Does anyone know if the Indians are replacing Mike Hegan with someone else or is Jim Rosenhaus going to slide over into the spot full time? I believe he acts as the broadcast engineer as well. Maybe they just hire an engineer for the games full time instead?
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"Rosey" is in fact the engineer.
Actually, it wouldn't shock me if the radio booth simply became the "Hammy and Rosey" show, with an engineer being brought in.
For most road games this past year, it actually was the Hammy and Rosey show anyway, since Hegan just worked home games for the most part.
Actually, it wouldn't shock me if the radio booth simply became the "Hammy and Rosey" show, with an engineer being brought in.
For most road games this past year, it actually was the Hammy and Rosey show anyway, since Hegan just worked home games for the most part.
Hegan did limited travel last year, I believe to Detroit and maybe Chicago? I didn't know that until Hegan's departure was reported.
I'm betting on the Hammy/Rosey combo as well. I don't think the Indians have Other Plans, but I could be wrong.
I'm betting on the Hammy/Rosey combo as well. I don't think the Indians have Other Plans, but I could be wrong.
It'd be great if Jim Rosenhaus replaced Mike Hegan fulltime.
I'm guessing they've been breaking Jim in slowly over the past few seasons...in anticipation of Mike's eventual replacement.
Don't think any of the current TV announcers are going anywhere...staying with TV. Though, I must say, I'm surprised at all the time off Matt Underwood had during the 2011 season. I'd love to know why he was gone so much. It occurred all season. Can't believe a man his age (40's, I'd guess) would work a lot less than Rick Manning (who was born in 1951....age 60). Weird.
And, more of my guessing: it doesn't strike me that Mike Hargrove would want to work 162+ games doing radio or TV pbp (plus spring training and hopefully post-season).
Maybe Hargrove will do a few more TV "guest" color guy games....but, nothing fulltime.
I'm guessing they've been breaking Jim in slowly over the past few seasons...in anticipation of Mike's eventual replacement.
Don't think any of the current TV announcers are going anywhere...staying with TV. Though, I must say, I'm surprised at all the time off Matt Underwood had during the 2011 season. I'd love to know why he was gone so much. It occurred all season. Can't believe a man his age (40's, I'd guess) would work a lot less than Rick Manning (who was born in 1951....age 60). Weird.
And, more of my guessing: it doesn't strike me that Mike Hargrove would want to work 162+ games doing radio or TV pbp (plus spring training and hopefully post-season).
Maybe Hargrove will do a few more TV "guest" color guy games....but, nothing fulltime.
Matt Underwood (who's 43) also does some stuff for STO during the Indians post season (MAC football/hoops, high school football playoff games), while Rick Manning (who was born in 1955 btw, so he's 56) chills, so it balances out.
Also, Underwood has a couple of young kids, so he may ask for a couple of weeks off during the season to spend with his family during summer vacation so he can play Dad.
Factor in too, that perhaps STO wants to get Al Pawlowski some booth time to call games.
And they had Hargrove do a handful of games this year to perhaps get him ready for next year (perhaps do home TV analysis with Manning in the radio booth).
Something like this:
Home games--Hamilton/Manning/Rosenhaus (radio), Underwood/Hargrove (TV)
Road games--Hamilton/Rosenhaus (radio), Underwood/Manning (TV)
The Pirates have a similar set up with former Pirate great Steve Blass doing home games, and more recent vintage ex "Bucco" John Wehner on the road.
But at the end of the day if I had to bet, I'd put credits on radio being the Hammy and Rosey show, with a new engineer being brought in.
Also, Underwood has a couple of young kids, so he may ask for a couple of weeks off during the season to spend with his family during summer vacation so he can play Dad.
Factor in too, that perhaps STO wants to get Al Pawlowski some booth time to call games.
And they had Hargrove do a handful of games this year to perhaps get him ready for next year (perhaps do home TV analysis with Manning in the radio booth).
Something like this:
Home games--Hamilton/Manning/Rosenhaus (radio), Underwood/Hargrove (TV)
Road games--Hamilton/Rosenhaus (radio), Underwood/Manning (TV)
The Pirates have a similar set up with former Pirate great Steve Blass doing home games, and more recent vintage ex "Bucco" John Wehner on the road.
