Exp,ain this to me...

[Barry the Baptist]

One of you Yankee fans explain to me who Suzyn Waldman's talentless is sleeping with to keep her job. She seriously is the worst announcer I have ever heard. She sounds like she has marbles in her mouth and she stumbles over her words constantly. The Yankees radio broadcasts are unbearable thanks to her..... She isn't even a good looking woman, she hit every branch on the ugly tree. Somebody please explain this to me.....

[ButtleMan]

One of you Yankee fans explain to me who Suzyn Waldman's talentless is sleeping with to keep her job. She seriously is the worst announcer I have ever heard. She sounds like she has marbles in her mouth and she stumbles over her words constantly. The Yankees radio broadcasts are unbearable thanks to her..... She isn't even a good looking woman, she hit every branch on the ugly tree. Somebody please explain this to me.....

I never liked Waldman as an announcer even when she was doing some Devils stuff.
She is a decent guest from time to time on the radio shows.
I also think that she does get some breaks because of the whole breast cancer thing she went through.

[AlioTheFool]

Personally, I like her. She has been covering the Yankees exclusively since WFAN first took over 660 from WHN (a country music station.) She has access to members of the organization no one else could even dream of.

Any day of the week, I would take her over Tim McCarver, who the Mets let stick around for waaaaaaay too long.

[Barry the Baptist]

Personally, I like her. She has been covering the Yankees exclusively since WFAN first took over 660 from WHN (a country music station.) She has access to members of the organization no one else could even dream of.

Any day of the week, I would take her over Tim McCarver, who the Mets let stick around for waaaaaaay too long.

Oh McCarver is terrible..... he's bad but not as bad as Waldman. I still can't stand Joe "the only reason I have a great job is because my dad was a legend" Buck

Now Vin Scully is the man, I will go out of my way to watch the Dodger games just to listen to Vin and he is one the nicest guys I've ever met on top of it.

[GreenMachine]

I suspect she has gone down on George. My wife and I scream at the TV when she talks.

She is absolutely HORRIBLE.

[Exit 117]

I suspect she has gone down on George. My wife and I scream at the TV when she talks.

She is absolutely HORRIBLE.
Why at the TV?

[AMJets]

She's not a bad beat reporter, but definitely is one of the worst announcers in baseball.

[GreenMachine]

Why at the TV?
Sorry..I was thinking back when she was on the YES Network....Back when I lived in NY.

[kinghenry89]

She's not a bad beat reporter, but definitely is one of the worst announcers in baseball.
Yeah, that's exactly it. She's put in a lot of years as a reporter for the Yankees and has walked the company line for Steinbrenner and then for YES whenever asked. Working with Stirling is her "reward."

BTW working with Stirling is the best thing that ever could've happened to her because anybody looks like a genious working with him.

[AlioTheFool]

Yeah, that's exactly it. She's put in a lot of years as a reporter for the Yankees and has walked the company line for Steinbrenner and then for YES whenever asked. Working with Stirling is her "reward."

BTW working with Stirling is the best thing that ever could've happened to her because anybody looks like a genious working with him.

I'll take Sterling over Kay any day.

I remember when Sterling/Kay was a great team on the radio, while the Yankee games were still miserable to listen to.

[AMJets]

The only thing in announcing worse than John Sterling... is Michael Kay. Actually, I don't dislike Sterling as much as most. But Kay is the anti-Christ.

Although, Fran Healy is worse than both. Good thing he doesn't do games anymore.

[kinghenry89]

I'll take Sterling over Kay any day.

I remember when Sterling/Kay was a great team on the radio, while the Yankee games were still miserable to listen to.
Kay's an idiot but he has Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton and Bobby Murcer to cover up his mistakes and make the games enjoyable to listen to.

Not only does Sterling do the games more or less by himself, uninterupted, he turns the broadcast into "The John Sterling Show" instead of the Yankee game. Case in point: his stupid catch phrases.

