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From: jmh@ltuxa.UUCP (cecw 64lt503310-Jon Mcecw)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Announcers
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Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 08:36:22 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 19 08:36:22 1985
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I haven't heard all the announcers across the U.S. and
Canada, but  Bob Uecker used to be one of the best.  He
was funny, AND informative.  Then he got popular (with the
commercials et al.) and the Brewer radio casts turned a little
into the Uecker show.  He is still good, but he and Merle Harmon
used to be great.

Now I live around Chicago, and I find that :

1) Harry Caray is not a great announcer, BUT he is a totally different
personality - one that goes done in history.

2) Steve Stone is one of the worst announcers I've heard.

3) Dwayne Staats is average at best.

4) Lou Boudreau is verrrrrry dry, but knows his baseball strategy
about as well as I've ever heard. (e.g. if he says a guy is going
to steal on the next pitch, he's almost always right; or he says
things like "well, it's nice that Billy Hatcher made it to third,
but he really should have stopped at second.").

5) Which brings me to my final thought: The best team I've heard
at this point is Don Drysdale-Ken Harrelson.  They are objective
but still pull for the Sox a little (not a real lot of "rooting",
though).  They just tell me what's going on, which is why I 
listen.

Jon Hanrath