Comments on: Friday Notes: Zambrano, Brenly, Riggleman

By: jstraw

jstraw — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:46:12 +0000

You’re right. He’s an excellent play-by-play man. I’m just saying he’s not an exciting personality in his own right…he’s a good guy and his personality comes through in the interaction with his partner. That he never distracts from the game on the field is a good thing. I also absolutely love the way he never competes with Bob in terms of baseball knowledge. He asks Bob good questions. Could you ever in a million years imagine Harry asking Steve an insightful baseball question? Or Joe Buck asking Tim McCarver one…or McCerver answering one for that matter?

By: Scarey

Scarey — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:57:00 +0000

I don’t think you’re giving Len enough credit describing him as dry white bread. I think he’s fantastic.

By: jstraw

jstraw — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:43:37 +0000

Bob has indeed become good in the booth but better than that, Len and Bob exceed the sum of their parts. Len is pretty much a slice of dry white bread and might be awful with any number of other color men. But it’s so obvious that the two of them actually enjoy each others’ company that listening to them work a game is like sitting in on a conversation between two, well-informed, knowledgeable friends. I’m not saying they’re the best home booth team in the majors but they’re the best I’ve heard. I get all the feeds on MLB.tv and have listened to a bunch of them and some are downright awful. no matter how I may feel about Brenly moving on to a managing job, with the Cubs or anyone else, if and when that broadcast team gets broken up, I’ll be sad about it.