Paul Keels added to the FSO Reds broadcast team - RedsZone.com - Cincinnati Reds Fans' Home for Baseball Discussion

Matt700wlw · 12-07-2009, 04:14 PM

http://www.foxsportsohio.com/pages/l...38&feedID=3724

bucksfan2 · 12-07-2009, 04:18 PM

He may be my favorite announcer.

Ron Madden · 12-07-2009, 04:24 PM

I've always liked Paul Keels.

Now it would be kinda cool if the Reds could add some talent to the product on the field.

11larkin11 · 12-07-2009, 04:27 PM

Great news. Has an awesome voice and is just a great all around announcer.

Eric_the_Red · 12-07-2009, 04:28 PM

Loved him when he did UC games. Good hire.

Sea Ray · 12-07-2009, 04:32 PM

Do they really need another play by play guy? I thought that was the reason Jim Kelch was hired. Somehow George Grande seems to have triggered three new contracts for 2010, Thom, Kelch and Keels. We won't know from game to game who'll be announcing where...

HeatherC1212 · 12-07-2009, 04:49 PM

But Thom and Jim Kelch aren't really new to the team. They were both here last year in slightly different roles so the only new guy they're adding is Keels. They have to cover most of the 162 games per season so it makes sense that they have several good options in house for those positions.

I like the guy. Good choice by FSN Ohio.

Dom Heffner · 12-07-2009, 04:59 PM

Tom was an instructor at CSB many years ago. What struck me was how down to earth he was. He was the voice for a freaking NBA franchise teaching us lowlifes how to do it.

What a guy.

Blitz Dorsey · 12-07-2009, 05:35 PM

Keels is not very good. Great pipes, nice guy, but he's not a very passionate announcer and doesn't work hard at his craft. He doesn't do his homework and is often unprepared (as any Ohio State fan could tell you). He doesn't do a great job of "painting a picture" and is very dry. Not that a TV PBP guy needs to paint a picture like a radio guy does, but there is still an art to it.

But Keels isn't terrible or anything. I probably have listened to him as much or more than anyone on this board due to following OSU football/basketball and Bengals preseason games. (Keels is actually at his best doing basketball on radio. He's pretty good at that. He's bad at football though. Never heard him do a baseball game.)

I will say this: I love the fact that Thom B will be doing more Reds games on TV and George Grande retired. Having Keels fill in every now and then won't be too bad and at least we won't have to hear Grande any longer.

I also think Jim Kelch should be more involved on the radio side. Maybe Marty will continue to take more and more time off. Although, can he take much more time off and still be considered full time? ;-)

Bob Borkowski · 12-07-2009, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blitz Dorsey

Never heard him do a baseball game.)

Seems as though he used to have a sports call-in show on WLW or WCKY a few years ago.

Anyone have any comments on him a baseball announcer?

I'm a little concerned about this hire.

Caseyfan21 · 12-07-2009, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Borkowski

Seems as though he used to have a sports call-in show on WLW or WCKY a few years ago.

Anyone have any comments on him a baseball announcer?

I'm a little concerned about this hire.

He did the Reds pregame show before going to OSU.

redsfan1966 · 12-07-2009, 08:39 PM

Good lord, how many announcers does one team need?

Bill · 12-07-2009, 08:43 PM

Keels makes a fair number of mistakes in calling games.

MartyFan · 12-07-2009, 09:30 PM

Love Keels...good hire

BuckeyeRedleg · 12-08-2009, 12:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blitz Dorsey

Keels is not very good. Great pipes, nice guy, but he's not a very passionate announcer and doesn't work hard at his craft. He doesn't do his homework and is often unprepared (as any Ohio State fan could tell you). He doesn't do a great job of "painting a picture" and is very dry. Not that a TV PBP guy needs to paint a picture like a radio guy does, but there is still an art to it.

"Absa-tiv-ley."

I think he does a good job of calling basketball (over the radio), but most dihard Buckeye fans I know (as well as myself) think he's pretty stale calling football.

He just seems to be all voice and pretty much void of any substance.

Nothing like Chuck Underwood or Terry Smith.

12-07-2009, 04:14 PM	#1
Matt700wlw Making sense of it all Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 26,149	Paul Keels added to the FSO Reds broadcast team http://www.foxsportsohio.com/pages/l...38&feedID=3724 __________________ An excited shade of Red

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bucksfan2 Waitin til next year Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 9,650	Re: Paul Keels added to the FSO Reds broadcast team He may be my favorite announcer.

