Comments on: Approval Ratings – Dave O’Brien

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:10:01 +0000

O’Brien is partial to some teams and should not be in the Red Sox booth with Joe C. Bring back a member of RSN to the booth and some good reporting.
As an aside O’Brien and Orsillo fit the same bill, a couple of SUITS looking to be on Mational TV and never played the games. I bet if you asked the remdawg is confidence he would agree.

By: Rooster

Rooster — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:13:12 +0000

Obie is awesome! Big time talent, big thumbs up approval.
I always liked Joe Castig and Trupe, but O’brien is so much better that Jerry ever was. Joe sounds much more alive with Obie in the booth, and they make a terrific team. Voice quality is vital to a great baseball announcer, and O’brien has one of the best voices I have ever heard, in any sport. He is also incredibly descriptive. I hope he stays forever.

By: Hieronymous

Hieronymous — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:54:19 +0000

Just good to be able to listen to Sox games on the radio again now that Geffner is gone. I literally could not listen to his up talking.

“This one time?”

“At band camp?”

“Manny hits it over the monster?”

By: media-tor

media-tor — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:18:23 +0000

Chemistry between Stig and Trup? People who would know have told me that the two of them detested each other.

By: media-tor

media-tor — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:15:50 +0000

They pay him to read ad spots which are heard during the game broadcasts.

By: firehazelmae

firehazelmae — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:10:29 +0000

OBTW about “pipes” and “booming voices”…

I don’t know why people think O’Brien has a “booming voice” and “great pipes”. The Red Sox aren’t really famous for hiring “boomers” (other than those who play first base), save for perhaps Bob Starr. People like Lon Simmons, Paul Carey, Harry Kalas, Chuck Thompson, Herb Carneal, those guys had “booming voices”. People like Ned Martin, Ken Coleman, Curt Gowdy, Jon Miller, Ernie Harwell, Joe Angel, they have “great pipes”. O’Brien has neither, he is more of a vanilla announcer who is perfect for ESPN. O’Brien does a great job at ESPN, but I do think some people out there are overrating him on the Sox radio.

I will say that he is far better than either Arnold or Geffner.

By: firehazelmae

firehazelmae — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:40:22 +0000

Not all of us were happy to see Trupiano go. I liked Trup a lot and O’Brien is still an ESPN guy to me.

And quit all this bashing of Castiglione. He is not minor league. Seeing Bob Kurtz on the Remy tribute reminded me of how minor league he was. Kurtz made you think you were watching Pawtucket. Castiglione gives you no such feeling.

By: kampy1

kampy1 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:31:13 +0000

I don’t know how anyone can disapprove of this guy after hearing Trupiano and Geffner for the last couple of years. Someone said it earlier – it really is all about the pipes because of how much dead time they have to fill on the radio. OB not only has the pipes, he knows his stuff and he doesn’t come across like he’s reading straight from the freaking media guide, like Uncle Joe always does. Also agree that it’s time for Castig to go to pasture, and I sincerely hope Dale Arnold doesn’t get any more air time than he already gets (he is ATROCIOUS). Though I will miss his ‘swing and a pop-up’ calls.

Agree that Joe’s “Can you believe it?” call was lame. Trupe’s “Way baaaack on Troy O’Leary’s homer in Cleveland in ’99 was the absolute best (have it on a keychain – still gives me goosebumps).

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:03:54 +0000

What is his connection with Azec Decks?

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:11:32 +0000

Dave O’Brien is Gil Santos in his prime. I’ve listened to a lot of MLB announce teams, probably close to half, and Obie is one of the better ones. Very polished, doen’t miss much, knows when he has time to read to the promos and most importantly calls the action as it happens unlike Geffner who watched the play then told you what was going on. It was like listening to a 7-second delay.