Tigerfan6884

Love the pitching, but we have a triple-a lineup.

OK, they're young, and blah, blah, but this lack of fundamentals on the base paths is particularly discouraging. That and listening to the announcers make excuses for this garbage.

HERE are my ratings for th 2022 Major League Baseball Team Announcers.

 

Rating : WAY BETTER than Detroit’s TV team

Better

Same   “

Worse  “

 

Arizona

 

TV: Steve Berthiaume, Bob Brenly

SAME - Berthiaume and Brenly offer nothing extraordinary, which is strange considering Brenly’s background as a catcher and manager.

 

Atlanta

 

BETTER - TV: Chip Caray, Jeff Francoeur

Caray is solid, not quite the chip of the ol’ block, smooth and rah-rah.

 

Baltimore

BETTER - TV: Kevin Brown, Jim Palmer or Ben McDonald

Brown is solid, while Palmer has become a grumpy old guy talking about the good old days.

 

Boston

WAY BETTER - TV: Dave O’Brien, Dennis Eckersley

O’Brien is good, very professional. Eckersley is someone out there, but enthusiastic.

 

Chicago Cubs

BETTER - TV: Jon “Boog” Sciambi, Jim Deshaies

Sciambi has a entertaining sense of humor

 

Chicago White Sox

SAME - TV: Jason Benetti, Steve Stone. Benetti falls in love with his own sense of irony and humor. Stone, once solid and informative, has totally sold out his perspective.

 

Cincinnati

BETTER - TV: John Sadak, Barry Larkin or Chris Welsh. Solid broadcast with knowledge from Larkin and Welssh.

 

Cleveland

 

BETTER - TV: Matt Underwood, Rick Manning. Underwood has a tendency to yell too much. Manning is understated.

 

Colorado

BETTER - TV: Drew Goodman, Jeff Huson or Ryan Spilborghs. Listened to Goodman a lot having lived in Salt Lake City. He’s solid and always in the situation.

 

Houston

BETTER - TV Todd Kalas, Geoff Blum. Kalas is cool and calm, but allows the action to dictate his call. Blum is one of the new breed that offers non sequiturs in attempts to be humorous.

 

Kansas City

BETTER - TV: Ryan Lefebvre, Rex Hudler. Lefebvre is smooth and lets the action dictate his volume. Hudler is really enthusiastic. I like him a lot.

 

Los Angeles Angels

 

SAME - TV: Matt Vasgersian or Patrick O’Neal, Mark Gubicza. Vasgersian depends on his script (calls by rote) to call games. Yells too much. O’Neal and Gubicza are boring.

 

Los Angeles Dodgers

 

BETTER - TV: Joe Davis, Orel Hershiser. Like Hershiser, which I never thought I’d say.

 

Miami

 

DON’T KNOW - TV: Paul Severino, Tommy Hutton or J.P. Arencibia. Haven’t watched one of their games yet.

 

Milwaukee

 

BETTER - TV: Jeff Levering or Brian Anderson, Bill Schroeder. WAY BETTER WITH ANDERSON at the mic. Anderson is a regular for MLB Playoffs on TNT as well as NCAA college hoop.

 

Minnesota

SAME - TV: Dick Bremer, Justin Morneau. Bremer is mister obvious.

 

New York Mets

 

WAY BETTER - TV: Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and/or Ron Darling. Cohen is a good listen while Darling and Hernandez are the best color guys.

 

New York Yankees

 

BETTER - TV: Michael Kay or Ryan Ruocco, David Cone and/or Paul O’Neill. Solid team. Like Cone and O’Neill

 

Oakland

 

WORSE - TV: Glen Kuiper, Dallas Braden. Plain irritating.

 

Philadelphia

SAME - TV: Tom McCarthy, John Kruk and/or Ben Davis

 

Pittsburgh

 

BETTER - TV and Radio: Greg Brown or Joe Block, Bob Walk or John Wehner. Brown is way laid back, allowing his “experts” to diagnose the game.

 

San Diego

 

WAY BETTER - TV: Don Orsillo, Mark Grant or Mark Sweeney. Orsillo was run out of Boston for reasons unknown to me. He and Grant, another one with the glut of non sequiturs, are entertaining as hell.

 

San Francisco

BETTER - TV: Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow Kuiper makes up for always being a super homer with solid information.

 

LIKE DETROIT and MILWAUKEE the best announcer is on radio.

 

Seattle

BETTER - TV: Dave Sims, Mike Blowers. I believe Sims is the only African-American play-by-play guy for MLB.

 

St. Louis

BETTER - TV: Dan McLaughlin, Brad Thompson or Jim Edmonds

 

Tampa Bay

BETTER - TV: Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson. Staats is a longtime veteran, while Anderson is nutty.

 

Texas

SAME - TV: Dave Raymond, C.J. Nitkowski

 

Toronto

WAY BETTER - TV: Dan Shulman and Buck Martinez. Shulman is dead solid. Good voice without overdoing it and Martinez brings his knowledge to the game.

 

Washington

SAME - TV: Bob Carpenter, Kevin Frandsen. Carpenter tends to go over the top with his calls.

On 7/20/2022 at 4:18 PM, Shinzaki said:

Tork needs to whomp a few dingers...you don't need no thinking to whomp dingers

So far, he can't catch up to the Major League fast ball. There are many examples of AAA power hitters, great prospects, who haven't been able to make the adjustment. Hopefully Tork will.

His throwing almost bothers me as much as his strikeouts.

All I know is, last night he took a first pitch ball during his second or third at bat. I nearly fell off the couch. I like aggressive hitters, but Javy is amazing. There has to be a stat on the percentage of first-pitch swings and he has to be the leader (all-time?).

Man, is Shep on a roll or what. Comparing the chemistry between Barnhart and Hill to the Elton John band. Of course, a couple pitches later Hill allows a HR. I also keep expecting Shep to break out a fife and drum.

In the back of the mind, there's a continuing thought that the Tigers, who, have with few exceptions, have been terrible. So, they're bound to come out of this collective funk together, too. Then look out. Right? I've been waiting for it, occasionally seeing glimpses, which bad teams typically do. So, I'm waiting. And waiting. And...

 

Skubal is the first Tiger pitcher with that "it" factor since Verlander.

Often by an unlikely source (see Tommy Matchick, Dick Tracewski, etc.). Good see the pitching continue to hold on while the bats try to heat up.

Don't need more pitching. Need a big bat.

I sort of like Craig Monroe, but he sure wears rose-colored glasses. I like being positive, however, he sure goes overboard. I guess being a former player is the answer. In addition, he wants to be friends with the players. As play-by-play, somebody new please.