Loved Miller, can't stand Faldo.
Also, wish I liked tennis more, because McEnroe is ridiculously good.
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Best Color Analysts Ever
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Loved Miller, can't stand Faldo.
Also, wish I liked tennis more, because McEnroe is ridiculously good.
Seconded for Ken Venturi.
As a lifelong Cubs fan, I have a soft spot in my heart for Steve Stone.
Packer and McGuire were at their best together, Billy serving as the basketball nerd ("that's a great no-call") and McGuire as the emotional fan ("the kid's an aircraft carrier!"). With deck Enberg on play-by-play, that might be the best broadcast team ever in any sport. Madden and Summerall are also in the running.
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I love tennis, and John McEnroe is by far the best. He absolutely pulls no punches and knows the game better than anyone I've ever heard talk about it.
He's great with Chris Fowler, but he might be better with Patrick McEnroe on play by play. Patrick knows exactly which buttons to push to get his brother going on a subject, and the result is usually glorious.
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Listening to Jerry Remy and Dennis Eckersley in the NESN booth for Red Sox games has been an absolute joy these past few years. Maybe it's because I love the era of baseball in which they played, but they are must-see TV for me.
Andy Brickley also does a great job with the Bruins. And to go way back, John Pierson, doing color with Fred Cusick, was excellent on Ch. 38.
nationally, I liked listening to Tony Kubek when he was paired with Garagiola or Costas. I thought he would explain all the nuances to the game that a casual watcher wouldn't understand.
Andy Brickley also does a great job with the Bruins. And to go way back, John Pierson, doing color with Fred Cusick, was excellent on Ch. 38.
nationally, I liked listening to Tony Kubek when he was paired with Garagiola or Costas. I thought he would explain all the nuances to the game that a casual watcher wouldn't understand.
I always enjoyed Harry Neale, especially working on Maple Leafs games with Joe Bowen.
Madden was the gold standard during his time but Merlin Olsen and Bob Trumpy were pretty damn good too.
Trumpy is a good one, Huggy. Joel Meyers told me it was a mistake by Westwood One to let him go. Trumpy was a damn good talk-show host as well.
Great call on Tony Kubek. Grew up with him on the weekly NBC games and then we got to hear a lot of him when he paired with Don Chevrier on Blue Jays games.
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People know Madden as the "Boom" guy, but he really elevated people's expectation of what color people should be providing. Line play, plays that "set up" other plays, etc. Also not sure how much tape color people watched ahead of a game pre-Madden. Shoot even calling them "color" people now (a throwback to when they were merely expected to provide "personality" to the broadcast or an old story or three) is a misnomer. The best watch hours of tape, spot "tells" and tendencies. I still like to hear an old baseball story on a broadcast though - I've heard enough and seen enough on pitch sequencing in my lifetime.
