I was just thinking the other day about an announcer (a former player) who was talking about what pitch to throw and what pitch that would possibly set up and blah blah blah. And while I love "inside information" he just never Shut. The. Fuck. Up. It wasn't fun, it was dorky. And they treat the viewer as if they'd NEVER seen a baseball game in their lives. That's why Vin Scully was the greatest. He wasn't some jock that was dumber than a bag of rocks and could absolutely talk about ANYTHING. And he trusted the viewer.
Sometimes the best parts you speak of are when the announcer isn’t speaking and you can only hear the murmur of the crowd. It’s one of many reasons I don’t watch football as much anymore. I don’t need non stop commentary explaining what I just saw myself. It’s our society. Overstimulation is a curse
I was actually working on a piece about baseball on the radio and then I read yours. You did a great job capturing the magic, although I think that it is still there. Rethinking mine now. Don't want to plagiarize!
It's very true, and tragic, that stillness seems a thing of the past. Modern culture is all about non-stop stimulation, and it seems that some are lost without it. No ability to be comfortable alone in their own heads.
Before I retired, when walking from the office to my car, I often saw people doing the same thing but chatting on their cellphones. I always wondered why. That walk seemed a nice time to quietly chill out as you switched from work mode to home mode. That's when I decided that a lot of people were afraid to be alone in their own heads. (Probably due to the vast emptiness therein.)
Thanks for the shout-out.
I was just thinking the other day about an announcer (a former player) who was talking about what pitch to throw and what pitch that would possibly set up and blah blah blah. And while I love "inside information" he just never Shut. The. Fuck. Up. It wasn't fun, it was dorky. And they treat the viewer as if they'd NEVER seen a baseball game in their lives. That's why Vin Scully was the greatest. He wasn't some jock that was dumber than a bag of rocks and could absolutely talk about ANYTHING. And he trusted the viewer.
Sometimes the best parts you speak of are when the announcer isn’t speaking and you can only hear the murmur of the crowd. It’s one of many reasons I don’t watch football as much anymore. I don’t need non stop commentary explaining what I just saw myself. It’s our society. Overstimulation is a curse
I was actually working on a piece about baseball on the radio and then I read yours. You did a great job capturing the magic, although I think that it is still there. Rethinking mine now. Don't want to plagiarize!
Write it! Would love to read it.
It's very true, and tragic, that stillness seems a thing of the past. Modern culture is all about non-stop stimulation, and it seems that some are lost without it. No ability to be comfortable alone in their own heads.
Before I retired, when walking from the office to my car, I often saw people doing the same thing but chatting on their cellphones. I always wondered why. That walk seemed a nice time to quietly chill out as you switched from work mode to home mode. That's when I decided that a lot of people were afraid to be alone in their own heads. (Probably due to the vast emptiness therein.)