Re: Santo back on the HOF ballot

[Guest]

To all the people who dislike Ron Santo as a broadcaster:

 

Honestly, you try to do what he does for 162 games (all right, I'll concede that he doesn't make every road trip). There's a lot of air time that needs to be filled. It's not like TV where you can let the pretty pictures do the talking. And not all the games are like Tuesday night's nailbiter.

 

It's an incredibly difficult job. Santo isn't the best. But I love how he lets his colors show through. And Pat Hughes is as good as they come. If you think for a second that he'd let something even remotely important slip past without mentioning it, you're crazy.

 

That works both ways. On TV, you don't have to describe every play in detail because the viewer can see what's going on. That leaves extra time for stories. But on the radio, the fans listening have no idea what's going on unless you tell them to. So if you miss something, the listener does also.

 

I'd argue that there's a lot more air time to be filled on TV then there is on radio because of this.

 

I can see your logic.

 

Oh, and I don't know if you took it this way or not, but I don't think doing either radio or TV is easy, especially when you have to do it for 162 games.