I, myself, don’t understand all the Chip Carey hate – I personally really like the guy’s style and delivery.
For me, Joe is the last holdover to a bygone era that was absolutely perfect – Skip, Pete, Joe, and Don. Those 4 were, to me, the best, and I’ll always miss that team. Having Joe links the past to the present, so I really like Joe.
As for Sciambi, I was really not impressed with him when he first got to Atlanta, and I didn’t want to even give him a chance. But now I feel completely different – I love the guy! He and Joe make a great team. I keep seeing that cartton dude they compare him to from the Incredibles, and I laugh every time. So I guess I’d have to say I like all the announcers at this point. Nothing will ever replace Skip and Pete, though. I’ll miss them both this season.

“That’s what’s great about the post-season. This is one of the greatest pitching match-ups, EVER!”

Fausto Carmona vs. Andy Pettitte.

Chip exacerbates a lot, sounds very generic, and goes crazy whenever the other team does something. He doesn’t have a lot of personality, and hasn’t really shown a firm grasp of knowledge of the game. To me, you have better chances of taking a baseball guy and turning them into a personality, but not so much by taking a good voice, and turning them into a baseball guy.

Tony Gwynn’s voice is hard for me to take seriously, but his perspectives of watching baseball are more insightful, and I find myself appreciating his words more than the sound of his voice. I like guys like Orel Hershiser, and to some extent, Buck Martinez. They bring some knowledge and insider-perspectives to the table.

I like Joe and Boog. I hope Boog doesn’t go to the west coast. They have great chemistry together, and Joe’s the brains, and Boog, I’m not calling dumb, but brings more personality to the table. Nothing is more entertaining than listening to Boog making a reference, and Joe try his hardest, mostly by remaining silent, to not laugh, before breaking out in to a Beavis & Butthead-like giggle fest on live-air.

Skip & Pete were family to Braves fans. They’ll never be replaced, and should never be attempted to do so. Nothing sucks more than “the NEXT” something. Better to be the best first at something, instead.

I just can’t quit agreeing.

chip caray is absolutely abysmal, and i hope he takes a full-time gig with TBS to allow joe & boog do all the TV games, because they are excellent together.

i don’t listen to the radio, but i can only assume it’ll be lemke and like, gant next year. when gant started 5 years ago on TBS, i was very impressed, i can only assume he’s gotten better.

I refuse to take the Braves TV announcers seriously until they broadcast absolutely smashed like Rick Sutcliffe.

I love Joe and Boog! I always get upset when the World Series rolls around cause I have to put up with Joe Buck and his baseball hating ass.
Wouldn’t mind having Lemer do a couple of Braves TV broadcasts though, I love listening to him do pre-game stuff as I’m driving into ATL from Birmingham.

For some reason I was under the impression that people found Joe too boring, and Boog too strange or something, but I am surprised that most people think like me that they are at the very worst an above average baseball duo.

Chip Caray has the voice and is good at delivery. I’ll give him that… it’s not an easy thing to do.

But, people can’t stand how overzealous and simple-minded he can about the game. Take for instance, Jason Varitek’s “majestic” foul ball in the ALCS. Or that routine fly out to deep left-field that he makes sound as if it’s heading for Mars. People don’t like an enlarged sense of enthusiasm and self-awareness coming through their TVs. They just want the facts, no dumbass jokes, some good commentary, and a likeable personality. I’m sure Chip would be a nice guy to have a beer with, but he just comes off as the annoying kid in 7th grade who always wanted to pal around with the cool guys.

I’ve got no problems with Sciambi or Simpson, except that Simpson can be a bit repetive and takes the soapbox from time to time about assumptions of the way to play that game that have no statistical basis

No one will ever top Pete van Wieren and Skip Caray. Never again will baseball have a tandem as professional and legendary as Skip and Pete. God bless ’em.