The Ultimate in Good News/Bad News

I both love and hate this.

First the good thing Campbell is gone! Normally I don't complain about tv or radio announcers, because I just don't care, really i don't. There is just about no chance you can't find something to dislike about any of them. If God himself was talking to you multiple times a week for hours on end and was telling you only things you agreed with and that you were the most awesomest person ever, in the most pleasing way possible, at some point you would probably get fed up and tell him to shove it. So no, I don't think these guys have the easiest job.

But Campbell was a special case. First of all he didn't seem to understand that he was calling games for TV not radio. I can see what's happening dumbass. Secondly he never got anything right. If you are going to describe something in detail, get the details right. If I can tell it's a lazy fly ball off the bat when i'm watching on tv, or in the upper deck in left field, why can't you? Third, don't try to work in folksy and homey and trite crap until you can master number 1 and 2. I don't care about every players touching personal story if you can't tell the difference between a curve and a change, you don't have the credibility. For all I know EVERY SINGLE THING YOU SAY IS COMING OUT OF YOUR RED HEADED IMAGINATION.

Good riddance.

Now the bad. I think Buck Martinez is a fine broadcaster, I never had a problem with him on Jays or any other team's or network's broadcasts. I actually find him to be quite good. But as far as I know they guy was not in need of a job. Why does this organization have to give everybody a second chance to recapture the glory? It's like the're just coming out and saying: "We know we suck. We know we're going to suck. We have no plans to not suck. Please be distracted by this shiny bauble of past glory while we continue to suck. And when you're tired of that bauble we'll get you another, because we are going to keep sucking."

I used to listen to Buck on satellite radio, and he was good there too. But whenever he would talk about the Jays he seemed very willing to stick it to the people he perceived as being responsible for his failures. I worry that the Jays to some extent are bringing him him to dump as much as possible all over the past management. They seem to like doing that. Again, distraction etc, etc. It would be nice if you had the feeling that they were actually building something shiny and new that they were confident would be successful. This doesn't do that.