Memo to Suzyn Waldman:

[RadioFixerCLE]

He used to be. Now he's more concerned with those silly word play things he does than with getting the call of the game right.

AN A-BAHHMMMB! FROMMMM A-RAAAHD!

OK, it was funny the first time. Maybe the second time....but now....just quit it, dude. :

I can understand the whole "catch phrase" thing on radio -- every announcer has one. How about just sticking with THEEEEE Yankeeees WINNNNNNN at the end ? When they win obviously. HAH! ;D

 

[calstymes]

Sell the numbers unequivocally stated:

She is the hardest working broadcaster in sports, one of the most talented and the most respectful to her colleagues. Keep fighting them Suzyn!

I am quite certain that you would find a fair number of people who will disagree with your third assessment in the first sentence above.

 

[dmargalotti]

AN A-BAHHMMMB! FROMMMM A-RAAAHD!

OK, it was funny the first time. Maybe the second time....but now....just quit it, dude.

The one that got me was in (I believe) game two of the ALDS against Cleveland...Robinson Cano hits a home run and Sterling does the whole "It is high...it is far...it is gone!" thing. That should have been enough...but no. Then he follows with "Robbie Cano don't you know"! What the @#$% does that mean? Give it up already, John will ya? You don't need a cutesy call for EVERY guy on the team.

 

[MyCatKnight]

Sell the numbers unequivocally stated:

She is... the most respectful to her colleagues. Keep fighting them Suzyn!

I am quite certain that you would find a fair number of people who will disagree...

Probably true... about ANYONE in this business. Then again, THIS former overnight tape-op was treated just fine by her on the few occasions we worked together. So was a friend who met her in the clubhouse when he accompanied a handicapped special guest to Yankee Stadium.

Much ado about nothing, IMHO... and most of us would love her job. I think she is bright, hard-working, passionate about her team, and handles herself well despite being singled out by NYC newspaper columnists (whom I tend to disagree with more often than not). Although they also bash Mike and the Mad Dog, etc., I believe the amount of criticism she receives is disproportionately high.

 

[BACKnUSSR]

Sell the numbers unequivocally stated:

She is... the most respectful to her colleagues. Keep fighting them Suzyn!

I am quite certain that you would find a fair number of people who will disagree...

Probably true... about ANYONE in this business. Then again, THIS former overnight tape-op was treated just fine by her on the few occasions we worked together. So was a friend who met her in the clubhouse when he accompanied a handicapped special guest to Yankee Stadium.

Much ado about nothing, IMHO... and most of us would love her job. I think she is bright, hard-working, passionate about her team, and handles herself well despite being singled out by NYC newspaper columnists (whom I tend to disagree with more often than not). Although they also bash Mike and the Mad Dog, etc., I believe the amount of criticism she receives is disproportionately high.

Its that she's quite simply not up to par. I wanted her to be...I rooted for her success in the beginning, but she hasn't delivered.

 

[calstymes]

Just Another Idiot on the Radio observed:

I believe the amount of criticism she receives is disproportionately high.

See, that's precisely the problem. The amount of anger and unnecessary disapproval she directs towards her own co-workers (which doesn't include her compadre on the air, of course) is disproportionately high as well. It sounds to me like you lucked out having not been chastised by her on the few occasions when you worked together on the overnight. No doubt, she didn't know you well enough to do that.

As for your friend, well he accompanied a special guest to Yankee stadium who also happened to be handicapped. She's mean spirited, not stupid. She would never subject somebody she doesn't know (much less a guest) to the verbal tirade other co-workers of hers have had to endure.

In life you must follow the golden rule. If you are going to dish it out, then it is almost a certainty that you are going to get it back in some form or another. Being a "star" on the radio doesn't give you license to mistreat your co-workers. Yes, I agree that she is bright, hard-working and passionate about her team as well but that doesn't excuse what many of the people who have worked with her have had to endure when they have become the object of her wrath.

 

[LinoNYC]

She's mean spirited, not stupid. She would never subject somebody she doesn't know (much less a guest) to the verbal tirade other co-workers of hers have had to endure.

Do you actually know this person?

Lino

 

[calstymes]

LinoNYC asked (presumably of me):

Do you actually know this person?

If you are asking whether I know the Yankee radio broadcast team, the answer is yes. If you are asking whether I know who the special guest at Yankee stadium was, the answer is no.

 

[calguy]

Re: The largest problem? Sterling & Suzyn

Charley Steiner is glad he got out of New York when he did. He's in line to become the primary voice of the Dodgers, something that may happen sooner than later.

God I hope not. No one can ever replace Vin Scully. He's in the Hall of Fame and probably the greatest Baseball play by play man on the planet.Steiner is okay, better than most, but he's no Scully. Vin is up in years and when his contract is up he may retire so I cherish every game that he works.

 

[MyCatKnight]

Re: The largest problem? Sterling & Suzyn

Charley Steiner is glad he got out of New York when he did. He's in line to become the primary voice of the Dodgers, something that may happen sooner than later.

God I hope not. No one can ever replace Vin Scully. He's in the Hall of Fame and probably the greatest Baseball play by play man on the planet.Steiner is okay, better than most, but he's no Scully. Vin is up in years and when his contract is up he may retire so I cherish every game that he works.

I liked Charlie well enough. One of the funniest moments I have ever heard on WFAN was when Mike and the Mad Dog were analyzing the World Series victory call that, IIRC, should have been Steiner's... but then Sterling jumped in to make it his signature call "Ballgame over! World Series over! Yankees win," ... but then Steiner jumped ALL OVER the call to bellow out simultaneously WITH Sterling "THAAAAH YANKEES WIN!"