gates@bdmrrr.UUCP (Al Gates) (07/22/85)
> 1) Harry Caray is not a great announcer, BUT he is a totally different > personality - one that goes done in history. > > 2) Steve Stone is one of the worst announcers I've heard. > I completely agree with your assessment of Harry Caray. However, I believe Steve Stone is a good broadcaster. He provides decent strategic analysis and just enough statistics to properly describe a player's performance without boring you. Just a side note about Steve Stone--I'm glad he's in the broadcast booth instead of on the field. I'm still burning about the decision in 1980 to give him the Cy Young Award 25-7 3.40 (or so) over Mike Norris 22-9 2.54. Mike Norris was simply awesome that year and pitched for .500 team. Steve Stone pitched for a ballclub that won 100 games. Mike Norris will probably never get another chance to win that award. There has been a tendency to give Baltimore/New York pitchers the Cy Young award in recent years (last fifteen). -- Al Gates BDM Corporation {seismo,rlgvax}!bdmrrr!gates 7915 Jones Branch Drive McLean, Virginia 22102 (My opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the BDM Corporation)