I finally had an opportunity to take in a fair amount of Todd Zeile in the booth and…..I really like him!
TIME OUT BEFORE WE CONTINUE. I love Ron Darling. I want Ron healthy and back in the booth. I wish the best for Ron Darling. I can both love Ron Darling and also enjoy the work of Todd Zeile.
I think it may be as simple as “Gary hasn’t heard all of Todd’s stories ten times” and that it’s fresh and new but…..it’s fresh and new! If you watched Wednesday afternoon’s game you heard Gary light up a little as Todd told Bobby Valentine stories.
I’ve found that Gary is much more conversational with Todd than he is when it’s just Gary/Ron – and right now I think the Gary/Todd booth is a better listen than Gary/Ron, and I think that’s because of Gary. When it’s Gary/Ron we get Bad Gary – the monotone version that is just running the program. You may also notice we’ve had better home run calls this week – something in Todd brings out the best in Gary. Will it last? I don’t know – but right now here are the power rankings…
- Gary/Keith/Ron
- Wayne/Keith/Ron
- Gary/Keith
- Gary/Todd
- Gary/Ron
I have not yet heard enough Gary/Keith/Todd – but my brief sense of it was that it wasn’t clicking….but small sample size.
