Elvis and the tomato plants didn't bother me. It was a way of keeping the air full w/out complaining about the product in front of him.
Announcers ARE a rare breed because they have two mandates. #1 is they have to tell people about what is happening on the field and to a lesser extent within the franchise. #2 They are a marketing arm of the team and want folks to tune in tomorrow and maybe come to the park.
Balancing these two mandates has to be difficult and to my ear for the last 10 years Marty has forgotten #2. He has broadcast as if folks naturally don't have a choice about how to spend their time while choices have been multiplying under our feet. Yes, the product has been terrible. No, I don't want a homeboy announcer who is going to blow sunshine out of his rear end all the time. But Marty has broadcast with such negativity, about the product that he is supposed to be selling, that it's easy to make the decision to just not listen.
Marty is like Pete, at one time I would have been thrilled to meet him and shake his hand, but now, not so much.
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