Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
I would say the exact opposite. Farmer is a goof. The weird patriotism, the cultural references from the 50s and 60s, the irrational hatred of Fernando Rodney. The best part of the broadcast is listening to DJ fuck with him by throwing shit out there that goes right over Farmer's head.
And one more thing about DJ. He's the only guy who has ever had the balls to challenge Hawk. Stone is "the best in the business", yet he simply shuts up and acquiesces when Hawk starts rambling about something that is obviously wrong. DJ took him on:
DJ: A can of corn? What's a can of corn?
Hawk: [irritated] You really don't know what a can of corn is?
DJ: I know what a tired cliche is.

Daaaaamn. So
that's why he got exiled to the radio.
I think DJ is the most professional of the four principal Sox broadcasters. He can't do play-by-play (nor can Steve Stone, for that matter, so they should stop making him try), but he's a solid analyst. He always sounds good when he does national work. Remember how everyone thought Chris Singleton was a complete dipshit, with Bernstein even cackling about how lucky the Score was that Bristol hired him away to make room for Stone? then Singleton actually turned out to be quite a good analyst? Maybe the partner is the problem.
When Hawk retires, slide Farmer over to television so that his verbal masturbation and shitty play-by-play aren't the only way to figure out what's going on in a game. Put a professional broadcaster,
not a guy who played in the bigs, on radio play-by-play where you need that ability most. Of course, this won't happen until Weird Jerry finally kicks it because he's obsessed with putting ex-players in every broadcast seat.
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