An A-Bomb from A-Rod!
It is High! It is far!
The Giambino!
The BamTino!
Bernie Goes Boom!
THEEEEEEEEEEE Yankees Win!

It drives me insane.

[Barry the Baptist]

Kay's an idiot but he has Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton and Bobby Murcer to cover up his mistakes and make the games enjoyable to listen to.

Not only does Sterling do the games more or less by himself, uninterupted, he turns the broadcast into "The John Sterling Show" instead of the Yankee game. Case in point: his stupid catch phrases.

An A-Bomb from A-Rod!
It is High! It is far!
The Giambino!
The BamTino!
Bernie Goes Boom!
THEEEEEEEEEEE Yankees Win!

It drives me insane.


Heres one he just said.... Damon with a HR

It's absolutely Damonic!!!! and Here's Jooooohnny

[AlioTheFool]

Kay's an idiot but he has Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton and Bobby Murcer to cover up his mistakes and make the games enjoyable to listen to.

Not only does Sterling do the games more or less by himself, uninterupted, he turns the broadcast into "The John Sterling Show" instead of the Yankee game. Case in point: his stupid catch phrases.

An A-Bomb from A-Rod!
It is High! It is far!
The Giambino!
The BamTino!
Bernie Goes Boom!
THEEEEEEEEEEE Yankees Win!

It drives me insane.

I know I am in the minority, but I can't stand Singleton and Kaat. Both of them throw too many "Well, when I was playing, we did it this way..." out there. Murcer only tells about his experience when asked, and only gives relevant information. The team I would like on YES would be Murcer, Leiter, O'Neil. Those three only say what needs to be said, when it is appropriate.

Everyone else could be left behind and I would never miss them.

[FirstTimeCaller]

When you realize Sterling is just all shtick you realize he's pretty harmless... in fact if you laugh at it and take it at face value it can actually be entertaining, even his constant verbal fumbles. He is bad at play by play which makes his games hard to listen to, but whatever... I don't listen to him much anyway.

The thing about the rest of the NYY team that's so annoying (Kay/Waldman) is that they actually attempt to be taken seriously, and believe they are good at analyzing baseball. So then you get these goofball NYY fans that take their words as gospel because they have no idea how to analyze the game themselves. For instance Kay said something about Jeter not breaking bones in his hands when he gets HBP yesterday…. which is by any standards just dumb luck… yet last night at the bar some guy is telling me Jeter has the strongest hands in baseball and that they were talking about it during the game LOL! I know every fan base has fools like this, but when your main announcers are so overwhelming homers and total morons, it magnifies the effect.


Singleton makes me laugh... he reminds my of some smoothed out 1960's hip cat beatnick.

[AlioTheFool]

The thing about the rest of the NYY team that's so annoying (Kay/Waldman) is that they actually attempt to be taken seriously, and believe they are good at analyzing baseball. So then you get these goofball NYY fans that take their words as gospel because they have no idea how to analyze the game themselves...I know every fan base has fools like this, but when your main announcers are so overwhelming homers and total morons, it magnifies the effect.

This is probably the best point made in the thread. The biggest issue is that many "Yankee fans" actually take this crew of rejects seriously!

It makes me laugh when Kay will ask questions about playing to the other guys. I am just waiting for the day when one of the old players says "Look you worthless piece of crap, we all realize you were a fat, ugly, uncoordinated turd when you were a kid, now shut the hell up and let me watch the game!"

If Kay didn't know the stats he does (which I think he looks up anyway) he would have no job. I used to really like him with Sterling. I thought that team brought a very good mix of knowledge and personality to the broadcast booth, but they have both become victims of their own success. They act like celebrities, not realizing, or perhaps not caring, that no one gives a damn about them now that the Yankees are interesting to watch. The filled in the void left by White and Rizzuto very well back in the dark 80s, but those days are long gone now.

