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Knoxbanedoodle

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the New Guy
« on: March 01, 2017, 08:39:08 am »
I thought Todd Kalais did  a fine job in his first turn at PBP yesterday. Wasn't paying the closest attention, but he's got a nice voice, didn't seem panicked by the occasional silence, worked well with Blummer and evinced evidence of a cultural IQ extending beyond the diamond. Mostly, however, he was not ever, not for one second, Alan Ashby. Which was amazing.

I might actually watch the TV feed some this year. Which would be nice, since I like Julia.
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Re: the New Guy
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2017, 12:42:15 pm »
Quote from: Knoxbanedoodle on March 01, 2017, 08:39:08 am
I thought Todd Kalais did  a fine job in his first turn at PBP yesterday. Wasn't paying the closest attention, but he's got a nice voice, didn't seem panicked by the occasional silence, worked well with Blummer and evinced evidence of a cultural IQ extending beyond the diamond. Mostly, however, he was not ever, not for one second, Alan Ashby. Which was amazing.

I might actually watch the TV feed some this year. Which would be nice, since I like Julia.

Todd's great. He's gonna be missed here in TB but he was underutilized here. The only PBP he got to do was when Staats was away.

ETA: He has a very good understanding of the game and has done tons of player interviews here, always asking good questions. It's no wonder he's getting along well with Blum.
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Re: the New Guy
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2017, 01:30:12 pm »
Why the fuck is Carl Pavano in the booth?
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Re: the New Guy
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2017, 02:30:59 pm »
Quote from: Nate Colbert on March 01, 2017, 01:30:12 pm
Why the fuck is Carl Pavano in the booth?

Open buffet?
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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2017, 07:13:50 pm »
I enjoyed listening to Todd today. His voice is distinctive and unlike any previous Astro announcer but I can hear a bit of his old man. Cool.
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« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2017, 09:06:20 am »
I realize I'm a "get off my lawn" old fogey, but I hope all the giggling foolishness we got from Blum yesterday was due to: 1) Spring Training; and 2) the game was a rout.  I hope that's not what we can expect come April.

I think Kalas is a very worthy successor to Brownie and an astronomical improvement to Ashby. 
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