Sure, his run in the ’86 playoffs was as good as, say, Mark Bellhorn’s in 2004. But man, does he suck in the booth. He makes Ron Gant look like Howard Cosell.
Maybe I am just remembering the smile, but I don’t find him THAT bad. Awkward, sort of stumbling. Ok, sure, not really insightful. Well, that does sound bad.
But I agree with the previous post that the He Gone guy could not possibly be more irritating. Unless he was Jeff Brantley. For Brantley is nasty and condescending. At least Hendu isn’t that nasty.
And he seems to have vision enough to notice that:
Manny was safe at third.
Big Sexy was out at first.
I find many former Sox players-now-broadcasters fairly bitter and partisan like “He Gone” Hawk Harrelson and Hendu (who disparaged Boston’s 2006 defense, which, admittedly, hasn’t been great lately). I listened to Joe Castiglione yesterday and he had that sad, resigned, “2001” kind of tone in his voice.
sonnysiebert
18 years ago
Perhaps the booth is not his natural milieu but he is no way as annoying as that yutz who broadcasts for the CWS or even the two in Tampa Bay.
111875
18 years ago
Maybe I am just remembering the smile, but I don’t find him THAT bad. Awkward, sort of stumbling. Ok, sure, not really insightful. Well, that does sound bad.
But I agree with the previous post that the He Gone guy could not possibly be more irritating. Unless he was Jeff Brantley. For Brantley is nasty and condescending. At least Hendu isn’t that nasty.
And he seems to have vision enough to notice that:
Manny was safe at third.
Big Sexy was out at first.
Bill Pratt
18 years ago
No broadcaster can beat “Boom Goes The Dynamite” –
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2669019.
MikeVaBeach
18 years ago
I find many former Sox players-now-broadcasters fairly bitter and partisan like “He Gone” Hawk Harrelson and Hendu (who disparaged Boston’s 2006 defense, which, admittedly, hasn’t been great lately). I listened to Joe Castiglione yesterday and he had that sad, resigned, “2001” kind of tone in his voice.