VIDEO!-American commentators are boring.
Haha, not bad!
You know they are cheering for ND, right?
If the announcer freaked out every time we converted a 4th down or scored a touchdown I would shoot myself.
How I miss Ernie Harwell.
Nothing happening between pitches? It's okay to SHUT UP for two seconds.
In my mind its 1968 and I'm a nine year old boy at my parents cottage in Brights Grove, Canada on the southern edge of Lake Huron. It's a hot summer day and I'm playing on the beach with my dad's transistor radio on listening to the Tigers game. Denny McClain is pitching and I can still hear Ernie call the game.....
Ahhhh memories.
I'm not sure but either Norm Cash or Willie Horton hit a home run to win the game late.
True, what i would give to hear Bob Ufer live, instead of being stuck with the Pam Wards and Tom Hammonds.
That's hilarious!!!
ND.
Also, I am guessing the second half was from a soccer match, where is seems like over selling the action and enthusiasm for it is the expectation.
I'm almost sure that one was Dennis Bergkamp's winner against Argentina in France's 1998 World Cup quarterfinals
Dennis Bergkamp! Dennis Bergkamp!Dennis Bergkamp!Dennis Bergkamp!Dennis Bergkamp!
This would be more suited for a deep bomb that was caught in the endzone.
Funny video. Reminds me of a Simpsons episode involving a soccer riot...
1:00 - 1:19
My buddy is in broadcasting at UM and works for BTN, etc. He was doing play by play for the student broadcast of that game and on that play, he completely hijacks the call. The ball is hiked, Denard goes right and you hear him erupt: "big hole. BIG HOLE. GO. GO. GO!!!!"
I wish there was a youtube video of it
Believe it or not I got chills reading your post while envisioning that play. Video would be nice, but I still appreciate the post.
In related news, I'm a tigers fan living in Chicago and I have to listen to Hawk's (White sox) commentary and I cant. f-ing. stand him. My roommate is a sox fan and also dislikes him but he enjoys his home run call, "He gone!" I cant stand it because not only is it annoying, it takes all the spontaneity out of a home run call/broadcasting if you say the same thing every time for certain situations.
Hawk says "He gone!" after a strikeout. After a home run he says "You can put it on the board, yes!!!" I will agree he's a homer, but I wouldn't call him boring.
Makes me regret the invention of the spoken word, but praise the invention of the mute button.
that muted out the commentators only during football games, and the only thing I could hear were the sounds on the field ... I miss that tv!!
If you want enthusiasm in the calls, you really need to watch or listen to the local broadcasts. I think the national announcers have to show some degree of unbias when covering the game. The local broadcasters not so much. Although listening to the soccer call makes me miss Ufer.
That was Bergkamp's legendary goal vs Argentina in the 98 World Cup. Just for fun, in this video you can compare Dutch commentary against BBC and ABC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsZkCFoqSBs
Sorry, haven't mastered embedding yet.
For some EPL games, Sky broadcast alternate audio called Fanzone where you get commentary from two commentators (one for each team) who are just regular fans. Some of the banter is hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y56quTJ88O0&feature=related
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Would have been nice if the guys were quiet and just let the audience hear the crowd. Sometimes broadcasters do chime in at the worst moments.