A few trending topics have popped up on my timeline over the last week.
-P Diddy
-Hurricane Milton
-How to grow your hair back in 30 days
and
-Bob Costas
Look, I am not going to sit here and defend Bob Costas’ fake hair and thousands of dollars worth of plastic surgery. He is 72 years old and still wants to look 35. However, I think the overreactions on X are a little much. Personally, I like nothing more than to crawl into bed, light a candle, and listen to Bob Costas’ voice. Below, I will list some of the takes I saw on X. Most observers are upset by his bias, lack of knowledge of the teams, and monotone voice.
Bob is used to getting criticisms from fans and teams. During the 1988 World Series he angered the Dodgers so much, that they started a slogan in the clubhouse. It was, “Kill Costas!” The Dodgers would go on to win the series.
So, I don’t think some Barstool employees and faceless X accounts will scare him. Has he made some mistakes? Sure. Does he go on little history lessons? Yep! Is his voice calming and beautiful? It sure is!
The larger issue here is the fact that we have all these national announcers being thrown into the playoffs to cover teams that they barely know. Case and point, the image below.
Every game I have watched this postseason has been marred with mistakes by the announcers. Look, it is to be expected, some of them haven’t seen these teams play at all. What’s the solution? Well, let me lay it out.
All of these networks have multiple channels. Hire the team’s actual broadcast group and give them each a channel. For example, if the Mets and Yankees make the World Series have Keith, Ron, and Gary on one channel and Michael Kay on another. I am well aware of all the advertising headaches this would cause, but the games would be so much more entertaining having announcers who can show their enthusiasm. Right now, we are watching “down the middle” broadcasts which often come off as boring and ingeniune.
Bob Costas is from New York. He idolized Mickey Mantle growing up. I could care less if she shows a little enthusiasm for his team.
Get over it, people.
Editors Note: When writing the blog, I asked those around me for their take. Here are two of them.
“It’s like he’s announcing solo for a radio broadcast. He states the obvious we can see with our eyes, doesn’t engage Darling into the broadcast. Darling is part of an elite broadcast team with the Mets, and Costas leaves him hanging there.”- Dad.
“Aaand it’s another double play, it’s not Giancarlo’s fault, my cat died today, and the Yankees lost boohoo”- Overdue Sports.
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