JustTom wrote:
> <David.no.Short@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Frankly, I would rather listen to George than Marty on most days. Marty
>> has become a characterization of himself. He's not having any fun and
is
>> determined to make life miserable for everybody listening. Scully,
>> Nuxhal, Buck, Ueuker, Allen, Barber all those guys were able to take
>> losing seasons and enjoy being at the ballpark. Marty just makes it
darn
>> near impossible to listen to him. It's like listening to the guy who
>> used to be your favorite uncle only now he's in constant pain from the
>> chemo and doesn't have it all together upstairs. You just feel sorry
for
>> him.
>>
>
> That's why I was asking if the new voice on the Marlins series was the
> L'ville guy or that Chris guy who I think does tv games normally.
>
> Whoever, he was, he did good PBP, and I guess as a side effect,
> Marty seemed to be more pro as well. It was refre****ng. Spring is
> busy time around the homefront (spent most of this week installing
> new bees) so I don't listen as often as I used to, but to be honest,
> part of that is also listening to Brantley butchering PBP, Marty
> ranting and MiniMarty ranting worse.
>
> Is the L'ville guy too old, comfortable, or iconic in KY to be
> considered as a successor to Marty, sticking me with MiniMarty in
> that role (shudder), or does anyone think he has a shot?
I honestly have no idea. Kevin might.
> BTW If anybody could tell me his name, who the "Creeper" is, and what
> the last name of "Chris" from tv, I'd apprciate it, and I'd stop
> refering to them as "that guy".
Chris Welsh. From his wiki page..."Welsh has been the TV color analyst
for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds since 1993 for Fox S****ts
Net Ohio, teaming with long time s****tscaster George Grande to form the
longest-running TV broadcasting partner****p in team history."
I had no clue.
Welsh spent five years in the big leagues including a season with the
reds in 1986. Looking over his record as a left handed starter, he was
never really good, but he seems to have hung up his spikes without
injury. His time in the majors corresponds with the time in my life when
I didn't follow baseball closely or the reds at all and I have
absolutely no memory of him in the game. I came back to the area and
following the reds in 87. Anybody remember him as a player?
Paired with Grande(or Marty), he becomes the yucking sidekick and I
don't care for him in that role. On the other hand with Brantley or
mini-marty he tends to act as an antidote to their bitterness. Either of
those combinations probably provide the best listening/viewing.
dfs
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