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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