LETTERS : TELEVISION ANALYSTS SHOULD BE MUTED.I watch a lot of sports on TV. I use the word ``watch'' because the mute automatically goes on just before the analysts utter their first words
First Words is a Canadian hip hop group, consisting of Halifax beatmaker Jorun, DJ STV and emcees Sean One & Above. and it stays on until I change the channel. Sports analysts add absolutely nothing to telecasts. The average viewer ignores the sage words of the analyst mainly because he does not understand the sport and does not want to learn. The well-informed viewer also ignores the analyst because this viewer knows more about the sport than the analyst. The people who pay these sports analysts would be better off saving their money. They should fire these egotistical analysts who believe they can tell the viewer exactly what the athlete and coach are thinking and saying. Start by firing the ``Monday Night Football'' trio. Fire the likes of Bob Costas Robert Quinlan Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster, on the air for the NBC network since the early 1980s. Life and honors Bob Costas was born in Queens, New York, and grew up in Commack on Long Island and went to Commack South High School. , Pat O'Brien, John Madden and Sparky Anderson
There are really only two living qualified sports announcers. The other good ones are no longer around - Ted Husing Edward Britt (Ted) Husing (November 27, 1901 - August 10, 1962) was an American sportscaster and was among the first to lay the groundwork for the structure and pace of modern sports reporting on television and radio. , Bill Stern Bill Stern (July 1, 1907 - November 19, 1971) was a U.S. actor and sportscaster who announced the nation's first remote sports broadcast and the first telecast of a Major League Baseball game. , Red Barber Walter Lanier "Red" Barber (February 17, 1908, Columbus, Mississippi – October 22, 1992) was an American sportscaster. Barber, nicknamed "The Ol' Redhead", was primarily identified with radio broadcasts of Major League Baseball, calling play-by-play across four , Mel Allen Mel Allen (February 14, 1913 – June 16, 1996) was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees. , Lindsay Nelson and the perfect grammarian gram·mar·ian n. A specialist in grammar. grammarian Noun a person who studies or writes about grammar for a living Noun 1. , Dizzy Dean - CHARLES THOMAS Chatsworth Shame on UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX softball The UCLA athletic program continues to heap shame on itself. The women's softball team is doing it again. Now its members are spitting out their hate to all. All we hear is that even though they cheated in the past they are going to ``stack'' their teams in the future so they can beat the other teams. Having players redshirt during a season the program is on probation so a potent team can come together in the future is a hollow victory. - F. JANSEN Northridge Aluminum bats are safe I read with interest Kevin Modesti's column on the Toluca Lake Pony League switching to wood bats after a 9-year-old pitcher was struck below the eye with a ball off the bat of a 10-year-old. There is no discounting the terror and trauma of being hit in the face, but in my experience I would say it was an aberration. I've witnessed hundreds of Little League games, including the cream of the 12-year-olds. I have never seen this happen. Boys of that age simply do not have the strength and coordination necessary to generate sufficient bat speed to drive a ball, except in the rarest of circumstances. The average Little League pitcher throws under 60 mph (I have confirmed this with my radar gun dozens of times), so this further reduces the likelihood of a hard smash directly at the pitcher. When I was coaching Little League, I had an exceptional hitter who used wood - the only player in the league to do so. I ordered his bats directly from Louisville Slugger, where I was informed their lowest grade of wood went into their regular production models (but not his). There is such a shortage of quality Northern white ash that college baseball, even if it wanted to, couldn't return to the wood bat. Little League Baseball is extremely safety-conscious, having pioneered the batting helmet. If there was the slightest concern that the aluminum bat posed a danger, Little League would outlaw it immediately. - DICK BANK Los Angeles Transfer didn't work out While reviewing the chosen all-stars for their accomplishments on the basketball courts this year, I noticed the absence of one young man. Rather than work with his teammates to build a winning team, Ian Boys opted to betray them by transferring to Simi Valley High, which finished second in the Marmonte League. Gone are his all-league credentials, his starting position, his possible college scholarship and his senior year. Boys may continue playing as a walk-on somewhere or attend a junior college to catch the eye of some four-year college recruiter, but the first thing he should do is fire the adviser who sold him on Simi Valley. - MIKE HANNIN Newbury Park |
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