Dave O'Brien Re-Ups for Sox Radiocasts

[pjc1961]

Extension kicks in next year; 3 years + an option year. Dave will continue to do ESPN TV's Wednesday Night Baseball; he's just re-signed with the Worldwide Leader for 4 years. With additional assignments he's slated to miss 25-30 Red Sox games a year.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2011/04/01/obrien_gets_extension_at_weei/

 

[DToTheJ]

Dave O'Brien could be the next Gus Johnson! (But the enthusiasm is still unmatched, of course.)

 

[rib00]

Glad he's back, but feel bad for John Rish losing his fill in gig to Dale.

Hope Castig retires sooner rather than later, he has a voice meant for silent movies.

And hope Dale finds a nice gig in Cleveland before that day so OB becomes the #1 guy. He's that good.

 

[ScottBurns]

Rish's voice is a bit grating. He's also very condescending to callers during those rain delay call-in shows. Dale is still a better fill-in choice. He has a bit of a better voice than Rish, and is more experienced.

 

[SonicOverload]

Dave has the 'pipes,' as the saying goes. I wish he was on all the Sox games.

 

[Mainedude2007]

Rish's voice is a bit grating. He's also very condescending to callers during those rain delay call-in shows. Dale is still a better fill-in choice. He has a bit of a better voice than Rish, and is more experienced.

Dale is a better choice at PxP fill in because he's done it so much before...as for the callers, you have to be a bit for it to be listenable, you're dealing with Red Sox fans (and not any Sox fan, usually the "we need this" "we need that" type) There's only so many annoying armchair managers you can put on before you go crazy.

 

[ScottBurns]

I agree to a certain extent. But there is a "nicer" way of dealing with such callers, and Dale did a good job of it on his WEEI show. Dale always sounds like a genuinely nice person. Rish, on the other hand, sounds like he has to contain himself from getting too angry about having to deal with such stupid people.