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Tonight's announcers won't be on site
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 10:10 am
by AuricGoldfinger
Ridiculous. Cheap move by ESPN.
And baseball is by far the hardest of the big three sports to call from the home office.
Re: Tonight's announcers won't be on site
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 10:54 am
by Saminator92
At this point, ESPN is that in-law who irritates you rather often, but alas you're stuck with him.... If they would spend less time and energy on non- sports crap (sorry), then maybe they could fly people to the sites....
Re: Tonight's announcers won't be on site
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 12:30 pm
by nyyankeeDore
All the more reason to listen to Andrew Allegretta's radio broadcast.
In some respects baseball games (if you cannot attend them in person) are paired better with radio than television.
Re: Tonight's announcers won't be on site
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:03 pm
by Levon
I suspect most of us share my love-hate relationship with all things ESPN. Love the breadth and number of games telecast by ESPN. Hate everything else about it.
Re: Tonight's announcers won't be on site
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 2:04 pm
by Versus75
Maybe it will be better.
They get too chummy while sitting in the booth together. Put a guest in there as well and the announcers tend to forget about the game.
Re: Tonight's announcers won't be on site
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 3:39 pm
by Versus75
The announcers didn't SAY they are not personally at Hawkins Field, but the Ole Miss memorabilia behind Dellucci kinda gives it away.
ESPN must spend a small fortune on equipment trucks, production personnel, etc. Another couple thousand in expenses for the guys IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS shouldn't make much difference.
And the result would be so much better! They would be able to talk to the players and coaches; become familiar with the nuances of our ballpark, fans, etc.; and report on what the viewers don't see because there are just not enough cameras. If a big story broke (injury, play-of-the-century), announcement of a huge facilities upgrade) they would be right there to report on it.
Sigh.
Re: Tonight's announcers won't be on site
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 4:02 pm
by Levon
I suspect part of the ESPN thinking is that one remote broadcast team can call three, maybe four games in one day. I don't like it, but they didn't ask me. Bastards.
Re: Tonight's announcers won't be on site
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:05 pm
by Go Vandy!
Levon wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:03 pm
I suspect most of us share my love-hate relationship with all things ESPN. Love the breadth and number of games telecast by ESPN. Hate everything else about it.
ESPN is one of the best things to happen to sports... and one of the worst. (Sorry for just rewording your post.)