Too many of today’s sports announcers are yakking Yorkies who seem to have learned nothing from the Hall of Fame talent in L.A. To a man, Vin Scully, Dick Enberg, Al Michaels and Chick Hearn found the humanity, mythology and mirth in the world of sports.
By comparison, today’s announcers are statistical savants. From the network level on down, games sound as if they are being called by technically proficient accountants.
The change in tone is a reflection of the data analysis that has taken over sports, particularly baseball. Perhaps it is also a reflection of the state-of-the-art camera work that leaves little for the announcers to point out beyond what viewers can see for themselves.