And, from a large portion of the fanbase, there would be a different kind of rioting. Rioting in joy.
I just don't see how it makes sense to say an announcer is a bigger part of the franchise than a player who has been worth nearly 40 WAR over his career and is a guy they're paying 20 million a year to.
At least with other non player entities (Managers, GMs, etc.), you can say that they've had an impact on the scoreboard. But Franchester hasn't won this team anything. He's an entertainer (and, IMO, an un-listenable one for going on 5 years now.) So him being a bigger part of the franchise than Votto is pretty silly.
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He isn't in the HOF lol.