BurgervilleBuck (04-23-2013)
REDREAD (04-23-2013)
Not sure if it was on FSO, but I miss the State Farm ad when the girl says "look, here comes my date.........I met him on the internet........he's a French model". Then the goon walks up and says "uh.......bonjour!" The look on her face is priceless. Love that commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmx4twCK3_I
*BaseClogger* (04-23-2013)
Caveat Emperor (04-23-2013),Chip R (04-23-2013)
By and large, I think they do a good job.
I think they do sometimes go to sleep in the control room and forget about replays and the strike tracker. Like in last nights game, Lecure had several very close pitches and the broadcast just sailed on. But that's a minor nit.
I don't like the constant tracker bar. HD is glorious and then they ruin it with that thing.I find it distracting. I don't know if its the colors or what because ESPN's doesn't affect me the same way.
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
Oh, and the Muenchen Furniture Express ad creeps me out big time. Pete and his g/f make me go ewwwww.
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
Caveat Emperor (04-23-2013),TeamBoone (04-24-2013),westofyou (04-23-2013)
To me, Thom is just too much of a downer. I appreciate an announcer of being critical when it calls for, but much of the time he seems to come across as thinking playing the game is just that simple.
...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.
mdccclxix (04-23-2013)
I just wish Thom would stop talking about the Cubs so much. I know he used to work there back in the 90s but it's incessant. I know this is illogical but I worry that the more he talks about the Cubs sucking at one thing or another, they will do something good. Good or bad he's always talking about them.
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
Yea, Thom is the weakest link on TV. When the Reds make a mistake or things are going bad, he's very annoying.
That said, since we are stuck with his contract, he needs to be on TV. When Marty and Thom are together on radio, it's absolutely horrible, as they feed off each other's bad attitude.
Chris Welsh is an awesome broadcaster. I respect stats, but I'm not hardcore about them as some people are. I think Welsh does a great job at introducing stats in small bites so people can understand and not get overwhelmed/bored. Kelch is fine.
IMO, the TV broadcast is much better than the radio broadcast.
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
Tom Servo (04-23-2013)
I am thrilled to be able to watch so many games, especially being an out-of-towner, but man, does Thom make it painful sometimes. Just an abrasive on-air personality, in my opinion, with his RISP and bunt diatribes, etc. I think Chris does a good job though and brings a much-needed even keel to the broadcast.
"I can make all the stadiums rock."
-Air Supply
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