Enberg and Grant will remain broadcast partners this year, assuming MLB ratifies the Fox-Padres venture. But Enberg's contract, widely thought to expire after this season, also covers 2013 and 2014.
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this year was a given
’013 and ’014 is a nightmare
if he stays in the booth
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
Oh. Okay.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have about 160 aspirin to take.
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by TheThinGwynn on Feb 20, 2012 1:58 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Heck yeah!
This guy
well that's the reason why they're fans, they can't play, they can't play at this level, some have tried and got cut at the HS level or whatever. -Orlando Hudson
Um, Pickles?
We don’t like heem.
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I hated him at first.
Then I got used to him. The same thing will happen with the new guy.
well that's the reason why they're fans, they can't play, they can't play at this level, some have tried and got cut at the HS level or whatever. -Orlando Hudson
Who has two thumbs and banged your mom while wearing a yellow tie and exclaiming "Oh My!"?
THAT GUY
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by sdchicken on Feb 20, 2012 8:12 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Not Jonathan Holmes.
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i got this
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Destroying your facts with opinions
Oh My...
Oh My, I hope he can contain his nut bank when stars on other teams do well against us this year.
"Well, he ought to go home and find somebody else to bang." Jerry Coleman
by cubbuster on Feb 20, 2012 1:36 AM PST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
This would have gotten way more backlash
if you’d commented it on the post below this one.
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by TheThinGwynn on Feb 20, 2012 4:28 AM PST up reply actions
you know...
I actually thought about that and made an effort to double check that I didn’t do it on accident.
Guess I am going to be drunk for all the broadcasts...
as least Wimbledon will give my liver a fighting chance.
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
i may be wrong
but I thought he was done with Tennis. No wiimbledon break anymore.
Scowling at Padres Losses since 1981
I assume he'll be looking for work elsewhere, since they said at Fanfest that Masur would be doing some TV work.
I’m assuming Masur will be the new fill-in guy.
I saw Mark Neely on the last
MWC basketball broadcast.
It was San Fran Univ. vs. someone other than SDSU.
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Can someone articulate the hate for Enberg
I mean he’s not the best broadcaster, that much is clear. But he’s far from the worst I’ve ever heard.
I think it's because he doesn't like brown.
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by TheThinGwynn on Feb 20, 2012 3:29 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Two separate comments with two different emoticons?
Come on now ;)
by Dex on Feb 20, 2012 9:57 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
Two separate comments with two different emoticons?
Come on now. :P
by Dex on Feb 20, 2012 9:57 PM PST up reply actions 6 recs
In an attempt to show he's not biased towards one team
He roots for whatever team the padres are playing and seems to be disappointed when the pads do something right for once.
Example: “OH MY! What a towering home run for the Reds veteran first baseman! Maybin didn’t even have a prayer of catching that! 16-3 Reds!”
10 minutes later: “Back to the warning path and it’s a…home run for san diego’s Yasmani Grandal. 16-4 Padres.”
We used to have a list but it looks like it was deleted from the glb wiki.
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Also, when he heard fans complain about his "attempt to be neutral," he basically said:
“Good. Fcuk off, Fryer fans. What kind of a team names itself after a cooking appliance anyways???”
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by sdchicken on Feb 20, 2012 4:02 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Nice to know he can spell...
Still there’s something to be said for a more neutral leaning broadcaster rather than the sniveling homers some teams have (like the Giants).
That is true, I hate those two bozos.
I remember watching a Padres @ Giants game where the Friars were shellacking the Va-g-gs, and they stopped covering the game and instead focused on talking about this old guy who was one of “ball boys.”
Those two are a couple of classless assclowns.
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by sdchicken on Feb 20, 2012 8:14 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I like homer broadcasts
I don’t watch sports to be neutral. If I watch the broadcast of another team, I just assume that they’re going to be more pleased when their team does well and potentially see calls their way as opposed to the opposition’s way.
by Dex on Feb 20, 2012 10:00 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
I know, and I feel that way to a degree
But Kruk and Kuip can eat a bowl full of monkey balls for all I care.
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by sdchicken on Feb 21, 2012 1:25 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
Kruk and Kuip are so homerish that the Giants can be losing by 10 runs and they’ll still find ways to belittle the other team, pump any little achievement by the Giants, or like chicken said outright ignore the game to watch the crowd. It’s completely unprofessional. Their radio broadcasters aren’t any better either.
Frankly I’d much rather have neutral or just slightly leaning toward the home team. Nothing wrong with recognizing a great play by the opposing team rather than making some crap excuse for a home team player not making it to first to stop the double play.
Personally, I think it's awesome when it gets obnoxious
One of the things I loved about Matty V was the fact that I could be almost positive that he was a Padres fan. The El Camino St. Louis Incident was just so awesome. And I think it would go a long way if Enberg “accidentally” forgot to hit the cough button while broadcasting at Chavez and said something like, “This plays just reeks of urine, doesn’t it?”
