Comments on: The Dip: A Broadcasting Plan For The Future

By: jjweiss

jjweiss — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:04:25 +0000

a 3 man booth? you destroyed any credibility you have. ridiculous.
and i think you’re hallucinating if you can find any reason to listen to matthews.
folksy? hardly. just ignorant. i despise him. he’s lazy and has hardly improved in 3 years. doesn’t even know JA happ is not Jay AY. mccarthy? heaven help us if he becomes the lead broadcaster. he’s adequate but no story teller, and kind of boring, really. he seems to do everything at one single volume setting. his commercial readings are more or less equal to his home run calls.
by your logic, you prefer matthews over wheeler b/c matthews played the game. that, my dear sir, is proof enough that it doesn’t matter. i’d pick wheeler toupee and all, any day over that twit, matthews. still i love your steve jeltz award and think bruntlett could retire it. or maybe it should be the jeltz-bruntlett award and then paul (catcher’s (interference) bako could get some consideration. jjweiss

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:06:59 +0000

Well said! I can’t see how anyone can disagree with your analysis.

And ‘haughty gargoyle’! Ohhh that’s rich! That sooo gives a perfect mental image of the man I’ve always personally thought of as a squinting weasel.

I so want new TV Broadcasters for the Phils.

And yes, Sarge is endearing. Like you, I’d rather have Botallico, who is greatly improved in post game this year, in my view, or Mitch. (Love Mitch Williams.) But Sarge is not the problem. (Tho I never DO understand all the fast feet, slow hands, slow bat stuff)

I want new TV Broadcasters for the Phillies. May it happen!

By: Allen Thomas

Allen Thomas — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:29:19 +0000

Sarge may very well be one of the worst commentators in the history of the sport. Yes he was a good player for many years, but not every good player is meant to be a commentator. He obviously knows the game, but his seemingly endless blabbering ruins the entire television experience for me. He talks more than mccarthy and doesn’t contribute anything that isnt extremely obvious. After a routine groundball out the other night, this is what Sarge said after T-Mac made the call. “And right here Chase Utely fields the ball into his glove and as you can see throws it over to Ryan Howard at first who catches it for the out.” It goes on and on, he needs to get off the air. McCarthy is ok, you gotta give him some credit he’s got some big shoes to fill after the passing of Harry K. The Phillies need to work on their broadcast to return it to the enjoyable presentation it once was

By: bill anderson

bill anderson — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:24:39 +0000

The phillies repalced Harry Kalas, the epitome of excelence in broadcasting, with a Walt Disney clown, Tom Mccarthy. Mccarthy’s
preoccupation with trivia and his constant clowning are so irritating
I have turned off the audio on the tv and I listen to play-by-play by Anderson and Franzke whose coverage is on a par with Harry Kalas.

If Elmer Dud, i.e. Tom Mccarthy, is retained as tv announcer, I question
the judgment of the Phiilies organmization.

By: LH

LH — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:36:52 +0000

Tom McCarthy – My son and I listen to what we call McCarthyisms which occur a couple times during a game. Example: (Contact by a Phillies hitter: That ball is going going, oh he caught it. I thought it was hit a lot further (it never made it the warning track)

Chris Wheeler – can take his banter as long as a good play-by-play man would reel him in

Gary Matthews – Captain Obvious. He seems like a gentle man but he doesn’t add much to the mix because he’s not asked penetrating questions. McCarthy tends to joke with him about his food intake.

The Phillies had two on and two out during a recent game with the Braves. Fans were desperate for runs. But McCarthy & Wheeler were enjoying each others company talking about a non-baseball story which had nothing to do with what was happening on the field. The third Phil’s out was more frustrating listening to those two banter on non-sensibly. Timing is everything and they should have saved their story for a pitching change or some other period.

Larry Anderson, like Sarge, is fun to listen to for old war stories. I like Larry Anderson is better because of his upfront comments when a Phillies player is doing badly. I think Sarge tends to sugar coat in order to avoid hurting feelings. I enjoyed the perspective of an ex-pitcher.

By: Phils76

Phils76 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:59:21 +0000

Just like with anything else in Philly sports, fans have a huge take on the announcers. I seem to think it’s a 60-40 split favoring the guys in the lineup now. Do fans of other clubs discuss the broadcasters as much as we have in the past or do now?

By the way, I love when Sarge says “filthy” or “cadillac time.” Makes me chuckle every time.

By: Nationals#1

Nationals#1 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:22:04 +0000

ugh, how did the dipsy get his own column on here? one of the site’s worst posters

By: Corey Seidman

Corey Seidman — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:53:36 +0000

I disagree. The McCarthy/Sarge and McCarthy/Wheeler combos both have chemistry, that isn’t the problem. McCarthy is much like Michael Barkann in that he can bring the best out of anyone. He may be a “vanilla” announcer, but most play-by-play men are. We were just used to one who wasn’t.

Wheeler not being a former player bothers so many people, but he simply knows the Phillies better than anyone. Would I rather have Mitch Williams/Ricky Bottalico? Absolutely not.

Having formerly worked at CSN with these guys and been exposed to them a lot, I can tell you that Mitchy Poo and Ricky Bo do a better job of stating the obvious than even Sarge. Ricky struggles mightily to improvise or counterargue a situation. He delivers a thoughtful point rarely.

Larry Andersen is the Phillies best color analyst. However, his rebellious attitude is why he won’t be back on TV anytime soon. He’s perfect for the radio, his voice, his sense of humor, etc.

But something tells me the Phillies brass are too nervous of him crossing the line of inappropriateness during TV telecasts.

Scott Franzke is a very good, young announcer, and deserves to be on TV. Putting him on during innings 4-5-6 and switching Tom to radio would be a great idea.

I do think the Phillies announce booth can be boring at times. But they don’t lack chemistry.

By: frank

frank — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:43:58 +0000

the tmac wheels team has got to go.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:37:34 +0000

yeah but it says this is posted by tim malcolm