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Mushnick hits another home run

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by casty33, May 18, 2009.

  1. casty33

    casty33 Active Member

    If you get a chance to read Mr. Mushnick's column on John Sterling in today's NY Post, please do. It is outstanding and, if for some strange reason, you happen to think Sterling does a good job, sorry. I don't.
     
  2. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    It is high, it is far, it is ...... Spectacular.

    http://www.nypost.com/seven/05182009/sports/yankees/baseball_fans_deserve_better_than_sterli_169830.htm?page=2
     
  3. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    It is amazing that the most famous franchise in the country's biggest market has Sterling and Waldman as its radio team.
     
  4. shockey

    shockey Active Member

    yup. amazing is the word.
     
  5. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    Amazingly awful, that is
     
  6. Auntie Phil buried the lede.
    That story about the kid getting stomped is horrifying.
     
  7. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    I am convinced that the high HR totals in New Yankee Stadium are being caused by the hot air emanating from the Yankee Radio broadcast booth.
     
  8. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    Here's the top of the column, I think spnited's link starts on page 2.

    http://www.nypost.com/seven/05182009/sports/yankees/baseball_fans_deserve_better_than_sterli_169830.htm
     
  9. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    Thanks, 21.

    The kid getting stomped is an old story he was just updating what the stomper was doing now.

    Of course, Sterling sucking is an old story, too. But he's ony getting worse
     
  10. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Sterling is a travesty, much more interested in perpetuating his awful schtick than calling a clean game. I listened to a game this spring for about two minutes ... until he uttered the phrase "Tex message" for a home run. I refuse to listen to Yankees games on radio.
     
  11. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Thing is - there aren't a lot of great announcers out there. Without cable television, I don't think 90 percent of the mediocrities doing radio for a MLB team have a job.
    Twenty years of Stirling? Jheezsh.
    Is there anyone (aside from Scully - and maybe John Miller) that can tell a story between pitches any more - or is all the dead time devoted to shilling for an advertiser now?
     
  12. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    Don't blame the announcers for that. That's the club jamming in as many sponsor messages and promos as possible.

    And BTW, Scully's stories repeat more often than "I Love Lucy." He gets a fun fact about most opposing players (and usually just one) and uses it every time the guy comes up.
     
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