Michael Kay : « Bob Costas est l’un des plus grands diffuseurs sportifs qui ait jamais existé. Si vous l’écoutiez appeler les matchs (avec NBC), il les appelait de la même manière qu’il les appelle aujourd’hui. Pour voir ces jeunes sur les réseaux sociaux les médias éviscèrent un dieu de la radiodiffusion. Vous êtes fou ! »
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Par The_Big_Untalented
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I’m sure I’ll get flamed for this, but Costas’ style isn’t really that different from Vin Scully, but people love Vin and hate Costas.
The future is now, old man.
Ok, no, he’s definitely gotten worse. He calls games now like he’s trying to be a baseball historian rather than a baseball broadcaster.
I think he’s lost a step but Costas is a legend. He’s in Cars. Can’t get much more legendary than that
Two of the more annoying commentators to sit through this postseason.
Problem was him going about narratives DURING pitches.
Come on.
I personally enjoy his tone and style, I know a lot of people on this sub don’t. But I really didn’t like what he actually talks about. I think its pretty clear he doesn’t follow the game like he once used to.
Is it possible, and stay with me here, to be a legend who has fallen off? To lose a step? Or do legends get a free pass forever?
Also, Michael Kay is an insufferable dweeb
I like Costas as an ambassador for the sport. His promotion for baseball is well documented and has been for several decades. There’s no complaints I have about that.
The problem Bob has is…how many baseball games does he call per season? He only calls a handful of regular season games and then one playoff series. He doesn’t do it very often, so I don’t know what people are expecting as far as his sharpness behind the mic and all that stuff is concerned. And he didn’t call any baseball games for probably a good 15 years or so after NBC lost their coverage rights. So he doesn’t call many games and hasn’t called many in « today’s » MLB.
It’s just not a recipe for success.
Asking Kay about the quality of a broadcaster is like asking Paulie Shore about the quality of an actor.
There were moments where we got the old Costas back when he was telling good stories about Buck O’Neil and the negro leagues. But then he immediately reminded us that Stanton’s slow. So yeah costas has declined a bit.
As a Yankee fan, Michael Kay is insufferable. For Kay, It’s ok that people don’t like him, no one (as far as I seen the discourse online) is criticizing the integrity or character of Bob Costas, they just didn’t like how he called the games. Everybody is saying the same thing with Al Michaels on TNF. People’s preferences in how announcer announce games, shockingly, can change. And quite frankly to hand wave the opinions of a very sizable (if not majority) of the demographics that are watching these game is asinine.
I didn’t real the whole article but if they’re saying our generation doesn’t have the attention span of previous ones that’s obviously not true.
*was
I loved hearing his voice during games. It was relaxing, and it was interesting to hear the stories he had to tell about players.
But he has definitely lost a step. His play-by-plsy calls have no emotion, and he’s become boring to listen to.
As someone who was a big fan of Costas, the man needs to retire.
This is 100% true. I saw it with Chris Berman a decade ago.
Costas is annoying in his own right but I think of the TBS broadcast wasn’t also noticeably bad on a technical level then Costas wouldn’t have come off as bad either. They are independent factors that combined into a terrible TV product.
I’ll say it again – Olympics Costas>Baseball Costas
I love Costas’ style of announcing and I think the hate is overblown. THAT SAID, I think it’s pretty clear he’s not following the league as closely as he once did. Still incredibly knowledgeable about the history (which is valuable in a national broadcast) and he’s kept up with the major players/storylines/trends, but I think the average poster on this sub is probably deeper in at this point than Costas is. I can totally see how that would rub people the wrong way, to feel like the guy who’s talking about the game isn’t as clued in as they are (or at least isn’t talking like he is).
My counterpoint is that, it’s a national broadcast and a lot of the people who are watching don’t follow super closely. Those people are getting all the info they need to follow the game from Costas and Darling.
I also just don’t need every announcer to be Dave Niehaus. The game is exciting on its own, there doesn’t always have to be someone losing their mind in the booth for me to enjoy it. The guys who get crazy excited are great, but I appreciate the variety
The best description I’ve heard of Bob Costas announcing recently is that it sounds like the network is using an AI generated version of Costas voice to call the game.
What people want has changed. He’s the best at what he does, but people watching can’t be excited on their own. Viewers need the commenator to be excited for them.
Bruh he got so many calls wrong, not even 90 year old Sterling was that inaccurate
Michael Kay sucks, but a lot of y’all want this hyper-aggro, super-dramatic, Real Housewives version of baseball that doesn’t make sense with a nine month pre-regular-and-postseason. Baseball’s about history and how the moment fits into that history. Costas has lost a step maybe, but baseball fans need to chill out.
The only time I’ve heard this guy broadcast and not immediately changed the channel was in the movie cars
One of the main things I’m gonna remember from this series is his dogshit call on a royals double into the left field corner.
Also I’m tired of boomers telling me to appreciate costas because he once was good. He is not good anymore. That’s okay but should mean he doesn’t do these games.
We can respect that he’s a legend while acknowledging that his style no longer meets the moment in a postseason TV broadcast. Two things can be true here.
Lol he was atrocious for the ALDS, and I’ve listened to Bob for decades. He is much better suited for interviews and long form content. His energy is nowhere near what it should be for playoff sports.
Sir, this is a Wendy’s
Shut up Michael Kay
Shitty announcer defends washed announcer
So 50 is young!?!?