Larry Merchant has been doing boxing commentary for HBO and TopOnly heard him once, and I was amazed. Billy is fine with me, Cotton too and most all the others I have heard on internet streams.
This thread reminds me of listening to Ralph Kiner many years ago.
I grew up in New York and used to watch the Met games on WOR TV 9 back in the day.
Back in the early 70's Ralph Kiner was the Mets announcer .. these broadcasts were limited to the NY market...
Well it seemed the Mr. Kiner developed a pretty steady drinking habit in his older age.
His words would start slurring by the fifth inning and many nights you could not even understand what he was saying by the end of the game .. LOL
This did not go on for just a few games, but for 3 or 4 seasons!
I guess it turned out that folks found listening to a drunken announcer more entertaining than watching the Mets.
Times have changed I guess .. I wonder what all the younger PC folks would of had to say about my boy Ralph.![]()
Rank with a bottle of Jack under the table for two decades
at least.
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