Announcer quote of the day

[yankthis]

It looks like we have a successor to Tim McCarver...

 

"There's a highway sign emblem behind the plate that says 'FL' on it. If we were in Arizona, it would say 'AZ'."

[jung]

I get it...they are not off to a good start.

- Remy insisting that the Sox cut a ball off from the outfield when it clearly got all the way to Leon the Catcher

- they have been ridiculous in the amount of time they have spent in one game pumping the tires

- the FL/AZ comment is such a good example of unintended humor. You caught that for sure.

 

But you know what else this broadcast seems to suggest. OB is NOT going to be the critic in the booth that Don had become. Don became pretty caustic in his black humor by the later part of last season and I just don't think there is any chance that went unnoticed. OB who did not impress me this way on radio has been at least for this one day....a lap dog in comparison.

[a700hitter]

I get it...they are not off to a good start.

- Remy insisting that the Sox cut a ball off from the outfield when it clearly got all the way to Leon the Catcher

- they have been ridiculous in the amount of time they have spent in one game pumping the tires

- the FL/AZ comment is such a good example of unintended humor. You caught that for sure.

 

But you know what else this broadcast seems to suggest. OB is NOT going to be the critic in the booth that Don had become. Don became pretty caustic in his black humor by the later part of last season and I just don't think there is any chance that went unnoticed. OB who did not impress me this way on radio has been at least for this one day....a lap dog in comparison.

It will take a while for them to get comfortable with each other and develop a chemistry.

[jung]

Missing the cut off play is the kind of mistake Remy has made more and more even mid season. Everybody gets old....I seem to remember some press release that Remy was not going to be doing every game this year by design....and the number surprised me when I read it. This it was something like a little more than half the broadcasts. But I never saw a follow up. So I don't know where that is.

 

The FL/AZ thing really was funny. That might have been OB knocking the baseball rust off. There is no other sport he would announce that is like baseball. It was really a Tim moment.

 

The tire pumping got pretty obnoxious I thought, certainly worthy of The Hawk in Chicago and that is pretty bad.

 

I am inclined to think OB is not going to be anywhere near where Don was willing to go in using black, white or any other color of humor to be critical of what he is seeing on the field. There were times last year where I had visions of Warner sticking pins in his Orsillo Voodoo doll.

[Northern Star]

Speaking of everyone's favorite announcer....

 

“I think Tim Wakefield would even say tonight that Tim Wakefield got to Tim Wakefield tonight."

"It's a five letter word, S-T-R-I-K-E."

"Mt. Everest erupts again!"

"that pitch was up and in, but it wasn't up and in."

[jung]

Sort of an aside to my comment about OB and critical observations or the lack of them.....Leigh Montvale was on radio tonight. He said that with so many news outlets shutting down their branch offices and the lack of real reporting going on, once Dan Shaughnessy hangs it up in Boston that will be it for reporters asking tough questions. Reporters will just end up as assets to PR departments. Dan has been a provocative figure. But if we no longer have independent reporters nothing they write will be worth reading.

[yankthis]

Speaking of everyone's favorite announcer....

 

“I think Tim Wakefield would even say tonight that Tim Wakefield got to Tim Wakefield tonight."

"It's a five letter word, S-T-R-I-K-E."

"Mt. Everest erupts again!"

"that pitch was up and in, but it wasn't up and in."

 

"If that pitch wasn't called a strike, it would have been a ball"

[mvp 78]

My favorite part of the season: bitching about NESN's production!

 

The first few months will be really rough with the announcers, especially if Remy is only part time. I hope they can develop chemistry by midsummer. If they don't, it'll be more reason to just turn down the volume and put the radio on.

 

Remy is really on his last legs as a broadcaster. Finding his replacement should be on the to do list.

[VA Sox Fan]

"If that pitch wasn't called a strike, it would have been a ball"

 

"A walk is as good as a home run"

[a700hitter]

My favorite part of the season: bitching about NESN's production!

 

The first few months will be really rough with the announcers, especially if Remy is only part time. I hope they can develop chemistry by midsummer. If they don't, it'll be more reason to just turn down the volume and put the radio on.

 

Remy is really on his last legs as a broadcaster. Finding his replacement should be on the to do list.

I don't think anyone understands the reason behind this change, a the FO has never articulated any reason. The rumor is that they were afraid of losing O'Brien. Castiglione on the radio is up there in years. He must be nearing an end of his career. OB could have stepped in as the primary radio guy. That is a pretty good gig. Edited March 1, 2016 by a700hitter

[mvp 78]

I don't think anyone

understands the reason behind this change, a the FO has never articulated any reason. The rumor is that they were afraid of losing O'Brien. Castiglione on the radio is up there in years. He must be nearing an end of his career. OB could have stepped in as the primary radio guy. That is a pretty good gig.

 

O'Brien is generic as hell. I've never been impressed with him. Maybe it's the Red Sox further moving towards a boring milquetoast product.

 

After listening to 3 summers of Vin Scully, nothing else will ever come close.