Apart from the fact that he knows very little about baseball, Sterling can’t see anymore (flyballs to the middle of the OF provoke a HR call), so it’s kind of ridiculous that he still is employed as a broadcaster.

Waldman is a good reporter, but may be the worst broadcaster I have ever heard.She is also a close talker. If her face got any closer to a player’s face during an interview, she would break her nose if they stopped short.

I actually like Sterling and Waldman, but I don’t feel they are talking down to me. I just feel they want the Yanks to win, a lot too. I like that Sterling is a big homer, he pisses me off at times, but when the moment is tight and the Yanks pull it out then he yells like I want to.

I find Sterling entertaining, the last thing I want is for my radio announcer to bore me to death talking about VORP, ERA+ or anything other SABR stat. I think enough at work.

I agree that he misses the call on the field, I want to say ‘on occasion’ , but he does that a lot too. But that’s a part of his quirkiness.

Now, Michael Kay, if you want REALLY want to talk about talking down then I think nobody is better than Kay.

OK. Correct my comment about Suzyn to radio commentator.

re: Sterling: I agree with the general sentiment that his biggest drawback is that you can’t really follow the game when listening to him. I have gotten to the point where if he calls a Yankee HR then I wait a moment to see if he will correct himself.

re: Waldman: I remember enough of her on the FAN doing Knicks then Yankees reporting that she is much better than what she is able to do now with Sterling. My guess is that she compromised having to work with Sterling in order to get what she wanted which is a role as TV commentator for the Yanks.

Aside on Sterling: does anyone remember the old World Hockey League NY Raiders? (mid 70′s I would guess). Their radio announcer had an over-the-top trademark call: “Raider Goal!!!. I recently learned that the guy was the same John Sterling.

TV, radio…all the announcers seem like they’re paid for by the Yanks. Rarely is there a critisism. Now, they’re emphasizing how much Arod’s homers REALLY count. Please.

Of course, my all time favorite was The Scooter, followed by Bobby Murcer. Two guys who bled pinstripes.

So, I guess I accept former Yankee players, who I really loved, only saying really good things; but, I tire of those who never wore the pinstripes, who I wasn’t as crazy about.

cr1 – does your grandmother have a Twitter account, because, I want to start following her!

Seriously, I know there are always exceptions to the rule, etc. But, I do know many people over the age of 70 myself, and, my experience has been that they prefer/tend to keep it simple when it comes to following the game – by this, I mean, talk in terms of BA/HR/RBI and not in terms of WPA, OPS, RCAA, OWP, UZR, BABIP, etc. and really don’t get too bogged down in analysis, etc. And, it seems like that’s the crowd that JS & SW are aiming at…the Jerome from Manhattans, Doris from Rego Park, etc., type of fan as opposed to the one who reads several blogs, BBTF, BP, THT, etc.

its funny that the FAN rips her cause she was the first ever voice heard on the FAN

@ G.I. Joey:
Funny that we’re talking about this because Boomer & Carton were trashing her again this morning for something she said during Old Timer’s Day. Basically WFAN is a bunch of classless idiots which doesn’t surprise me since they’re the flagship station for the Mets.

Evan3457 wrote:

Waldman is well…meh/OK/mediocre. I don’t feel she adds much in analysis of the game, but she does do excellent clubhouse/interview work. I can take her or leave her. As an announcer, I mean.

Agreed. It was unfortunate that YES replaced an outstanding clubhouse/postgame interviewer with Jones, who couldn’t carry Waldman’s mic, while Waldman got shifted to doing radio color, not her strength. I understand that the visuals were the key to that move, but surely there was another way to get a younger blonder woman into camera range?

@ MJ:

I totally agree that she gets mistreated by her NY media peers. The whole Roger Clemens “Goodness Gracious!!” comment was def. silly and over the top, but they would not stop ripping her about it, especially Francesa and Russo (not that I expect either of those clowns to exhibit any sort of class).