nato75 said:
They should grab Al Leiter if he's still available - he was pretty good in the playoffs this year and then he disappeared once the World Series started, for some reason. I guess Tim McCarver was geting jealous.
Al is okay and needs some seasoning (similar to Cerutti & Tabler). Once the World Series started I switched to Sportsnet where the game was covered by MLB as opposed to the oh so grating Tim McCarver. Though I don't mind Joe Buck, he's okay.
I did happen to catch the majority of the series on the radio where Jon Miller & Joe Morgan called the game. I think they also do the Sunday night telecasts, I like them. Jon has a smooth relaxed voice (which suits baseball) and Joe is a good fit with him.
I remember the Jay's first mainstream crew of Don Chevrier & Tony Kubek. They were not bad, but I hated Don because when I was a child he used to call the curling games on CBC and it always cut into the Bugs Bunny & Road Runner Hour. The only thing I can recall from Tony Kubek is how he pronounced Toronto.
I still can't understand why Cito Gaston has not been hired as a manager. If he had replaced Cox in Atlanta he would have won a lot of World Series titles. Today's managers need to be able to manage ego's. The bench coaches, hitting coaches and pitching coaches manage the mechanics of the players. Cito was excellent at managing the ego's of those star-laden teams (he had the batting champion ride the pine so that Molitor could play first...Suicide for most managers).
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