The sabermetrics (a.k.a. Moneyball) website, Fangraphs put together an offseason poll. In it they asked the geeky baseball fans to rate their hometown announcers, with a particular emphasis on sabermetric insight.
Then put it all together using a geeky formula to determine the top 30 Baseball broadcasters:
1. Los Angeles Dodgers (Home) – Vin Scully
2. New York Mets – Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, and Keith Hernandez
3. San Francisco Giants – Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow
4. Houston Astros – Bill Brown and Jim Deshaies
5. Boston Red Sox – Don Orsillo and Jerry Remy
6. Chicago Cubs – Len Kasper and Bob Brenly
7. Milwaukee Brewers – Brian Anderson and Bill Schroeder
8. Detroit Tigers – Mario Impemba and Rod Allen
9. Oakland Athletics – Glen Kuiper and Ray Fosse
10. Tampa Bay Rays – Dewayne Staats and Brian Anderson
11. Los Angeles Angels – Victor Rojas and Mark Gubicza
12. Baltimore Orioles – Gary Thorne and Jim Palmer
13. Seattle Mariners – Dave Sims and Mike Blowers
14. Minnesota Twins – Dick Bremer and Bert Blyleven
15. Texas Rangers – Dave Barnett and Tom Grieve
16. Miami Marlins – Rich Waltz and Tommy Hutton
17. San Diego Padres – Dick Enberg and Mark Grant
18. Cincinnati Reds – Thom Brennaman and Chris Welsh
19. Kansas City Royals – Ryan Lefebvre and Frank White (replaced by Rex Hudler this season, 2012)
20. Pittsburgh Pirates – Some combination of Greg Brown, Tim Neverett, Bob Walk, Steve Blass, and John Wehner
21. Arizona Diamondbacks – Daron Sutton and Mark Grace
22. New York Yankees – Michael Kay and Ken Singleton (and David Cone, John Flaherty, Al Leiter, and Paul O’Neill)
23. Washington Nationals – Bob Carpenter and F. P. Santangelo
24. Cleveland Indians – Matt Underwood and Rick Manning
25. Toronto Blue Jays – Buck Martinez and Pat Tabler
26. Philadelphia Phillies – Tom McCarthy, Chris Wheeler, and (sort of) Gary “Sarge” Matthews
27. Atlanta Braves – Chip Caray and Joe Simpson
28. Colorado Rockies – Drew Goodman and Jeff Huson (and George Frazier, too)
29. St. Louis Cardinals – Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky, and Rick Horton
30. Los Angeles Dodgers (Away) – Eric Collins and Steve Lyons
The individual ratings with reader comments (some hilarious) can be found at Fangraphs:
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