DennyDoyle'sBoil said:
I would take McCarver back. Can't believe I'm saying it, but there it is. Mostly because Harold is so awful. But also because, as insufferable as McCarver started to get, he and Buck has some chemistry. They genuinely seemed to like each other and had almost a father son thing going on, which is a vibe I associate with baseball. Don 't get me wrong, I'd rather have Eck. But this booth stinks. Maybe I'm just forgetting how bad he was.
Yes, you are forgetting how insufferably smug TimMc was.
But I don't think it matters who Fox hires, so long as the Fox marketing machine (or whateve) sets the rules.
Rules that seem to be designed to deliver an "emotional soundtrack" type of commentary. Where contradictions, often less than a minute apart, are not a problem. The goal has got to be keeping the idly curious viewer "engaged". The committed fans, who actively hate such blather, ARE going to stick around no matter what.
Alas, if only the varying delays didn't make it hard to sync the radio with the TV.