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Interesting article, but it doesn't even say that Neverette's contract was up. His contract was with the station, not the team. So they can make a change.
All that other stuff sounds like a lot of unattributed opinion. Which makes for great chatter around the hot stove.
I think I'll reserve comment when they announce the new guy.
All that other stuff sounds like a lot of unattributed opinion. Which makes for great chatter around the hot stove.
I think I'll reserve comment when they announce the new guy.
No Curt Gowdy either, or even Glenn Gefner (lol), but the list wasn't meant to be complete, just a few folks who've done play-by-play.
I can't imagine how this non-play-by-play approach to baseball play-by-play is going to sound, if indeed the article isn't 100 percent BS, or why anyone would think nasal, error-prone ("Check that .. He had ninety-THREE RBI in 2012, not eighty-three..."), humorless Joe Castiglione would be a good fit for it.
Oh, kind of like TV, where the game is forgotten while the play-by-play guy brown-noses some Jimmy Fund bigwig? Oh boy, I can't wait.
You gotta have something to talk about during the long stretches of inactivity. I've noticed ESPN has added another commentator on the field to fill in those areas.
The Scooter certainly had no shortage of fillers: in addition to birthday announcements, he frequently prated about Italian food (especially pastries) and his favorite restaurateurs.
But I thought there was a push on (by the broadcasters) to get MLB to speed the game up to get the broadcast of a 9 inning game to under 3 hours?
But Instant Replay may work well on TV but it really s*cks for a radio PBP team I guess
But Instant Replay may work well on TV but it really s*cks for a radio PBP team I guess
The problem is the game moves too slow. That's just how it is. Short bursts of action surrounded by long periods of inactivity. Broadcasters complained to MLB about that, so they put a clock on the pitchers to try and speed things up. But what has slowed the game down again are the challenges. That eats up time, and you don't want to leave the field because you might miss the call. So they need to come up with stuff to fill while waiting for the call. Phil could get away with talking about all that stuff because he was Phil. He also left the game early a lot of nights. They can't do that now.
There are a lot of recent retired Red Sox stars who are looking for ways to keep involved with the team, and I expect you'll hear a lot of them on WEEI next season.
Not Curt Schilling, I'd imagine.
Kevin Millar has an MLB Network gig and is good at it. I wonder if he'd join the radio team for the right price. Or they could really thiink outside the box and get Pedro Martinez!
Isn't Pedro also on MLB? In any case I think retired players want to be at the stadium, not a studio. They have no shortage of things to talk about.
Pedro is on TBS. I have a downgraded TV package, and don't get any sports channels (NESN and NBC Sports Boston included), so I listen to games on the radio while I work on different projects, unless it's on network TV. I think the article brings up good points, but they are clouded by too many what if questions.
Personally, I don't like Sports Talk. I never liked listening to people who mostly didn't play the game past high school or at all, and only write about what they watch, tell me what they think. To me, Maz on the Sports Hub is the epitome of that. Just my preference. Obviously I'm in the minority of that preference, because both stations do well.
Neverett signed by Dodgers
Was guessing that was Sports Fan Radio, and Wikipedia says yes.It says Sports Pig was Mike Responts. Mike died at 52 in 2012.
JT the Brick was on lineup; he was produced for a time by Bobby Machado from Salem (now with LV Sports who I think also has JT).
Also in lineup the raspy voiced Scott Ferrall.
JT the Brick was on lineup; he was produced for a time by Bobby Machado from Salem (now with LV Sports who I think also has JT).
Also in lineup the raspy voiced Scott Ferrall.
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I'm in a situation very similar to yours. Having "cut-the-cord" some years ago, I now rely on whatever baseball I can pick up over-the-air....which means precious little baseball on TV.
This leaves me as a regular listener to Sox games on radio. I know he's one of the world's greatest / nicest people...but Sweet Jesus!...I find Castiglione pure torture to listen to.
When the Sox play other teams within reasonable sky-wave distance, I press into service my ancient Zenith vacuum-tube table radio to pick up the other team's radio broadcast.
I can already picture it in my head....Future Sox radio broadcasts will likely feature a never-ending parade of former Sox players with bland personalities and questionable broadcast skills....like what they do on NESN on those occasions when Remy needs substantial time off.
OY !!!
One easy way to do this is get MLB online. I paid $35 for one team for the whole season. Watch it via Amazon Fire. Very easy.
An even cheaper way is through any of the offshore streaming services. Of course, you risk infecting your computer with all sorts of nastiness if you use the wrong ones.
By the way, does MLB allow you to do that for your in-market team, or only if you're a fan living outside the MLB-dictated market area? The $115 complete package, which I subscribe to, won't let me watch Red Sox, Yankees or Mets games until 90 minutes after their completion.
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