Tag: Andy Masur

With Sterling out of the booth for those games, opportunities to fill-in will present themselves to a few broadcasters. The opportunity is awesome, but so is the task of ‘sitting in’ for a legendary play-by-play announcer.

“I did get some advice early on, it’s not an accumulation of word count,” Ferraro told the Hartford Courant. “If you don’t have something to say where you can provide some context then there’s no need to say it. If the audience thinks I’m talking too much, then I probably think I’m talking too much.”

Why is it breaking when a player that was injured in a game, is still injured and won’t play in the next game? A player that will be a free agent in three-years signs an extension in spring training and that’s breaking? Nope. Never. Uh uh. No way.

It is criminally difficult to narrow down a list of important voices in sports to just five, but Andy Masur gives a strong effort at spotlighting a handful of his favorites.

"Benetti is entertaining to watch. Whether you’re an old school follower of baseball and feel that batting average is still important, or a newer, metrics fan, he can appeal to you."

"He’s guaranteed a trip to the NBA Finals every season. Isn’t that more appealing than coaching a team in need of a reboot?"

"The number of networks behaving this way is dropping, but the fact that there is still a list is absolutely maddening."

"There had been plenty of hype around him. Maybe that upped my expectations."

"The sky is the absolute limit for this guy. I’m a little jealous, in fact, of the talent and poise that he possesses right now."

"If Apple and MLB leave these crews together, it will get much better as time goes on."