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38Cliches blog critiques Glenn Geffner (Sox Radio)

raccoonradio

raccoonradio

http://38cliches.blogspot.com/

The blog has some comments (in some cases reproduced from other sources like SonsOfSamHorn) about
Glenn Geffner. He refers to the announcer as "Larry(Lucchino)'s Guy"...

""Double-A Geffner. Seriously, he sounds like he should be calling an Altoona Curve game."
"His voice drowns out Castig and a conversation between the two sounds more like a continuous series of interjections on Geffner's part."
"I have heard high school games called better than this. All that this guy contributes is noise. Worse yet, he wouldn't even let Castiglione get a word in."

I prefer O'Brien but he can't do every game due to other commitments. One petition out there wants to bring back Jerry Trupiano (way back! Sa-wing and a drive...)
 
raccoonradio said:
http://38cliches.blogspot.com/

I prefer O'Brien but he can't do every game due to other commitments. One petition out there wants to bring back Jerry Trupiano (way back! Sa-wing and a drive...)
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Pretty hard to argue that Geff is ready for prime time, but it would be pretty tough to find major league talent for a very part time gig, essentially playing third fiddle in a two fiddle combo. Can't imagine why anyone would think that Trup would come back for that slot.

On one of the very few plus sides, at least every pop fly to the second baseman isn't heading for the bleachers.

Regards,
TSB
 
Thanks for the link to my blog.

While it is gnerally critical of Gleen Geffner in particular, I try to offer helpful suggestions, based upon my experience (admittedly, mostly as a listener)
For example:
A few observations:

1. Geffner must be on a word count when he is not doing play by play; in the first half inning, you couldn't shut him up. After that, he was barely there.

2. Too fast, Glenn, too fast. You swallow one out of every three words.

3. Any attempt to go off the cards yields poor results: Joe C. asks Glenn if he knows what the big day coming up in Minnesota is. Glenn pauses, then digs deep and says "the first day of fishing". Close, it's walleye season. After observing that Minnesotans keep active in winter, Glenn asks Joe is he has ever been ice fishing, to which Joe, after a beat or two says, basically, why would I want to do that? Glenn has no rejoinder (apparently having had no personal ice fishing experience).

4.His pbp call was pedestrian,at best.


The problem, ultimately, is that there is no sense of cleverness or irony in anything he says. It's just what is happening,what has happened. Nothing about what might happen or the game situation.

Finally,unlike other practiced baseball announcers, Geffner has never once in the time I have been listening to him this year,ever identified the pitch thrown by the pitcher (fastball, cutter, slider,changeup). That's important, especially on radio. I just don't think he knows enough to be able to pick up the pitches. Most good announcers at the Major League level can and do do this.

lc
 
No prob on link to your blog; I just took a fast look at your latest posts and have put a response
to Bickelhaupt's piece on the Boston Radio Blog.
 
Scott's Shots in BostonSportsMediaWatch notes that Giant Glass opted to have Joe C
& Dave O'B on the spot, not Geffner (and O'Brien alone voices a
deck-building spot)

http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/shots

"It appears the buyers weren’t comfortable with the understated Geffner and felt much better with the booming voice of O’Brien. The thinking also lends some support to the notion that Geffner is a one-and-done Sox broadcaster, who is being given the chance to get some audition reels together and will be encouraged (if not helped) to seek a gig in a smaller market, where he can further polish his skills."
 
I guess I'm all by myself in saying that I don't mind listening to Glen.
 
If the radio side could ever come close to the chemistry between Don and Remy, they'd have something. Those two are are like Frick & Frack, and it works.
 
Guess he isn't ready for the # 11 market.
Maybe he can hang in until Boston falls again the rankings. Then he will be working at a smaller market.
 
Nizam said:
I guess I'm all by myself in saying that I don't mind listening to Glen.
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I caught the entire game driving down from Maine last night, and thought that Geffner is improving.

On the negative side, he did seem to talk incessantly, as if he had been told they were going to shoot his mother if there was 2 seconds of dead air. He seemed to have a neverending list of bullet points and he just reeled them off one after another.

On the plus side, a lot of those bullet points were pretty interesting, and made sense in context. And, knowing when to say nothing is a skill more important to television play-by- play than to the radio side. He also did a nice job on Youk's inside-the-parker, when there was a lot going on.

All in all, I thought he did a pretty nice job in describing what was happening on the field. He'll never have O'Brien's major league pipes, but neither do most announcers, including Castig.

For the 'back up guy', he seems to be getting better as time goes by, and I don't think he's bad enough for anyone to be turning off the game while he learns the trade.

Regards,
TSB
 
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