Sunday, July 02, 2006

Reason #13,493 Why I’m Not Crazy about National Baseball Announcers

By Nicholas Stix

“The Mets’ rookie shortstop, Jose Reyes, is apparently using the baseball bat as a microphone,” intoned ESPN announcer Jon Miller, during a rain delay before the Mets-Yankees game tonight.

I generally like Jon Miller, but Jose Reyes is in his fourth season with the Mets.

The game, which was supposed to begin at 8 p.m., got going at 9:15. The Mets jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but the Yankees came back with nine runs in the bottom of the third inning. The Yankees currently lead 9-4, in the bottom of the fourth inning.

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