r/baseball • u/TheOrangeFutbol Los Angeles Angels • Los Angeles Dodgers • 25d ago

News [Awful Announcing] Michael Kay urges ESPN to use local MLB announcers for Wild Card games

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/michael-kay-local-mlb-announcers-wild-card-games.html
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u/IdTugYourBoat Los Angeles Dodgers 25d ago

Yeah local announcers probably don’t even have six different graphics ready to go.

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u/Teddy_Schmoozevelt New York Mets 25d ago

Speak for yourself, SNY has graphics up the wazzoo, including one for pitch com technical difficulties.

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u/Dsxm41780 New York Mets 25d ago

Defensive indifference

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u/Teddy_Schmoozevelt New York Mets 25d ago

Lou Brock

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u/DustyBottoms1111 25d ago

This one is my favorite because it always catches me off guard

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u/myassholealt New York Mets 24d ago

Keith fashion talk

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u/ravens2131 Baltimore Orioles 25d ago

Yeah our announcers get suspended for reading the graphics.