But at the end of the day if I had to bet, I'd put credits on radio being the Hammy and Rosey show, with a new engineer being brought in.
Rosey is decent enough, but to me it stinks not having that former player perspective in the booth any longer. Hammy is great though, epic home run calls, here's hoping he sticks around for a while.
I think its nice to not have a players perspective for once. Who says we have to have an analyst that played the game? I enjoyed listening to Joe Tait call the games without an analyst to slow him down for years. Most ex athletes have a hard time stringing together a sentence. There are few ex players perspectives that I really enjoy listening too. Doug Dieken on Browns games is just horrible. The few athletes in sports that I enjoyed listening too were Joe Garagiola, Dan Dierdorf, and Cris Collinsworth
Most of the ex athletes are nothing more than apologists. Anytime Bernie Kosar is on a radio show and is asked a question he will NEVER criticize an athletes play. The analysis most of them give is excuses. I hope the Indians decide to stay with Rosenhaus and Hamilton it would be a nice change to hear professional broadcasters and not athlete apologists. 99% of the other sports broadcasts have athletes on them.
I always felt that Mike Hegan was one of the more underrated announcers the Indians ever had, mostly because he worked alongside Hammy. Mike actually benefited moving from TV to radio.
As per Doug Dieken: it was mainly out of loyalty to the guy that he was given the analyst's role with the team's return permanent expansion phase in 1999. Would I want someone else alongside Jim? Sure. But so many people identify with Doug, as he was part of the last few good Browns teams that were good, for better or worse. It's actually a testimony as to how good Jim Donovan IS, if you think about it...
As per Doug Dieken: it was mainly out of loyalty to the guy that he was given the analyst's role with the team's return permanent expansion phase in 1999. Would I want someone else alongside Jim? Sure. But so many people identify with Doug, as he was part of the last few good Browns teams that were good, for better or worse. It's actually a testimony as to how good Jim Donovan IS, if you think about it...
CleveRadioInsider said:
Basketball is different. The game is so quick that you can get by with just the one guy. I enjoyed Joe as well, he was/is a legend. Baseball is different though, you think Hammy wants to do 162 games all by himself? Way too much downtime during the games for one man to do the whole broadcast.
To your other point about athletes being apologists, that's one thing I like about Rick Manning on STO, he is very honest and not afraid to criticize players when its warranted. He doesn't sugar coat anything.
Manning is a small minority in that department. Listen to Dustin Fox on 92.3 sometime in the afternoon, the amount of excuses this guy makes up are unreal. I love listening to Adam the Bull but Dustin brings him down. A small select group of ex athletes make good analysts. Unfortunately the majority of ex coaches and ex players will never give you true analysis.
CleveRadioInsider said:
Dimitrious Stanley does the same thing here in Columbus. Even during the worst of the tattoo/memorabilia scandal, he never blamed a player. EVER. It was always the system's fault. And very few if any callers called him on it (or maybe they just chose to ignore him).
It's a very subjective call, surely, but as someone who watched or listened to almost every Tribe game this year (many with the TV sound turned down and 'AKR turned up), I can't say I'm the biggest Rosey fan. I think he's a solid broadcaster, and definitely has a lot of innings under his belt, what with all the years in Buffalo. But to my ears, he's pretty "vanilla". His HR call is average at best. And while he has a good command of the flow of the game, I'm not sure he does the best job in adding extra "spice" to the broadcast. And one thing that I always felt was genuine and natural is that Hammy and Hegan seemed to get along and seemed to like each other. It seemed as though thy were having a fun time being in the booth, night after night. So far, with Tom and Rosey, there doesn't seem to be that same chemistry. It doesn't seem to be particularly "light-hearted", for want of a better word. It's probably why I prefer radio over TV, as Matt Underwood and Rick Manning seem to have little to no chemistry.
Glad to see the Indians bucked the trend for once of the pro announcer paired with the analyst who is supposed to give us analysis but never really does. I hope more major league/NFL and NBA clubs do the same thing. Want analysis on the Indians games? Put on STO and you can hear Rick Manning.
Pairing Rosenhaus with Hamilton is OK... Rosie doesn't have the chemistry with Tom that Hegan did, but they'll build on that.
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