Comments on: Arnold to Fill In on Red Sox Radio Broadcasts

By: Welcome Dave O’Brien (For Real This Time | Boston Daily)

Welcome Dave O’Brien (For Real This Time | Boston Daily) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:23:04 +0000

[...] radio crew for the Red Sox was announced today and the good news is Dave O’Brien will do a minimum of 135 games. Dale Arnold and John Rish [...]

By: George in Rhode Island

George in Rhode Island — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:43:40 +0000

John Sterling in New York. Now there is a great announcer. I hate the Yankees but would rather listen to John and Suzan Waldman (and she is tough to take..listen to her go nuts )than listen to that wheeny Dale Arnold. Sad part is I am an avid Sox fan. Dale Sucks!

By: mdl

mdl — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:44:24 +0000

I used to love Sox on the radio with Joe and Jerry but now I barely ever listen to games any more. The lackluster announcing and inconsistency of a broadcast team just doesnt make the radio worthwhile any more. To think- I used to be one to turn down tv volume to listen to game on radio too!

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sun, 25 May 2008 01:57:07 +0000

I think that joe and dave are a great broadcasting pair and i hope they are together on the radio for years to come, but what the red sox radio network has a problem with is the volume balance between Joe c. and whoever is with him. Joe and Jerry sounded like they had their microphones on the same volume, but Dave Obrien sounds like he has his mic turned up extra loud every day and it almost startles me when im listening to the games and he starts talking. I know Joe has a softer voice than Dave’s booming radio voice, so maybe dave should have his mic turned down a bit so they sound more equal. dale arnold has that same problem, since his voice is similar to glenn geffner’s voice, so maybe this will help the sound of the games on the radio.

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:26:22 +0000

Well earlier this week, Wednesday, the Sox were at Detroit and John Risch (not sure of his spelling on the last name), was on with Joe and what a nice broadcast to listen to. Hope Dale resorts back to the Revolution or something else, maybe the Baby “B’s”….Red Sox baseball is to interesting and fun for Dale to be tagging along. Good job by John and good back up to Dave O’Brien…Dale do us all a favor and step aside please..next thing you know Dale will be complaining about KG swearing and not bring it up in studio when the guy is on hand….

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:02:45 +0000

My wife listens to the Red Sox at work each night. Last night she came home and announced “F” Dale Arnold! Where did they get him? Nuf said!

By: Harry

Harry — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:00:20 +0000

…cmon carl, tell us how you really feel about the whining, sniveling Dale Arnold..couldn’t believe when the Sox announced that Arnold was joining the broadcast team..for years now, I’ve tried to listen to EEI after the John and Jerry show..unfortunately, Dale is just oo painful to listen to..michael Holly can’t carry this ham-and-egger so the switch is often made to eagen and Braude talking politics..Bob Nuemeir was so much more entertaining and informative, but looks like we’re stuck with Dale for the time being

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:01:22 +0000

Well another boring Sox game this week on the radio huh…there was Dale again…imagine the Tigers, “the worst team on the planet”….boy nothing like Opening Day with Dave and Joe…pretty descriptive job by the two professionals….and did you hear Dale get all upset at a caller on WEEI on Thursday…boy that professional Dale, does he forget it is a sports call in show and “ordinary folks” can call in with an opinion, even if its about Dale…Dale still doesn’t realize in his position, he has to take criticism from the fans and the listeners…oh, I forgot, we are all stupid out here in listener land and we are lucky he is on the air and barking ffrom 10-2……maybe where it is playoff time in hockey, Dale will remind us how he worked for the New Jersey Devils one more time….

By: Ironhead

Ironhead — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:36:27 +0000

I have a torch and pitchfork and I am looking for JJ. Uncle Joe is the best.

By: jj

jj — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:14:21 +0000

I think any discussion of Dale Arnold’s qualities as a baseball announcer are irrelevant as long as Joe Castiglione is still there. I am disgusted that the Red Sox have chosen to retain such a weak announcer for so many years, a person whose ability to call a game is just as bad now as it was when he was first hired. Maybe someday he’ll learn how to gage whether a fly ball is an easy out or a home run. I often have to depend on the crowd noise in the background to determine what is really going on.
Sine the horrid Castig has been now around so long, a whole generaltion of fans do not realize how bad he is because he’s all they’ve ever heard. Most seemingly do not remember Ned Martin or Coleman in their primes. This is sad. What makes it even sadder are the comments about Arnold. Arnold may not be a Martin or a Coleman but he is far more able than Castiglione. He doesn’t get highly excited about pop-ups or blaze about ohme runs he thinks are pop ups. When I first heard him calling games I had the faint hope that Castiglione had retired or finally been fired, but then he piped in.
i do wish the Sox would come up with new talent, not to replace Arnold, but to replace Castiglione.