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From: electrohome@watcgl.UUCP (electrohome)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Worst sportscasters
Message-ID: <2235@watcgl.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 21-Jul-85 01:24:46 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 21 01:24:46 1985
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Summary: 

Sorry, this discussion is closed since the only true candidate for the 
worst sportscaster in the league is Toronto's Fergie Olver.  Olver appears 
as a pseudo-colour commentator for CTV (national) broadcasts and as one of 
the main play-by-play men on TSN (pay network).  Olver is one of the most
inane persons that I have ever heard on television.  On CTV, he introduces 
obscure stats and useless trivia at the most inappropriate times, he cuts in 
on discussions between the main men in the booth (Don Chevrier and Tony Kubek),
and he cannot conduct a decent interview.  On TSN, he's even worse, since 
there isn't anyone to counter-balance him!  And on top of it all, he doesn't 
even spell his last name right! :-)  Olver has been blasted in print and by 
voice in the Toronto media but nothing is done about him since he is now a 
big-shot producer for CTV.  ARGH!!!  

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"Last time I checked, Electrohome didn't make me their spokesman.  just a 
 second, I'll check again..."

Carlo Sgro
Computer Graphics Division
Electrohome Canada
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