Tuesday
Aug152006
Motown Listeners' Nightmare
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at 3:24PM 
So our first "Monday" night game on Espn is in the books. It immediately became apparent that the intention of the downward spiraling network, as always these days, was to gimmick up the broadcast. Besides the obvious reasons of not hiring a football ignorant person to blunder through the most sacred weekly television broadcast, they go and add more bizarre graphics and segments than necessary. The only Tony! Tony! Tony! I want to hear sung is "Feels Good" or "If I had No Loot" by the group Tony! Toni! Tone!. I just don't think it's a good idea and seeing how Espn has filled it's airwaves with dorks, see Mr. Leather, Around the Horn Jerk offs, let alone steven a. and stuart. I think this is just another publicity stunt and real fans should be super pissed. I am. I can deal with Theisman, even though he makes his share of idiotic comments at least he had his bone exposed by LT to give him some street cred. Torico I can also handle, he is adequate, but we can only hope they get better, they get a pass this time but they are on a short leash with me.
Now I must admit I didn't hear the whole game cuz I simultaneously watching the Tigers pound Josh Beckett. But here in lies the dilemma, a dilemma i wouldn't wish on a near deaf person, listen to the new crew on Monday or Rod and Mario. I leaned towards the Monday crew because I already know our Detroit boys are winning the race for worst MLB play-by-play this season by more games than the Mets are winning the NL East by, but after a while it was a tough decision. I did listen to the broadcast long enough to hear two or three full innings of special guest Mark "the bird" Fydrich. What a treat that was. It only made me more disappointed I wasn't around yet to see his antics in person, and for all of you that don’t know, that shit he did was not an act. Next time this occurs, I am definitely going to listen to Sirius 19, the Buzzsaw, while watching both muted. What would you do??
Reader Comments (3)
Had the Tigers on the Media Center PC with audio from Sirius 13 (Super Shuffle), and a nice game of NCAA 2007 on the HDTV between Michigan and Wisconsin (77-6 Wolverines...Llamar Woodley poised to be the next defensive player to win the Heismann). I did catch the tail end of MNF. I am personally more concerned with High Pitch Mike and his play-by-play. Had enough of that during that Iowa-Michigan OT game last year. He does love the Maize and Blue though, so perhaps I should give the Ann Arborite a pass.
FD-WM
The Bird brought back so many fond memories. He was certainly an entertainer.
MNF....I had the volume way down and they still didn't sound good....Mike maybe but I think golf fits him better. The other two are nothing but a waste of time.....Oh Well
Although I can stand the tigers announcers alot more when we get back to back wins in Boston!!!!