Pat and Buck

[DanJ]

Tom Cheek did do some TV work back in that weird time when the Fan lost the radio rights to the TEAM (Chum) network. Tom bounced back and forth, somewhat like what they do right now with Joe Siddall when they had TSN, CTV (which didn't own TSN yet) and CBC doing the games.

 

[radagast]

I miss Tom.

For those of you who don't mind paying a few cents subscribing to MLB.tv will allow you to watch the game synchronized with radio overlay, which is what I often do because listening to Buck and Tabby is like hanging out with your two drunk uncles at a family reunion.

You can also have the audio track be just stadium noise.

It's about $120 for the whole season, and well worth it. MLB pro-rates their subscriptions too, so it should be about $15 or $20 for the remainder of this season. They sell the playoffs for about $20 as well.

 

[Bopper2]

I have the MLB package. Buck and Pat are OK, although Buck's voice can be grating after long exposure.
The NESN guys are awful, but not nearly as bad as the NESN hockey broadcasters. Total chowderheads.
The Chicago Cubs announcers, Len Kasper and Jim Deshaise are very good, but Ken "Hawk" Harrelson on the White Sox games is the absolute worst. Unlistenable!
I am not a Dodgers fan by any means, but very often I will tune in to a Dodgers game just to listen to Vin Scully. He is the voice of summer.
BTW, Kieth Olberman does a great impression of A Scully broadcast.

 

[shack]

As I'd earlier mentioned how I thought Dan Shulman is great but Curt and Kruk are buffoons, well, Schilling has been suspended for some inappropriate tweeting. I think it was Islam related.

 

[Ref]

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

I remember Don & Tony, back when the Jays were on Wednesday on CTV (other days as well, but I specifically remember each Wednesday).

Kubek could at times get annoying when he over-analysed a play, similar to how Tim McCarver did.

My top TV Teams:

* Shulman and Buck. Shulman was a real pro and Buck had the experience to feed in to his play-calling.
* Hughson & Buck. Similar to above, but Shulman was more polished (Hughson was pretty good though, for a hockey guy).
* Chevrier & Kubek. The early TV voice of the Jays. I remember watching the no-hitter that Nolan pitched, Chevrier closed it out nicely.

The Worst...

* Rob Faulds. Absolutely hated listening to his monotonous tone. Who ever hired him should have been fired.
* Jamie Campbell. i think he is a great TV host, but was downright shitty at calling the games.
* CBC: I hated Brian Williams. He was not suited for Jay games and was out of his element.
* Rod Black. Another atrocious miscast. Keep him on figure skating and CFL games.

Per Radio...

* Tom & Jerry were great. i liked Tom and to be honest found and still find Jerry a little irritating, but not bad irritating. Jerry is a little to nasal-toned for me, but not that bad.
* I did not like Alan Ashby at first, but as time went on, he had a lot of baseball game knowledge that I found was insightful.
* Joe Siddall I am still getting a feel for.
* I enjoyed Jack Morris. Too bad he left.

Studio Support:

* I really enjoy Zaun. He is brutally honest and will call it either way. He has great insight and will stick with his opinion.
* Jamie Campbell works well with Zaun and is great in this role.
* Fergie Olver is more remembered for his catch-phrase than his actual work on the mic. He was okay, but too "local" imho.


As others have mentioned, the local Toronto broadcasters have actually been more professional and voice friendly than several other local broadcasters in different regions.

 

[black booty lover]

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.

I remember him and John Cerutti started arguing on air once...lol, and it was totally Rob Faulds fault. He did a few games this year and I had to cringe listening with dumb "what da ya think about that?"

I remember when he had the gig full time thinking "no fucking way they keep this guy on".