[typeOnegative13NY]

I don't care for Her much. But as far as Sterling,Kay,Murcer etc. I find the Yankee broadcasts to be pretty entertaining compared to most. I listen a lot on XM and some of these teams have the most boring broadcasters ever.

[FirstTimeCaller]

July 31, 2006 -- IN YANKEE ads Michael Kay voices for the YES Network he exclaims, "Pride, Power, Pinstripes." It may be time to officially add Propaganda.
This weekend, when it came to the booing of Alex Rodriguez, YES - as if scripted by the Yankees - chose to either ignore the issue or accentuate the positive.

On Friday the YES-produced Ch. 9 telecast failed to even show the crowd's reaction as Rodriguez walked to the plate for his first at-bat in The Bronx since the epic "To boo or not to boo" debate peaked with Rudy from Manhattan taking a moment from plotting a presidential run to call WFAN.

Despite the monumental buildup, Ch. 9 chose a pitch-by-pitch replay of a Jason Giambi strikeout instead of A-Rod and the fans.

When Rodriguez was neatly tucked in the batter's box, Kay said, "Here is Alex Rodriguez, who just got a very warm hand from the crowd."

Wow. That would have been nice to see and hear.

During Rodriguez' second and third strolls to the plate, drop-in advertisements, voiced by Kay, superseded the crowd's reaction.

While we couldn't see or hear for ourselves, Kay and Bobby Murcer informed (propagandized?) us that Yankee fans love Rodriguez and he works really, really hard. On Saturday, Kay said his "work ethic is amazing" and "it is not for show."

On Friday, Murcer said there were "a lot of cheers tonight for Alex Rodriguez." Kay told us, the fans were chanting "A-Rod's" name.

But yesterday on YES, when Rodriguez struck out three times and the boos were easy to pick up from our couch, neither Kay nor Murcer somehow heard a thing.

There seems to be only two explanations. Either the network is turning its baseball games into state-sponsored telecasts. A YES spokesman denied this charge.

Or YES totally missed the A-Rod story.

Either way, it smells.

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[kinghenry89]

July 31, 2006 -- IN YANKEE ads Michael Kay voices for the YES Network he exclaims, "Pride, Power, Pinstripes." It may be time to officially add Propaganda.
This weekend, when it came to the booing of Alex Rodriguez, YES - as if scripted by the Yankees - chose to either ignore the issue or accentuate the positive.

On Friday the YES-produced Ch. 9 telecast failed to even show the crowd's reaction as Rodriguez walked to the plate for his first at-bat in The Bronx since the epic "To boo or not to boo" debate peaked with Rudy from Manhattan taking a moment from plotting a presidential run to call WFAN.

Despite the monumental buildup, Ch. 9 chose a pitch-by-pitch replay of a Jason Giambi strikeout instead of A-Rod and the fans.

When Rodriguez was neatly tucked in the batter's box, Kay said, "Here is Alex Rodriguez, who just got a very warm hand from the crowd."

Wow. That would have been nice to see and hear.

During Rodriguez' second and third strolls to the plate, drop-in advertisements, voiced by Kay, superseded the crowd's reaction.

While we couldn't see or hear for ourselves, Kay and Bobby Murcer informed (propagandized?) us that Yankee fans love Rodriguez and he works really, really hard. On Saturday, Kay said his "work ethic is amazing" and "it is not for show."

On Friday, Murcer said there were "a lot of cheers tonight for Alex Rodriguez." Kay told us, the fans were chanting "A-Rod's" name.

But yesterday on YES, when Rodriguez struck out three times and the boos were easy to pick up from our couch, neither Kay nor Murcer somehow heard a thing.

There seems to be only two explanations. Either the network is turning its baseball games into state-sponsored telecasts. A YES spokesman denied this charge.

Or YES totally missed the A-Rod story.

Either way, it smells.

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2 things need to be kept in mind about this:

1) Kay is a YES schill, there's nothing he can do about that. Let's be honest, who else is gonna hire him if he runs afoul of YES executives?

