Mailbag: Reaction To "Thumbs Down To ESPN"

Vegas Rich’s piece Thumbs Down To ESPN struck quite a nerve with you guys, some of the comments are below.

Miller/Morgan/Phillips makes me appreciate the MLB Package that much more. I had the option to watch and listen to Gary, Keith and Ron and it was more proffessional. I get the away games too, and the Marlins, Braves and Nationals are horrible. Dibble may be the worst. Mets broadcast gives credit where credit is due-does not matter what player, from either team does. Other broadcasters look at questionable calls from 3 games ago as an excuse as to why they lost a game and not consider the reason is that they suck. Payroll is no excuse anymore–look at the Rays last year and Colorado the year before.
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I had to mute the TV last night after listening to Steve Phillips drone on and on about clubhouse “leaders”. Matt Cain is in the middle of a shutout of one of the best teams in the N.L. and this idiot goes on and on about who’s a leader and who isn’t for the Mets. Who cares?. How did he ever get into a broadacast booth? He adds nothing to the game. Idiot.
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Sadly, I don’t live in the NY area anymore (I live in Richmond, VA) so I don’t have the option of listening to the games on the radio. But I do agree – the Mets get bashed anytime they’re on any nationally televised game, unless Ron Darling is working the game, as he usually does on TBS.

Some different opinions about Miller’s pronunciation of Beltran:

Yeah, to be fair, Beltran’s name is actually properly spelled BeltrÃ¡n, the accent mark meaning the last syllable gets pronounced. Sure, it’s not how most people pronounce his name, but I really have trouble faulting a guy for pronouncing it right.

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i’ve heard carlos beltran pronounce his own name. and he says it the same way everyone else says it…except jon miller.

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First time poster on here, but Jon Miller actually makes an effort to pronounce players’ names properly. Carlos’ last name is indeed pronounced Bell-TRON…Thats what led to the Onion’s “Carlos Voltron” article from last September.
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