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http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/07/02/broadcasters-who-do-their-homework-2196/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:48:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/07/02/broadcasters-who-do-their-homework-2196/#comment-91 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:21:24 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/07/02/broadcasters-who-do-their-homework-2196/#comment-91 There is no reason to have anything but mediocre expectations for broadcasters. To wit: Chip Caray, Susan Wellman, Ed Farmer, Ron Santo, Dave Wills. It you haven't had the, um, pleasure, buy XM, the audio package on MLB.com or the season ticket on digital cable. The good ones, like Vin Scully, Jerry Remy, Don Orsillo and Pat Hughes, are far too rare. There is no reason to have anything but mediocre expectations for broadcasters. To wit: Chip Caray, Susan Wellman, Ed Farmer, Ron Santo, Dave Wills. It you haven’t had the, um, pleasure, buy XM, the audio package on MLB.com or the season ticket on digital cable. The good ones, like Vin Scully, Jerry Remy, Don Orsillo and Pat Hughes, are far too rare.

]]> http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/07/02/broadcasters-who-do-their-homework-2196/#comment-81 Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:18:52 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/07/02/broadcasters-who-do-their-homework-2196/#comment-81 No one - <i>no one</i> - prepares for a broadcast better than Tim McCarver. Here's a little game we can all play at home the next time the Sox play a Fox national game - print out a copy of the <a href="http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/SoxBlog/archives/2006/07/mondays_press_n.html" title="Sox press notes" rel="nofollow"> and guess which inning Tim will say a Sox related fact that's not contained within the notes. Chances are "N/A" will be the winner. No one - no one - prepares for a broadcast better than Tim McCarver. Here’s a little game we can all play at home the next time the Sox play a Fox national game - print out a copy of the and guess which inning Tim will say a Sox related fact that’s not contained within the notes. Chances are “N/A” will be the winner.

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