[net.sport.baseball] My predictions and Cosell

glass@houxf.UUCP (10/12/83)

I rechecked my predictions and I think only was has been proven
wrong thusfar:  All Baltimore losses will be at the hands of 
Steve Carlton.  The others still hold potential; remember Murray's
performance in the 1979 world series in relation to slumps?

Cosell serves a distinct purpose:  He gives us all someone to 
hate and to flame about.

                                        Ken

lpa@houxo.UUCP (10/13/83)

This comes in the defense of Howie Cosell.  I think he is interesting
and sometimes informative.  He has a personality and I never could
understand why so many people hated him.  I also feel that Brent
Musburger (sp?) is very annoying.  He knows squat about basketball
and he constantly iritates me with his voice and style.  He has
got no personality and I cannot see his appeal at all.

Anybody out there agree at all with me??

Andy Andres, AT&T Consumer Products Labs, Neptune NJ
...houxo!lpa

trb@masscomp.UUCP (Andy Tannenbaum) (10/15/83)

I like Howard Cosell though he sometimes acts like a schmuck.
(Who's going to cast the first stone?  Surely not I.)
There's more to intelligent sportscasting than knowing the ins and
outs of sports strategy, and I think Howard is a colorful character
and a good journalist, though he wouldn't be as good a manager as Earl
Weaver.  Though he's the butt of many jokes, he's generally well
respected.  Sort of like Ed Sullivan was.  They seem kind of spaced
out, but you can't get where they got being spaced out.

Then again, I think that David Letterman is entertaining, so that
tells you something about my sense of taste.

	Andy Tannenbaum   Masscomp Inc.  Littleton MA   (617) 486-9581