I want to be a baseball commentator, what lotto do you have to enter to win that job?

[bettilimbroke999]

They provide ZERO insight into the game beyond what anybody can obviously see

Ortiz slumping he's 5 for his last 25, he could really use a couple of breaks

Jackass Jones is 13 for his last 28 this guy is on fire, he has just had a great night going 3 for 3

The slump continues for Joe Nobody he flies out to left field

What the fuk kinda commentary is that, absolutely fukin pointless just shut the fuk up and lets assume theres a guy throwin a ball and a guy trying to hit

What a job, 3 hours a day prolly make 500k or more a year, no wonder these guys are commentators for 80 years who would ever give that job up

[BrentCrude]

Who is this,George Castanza?When George got fired from a job he thought he should look into becoming a color guy on baseball broadcasts.Remember that episode?

I had a relative named Florian Bloomberg that ran a Goobers style Mobil gas and mechanic station in Prior Lake,Minnesota really close to the old Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington,Minnesota when I was a kid in the 60's.The guy was in a polka band,belonged to the Knights of Columbus,ran the VFW and broadcast high school games on a cornfield rural 1000 watt am station.He was the town character.All the Twins like Harmon Killebrew and Rod Carew lived close to him and knew him and I thought this relative was the coolest guy around.He used to get tons of Twins promotional crap through Mobil for me and I wish I didn't put the cards on my bike spokes and all that stuff.I could have made a fortune on E-bay today if I had the stuff.It was a blast going to games he broadcast.Got to babble a little bit on live air.The whole area was so small town rural and now it's part of a metropolis where the Mega Mall sits on the old Met Stadium.I remember the place as a giant cucumber field and pasture for cows.

Anyway,the guy probably could have moved on to bigger play by play gigs but he had a family to support and was born and died in the town he loved and was happy as hell broadcasting games.I don't think he even took money for doing it.I guess you have to start out doing that kind of a gig and even if you don't get rich doing it,it might be more rewarding.

Herb Carniel and a sidekick named Halsey Hall were the Twins staples in broadcasting and Carniel just died not that long ago still broadcasting a bit.Hall would get on monumental laughing jags where a whole inning went by with him laughing.He was like Dizzy Dean and said stuff like slud into second too but he had his own goofball terms.They just don't make characters like that that broadcast games anymore.Too many corporate stuffed shirts.

[cavsfan]

i wonder how much they get paid? seems like a dream job to me

[head_strong]

You obviously never heard Vin Scully call a game.....a true master of his craft.
He's been calling Dodgers games for the last 60 years, longest of any broadcaster with a single club in professional sports history.
Emmy Award Winner.....
Inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1995.....
ASA named him the top sportscaster of all-time.....
Named California Sportscaster of the Year 28 times.....
People with a resume like this don't come around very often; I'm not even a Dodgers fan but can watch a blowout with the same interest as a tied game entering the 9th inning with his never ending stats, facts and story telling. He's a true professional and legend. Vin Scully