Marchand Sports Media Grading NFL & MLB Play-by-Players
In the 40-minute Marchand Sports Media podcast, Andrew Marchand and Jon Meterparel praise and criticize NFL & MLB play-by-players and analysts, including Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, Al Michaels, Chris Fowler, Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Karl Ravech, Boog Sciambi, Kevin Brown, Dan Shulman, Ben McDonald, Adam Amin, Bob Wischusen, Mark Sanchez, Andrew Catalon and much more.
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What’s on tap …
* What was missing from CBS’ Jim Nantz & Tony Romo’s call during the Broncos upset of the Eagles
* What to make of Amazon’s Al Michaels on Thursday Night Football
* The mistake ESPN continually makes in its top booths
* Who was the best MLB play-by-player on ESPN’s first round coverage
* Why CBS’ college football coverage nailed it with Rick Neuheisel
* Fox’s Mark Sanchez’ terrible weekend
* ESPN’s Ben McDonald made a mistake, but was it the end of the world
* What do NFL booths need to learn from Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
* How should booths handle big plays
* Why aren’t producers coaching their broadcasters
* The problem with three-person booths
* Why the Chris Fowler, Louis Riddick Jr. & Dan Orlovsky No. 2 NFL booth doesn’t fit for ESPN
* What did Marchand & Meterparel think of Fox’s Eric Collins
* The problem with play-by-players trying to be aggregated
* You have to finish your calls and follow the officials, which Andrew Catalon did not do on a big Giants-Saints turnover
* Evaluating Catalon, Jason McCourty and Charles Davis crew
* Bob Wischusen’s moment on the Florida game
* Rich Eisen’s week off
* Talking about Michaels, Amazon and aging broadcasters
* How Karl Ravech, Eduardo Perez and David Cone have done as ESPN’s No. 1 MLB team
* How should play-by-players lead analysts to points
* Who does ESPN’s Kevin Brown sound like
* The sideline reporter who stood out during ESPN’s MLB coverage
* How Fox’s Adam Amin and his partners did in big spots
* Fox’s David Ortiz making Derek Jeter crack up is good TV
* Kevin Connors, Jeff Passan & Baseball Tonight excelled
* The significance of Boston Red Sox president Sam Kennedy telling SBJ’s Mike Mazzeo that the Red Sox are on-board with Rob Manfred’s national digital strategy
* Why Steve Kerr not signing a new coaching contract extension has media implications
* Amazon’s Jay Marine thinks the platform could get a Super Bowl in the “fullness of time”
* Why the McDonald-John Buccigross hubub was so overdone
* Was Jessica Mendoza in the booth with McDonald and Brown
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