As I
mentioned last Tuesday, I play in a co-ed volleyball league on
Monday nights here in town. I'm terrible, but it's fun, and it gives
me just a semblance of a life. Because of that, and a need to mingle
and converse with others, in person, I decided that, for now, unless
something happens worth talking about, I likely won't write anything
new on Tuesdays. But, I got an interesting e-mail from a guy named
"Mike" yesterday and think it is worth posting. I myself am quite
curious as to what the answer might be. So, I am going to post it as
a new Discussion Question of the Week. We haven't really had one of
them for a long time. But what it is is a way of making this site a
little more interactive. Here is the process:
-
I will post a question or
multiple questions today.
-
On Friday, I will post the
responses that I receive to the question of the week.
-
So, you need to take a
look at the question, and then
send me an e-mail
with your
response to it, by Thursday night.
The
reason I really like doing this is because so many of you come to my
webpage and take the time to read my thoughts on a daily basis. What
this does is allows you to participate a little bit in the site and
to let your thoughts be heard to a bigger audience.
So, let's
get to "Mike's" e-mail and questions:
Since XM radio
is going to broadcast MLB games this year, I was curious
about other team's announcing crew. If you have time, could
you address a few of the topics below regarding the Twins
announcers?
voice
knowledge of the game
insights
keeping track of the game situation
sense of humor
knowledge of sabremetrics
objectivity
ability to criticize home team
frequency of cliches?
homerism
attitude towards umps (is he highly critical?)
Thanks...I
appreciate both your website and any info you can give me,
I
guess what Mike, and now I, would like to know is a couple of
things. First, please tell us who your team is. Second, since XM
radio will likely broadcast the radio broadcasts of the game,
who are your team's radio announcers? Third, just to add a
little bit to this, who are your television play-by-play and
color analysts? And finally, please tell us how they are at
announcing using the above criteria or measures? Mike was
specifically asking about the Twins, but let's get thoughts on
as many teams as we can!
So yes,
there are multiple questions and it might even take a couple of
minutes to compile a message, but please take the time to do so,
especially if you aren't a Twins fan because I am sure that it could
create a fun debate when reading how other other announcers call a
game. The Twins radio crew includes Herb Carneal (who is a
Hall of Famer, a legend, but is getting up there), John Gordon
(who is very annoying to listen to and frequently wrong and wayyyyy
too easily exciteable) and Dan Gladden (who I actually think
is the best of the three despite being relatively new to it). On the
TV side, Twins fans listen to Dick (I set up Bert) Bremer
and Bert (I should be a Hall of Famer, and my birthday is
April 6, and you are hereby circled) Blyleven. I am curious
as to how Twins fans feel about listening to these announcers too.
So
please, take a couple of minutes and respond to this week's
Discussion Question of the Week (by Thursday night).
E-mail me.
Thanks!
And on
that note, I am going to call it a day! If you have any thoughts,
opinions or questions on any topic, please feel free to
e-mail me. Have a
great Tuesday!
NFL "EXPERT" PICKS
John
Bonnes, The Twins
Geek, won the Week 13 picks by going 13-3. It pulls him just
about out of last place!! (Sorry John!) But as important, take a
look at the top of the standings where our defending champion,
Aaron Gleeman has
crawled back into the lead, into a tie with Mike Brasel and
Melissa Olson. But as you can see, with just four more weeks to
go, there are six teams within four games of the lead. Things are
getting tight! Be sure to check back also on Friday for our Week 14
picks!
By the
way, I got my copy of
2004 Hardball Times Baseball Annual over the weekend! It is
far more impressive than I ever would have thought. Great articles,
get writing, and very interesting and comprehensive statistics. It
is well worth picking up for yourself or as a Christmas gift for
family and friends who are baseball fans! By it
here.
|
Thru Week
13 |
Total |
Week |
13 |
|
Over |
All |
|
|
Name |
Site |
W |
L |
Win% |
W |
L |
Win % |
|
Melissa Olson |
SethSpeaks.net |
10 |
6 |
62.5% |
129 |
63 |
67.2% |
|
Mike
Brasel |
Fantasy FB Guru |
11 |
5 |
68.8% |
129 |
63 |
67.2% |
|
Aaron
Gleeman |
Aaron's BB Blog |
11 |
5 |
68.8% |
129 |
63 |
67.2% |
|
Michael
Labuda |
ChiSox Daily |
10 |
6 |
62.5% |
127 |
65 |
66.1% |
|
Ryan
Maus |
Twins Chatter |
10 |
6 |
62.5% |
126 |
66 |
65.6% |
|
David
Bergner |
Baseball Savant |
9 |
7 |
56.3% |
125 |
67 |
65.1% |
|
Vic
Quick |
KDUH-TV Sports |
8 |
8 |
50.0% |
121 |
71 |
63.0% |
|
David
Bloom |
Ya Gotta Believe |
11 |
5 |
68.8% |
116 |
76 |
60.4% |
|
Ben
Jacobs |
Hardball Times |
9 |
7 |
56.3% |
115 |
77 |
59.9% |
|
Seth
Stohs |
SethSpeaks.net |
10 |
6 |
62.5% |
113 |
79 |
58.9% |
|
Jeremy
Kovash |
Wolf Lake Mgr |
8 |
8 |
50.0% |
111 |
81 |
57.8% |
|
John
Bonnes |
The Twins Geek |
13 |
3 |
81.3% |
110 |
82 |
57.3% |
That is it for today. Again, I
would love to hear any questions or
comments, e-mail me.
And, have a wonderful week!
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