Pat and Buck

[ogibowt]

Buck is definitely "the star". He used to do the colour commentary, was a manager and now does the play by play. He carries the broadcast, is extremely knowledgeable and has more personality and is more well spoken than Pat. However, Buck and Pat do have a certain chemistry. They seem to enjoy working together and their banter and joking around doesn't seem staged.

Buck does the heavy lifting and Pat is the sidekick.

spot on Shack........................

 

[Dawgger]

Except for an inning or two to get basic info, I now turn off the sound and enjoy the games much better.

And though I think he is an ass, I respect Zaun's depth and knowledge so I turn the sound on when he comes on... :eyebrows:

Perry

Sound off for the bulk of the game last night and I really enjoyed it. Good idea, thanks!
Would love to be able to pick up the crowd noise without the commentary.

 

[wazup]

Baseball is a game of fundamentals and small details and it's not played at a break neck speed so colour guys have time to point out those details, tabler can't do that like siddall was able to, and some other better colour guys.

I mentioned earlier about the pitch warning and shapiro comments, he had no clue about that which irritated me.

 

[Perry Mason]

Would love to be able to pick up the crowd noise without the commentary.

If you are using an amplifier or receiver, play around with the tone settings and cut off the lower frequencies, 100 to 200 Hz... the crowd noise is, for the most part, in the higher range of frequencies.

Let me know if it works!

Perry

 

[Indiana]

Bring back Fergie Olver!

 

[DanJ]

Loved it back when Don Chevrier and Tony Kubek called the games.

 

[JakeLive]

Buck M is all right. He's talented enough to do play by play and colour commentary. Pat T doesn't add much. I actually wonder how the broadcast would sound if Buck called the whole thing (with more quiet periods).

 

[smitherz]

Nobody worse than Brian Williams of CBC calling Jays games. He thought every popup was a homer. Didn't even know basic rules of the game. I'm almost positive he never watched a baseball game before taking the job.

Rob Faulds is probably right behind, such a boring announcer. "whaddya think about that?!?!?!" after every homerun. LOL

Buck and Tabler aren't so bad.
Cerutti was good (RIP) and I remember Candiotti was pretty good as well in his short stint.

 

[DanJ]

How about when Joe Carter and Jesse Barfield tried it out. Man, they sucked lol. I actually liked Matt Devlin when he did it a couple months back. Kevin Barker did recently as well, but I think that might have been radio. He wasn't bad, but I think people might get tired of his accent after too many games.

 

[wazup]

In tonights game tabler said tulo had 4 rbi's as a jay, later in the game buck said 'tulo had a productive night for the jays, he now has 13 rbi's as a jay', you could tell he said it to make tabler look stupid.

 

[tml]

I like Buck and Pat. A good mix of past experiences and modern statistical analysis. Good on air chemistry. Not too boring(like Matt Devlin) and not over the top(like Hawk Harrelson of the White Sox).

 

[shack]

Because of this thread I listened more critically tonight during parts of the game. I thought Pat was pretty good such as when he broke down Donaldson's technique on his swing when he hit it down the 1st base line early on. As well he showed how Tulo's footwork helped him to more efficiently make the pivot and have his momentum going to 1st for the throw on a double play.

As far as "Pat repeating what Buck says" is more of a situation where Buck throws something out and Pat tries to expound on it, giving examples etc. He is agreeing but also trying to give more info at the same time. I suspect it is a sort of call and response routine they've worked out. Buck sets Pat up. Pat has a weird drawl, though. I can see how it could be irritating.

 

[Nad Smith]

the best of all time...well my time 1. Ernie Harwell 2. Dave Van Horne 3. Vin Scully 4. Harry Caray (weird but fun) 5. Bob Uecker 6. Dizzy Dean (he slud into third)

 

[black booty lover]

Nobody worse than Brian Williams of CBC calling Jays games. He thought every popup was a homer. Didn't even know basic rules of the game. I'm almost positive he never watched a baseball game before taking the job.

Rob Faulds is probably right behind, such a boring announcer. "whaddya think about that?!?!?!" after every homerun. LOL

Buck and Tabler aren't so bad.
Cerutti was good (RIP) and I remember Candiotti was pretty good as well in his short stint.

I thought Rob Faulds was the worst I ever heard. I can't believe they ever even let him in the booth.

 

[black booty lover]

How about when Joe Carter and Jesse Barfield tried it out. Man, they sucked lol. I actually liked Matt Devlin when he did it a couple months back. Kevin Barker did recently as well, but I think that might have been radio. He wasn't bad, but I think people might get tired of his accent after too many games.

Kevin Barker sucks as both an announcer, and one of the host of baseball central. You would think they could find someone better than a guy that's played like 60 games in the majors over his whole career. If he wasn't married to Hazel Mae he would be a used car salesman.

 

[DanJ]

It's too bad they couldn't have kept Alan Ashby around. I'm sure he realized he would never be top banana on either radio or TV side of things and left for that.

 

[bemeup]

I thought Rob Faulds was the worst I ever heard. I can't believe they ever even let him in the booth.

One time Faulds was doing a Jays game in Seattle. Someone hit a homer for the Jays to put them ahead and he burst out with "the Blue Jays win!" Only problem was, it was the top of the inning. The 8th inning. Ouch.

 

[Dawgger]

the best of all time...well my time 1. Ernie Harwell 2. Dave Van Horne 3. Vin Scully 4. Harry Caray (weird but fun) 5. Bob Uecker 6. Dizzy Dean (he slud into third)

surprised you omitted Tom Cheek. To me the best announcer the Jays have had. To the best of my knowledge Tom only did radio but he did it incredibly well.

Dizzy Dean and Peewee Reese, awesome combo, loved the "Wabash Cannonball", think Dizzy sang that at some point in every broadcast.

 

[Nad Smith]

I am an old expo fan (tigers before that) so never heard Tom Cheek more than a couple times...do like Jerry when I do listen to radio. I kind of miss listening to games on radio. For you younger folks..use to only be maybe one or two games a week on tv. Listened to hundreds of expo games on radio and DVH made it seem so real. Before that could pull in detroit games with Ernie Harwell..."and a fan from Battle Creek caught that foul ball"

Greatest play by play line of all time.........Bob Uecker - "Ricky Vaughan in to pitch...Vaughan is a juvenile delinquent in the off season" (said matter of factly)

 

[Dawgger]

I am an old expo fan (tigers before that) so never heard Tom Cheek more than a couple times...do like Jerry when I do listen to radio. I kind of miss listening to games on radio. For you younger folks..use to only be maybe one or two games a week on tv. Listened to hundreds of expo games on radio and DVH made it seem so real. Before that could pull in detroit games with Ernie Harwell..."and a fan from Battle Creek caught that foul ball"

Greatest play by play line of all time.........Bob Uecker - "Ricky Vaughan in to pitch...Vaughan is a juvenile delinquent in the off season" (said matter of factly)

Montreal fan, back when they were Canada's team.... remember a catcher named John Boccabella? the stadium announcer when John came to bat would take about 15 seconds to pronounce his last name and the fans loved it. Surprised the Jays announcer hasn't had fun with Chris doing the same thing. Maybe the Jay's announcer is too young to be aware of it.