I'd rather listen to Kelch read the phone book than suffer through Thom Brennaman's attempt to make every instance on the field the most important event since the discovery of manned space flight. -westofyou
I'm a huge fan of the Kelch/Welsh duo... I think they do a great job. I still think no one calls a game like Marty... He's the best at the big play for the home team, IMO. The problem is he spends so much time complaining and being negative that you don't get to hear him at his best much anymore.
I can't stand Mike Shannon. He even calls routine balls and strikes differently depending on weather the Cards are at the plate or in the field. The steeeriiike one is just too much for me.
We only live in patches. - H. G. Wells
Yea, Thom is bad as well.. Thankfully his other obligations stop him from appearing on the radio very often. At least on the TV, I can turn the sound down when Thom is throwing one of his hissy fits about a missed bunt.. Can't really do that on the radio...
Kelch is pretty good. Welsh is my favorite.. Both of those guys don't let Marty bring them down into negativity either. For example, both Thom and Brantley become lower quality announcers when paired with Marty, as Marty's negativity is contagious.
[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!
Marty in his prime in the 80's was probably the best announcer I ever heard.
It's sad that he's become tired with his job and become the stereotypical worker that doesn't know how good he's got it.. You know.. the guy that's being paid well, but spends his entire lunch hour complaining about how his employer sucks.
I honestly don't know why he didn't retire years ago. It's obvious he doesn't enjoy his job anymore. He could retire and still have the "celebrity" status he enjoys so much. WLW could give him his own talk show, he could still do his annual golf thing, and keep doing commericals..
[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!
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it." Cal Hubbard
If Vin Scully was the Reds announcer, I would be able to go to sleep in the middle of games. He is just not my brand, very boring, and boorish flinging out media guide facts about players ad nauseum. He should have retired 20 years ago. His lack of bias is because he barely has a pulse.
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
Kelch doesn't make as many mistakes now but he is more bland than skim milk and has an annoying voice in my opinion.
Welsh is very underrated. I really like him.
Given the many permutations of Reds announcer tandems, I suspect they'd be all over the map if each pairing were scored this way.
Marty + Welsh would be the most objective IMO. I'm not sure which tandem would be the least objective, but I suspect Brantley would be half of it.
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