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Dave O Brien on ESPN
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i believe they mentioned he was covering the final 4 for womens ncaa.
Forgive me, but a Red Sox announcer who considers a women's basketball game to take priority over the 162-game Sox schedule needs to be replaced. Fine in his first year, but in an era when rent-a-player strategies emaciate fan loyalty, a radio broadcaster with priorities elsewhere is unacceptable.
O' Brien needs to go. Why he is employed when Jerry Trupiano is on the bench is unfathomable.
Unfortunately, the team makes a lot of decisions based on immediate reaction and fan focus groups, rather than long-term impact. It happens in fielding the team, and it happens in picking the announcers. The club let thje jealous mocking by a group of buffoons on WEEI drive Trupiano, a superb baseball broadcaster, out of the boothR
Remember, when he was hired to replace Bob Starr, he was 1A to Castiglione's 1 and through his stint was more than a second banana.
Castiglione is godawful and O'Brien views it as a part-time gig. Meanwhile, the Kansas Cit Royals have better broadcasters, and the Diamondbacks just hired a guy from Medfield as their top cable guhy.
O' Brien needs to go. Why he is employed when Jerry Trupiano is on the bench is unfathomable.
Unfortunately, the team makes a lot of decisions based on immediate reaction and fan focus groups, rather than long-term impact. It happens in fielding the team, and it happens in picking the announcers. The club let thje jealous mocking by a group of buffoons on WEEI drive Trupiano, a superb baseball broadcaster, out of the boothR
Remember, when he was hired to replace Bob Starr, he was 1A to Castiglione's 1 and through his stint was more than a second banana.
Castiglione is godawful and O'Brien views it as a part-time gig. Meanwhile, the Kansas Cit Royals have better broadcasters, and the Diamondbacks just hired a guy from Medfield as their top cable guhy.
thirdendorsed said:
No, it's not. He's a far superior announcer.
thirdendorsed said:
Trupiano and Castiglione may have been one of the weakest pairings in MLB -- no chemistry, for starters.
And Bob Starr was probably the best of the lot.
The problem with the Trupiano-Castiglione chemistry is that Castiglione was desperate to be top dog and interfered with his partner's work.
Castiglione's efforts to come up with a catch phrase "can you believe it" have been an embarassment.
Starr and Castiglione had even less chemistry but it didn't matter. Starr was known to leave the press box entirely during Castiglione's innings.
Castiglione's efforts to come up with a catch phrase "can you believe it" have been an embarassment.
Starr and Castiglione had even less chemistry but it didn't matter. Starr was known to leave the press box entirely during Castiglione's innings.
thirdendorsed said:
As a former Medfield resident, I approve that hiring.
thirdendorsed said:
He doesn't choose to call women's basketball over the Red Sox. He is obligated under his ESPN contract. The Red Sox hired him knowing he had ESPN obligations that would keep him out once a week and a few other days during the season. It is not O'Brien refusing to be full-time, it's the Red Sox allowing O'Brien to keep his ESPN gig so he can work year round.
O'Brien is great... I wish he was on for all the games but I understand his ESPN obligations.
Back in 1989 everybody thought Castiglione would be fired by WRKO but it was Ken Coleman who was axed.
Joe was hired by WPLM because Haywood Sullivan could not stand Jon Miller.
Hard to believe but if Joe calls the games in 2014 he will pass Ned Martin in years served as a Sox announcer.
Trupiano had some great calls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhYwLgiVkYs
The Red Sox tell WEEI who to hire ( see Glenn Geffner ) - I sense the Red Sox may pay the announcers simply because Castiglione and Obie are almost never involved with EEI otherwise.
We were spoiled in the 70's - Martin/Jim Woods best ever combination.
Joe was hired by WPLM because Haywood Sullivan could not stand Jon Miller.
Hard to believe but if Joe calls the games in 2014 he will pass Ned Martin in years served as a Sox announcer.
Trupiano had some great calls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhYwLgiVkYs
The Red Sox tell WEEI who to hire ( see Glenn Geffner ) - I sense the Red Sox may pay the announcers simply because Castiglione and Obie are almost never involved with EEI otherwise.
We were spoiled in the 70's - Martin/Jim Woods best ever combination.
I sense the Red Sox may pay the announcers simply because Castiglione and Obie are almost never involved with EEI otherwise.
