While I agree with the top and bottom of the list, putting Krukow and Kuiper anywhere near the top is ludicrous. They're both hopeless homers and Krukow's analysis has all the depth of Joe Morgan's.
They're not even the best pairing on the Giants' infinitely-large crew. The best I've heard out of that booth was Jon Miller teamed with Lon Simmons. They played off each other beautifully. Other than that ... --Dave Sikula On Jul 14, 8:09 am, "Mark J." <[email protected]> wrote: > No surprise that St. Vincent of Scully was named the best, but a case > can be made on the character side of Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson of the > White Sox is the worst in baseball (GQ didn't even discuss sidekick > Steve Stone, widely considered one of the best analysts in the > business, who the Cubs fired after he saved Harry Caray's butt many > times in Caray's declining years for not being a homer): > > http://www.gq.com/sports/lists/201007/five-best-worst-mlb-broadcast-b... > > Amusing that despite three of the five best being announcing teams for > west coast clubs, a comment to the cover page for the feature > complains about "east coast bias." > > And now, Justin Kaufmann of Chicago NPR station WBEZ puts it on the > board--YES!--for the Hawk: > > http://blogs.vocalo.org/jkaufmann/2010/07/gq-i-no-longer-care-about-y... -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