Yeah, but that was Matty V. Who doesn't love that guy?
(Aside from , y’know, El Camino-loving, urine soaked, St. Louis fans?)
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by sdchicken on Feb 21, 2012 6:09 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
i like the awful white sox commentators
but like all giants fans, those bay area dick hats can choke on some sourdough and slip off their yoga mats for all i care.
by iheartyourfart on Feb 20, 2012 10:12 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Right.
There is something to be said for a NEUTRAL broadcaster. But Dick often praises the other team while remaining passive about the Padres.
ALSO, he constantly misreads plays and mispronounces our own players’ names. And before someone jumps on my nuts, I’m not saying he has to be perfect and not make mistakes. But he makes far more mistakes than any other broadcaster I’ve heard.
No pants. No problem.
by jodes0405 on Feb 20, 2012 8:27 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
See that's not neutral then
He’s a visiting team bozo is his problem. Neutral or near neutral wouldn’t be pumping up the opposing team over the home team. Want to hear a good near neutral guy, listen to the old radio broadcasts of Bill King in Oakland. Outstanding broadcaster who gave both teams their dues (even if slightly leaning toward the home team where appropriate). Jerry seems to me to be another in that vein when he’s still on.
Vin Scully is the best
obviously he loves the dodgers, but he always seems genuinely interested in the other team as well, and always finds something interesting and relevant to talk about during the game.
by iheartyourfart on Feb 21, 2012 11:34 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
A pattern is emerging
Old guys leaned much more toward neutral (or neutral/home) than homer.
by athletics68 on Feb 21, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
The older guys
came from the “Don’t Be a Homer” School of broadcasting. Before Dick came to the Padres he was doing a lot of national work, so being neutral and finding excitement from either side of the game is what he knew.
I was originally looking forward to Enberg- A nationally recognized broadcaster on the Padres call seemed like a good Idea. And having heard some truly awful broadcasting, homerism or otherwise (Mark Grace with the D-Bags comes to mind) It was a weclome change. I get frustrated with Enbergs calls, but my beef with him isn’t on his lack of excitement for the Padres. I’ve heard him make some rather excited calls for San Diego. I think as Fans, his neutrality never matches our excitement , or disgust over the given situation.
My problem with Dick Enberg is his constant miscalls, the butchering of names of players, including our own, and especially Latin players. The same tired old stories, and the use of the term “Padres on Every Pillow”
Scowling at Padres Losses since 1981
I'd suggest if people don't like Dick to just mute him and put the radio on with Teddy
But then I know Teddy opens another huge can of worms with some Pads fans.
I know.
In response to you saying:
Still there’s something to be said for a more neutral leaning broadcaster rather than the sniveling homers some teams have
I’m saying it would be fine if Dick was neutral. But he’s not.
No pants. No problem.
every story
ends up about Ted Williams
he needs glasses
him and Mud are boring…we were spoiled by Matty V
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
I don't think Mud is boring. I do think Dick brings Mud's personality down a notch though.
No pants. No problem.
that's
what I meant
Mud has had to dumb down his jokes or make his pop culture references…relate to the 1950’s
the problem is…him and Matty were so funny together – that just doesn’t exist now
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
by Hormel on Feb 20, 2012 9:14 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I like Mud and Mark Neely together too.
I sometimes complained about Neely when he called Padres games before Enberg came along. But now when he fills in for Enberg, I welcome it.
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puts me to sleep
He’s beyond boring.
by SanDiegoKev on Feb 20, 2012 5:47 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
It probably doesn't help that he likes the phrase "A Padre at every pillow."
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by sdchicken on Feb 20, 2012 8:15 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Over/under this season for
" Oh, my! What a catch by the fan from [insert city/town]! You know… My friend [Insert other old ass announcer] used to say that!"
Pretty sure ratings will be low with Enberg behind the booth
Where in the world is Khalil?
by TheVinylCrocodile on Feb 20, 2012 7:21 PM PST reply actions
Perhaps, but is that a because of Enberg?
Im pretty sure the Padres place in the standings will have the greatest affect on the broadcast. Anyone know of any studies to show how Enberg vs. any other broadcaster (Neely, perhaps since that would seem to have the lowest variation from other factors affecting ratings)
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So many more opportunities for Enberg Bingo!
Looking at the positive, y’all.
25 years as a baseball fan and I'm still confused by the infield fly rule
by SolanaFan on Feb 20, 2012 7:30 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Also, Dick Enberg drinking game.
No pants. No problem.
by jodes0405 on Feb 20, 2012 8:36 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Sometime in the future:
’ Sandoval hits a deep fly to center,
Kotsay, er, Maybin, goes back and reels it in.’
It takes a Dick to mix up different colors of OFs.
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But have you looked at them? I mean, REALLY looked at them?
Can you tell the difference? Me neither.
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by sdchicken on Feb 21, 2012 1:24 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
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