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Ron Madden Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,815	Re: Paul Keels added to the FSO Reds broadcast team I've always liked Paul Keels. Now it would be kinda cool if the Reds could add some talent to the product on the field. Last edited by Ron Madden; 12-07-2009 at 04:28 PM.

12-07-2009, 04:27 PM	#4
11larkin11 Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bellefontaine,OH Posts: 2,296	Re: Paul Keels added to the FSO Reds broadcast team Great news. Has an awesome voice and is just a great all around announcer. __________________ Domo Arigato, Here Comes Joey Votto ---TRF "I do what I want to do and say what I want to say." --Bronson Arroyo

12-07-2009, 04:28 PM	#5
Eric_the_Red Mr.Redlegs is my homeboy Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 2,171	Re: Paul Keels added to the FSO Reds broadcast team Loved him when he did UC games. Good hire.

12-07-2009, 04:32 PM	#6
Sea Ray Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 15,281	Re: Paul Keels added to the FSO Reds broadcast team Do they really need another play by play guy? I thought that was the reason Jim Kelch was hired. Somehow George Grande seems to have triggered three new contracts for 2010, Thom, Kelch and Keels. We won't know from game to game who'll be announcing where...

12-07-2009, 04:49 PM	#7
HeatherC1212 Joey Votto Fangirl Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 2,536	Re: Paul Keels added to the FSO Reds broadcast team But Thom and Jim Kelch aren't really new to the team. They were both here last year in slightly different roles so the only new guy they're adding is Keels. They have to cover most of the 162 games per season so it makes sense that they have several good options in house for those positions. I like the guy. Good choice by FSN Ohio. __________________ "I tried to play golf, but I found out I wasn't very good." -Joey Votto on his offseason hobby search An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldn’t do. “I can’t skate or play hockey,” Votto said. “Well, I can skate ... but I can’t stop.”

12-07-2009, 04:59 PM	#8
Dom Heffner Potential Lunch Winner Join Date: May 2001 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 5,666	Re: Paul Keels added to the FSO Reds broadcast team Tom was an instructor at CSB many years ago. What struck me was how down to earth he was. He was the voice for a freaking NBA franchise teaching us lowlifes how to do it. What a guy. __________________ If you're watchin' a parade, make sure you stand in one spot, don't follow it, it never changes. And if the parade is boring, run in the opposite direction, you will fast-foward the parade. --Mitch Hedberg

12-07-2009, 05:35 PM	#9
Blitz Dorsey Party like it's 1990 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,474	Re: Paul Keels added to the FSO Reds broadcast team Keels is not very good. Great pipes, nice guy, but he's not a very passionate announcer and doesn't work hard at his craft. He doesn't do his homework and is often unprepared (as any Ohio State fan could tell you). He doesn't do a great job of "painting a picture" and is very dry. Not that a TV PBP guy needs to paint a picture like a radio guy does, but there is still an art to it. But Keels isn't terrible or anything. I probably have listened to him as much or more than anyone on this board due to following OSU football/basketball and Bengals preseason games. (Keels is actually at his best doing basketball on radio. He's pretty good at that. He's bad at football though. Never heard him do a baseball game.) I will say this: I love the fact that Thom B will be doing more Reds games on TV and George Grande retired. Having Keels fill in every now and then won't be too bad and at least we won't have to hear Grande any longer. I also think Jim Kelch should be more involved on the radio side. Maybe Marty will continue to take more and more time off. Although, can he take much more time off and still be considered full time? ;-) Last edited by Blitz Dorsey; 12-07-2009 at 05:40 PM.

12-07-2009, 08:39 PM	#12
redsfan1966 Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: C-Bus (Columbus OH for non-Jim Rome fans) Posts: 1,001	Re: Paul Keels added to the FSO Reds broadcast team Good lord, how many announcers does one team need? __________________ www.twitter.com/HarryFromCBus

12-07-2009, 08:43 PM	#13
Bill Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,267	Re: Paul Keels added to the FSO Reds broadcast team Keels makes a fair number of mistakes in calling games.

12-07-2009, 09:30 PM	#14
MartyFan You're soaking in it! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 3,336	Re: Paul Keels added to the FSO Reds broadcast team Love Keels...good hire __________________ "Sometimes, it's not the sexiest moves that put you over the top," Krivsky said. "It's a series of transactions that help you get there."

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