Comments on: Dick Enberg hired as Padres announcer

By: (Not That) Tom

(Not That) Tom — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:10:51 +0000

Not to mention sitting for that long with an enormous stick up his ass…it’s definitely got to make calling games very painful.

By: Mike Dark

Mike Dark — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:08:19 +0000

The Pads home games have not been part of the Extra Innings since Cox Cable has had the TV contract. Not sure if that has changed recently, but as of a couple of years ago it was not included.
After watching Enberg do the last 3 or 4 Charger games, I am not excited about this at all. Sure he’s an icon, but as Chip Carey proved, you can’t just show up and start saying whatever you want, it has to have some semblence to reality. Based on his football efforts, its going to be an annoying season listening to him.

By: TheKid

TheKid — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:58:21 +0000

I’d hate baseball too if I had to sit in a small booth with McCarver for a whole summer.

By: Grant

Grant — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:48:16 +0000

“ike almost any multi-sport announcer, Enberg is on record saying that he likes doing baseball more than the other sports he covers…”

Which makes it even more inexplicable that FOX still uses Joe Buck as its #1 baseball guy, considering that he’s on record as hating baseball, or something like that.

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:22:51 +0000

Oh, indeed, Chris. Indeed.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:20:09 +0000

Please tell me you’re going to deduct the Extra Innings package as a business expense.

By: The Common Man

The Common Man — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:47:46 +0000

Finally. Craig, I still can’t believe it took you this long to get Extra Innings. Make sure your family says goodbye to their TV right now, since they’ll never get to watch it again.