OY or M&M? Who would you rather have going forward?

[RedSoxRooter]

Just a question. I think M&M are potentially Don & Jerry 2.0.

[Old Red]

Just a question. I think M&M are potentially Don & Jerry 2.0.

 

M&M are not Don, and Jerry, but definitely better than OB, and the parade of ex Red Sox players who just yuck it up. To me not a good one in the bunch.

[Maxbialystock]

Curt Gowdy by himself (1953-54). It's been downhill since then.

[Old Red]

Curt Gowdy by himself (1953-54). It's been downhill since then.

 

Ned Martin was pretty good also.

[Bellhorn04]

Ned Martin was pretty good also.

 

Mercy!

[Bellhorn04]

When I first started listening to Sox games on the radio in the late Sixties, the play-by-play man was Ken Coleman.

[jad]

Curt Gowdy by himself (1953-54). It's been downhill since then.

 

Curt was great; so is Joe C.

[mvp 78]

My childhood was Ned Martin with Bob Montgomery.

 

DO and Remy was a top notch pairing though.

[Bellhorn04]

As I recall, Ned and Monty were replaced by Dick Stockton and (gulp) The Hawk.

[Old Red]

As I recall, Ned and Monty were replaced by Dick Stockton and (gulp) The Hawk.

 

My first remembrance was Gowdy, Ned Martin, and Art Gleeson. A little later Mel Parnell came in, and Johnny Pesky for awhile. Ned Martin broke in the Rem Dog who was terrible in the beginning.

[mvp 78]

As I recall, Ned and Monty were replaced by Dick Stockton and (gulp) The Hawk.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boston_Red_Sox_broadcasters

 

Stockton/Hawk replaced Ken Coleman/Pesky.

[moonslav59]

I'd vote "None of the above," but it was not a choice.

[Old Red]

I'd vote "None of the above," but it was not a choice.

 

I’m not a fan of Merloni, but I can tolerate him more than the others. Not a fan of OB either.

[moonslav59]

I’m not a fan of Merloni, but I can tolerate him more than the others. Not a fan of OB either.

 

I may be in a minority, here, and that seems to be happening more and more as I get older, but I always likes Sean McDonough, despite his too frequent smugness.

[Old Red]

I may be in a minority, here, and that seems to be happening more and more as I get older, but I always likes Sean McDonough, despite his too frequent smugness.

 

I’ll agree with you on McDonough who I would take above all that is there now. Donny O got shafted out of Boston, and to me what they have now is second rate, or in Youck, and Millar maybe third rate.

[moonslav59]

I’ll agree with you on McDonough who I would take above all that is there now. Donny O got shafted out of Boston, and to me what they have now is second rate, or in Youck, and Millar maybe third rate.

 

Now, this is something we totally agree on!

 

Yipee!

 

A Donny O and Sean M combo would be great. I'd actually start listening to the audio feeds, again.

[notin]

As I recall, Ned and Monty were replaced by Dick Stockton and (gulp) The Hawk.

 

I think Harrelson was doing Red Sox games before Martin and Montgomery.

 

Montgomery did Sox games from 1982-1995. In 1985, Harrelson was named White Sox GM, and by 1987 he was out of their front office and in the Yankees and then later White Sox booth, where he stayed until early 2000’s…

[Old Red]

I think Harrelson was doing Red Sox games before Martin and Montgomery.

 

Montgomery did Sox games from 1982-1995. In 1985, Harrelson was named White Sox GM, and by 1987 he was out of their front office and in the Yankees and then later White Sox booth, where he stayed until early 2000’s…

The Hawk started doing Sox games in 1975, and lasted to 1981.Monty took over in 1982.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

The Hawk started doing Sox games in 1975, and lasted to 1981.Monty took over in 1982.

 

Hawk was a good color man when he began in the booth with the pro Stockton. He shared insights, like McCarver or Remy did in their primes, knew the players, and was a "homer" for a club with a lot of star power.

 

He didn't develop his obnoxious shticks until he worked for Chicago.

 

The preceding was a totally subjective assessment from a kid still scarred by the Red Sox' Hawk trade in 1969.