The OFFICIAL 2011 Texas Rangers' Season Thread

[jthig32]

I mean this not as a personal insult of any kind, as the guy is by all accounts a great dude.

But John Rhadigan is awful. Just awful.

I can only assume that he will get better with more practice, but it's honestly pretty embarrassing that this team went this route instead of bringing in a high level, professional baseball announcer.

Oh, and on baseball matters, Hamilton's not going to play most of the season in CF, so there's no point griping about Murphy vs Borbon. If you don't want Borbon, fine, but you have to go get another CF, or you put even more wear and tear on Josh.

Josh + Borbon >>>>> Murphy + Davis or whoever else would move into the lineup if Hamilton got hurt.

[Murphy3]

Originally Posted by jthig32

I mean this not as a personal insult of any kind, as the guy is by all accounts a great dude.

But John Rhadigan is awful. Just awful.

I can only assume that he will get better with more practice, but it's honestly pretty embarrassing that this team went this route instead of bringing in a high level, professional baseball announcer.

Oh, and on baseball matters, Hamilton's not going to play most of the season in CF, so there's no point griping about Murphy vs Borbon. If you don't want Borbon, fine, but you have to go get another CF, or you put even more wear and tear on Josh.

Josh + Borbon >>>>> Murphy + Davis or whoever else would move into the lineup if Hamilton got hurt.

Actually, I think there's a pretty good chance that Hamilton plays more than half the games in CF this year.

[jthig32]

Originally Posted by Murphy3

Actually, I think there's a pretty good chance that Hamilton plays more than half the games in CF this year.

There's very, very little chance of that happening.

[Mav Addict]

Originally Posted by jthig32

I mean this not as a personal insult of any kind, as the guy is by all accounts a great dude.

But John Rhadigan is awful. Just awful.

I can only assume that he will get better with more practice, but it's honestly pretty embarrassing that this team went this route instead of bringing in a high level, professional baseball announcer.

I agree...he is terrible...him and Tom have no chemistry either...the dead air between them really is embarrassing. IMO

I knew the Rangers hitters were is good, but I never thought they would start off this hot...11 HR's and 1.183 OPS in 3 games is ridiculous even for this small sample size.

[jthig32]

Originally Posted by Mav Addict

I agree...he is terrible...him and Tom have no chemistry either...the dead air between them really is embarrassing. IMO

Now see, I'm going to disagree with part of this. I have no issues with the dead air. None at all. I didn't love Josh Lewin, and the main reason was he treated silence like it was toxic. Baseball is a peaceful, slow paced game. I see no reason that you have to be jabbering every single second of the broadcast.

So I'm fine with the silence. I like it, actually. It's the talking part that John is pretty bad at. I don't think LoneStarBall is every going to let go of the "It's a caught!" meme that came from yesterday's game.