allan:
There are several dozen qualified announcers who would kill for the opportunity to call Red Sox games on TV. NESN's management should step up and give Dave O'Brien's job to one of those announcers because, from all indications (his moaning about long games, late flights, and pre-dawn hotel check-ins, boo hoo), O'Brien clearly would rather be somewhere else. Getting rid of OB would also stem the nightly tide into viewers' ears of wrong information and ignorant commentary.
Yet he still takes gigs with ESPN. I read somewhere that he's an announcer for their new College Football network that does games in the Northeast (US college football is the last thing on my mind, I just noticed it somewhere). But really, he belongs on the Shopping Channel. Or one of those old one-horse wagons that sold cures for whatever the mark would believe.
ReplyDeleteI HATE when announcers complain about travel or late nights. It's an insult to fans who work dangerous jobs, or graveyard shifts, or three part-time jobs, just to scrape by. It's an insult to fans who don't have work and would give anything to work long hours in order to live a better life.
ReplyDeleteDave O'Brien, you have one of the best jobs in your field. No job is perfect. STOP WHINING!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteIt's an insult to fans who work dangerous jobs, or graveyard shifts, or three part-time jobs, just to scrape by. It's an insult to fans who don't have work and would give anything to work long hours in order to live a better life.
Moving O'Brien to TV was a terrible decision in the first place. He talked too much even for radio, and he doesn't keep his audience in the game - it's all to easy to think ahead in baseball, and he succumbs constantly. But in the burned-out-constantly-complaining field he trails Castiglione by a wide margin.
ReplyDeleteAlso maddening: The yearly articles in mid-March about how bored reporters are as they're paid to watch baseball in the Florida sunshine.
ReplyDeleteAs I stated following your post on yesterday's thread, Allan, all these people who complain about the length of baseball games appear to just not like baseball. Why be in the business?
ReplyDeleteIf my job was to call 100-plus three-hour baseball games for six-plus months, I'd call the last inning of the last game of that season with as much enthusiasm and vigor as the first inning of Game 1. To Laura's point, he has one of the best jobs in his field; suck it up and enjoy the good fortune you have.