Friday, July 23, 2010

Ah, I Really Miss Jon Miller

Rate the Orioles' broadcasters from the following list: (I skipped the more rare appearances of several others (Viviano, Anderson, Murray) ...
Joe Angel
Fred Manfra
Gary Thorne
Jim Palmer
Mike Flanagan
Jim Hunter
Rick Dempsey
Amber Theoharis
Dave Johnson
Tom Davis

Here's my ranking of my favorite to least favorite:
1. Joe Angel (he's no Jon Miller, but he'll do - what a great era having Miller and Angel together in the late 80s)
2. Jim Palmer (the man flat out knows baseball and actually has a good on-air voice)
3. Thorne (makes some mistakes but has a fantastic play calling voice and a decent sense of humor)
4. Amber Theoharis (enjoy her while she's here - it won't be long til ESPN snatches her up ... smart and sharp on the sidelines, and she ain't hard to look at, either)

Here's where there's a serious drop in the rankings, as I don't care for any of the rest of the bunch ...

5. Jim Hunter (so-so at best)
6. Dave Johnson (bad on-air voice, but he actually makes some good points and is critical of the team when necessary)
7. Tom Davis (he's harmless, but wayyy too much of a homer to even take seriously)
8. Mike Flanagan (I literally cringe hearing his nasally, monotone drone on air. I also happen to think most of his points are obvious and cliche)
9. Rick Dempsey (he's also hard for me to listen to - what can I say? I just don't think he's a very smart man to paraphrase Forrest Gump)
10. Fred Manfra (I don't even know how this guy has had a job for this many years - while he has a nice voice, I've never heard such mistake-prone playcalling. It just seems he has no feel for the game)

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