[NU Sports] Re: White Sox vs. . . . Everyone (fwd)

[Jeff Beamsley]

I thought the Harry/Jimmy Piersall broadcast team during the 80's for the
Sox was fun.  Harry saw himself as a reflection of the fans in the stands,
and the Sox fans of those days were a rowdy bunch.  So he and Jimmy did a
lot of venting over the airwaves and eventually talked themselves out of a
job.

Harry went to the north side and again took on the character of those fans,
drank a lot, lost track of what was going on in the game, and generally had
a good time whether the team won or lost. (couldn't resist) <g>

BTW I agree with you that Irv described a bears game like he would describe
paint drying on the wall.  I never could understand why he got that job.

Jeff
 

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Mike Nolan
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 11:33 AM
To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: [NU Sports] Re: White Sox vs. . . . Everyone (fwd)

> If there is a worse announcing team than the one the White Sox have, I 
> don't know who it is.  They are the most biased announcers that I have 
> ever heard and I've heard Rizzuto, Bob Prince and a few other homers 
> in my time.  I sort of liked watching the White Sox do well last year 
> but couldn't stand the announcers so would hit the mute button.

Yeah, they're hard to listen to, unless you're a rabid Sox fan, I suppose.

But I always though Harry was insufferable, even back when he was doing the
Cardinals on the radio, and I thought he got worse when he moved to Chicago.
His final few years were truly awful, because he had trouble remembering
what team he was doing.  

I wonder how many on this list are old enough to remember Jack Quinlan, who
preceded Vince Lloyd on Cubs radio broadcasts in the 60's?  
Swing-and-a-miss!

However, the worst radio announcer I ever heard for any sport still has to
be Irv Kupcinet, doing Bears games on WGN.  The guys that WGN have doing
Cats games are much better.
--
Mike Nolan

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