2) The NY Post has had an axe to grind with YES since it's inception for some reason (especially Phil Mushnick.) It's kind of like the boy who cried wolf--they "call" YES on so many minor or unimportant details that when they have a real outrage it's hard to believe that they aren't just overexaggerating again.

[FirstTimeCaller]

I think the points in this story are totally legit, if they weren't you'd be attacking the story instead of trying to undermind the source.

[AlioTheFool]

I think the points in this story are totally legit, if they weren't you'd be attacking the story instead of trying to undermind the source.

I believe the points are probably fully legit, but what does anyone expect? No matter who is in the booth, YES is owned by Steinbrenner. Why would a station, owned by the team, showing the team play, give that team a bad image. Same for each player. I know there is supposed to be impartiality and all, but come on, that's just too much to expect from a station owned by the team.

[FirstTimeCaller]

I believe the points are probably fully legit, but what does anyone expect? No matter who is in the booth, YES is owned by Steinbrenner. Why would a station, owned by the team, showing the team play, give that team a bad image. Same for each player. I know there is supposed to be impartiality and all, but come on, that's just too much to expect from a station owned by the team.



And that's why, once again, it's being exposed as nothing more then a propaganda machine, a fluff network if you will... which speaks to my earlier point about people eating it up and regurgating it as facts.

[AlioTheFool]

And that's why, once again, it's being exposed as nothing more then a propaganda machine, a fluff network if you will... which speaks to my earlier point about people eating it up and regurgating it as facts.

I see your point, but it's the only place to watch the Yankees, so what does a fan do, you know?

As for people eating it up, it's the same geniuses who started booing A-Rod in the first place, simply because Steve Phillips thought it would be a good idea to start tearing him apart after a couple of bad games.

More than the whole "people who are Yankee fans since 98" I think there are too many baseball "fans" who discovered the game post-strike. They dilute the intelligence the traditional fan has about the game. Now it's like a freakin fashion show, where you have to worry about looking hot, before looking functional.

[FirstTimeCaller]

I see your point, but it's the only place to watch the Yankees, so what does a fan do, you know?[/quotes]

During the Fran Healy days at Shea I would shit the sound off and listen to the radio... just an idea.

[quote]As for people eating it up, it's the same geniuses who started booing A-Rod in the first place, simply because Steve Phillips thought it would be a good idea to start tearing him apart after a couple of bad games.

I hear ya. A wise man once said he'd rather be the second highest paid player... nobody cares who the second highest paid player is.

More than the whole "people who are Yankee fans since 98" I think there are too many baseball "fans" who discovered the game post-strike. They dilute the intelligence the traditional fan has about the game. Now it's like a freakin fashion show, where you have to worry about looking hot, before looking functional.


Not following you there.

[AlioTheFool]

[QUOTE=AlioTheFool]I see your point, but it's the only place to watch the Yankees, so what does a fan do, you know?[/quotes]

During the Fran Healy days at Shea I would shit the sound off and listen to the radio... just an idea.



I hear ya. A wise man once said he'd rather be the second highest paid player... nobody cares who the second highest paid player is.




Not following you there.

Many years ago I used to turn off the sound on the tv and listen to Scooter and Bill White do games on the radio. My father taught me that.

Yeah, A-Rod has a big bulls eye on his chest. Some of it is deserved, but still, Steve Phillips has waged a hate campaign against him. That got the sheep all fired up, and now they drown out the voices of reason.

My point about baseball fans is that it seems like many people have picked up watching baseball in the post-strike era. The Gen Y kids are like sheep being flocked to whatever the almighty voice with pretty pictures in the living room tells them. So when a guy like Phillips shoots off his yapper, they listen and say, "Oooooo, the pretty pictures said A-Rod sucks, so he must be really bad!"

