Sports Announcers
Mario - Who Are the Other Two Schools?
I've laid off Mario Solis for a while. Well, actually
I've avoided listening to him for awhile.
Unfortunately, I saw his broadcast tonight, and I'm glad I did.
Otherwise, how would I have known that the major west-coast college sports conference has added two additional schools. Yep, according to Mario, UCLA, the brain surgeons, and the others now play in the PAC-12!
Thanks for the info, Mario.
Unfortunately, I saw his broadcast tonight, and I'm glad I did.
Otherwise, how would I have known that the major west-coast college sports conference has added two additional schools. Yep, according to Mario, UCLA, the brain surgeons, and the others now play in the PAC-12!
Thanks for the info, Mario.
theHoundDawg
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Once Again, How Does Mario Solis Keep His Job?
Once again, Mario Solis has shown that he is the
worst announcer currently reporting sports news in
the western world.
This evening on the Channel 4 News, he told listeners, to their shock, that budding star Clayton Kershaw injured his shoulder during batting practice before today's game, and that he would miss his next start.
Frightening news. Terrible news. Could it be serious? Will he miss the rest of the season and the playoffs? Is his career in jeopardy?
All unanswered questions, but likely too early to have any answers.
But wait! Solis never said which shoulder was injured.
A quick turn to Yahoo! Sports, and it was immediately seen, with great relief, that he hurt his RIGHT shoulder, so all those thoughts of a career-threatening injury to his pitching shoulder were eased.
Solis, of course, probably doesn't even know that Kershaw is lefty.
This evening on the Channel 4 News, he told listeners, to their shock, that budding star Clayton Kershaw injured his shoulder during batting practice before today's game, and that he would miss his next start.
Frightening news. Terrible news. Could it be serious? Will he miss the rest of the season and the playoffs? Is his career in jeopardy?
All unanswered questions, but likely too early to have any answers.
But wait! Solis never said which shoulder was injured.
A quick turn to Yahoo! Sports, and it was immediately seen, with great relief, that he hurt his RIGHT shoulder, so all those thoughts of a career-threatening injury to his pitching shoulder were eased.
Solis, of course, probably doesn't even know that Kershaw is lefty.
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How Does Mario Solis Keep His Job?
Among the great sports announcers we've had in LA
over the years, from the play-by-play superstars like
Vin Scully, Chick Hearn, Bill King, and Ralph Lawler,
and the reporting stars, like Jim Healy, Dick Enberg,
and Fred Roggin, there have been quite a few
incompetents, most of whom have come and gone rather
quickly. However, for some mysterious reason, the
totally inept Mario Solis goes on and on in his job
at KNBC.
His lack of knowledge of virtually every major sport is more than evident in each of his broadcasts, but the worst parts of his segments are the regular mispronouncements of the names of athletes and others. Sure, there are the occasional foreign or especially difficult names that any announcer may occasionally mispronounce. But, with Solis, it is more often than not either the name of a local player, or an easy name of another athlete in the news.
Last night, for example, on his broadcast on the late news on Channel 4, KNBC, within about a minute, he made not one, but two egregious errors. First, he totally butchered his pronunciation of long-time Dodger and current Seattle Mariner third baseman, Adrian Beltre, and then, in describing the Dodger-Rockie game, he called Rockie infielder Clint Barmes, Clint Barnes. Not only that, but in the repeat of that same broadcast aired early this morning, he cleaned up the audio tape so that his mispronouncement of Adrian Beltre sounded not nearly so bad, but having no clue about anything to do with seven-year major league veteran player Clint Barmes (pronounced Bar-Mess), he left that as it was.
My local news channel of choice is Channel 4. I really like the late news with Paul Moyer (recently retired after decades in LA news), Colleen Williams, and now Chuck Henry, but I dread the days Fred Roggin is off.
theHoundDawg
His lack of knowledge of virtually every major sport is more than evident in each of his broadcasts, but the worst parts of his segments are the regular mispronouncements of the names of athletes and others. Sure, there are the occasional foreign or especially difficult names that any announcer may occasionally mispronounce. But, with Solis, it is more often than not either the name of a local player, or an easy name of another athlete in the news.
Last night, for example, on his broadcast on the late news on Channel 4, KNBC, within about a minute, he made not one, but two egregious errors. First, he totally butchered his pronunciation of long-time Dodger and current Seattle Mariner third baseman, Adrian Beltre, and then, in describing the Dodger-Rockie game, he called Rockie infielder Clint Barmes, Clint Barnes. Not only that, but in the repeat of that same broadcast aired early this morning, he cleaned up the audio tape so that his mispronouncement of Adrian Beltre sounded not nearly so bad, but having no clue about anything to do with seven-year major league veteran player Clint Barmes (pronounced Bar-Mess), he left that as it was.
My local news channel of choice is Channel 4. I really like the late news with Paul Moyer (recently retired after decades in LA news), Colleen Williams, and now Chuck Henry, but I dread the days Fred Roggin is off.
theHoundDawg
Why Have Announcers if They Ignore the Game?
03/05/09 20:56 Filed in: College
Basketball
In watching the UCLA/Oregon State game this evening,
I was appalled by the announcing.
I've come to expect that while action is going on on the court, the FOX Sports West Prime Ticket Blah Blah Blah Regional Sports Network Cable System Blah Blah cameras will be showing close-ups of players on the bench, coaches, and fans, instead of focusing on the court. But maybe even worse, during the first half of tonight's game, there were stretches of play, including one that had to go on for a good five minutes, where announcers Bill Macdonald and Don MacLean went on and on about the Oregon State team, coach Robinson, their new offense, their recent success, and more, TOTALLY IGNORING WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE COURT.
There was also a long segment of hype for the UCLA woman's gymnastic team, all the while the game was being played, with absolutely no mention of what was happening by anyone supposedly hired to ANNOUNCE the game to the viewers.
When the announcers actually returned to the GAME, there was virtually no recap of what was missed.
Let me add that this all occurred before UCLA took their commanding lead, and while the score was close.
Why bother to employ announcers when they cannot be bothered to actually pay attention to, and describe, THE GAME?
theHoundDawg
I've come to expect that while action is going on on the court, the FOX Sports West Prime Ticket Blah Blah Blah Regional Sports Network Cable System Blah Blah cameras will be showing close-ups of players on the bench, coaches, and fans, instead of focusing on the court. But maybe even worse, during the first half of tonight's game, there were stretches of play, including one that had to go on for a good five minutes, where announcers Bill Macdonald and Don MacLean went on and on about the Oregon State team, coach Robinson, their new offense, their recent success, and more, TOTALLY IGNORING WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE COURT.
There was also a long segment of hype for the UCLA woman's gymnastic team, all the while the game was being played, with absolutely no mention of what was happening by anyone supposedly hired to ANNOUNCE the game to the viewers.
When the announcers actually returned to the GAME, there was virtually no recap of what was missed.
Let me add that this all occurred before UCLA took their commanding lead, and while the score was close.
Why bother to employ announcers when they cannot be bothered to actually pay attention to, and describe, THE GAME?
theHoundDawg