates per inning, recaps of what happened two pitches ago, and endless readings from the Media Guide. Not even his mother cares where Tampa Bay's long relief guy 'originally hails from' or 'currently resides in' when we have two guys on. This guy should host This Is Your Life, he takes us on so many trips down memory lane.

 

At the very least, someone needs to tell Donny that we get the same video feed he does. Watch any other game and see if the announcer narrates every edit the way Don does. Pavlov's dog wasn't this predictable. Every single time they cut to someone on deck, he tells you what's happening: 'Johnny Damon waits on deck' 'Bill Mueller waits on deck.' He does the same thing with bullpens & baserunners. Basically he thinks he's doing radio. Really really boring radio. Maybe he should work for NPR.

 

Have you ever heard him identify a pitch? Or a count to run on? Or question a move (before Remy blazes the trail)? Of course he can't do these things, because he doesn't know anything about baseball. He's the Stone Phillips of local sports. Just an empty talking head doing an impression of professionals.

 

Who would I rather have? Just about anybody. But let us not forget that McDonough was canned for cost-cutting and company interests not because of, but in spite of performance. Don is nothing more than a cheap company man that you can keep in line. I bet even his kids push him around.

 

I'd also like someone with the tact to not wear a World Series ring he did absolutely nothing to deserve. It's embaressing. How many times has Remy worn his on air?

 

You know what sums him up for me? - the way he genuinely looks forward to the Red Sox cruise, which Remy openly ignores. He's like that guy (we all know one) who actually enjoys the company picnic, and looks forward to it. I believe the official term is 'loser'.

 

It's enough to make you pine for the days of Bob Kurtz.

[RedSoxRooter]

Don Orsillo is way better than McDonough. McDonough was an ******* who tried to pick a fight with everybody. He second guessed everything - something annoying fans only do.... McDonough was also borderline vulgar. I hated him long before Orsillo came around.

 

Orsillo is funnier and a better play caller than McDonut ever was. He lets Remy be Remy (which is sometimes a lot more annoying than Orsillo). Orsillo is National Broadcast quality in voice/call/stats. McDonough was just an opinionated prick who thought he had some sort of power because of his father.

 

I'll take Orsillo any day. He's not Ned Martin, but who is? McDonough can take that weasly bald little head of his and suck himself. I'm glad he's gone.

 

Oh, he also was a large reason why Boston fans were so negative. I still can't even watch his college football games.

[Cityofchampions33]

I don;t understand why you hate this guy so much, he's actually a very good play-by-play guy and has very good chemistry w/ RemDawg. He doesn't over-dramative things much and usually gives credit where its due. Berman however made Roawnd look like a Gold Glove guy when he catches a fly ball. Mccarver is just absolutely terrible. He's like the John Kerry of Color Commentators, tries to be too intellegent. I coulda sworn he compared a pitcher to a "pianist" and if I need go farther, just check my sig.

[RedSoxRooter]

Curt Gowdy. Ned Martin. Sean McDonough.

 

I think it will go down in history more as Curt Gowdy. Ned Martin. Jerry Remy.

[gosox613]

Personally, I think Buck gets a bad rap (you try calling a game saddled with the submental that is Tim McCarver). Sort of like Miller & Morgan. It can't be easy carrying that kind of dead weight.

 

wait, who is the dead weight in the sunday night baseball announcer duo? i personally like their announcing

[gosox613]

but i think we can all agree that joe castiglione rocks

[riverside sluggers]

i do enjoy listening to don orsillo and jerry remy each game. they do the play by plays, bring comedy especially when things arent going right for Boston (helps somewhat soften the blow of whats happening).

 

Would you rather have the yankee-loving geezer Tim McCarver, who thinks whatever he says is funny, while I sit with a confused look.

 

I'll take Don's "that ball is up, that ball is gone!!" anyday over assinine quotes like "Seee Ya"---"He Gone"---and the most dreaded of them all "And you can put that one on the booooaaard, Yes!!"

[Sizzlin22]

That was my quote, and I don't think anyone can deny they do sound exactly the same.

 

Comapred to other announcers around baseball Orsillio is really good. Remey and Orsillo work better together than any other team in baseball. I wasn't trying to take anytihng away from McDounugh, he's a great announcer no doubt, but when it ccoem to calling Red Sox game, which Orsillio did day in and day out Orsillio is better.

[Commander Shears]

McDonough was an *******....McDonough was also borderline vulgar.

 

 

So I guess it's the 'borderline' you have a problem with?

 

i·ro·ny ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-n, r-)

n. pl. i·ro·nies

 

The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.

A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. See Synonyms at wit1.

 

Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: “Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated” (Richard Kain).

An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity. See Usage Note at ironic.

Dramatic irony.

Socratic irony.

[RedSoxRooter]

No, it's the "was" that I had a problem with.

[yeszir]

If you need some Sean Mcdonough right now, turn on ESPN 2; he's commentating the Vandy/Georgia game.

[DirtDog]

Sean McDonough is the man. I like him WAY better than Orsillo. I think the reason none of you guys like him because his humor just goes right through your skulls. The tangents him and Remy go off during the game are what keeps me watching. They would miss the call of half an inning because they would be going back and forth on a hilarious joke, but no one seemed to care anyway. Id much rather get a laugh then sit there having Orsillo telling me "The ball is up and it is gone! Kevin Millar! The bottom of the sixth inning!" Like I didn't see who hit the freakin homerun or suddenly forgot what inning it was. That another thing that grinds my gears... he'll tell you what inning it is or the pitch count after every friggin out. The guy just doens't have anything worthwhile information to say. And that other guy is right, he steals Remy's jokes and taglines.

[riverside sluggers]

useless thread

 

Orsillo is a great informing and funny announcer. deal with it he's here to stay. if you dont like him so much then turn on the friggin radio

[Commander Shears]

I'm just wondering if anybody has noticed how consistent the Orsillo over McDonough decision is with the Theo debacle. As a cheap yes man he is not only easier to handle, but he further cements the NESN / Globe / WEEI propaganda conglomerate. These owners enjoy having employees they can push around almost as much as they like controlling the flow of information.