More and more I talk to people 5-10 years younger than me who swear they understand baseball, and I just can't help but think to myself, "Jeez, do you have any idea what a pitching duel is?" Or "Do you have ANY clue how hard it is to hit a 90mph fastball 400 feet in the opposite direction it was coming at you, in less than a second?"

I'm not trying to offend anyone of any age, it just seems like the younger generation, growing up in the era of the longball has no appreciation for the fine details of the game. People yawn at no-hitters running into the 7th. Or games that are 1-0 in the bottom of the ninth with a runner on third and two outs. To me, those are the absolute best games.

[FirstTimeCaller]

Yeah but to think all the boos, or even the majority of them, are coming from Geny Y'ers doesn't seem realistic to me. I'm guessing the demographic at the park is overwhelmingly 18-40.

BTW think Philips sour grapes has anything to do with A-rod dissing him and going to Texas?

[AlioTheFool]

Yeah but to think all the boos, or even the majority of them, are coming from Geny Y'ers doesn't seem realistic to me. I'm guessing the demographic at the park is overwhelmingly 18-40.

BTW think Philips sour grapes has anything to do with A-rod dissing him and going to Texas?

I don't think the majority of the boos are coming from the Gen Yers now. The thing is, the Gen Yers, IMO are the ones who started it. I might be wrong, but I don't think I am.

I was actually talking about Phillips with a Met fan at work the other day about A-Rod. He agrees with me that Phillips has an agenda with A-Rod for getting snubbed. It's absolutely disgusting. The guy was a shitty GM, and ESPN handed him a job and he craps all over that too.

[kinghenry89]

I think the points in this story are totally legit, if they weren't you'd be attacking the story instead of trying to undermind the source.

Of course the points in the story are legit, why would I care if they are or not? It's not like I don't know that fans boo A-Rod.


And that's why, once again, it's being exposed as nothing more then a propaganda machine, a fluff network if you will... which speaks to my earlier point about people eating it up and regurgating it as facts.

Of course it's a propoganda machine, I've noted that twice in this thread already. Nobody's debating that--I'm just pointing out that the NY Post's TV coverage is a crappy source. Nothing more than that. The YES network's legitimacy (or lack thereof) really doesn't matter that much to me.


During the Fran Healy days at Shea I would shit the sound off and listen to the radio... just an idea.

And listen to Sterling and Waldman? Those idiots are what got this thread started in the first place!

[FirstTimeCaller]

As I said before I'd take Sterling over Kay anyday. Sterling and Signleton might be funny.

[kinghenry89]

As I said before I'd take Sterling over Kay anyday. Sterling and Signleton might be funny.
Nah, they'd clash in about 20 minutes. Like Steiner, Singleton would want to have his opinion matter on the John Sterling show.

[AlioTheFool]

Nah, they'd clash in about 20 minutes. Like Steiner, Singleton would want to have his opinion matter on the John Sterling show.
:rofl:

Ain't that the truth!

But I can't stand Singleton, so it's okay for him not to be on the radio. I would probably crash while listening to Sterling and Singleton in the car.

[jonnyd]

Kay is the worst, most sickening, jock-sniffing announcer the yankees have ever had. I imagine that someday soon he'll leave yes all together and just do that rancid radio show for espn. He has become as smug and obnoxious as fatcessa ever was with half the sports knowledge. Have you heard this Kay clown talk about football. Did you hear his week-long sky is falling speaches during the Herm exit? I cannot stand the sound or dight of this man for one more second. oh and to answer the thread-starter's question, waldman blows nutsack

[AlioTheFool]

I had to share this one.

I was in the car when Abreu had his first at-bat. Sterling said he spoke to Abreu, and Abreu told him he was excited to be coming to the Yankees because he is looking forward to working with Mattingly to change his swing and stop hitting line drives.

So I just walk in the door, and Kay says he spoke to Abreu, and Abreu told him that he is perfectly fine hitting line drives.

So who is bullshitting? Or did neither of them even speak to Abreu yet? MORONS!