Worst Announcing Crew: Florida Marlins
April 8, 2009 by joew
It’s painful.
These two idiots talk endlessly about nothing. They speak to the listener like they’re stupid. Rich Waltz and Tommy Hutton.
Marlins Announcers = Fail
I live in Arizona and love the Mets, so I watch a lot of games through the Extra Innings package. So I’ve gotten the pleasure of listening to announcers from all over the country on a regular basis. But I’ve got to say that these two schmucks are the worst ever. And that’s saying something, because I’ve listened to Michael Kay.
They’re homers. BIG time homers. They have to have nicknames for everyone. They insisted on calling Emilio Bonafacio “Bonnie” no less than 3 times in the inning and a half I’ve watched between the Nationals and Marlins (or as I like to think of it - the battle for last place in the NL East). How do you consciously call a grown man Bonnie? It’s deplorable. Josh Willingham is Hammer. Cody Ross is thankfully just Cody.
Tommy Hutton spent 3 minutes explaining how Bonnie’s lead at first was big and you can tell it’s big because he’s out past that spot on the field where the dirt cuts out from the grass around the bases. Really? Well it looks like the Marlins infield is cut so the cut is about 6 feet from the bag. That’s not a very big lead. Its a healthy lead but not huge. Bonafacio was getting a tremendous secondary lead, but his initial lead was pretty average, maybe just above. I’ve seen Carlos Delgado take bigger leads and he can’t outrun my grandmother.
The Marlins are constantly begging for fans. They do it every commercial break. And I can’t help but think that they’d draw more people to the broadcasts with a better, more enjoyable, more KNOWLEDGABLE announcing team.
I live in a state where I am forced to listen to Mark Grace prattle on endlessly. And I would rather listen to Gracie than these two. In fact, I would listen to a broadcasting trio of Michael Kay, Chip Karay, and Bob Costas before these two morons.
You’ve been crowded the worst ever, Waltz and Hutton. You’ve reached the pinnacle of badness. It’s time to retire.
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OH, and the worst part: I’ve had to listen to these two a-holes for the last two seasons gush about how the Marlins relished knocking the Mets out of the playoffs. I’ve never wanted to punch my TV more.
They sound like two guys who just met on a bus trying to make small talk about a topic neither one knows much about.