MLB: TBS Broadcasts

[shildreth]

- How are Tony Gwynn, Ron Darling and **** Stockton all fitting in that booth? I have seen those broadcast booths and they are tiny... Thats three pretty beefy guys...

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I actually like Ron Darling a lot. He does most of the mets games. Lots of insider info. The best part is he pitched in the pros some, so he knows what he is talking about. However, he is not a hall of famer so he doesn't talk just to hear himself. Plus he sets up the others pretty well. (Plays to Keith Hernandez' ego pretty well during met games.)

IMHO 3 guys in the booth for baseball is 1 to many

I actually like 3 people. Otherwise you are stuck with people like Mark Grace talking about weird stuff in order to fill an awkward silence.

 

[HiltonMagic]

Which series is Gwynn doing?

EDIT: Found it.
I love Google & Wikipedia

 

[shildreth]

I think Joe Buck falls in that category too.

Buck is too busy pushing his own agenda and being bored with baseball to care.

 

[cybsball20]

John Smoltz is going to have a very long career as a broadcaster. He has been really good for the Phillies-Brewers games.

 

[ajk4st8]

I was hoping somehow they could wind up with Steve Stone in the booth for the Cubs game. Not even sure if that was possible.

 

[ajk4st8]

I could listen to Gwynn talk about hitting all day long too... I hope kids are paying attention because he was giving some hitting tips that would cost alot of money to get elsewhere...

Are you a little surprised he is not coaching somewhere?

 

[clonerules]

Are you a little surprised he is not coaching somewhere?

He is actually the head coach at San Diego St:wink:

 

[ajk4st8]

He is actually the head coach at San Diego St:wink:

Wow.. cant believe I didnt know that. Thanks for the info!

 

[cybsball20]

Tony Gwynn is the head coach at San Diego State. Ryan Sweeney from Cedar Rapids was one of his first recruits.

 

[hiltonisheaven]

Does Stockton's accent bother anyone else? Maybe I was just upset cause they were playing bad but if **** talked about the Cubs' AIRWAS one more time I was going to lose it.

 

[hiltonisheaven]

I agree w/ the others, Tony Gwynn is awesome to listen to about hitting. Steve Stone's pitching knowledge would be better than Darling but Ron is good too. I love listening to Steve Stone talking about how the pitcher is setting the batter up for his out pitch..."he's going to throw the splitter here to induce the double play..." Steve is right a lot of the time! I've enjoyed the coverage but wish we were seeing the same Cubs team we've seen all year!

 

[cybsball20]

The studio crew has been a riot. Ernie is trying to treat it like the TBS NBA crew, Eck is a nut and Cal is absolutely awesome. Only weakness is Granderson but he hasn't been that bad...

 

[cybsball20]

I'm a little disappointed with the crew for the ALCS, would have rather seen Caray and two of either Reynolds, Gwynn and Smoltz. Darling and Martinez might have been the worst of the bunch.

 

[superdorf]

I forgot how good Chip is.

 

[superdorf]

Man... does that sideline dude have ANY jackets that aren't so annoying?

 

[CrossCyed]

Harold Reynolds sucks.

 

[cybsball20]

Harold Reynolds sucks.

He's 100 times better than Tim McCarver...

 

[CrossCyed]

He's 100 times better than Tim McCarver...

McCarver still provided one of the best moments in my sports life.

I don't think that taste is there, Joe.