Most major league play-by-play announcers, unless they are also staff announcers, like Gil Santos, are never involved, or even around, the stations. Outside of calling the games, their duties usually involve schmoozing clients and going on advertising sales pitches. I've seen these duties actually written into contracts, right down to the exact number of business lunches they can be required to attend, pro-ams to play in, and how much time they are required to spend with clients at pre-game buffets and grip&grin photo shoots. (they can exceed these limits, but if so the station has to pay them extra at ala carte rates.)
One year, I remember, Johnny Most came by Soldiers Field Road ONCE during the entire Celtics season, and that was to bitch to someone in accounting about his expense account.
I don't think you can read anything into Castig's and O'Brien's seeming non-presence at WEEI. These guys' value to the station is often for work done outside of the public's view.
Regards,
TSB
Most major league play-by-play announcers, unless they are also staff announcers, like Gil Santos, are never involved, or even around, the stations. Outside of calling the games, their duties usually involve schmoozing clients and going on advertising sales pitches. I've seen these duties actually written into contracts, right down to the exact number of business lunches they can be required to attend, pro-ams to play in, and how much time they are required to spend with clients at pre-game buffets and grip&grin photo shoots. (they can exceed these limits, but if so the station has to pay them extra at ala carte rates.)
One year, I remember, Johnny Most came by Soldiers Field Road ONCE during the entire Celtics season, and that was to bitch to someone in accounting about his expense account.
I don't think you can read anything into Castig's and O'Brien's seeming non-presence at WEEI. These guys' value to the station is often for work done outside of the public's view.
Regards,
TSB
I recall Castiglione substituting for Dan Davis on WRKO morning sports sometime in the early 90s (off-season)
Most was hired to do basketball only for the C's and it was during a time when a Bruins Celtics conflict sent the Celts to a weak sister FM (even the Globe cut back on Celts coverage in the early 70s, Ryan wrote game stories[sans by-line] off the radio.) During the off-season, Johnny was 'Voice of Norwood Arena" stock car racing; did shows on WSMW TV Worcester and was host of a 5-6 chat show on the then WRYT, WBZ managed to keep him off the second hour so he wouldn't conflict with Mainella, so that hour was hosted by the Patriots' Daryl Johnson.
Through the years, game announcers have picked up other work off-season, Coleman did Harvard football, Ned did Dartmouth, Curt did American Sportsman.
Most and Bob Wilson did scoreboard shows after Red Sox Baseball on TV, Cusick did Fenway PA and John Carlson kept the world safe for democracy as a general in the state National Guard.
Most was hired to do basketball only for the C's and it was during a time when a Bruins Celtics conflict sent the Celts to a weak sister FM (even the Globe cut back on Celts coverage in the early 70s, Ryan wrote game stories[sans by-line] off the radio.) During the off-season, Johnny was 'Voice of Norwood Arena" stock car racing; did shows on WSMW TV Worcester and was host of a 5-6 chat show on the then WRYT, WBZ managed to keep him off the second hour so he wouldn't conflict with Mainella, so that hour was hosted by the Patriots' Daryl Johnson.
Through the years, game announcers have picked up other work off-season, Coleman did Harvard football, Ned did Dartmouth, Curt did American Sportsman.
Most and Bob Wilson did scoreboard shows after Red Sox Baseball on TV, Cusick did Fenway PA and John Carlson kept the world safe for democracy as a general in the state National Guard.
thirdendorsed said:
And, of course, don’t forget him as the voice of MVP Sporting Goods! :
Johnny was also the announcer at Plainfield dog track in CT
thirdendorsed said:
No complaints over Sean Grande missing tonight's Celtics game?
(Speaking of no on-air chemistry ... listening to Meter and Max call that game was an adventure.)
(Speaking of no on-air chemistry ... listening to Meter and Max call that game was an adventure.)
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Fenway1912 said:
Was just perusing this thread.....Nobody wants to be in Geffner's shoes now, I am sure---he's working as radio color guy w/ the hapless Marlins. He & Dave Van Horne have a tough row to hoe this year, trying to make these games sound interesting! Add to that the animosity of the folk in South Florida who got no say in the new stadium that could well be a white elephant in 10 years.
I love baseball, but these games are painful to listen to.....and most of the time, I'm doing something else.
And, O'Brien worked for the Marlins in the 90s and also did a morning show w/ Joe Zagacki at WQAM, and they featured the radio game "Stump the Chumps." That was fun, but short-lived.
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