# Who do you detest most as a sports announcer? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 10, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-detest-most-as-a-sports-announcer/609012 "2012-01-10T03:20:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-detest-most-as-a-sports-announcer/609012/101 "2012-03-12T01:51:59Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > I don’t know how you say this in a world where Suzyn Waldman and John Sterling remain unstrangled. > > Oh, yes, I do. You’re a fan of the team that they propagandize for. Actually I used to love listening to the baseball on the radio and that team has taken it away from me as I cannot stand them, but McCarver is worse to me. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-detest-most-as-a-sports-announcer/609012/102 "2012-03-12T01:59:42Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Susan Waldyn of the Yankees has made me a John Sterling fan. What a butchy voice. Gods, I hate both of them, but Waldyn is significantly worse. Makes me hate being in the car when a Yankee game is on. I want to follow the game, but I don’t want to listen to them. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-detest-most-as-a-sports-announcer/609012/103 "2012-03-12T02:06:25Z")
And here’s a sample of Sterling’s incompetence and clueless bluster: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XWkoN6xQDn8/hqdefault.jpg "John Sterling blows call") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWkoN6xQDn8) The two of them together makes my hair catch fire. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-detest-most-as-a-sports-announcer/609012/104 "2012-03-12T03:46:20Z")
why did I select that link? I know how bad she is. Oh, my goodness gwacious! That was embarrassing. One of the things that I really dislike about her and Sterling is they make it impossible for me to listen to a game on the radio. Sometimes, when I’m going to sleep, I like to listen to a ballgame. Or if I’m working outside in the summer, nothing better than a ballgame to pass the time. And listening to a good radio team can make me a fan of that team. I’m always going to be a Pirate fan, but when I lived between Baltimore and Washington, I got to listen to the Joe Angel, Jon Miller team and they made me a fan of the Orioles. Waldman and Sterling have turned me against the Yankees, which is amazing to me. That’s how bad they suck. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-detest-most-as-a-sports-announcer/609012/105 "2012-03-12T03:52:59Z")
Dick Vitale - voice and mannerisms are like fingernails on a chalkboard for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-detest-most-as-a-sports-announcer/609012.md?page=5)