I think a monkey screeching would be less irritating than Chris Berman saying "back, back, back" for the millionth time, or trying to be funny by saying "that ball landed in (fill in name of California city here)." And they would certainly be more insightful than anything Dusty Baker is going to say.
2007-07-10 03:33:25 · 8 answers · asked by Craig S 7 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Techplayer - If there were a million monkeys with a million typewriters, they would eventually rewrite the works of Shakespeare. So to improve on my question, you'd probably only need about three monkeys.
2007-07-10 03:47:21 · update #1
I'm convinced that Berman has some incriminating photos of one of the bigwigs at ESPN. He certainly can't have kept his job all this time based on talent--he is perhaps the worst announcer in human history.
Every year when he announces the derby he says "That ball landed in...." with different city names, but he does it over, and over, and over again.
The nicknames he comes up with, for which he's so famous, are absolutely stupid. Someone already mentioned Albert "Winnie the" Pujols, some of his other gems are Darryl Strawberry "Shortcake", Bruce "Eggs" Benedict, and Tom "Here's a Story of a Man named" Brady.
He also uses words where they don't belong in an attempt to be clever, but ends up being idiotic instead. A few years ago ESPN televised an Indians game and Coco Crisp got a hit. Berman wanted to quip on Crisp's breakfast food sounding name, and said, "Coco Crisp cereals one down the right field line!" He cereals one? Berman, the word cereal is not a verb!!!
Remember being a kid and your brother or someody would poke his finger in your face over and over, but stop short each time and say "I'm not touching you. I'm not touching you". Chris Berman is the announcing version of that.
2007-07-10 04:21:18 · answer #1 · answered by bencas9900 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that Berman has officailly reached Madden status for annoying! Both used to be really good but have now got caught up in their own celebrity! Baker is not made to be on TV and Morgan likes to relive the good old days and make himself better than he was...I keep listening to him and wonder when he will mention how he leaped over large buildings to get pop-ups!
The Home run hitting contest should be narrated by the local broadcaster for the player hitting...Ryan Howard with Harry Kalas as an example. That would get people around the country to be able to hear the local guys a little. They can bring more insight than some of these ESPN guys.
2007-07-10 03:46:12 · answer #2 · answered by bdough15 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd rather listen to fingernails ona chalk board than listen to Chris Berman's screeching. Sounds like a damned chicken clucking.
2007-07-10 10:08:52 · answer #3 · answered by Kelly P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The intelligent dialogue would have been much more interesting.
Im not a big fan of the silly contest, but Gawd Pujols has a sweet swing and awsome power.
2007-07-10 03:45:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I find Chris Berman completely annoying. I couldnt believe he said "Albert, Winnie the Pujols" that was the worst thing I ever heard in my life.
2007-07-10 03:37:14 · answer #5 · answered by J-Far 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
An event like the Homerun Derby is near impossible to call and make it interesting. It is three hours of nothing and any other group of announcers would have had the same problems.
2007-07-10 03:37:53 · answer #6 · answered by Frizzer 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I like baseball, but the home run derby??? I'd rather go to the village green and watch the grass getting cut.
2007-07-10 03:41:28 · answer #7 · answered by OldGringo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would this question be any better if it was replaced by a question written by a monkey??
2007-07-10 03:38:33 · answer #8 · answered by techplayer77 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