2021 Season | Series #38 | Angels @ Indians | Aug. 20-22

[Wham with the Right Hand]

A national audience has to appeal to a broader audience.. Arod is by no means a mensan.. and wouldn't be the kind of color analyst you're looking for w/r to popularism as it relates to baseball.. He's just a wealthy former player who could really play, has a "safe" ability to articulate & does no harm first.. Milque toast.. sure.. hard hitting.. only when he played.. Matt Vasgersian, on the other hand, has been a play by play guy for a long time (Santa Maria !!) in both television as well as radio, mostly on the west coast (Padres, Angels..etc). His tone is clearly toned down for national broadcasts.. In a long winded way.. the Indians announcers.. both radio and TV blow by ARod.. but are equal to but not better than Matty-V.. imho..

Yep, it was a national audience for a late August game between two .500 teams with no playoff hopes. The only slightly interesting aspects of the game to non-Indians and non-Angels fans were the location and Ohtani, so that's what they focused on. But around the fifth inning they woke up to the fact that Quantrill was pitching one hell of a game.

However, there was a lot of fluff like asking the Angels' first baseman if he was a star in Little League and whether he'd rather get a strikeout or hit a home run. It was like, "These teams aren't going anywhere so let's celebrate Little League baseball and talk about Ohtani".

 

[buzzdog]

Did anyone else hear his interview?

Incredibly inciteful takes on staff building and what they’re into from a development perspective.

Just what was he inciting?

 

[Gson]

Yep, it was a national audience for a late August game between two .500 teams with no playoff hopes. The only slightly interesting aspects of the game to non-Indians and non-Angels fans were the location and Ohtani, so that's what they focused on. But around the fifth inning they woke up to the fact that Quantrill was pitching one hell of a game.

However, there was a lot of fluff like asking the Angels' first baseman if he was a star in Little League and whether he'd rather get a strikeout or hit a home run. It was like, "These teams aren't going anywhere so let's celebrate Little League baseball and talk about Ohtani".

Almost all if not all the fluff came from Arod.. he's worthless as a booth guy.. boring and unable to deliver his "lines" in an authentic manner.. Inauthenticity could be ARod's middle name..

 

[KluberSociety]

Continuing to nerd out over Quantrill's pitch selection:

He's actually throwing more cutters than sinkers now. But I think he is right to focus on those two pitches, with some fourseamers and changeups versus lefties. It's interesting how he completely ditched the slider but so far it's working. I don't think you need a cutter, slider, AND curve. He will still mix in a curve occasionally.