Boog it is

[jersey cubs fan]

horsefeathering [expletive] that this thread title isn't "they picked Boog"

 

seriously had the same thought. i can't believe this slipped past goony.

It was almost but seemed boring at the time

[Banedon]

Grace is not mentioned in the press release with the other on-air talent (they also called Ryan Sweeney Mike Sweeney)

 

Marquee apparently said this is an oversight.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Ryan Sweeney finally got a three year contract?

[CubinNY]

I've really enjoyed Boog in the booth. He asks great questions to JD and is entertaining. I don't like that he calls any objective analysis "nerd baseball".

[Tryptamine]

I've really enjoyed Boog in the booth. He asks great questions to JD and is entertaining. I don't like that he calls any objective analysis "nerd baseball".

 

I haven't watched any games yet, but if that's where the booth is headed in relation to any advanced analytics, you can count me out. If I want to hear how great batting average, rbis and pitcher record is I can find plenty in the cesspool that is Facebook and reddit.

[David]

I've really enjoyed Boog in the booth. He asks great questions to JD and is entertaining. I don't like that he calls any objective analysis "nerd baseball".

 

I haven't watched any games yet, but if that's where the booth is headed in relation to any advanced analytics, you can count me out. If I want to hear how great batting average, rbis and pitcher record is I can find plenty in the cesspool that is Facebook and reddit.

 

i promise you that is not the tone of that comment and it's not at all where the broadcast is headed

 

wtf lol

[CubinNY]

I've really enjoyed Boog in the booth. He asks great questions to JD and is entertaining. I don't like that he calls any objective analysis "nerd baseball".

 

I haven't watched any games yet, but if that's where the booth is headed in relation to any advanced analytics, you can count me out. If I want to hear how great batting average, rbis and pitcher record is I can find plenty in the cesspool that is Facebook and reddit.

Yes, as David implied, Boog is great at breaking down advanced analytics. He's really good at showing how they truly apply in in-game situations. He just calls it nerd baseball, jokingly. He's like a version of Len that is amped up on coffee. I am happy with the booth.

[Derwood]

I’m sure he’ll grow on me, but Boog definitely has a “national broadcast” voice that doesn’t quite feel like a local announcer. I’m sure I’ll get over it

[David]

I’m sure he’ll grow on me, but Boog definitely has a “national broadcast” voice that doesn’t quite feel like a local announcer. I’m sure I’ll get over it

 

that might be because you got used to len sounding like kermit the frog for 16 years. i'm pretty sure we almost unanimously HATED that at first.

Edited March 10, 2021 by David

[Derwood]

I’m sure he’ll grow on me, but Boog definitely has a “national broadcast” voice that doesn’t quite feel like a local announcer. I’m sure I’ll get over it

 

that might be because you got used to len sounding like kermit the frog for 17 years. i'm pretty sure we almost unanimously HATED that at first.

 

Maybe. Boog is very polished, while Len sounded like your next door neighbor. Boog sounds a bit like a younger version of Jon Miller...

[Tryptamine]

I've really enjoyed Boog in the booth. He asks great questions to JD and is entertaining. I don't like that he calls any objective analysis "nerd baseball".

 

I haven't watched any games yet, but if that's where the booth is headed in relation to any advanced analytics, you can count me out. If I want to hear how great batting average, rbis and pitcher record is I can find plenty in the cesspool that is Facebook and reddit.

Yes, as David implied, Boog is great at breaking down advanced analytics. He's really good at showing how they truly apply in in-game situations. He just calls it nerd baseball, jokingly. He's like a version of Len that is amped up on coffee. I am happy with the booth.

 

If that's the case than I'm happy with it, I thought you meant he was going all old timey baseball on the broadcast which I can't stand.

[Bull]

I've really enjoyed Boog in the booth. He asks great questions to JD and is entertaining. I don't like that he calls any objective analysis "nerd baseball".

 

I haven't watched any games yet, but if that's where the booth is headed in relation to any advanced analytics, you can count me out. If I want to hear how great batting average, rbis and pitcher record is I can find plenty in the cesspool that is Facebook and reddit.

Nerd

[Derwood]

 

I haven't watched any games yet, but if that's where the booth is headed in relation to any advanced analytics, you can count me out. If I want to hear how great batting average, rbis and pitcher record is I can find plenty in the cesspool that is Facebook and reddit.

Yes, as David implied, Boog is great at breaking down advanced analytics. He's really good at showing how they truly apply in in-game situations. He just calls it nerd baseball, jokingly. He's like a version of Len that is amped up on coffee. I am happy with the booth.

 

If that's the case than I'm happy with it, I thought you meant he was going all old timey baseball on the broadcast which I can't stand.

 

Nah, I'm just talking about his voice

[David]

Yes, as David implied, Boog is great at breaking down advanced analytics. He's really good at showing how they truly apply in in-game situations. He just calls it nerd baseball, jokingly. He's like a version of Len that is amped up on coffee. I am happy with the booth.

 

If that's the case than I'm happy with it, I thought you meant he was going all old timey baseball on the broadcast which I can't stand.

 

Nah, I'm just talking about his voice

Either this is the most Derwood horsefeathers ever or you've become self aware and are making a good joke.

 

Either way, I'm impressed and applaud you.

[Sammy Sofa]

I’m sure he’ll grow on me, but Boog definitely has a “national broadcast” voice that doesn’t quite feel like a local announcer. I’m sure I’ll get over it

 

that might be because you got used to len sounding like kermit the frog for 16 years. i'm pretty sure we almost unanimously HATED that at first.

 

[imb]

boog do a louneg chat coward

[17 Seconds]

didn't len once say he would do it, but then bailed?

 

I’m sure he’ll grow on me, but Boog definitely has a “national broadcast” voice that doesn’t quite feel like a local announcer. I’m sure I’ll get over it

 

that might be because you got used to len sounding like kermit the frog for 16 years. i'm pretty sure we almost unanimously HATED that at first.

 

i remember him calling a derrek lee home run against arizona in the first series of the year and being like wtf was that

[Andy]

didn't len once say he would do it, but then bailed?

Len definitely did one Q&A here. He might have bailed on a different one.

[imb]

one of the original louneg iterations was open and named after len kasper (perhaps adam dunn and kent mercker too?) and len found it while googling himself and came and chatted with us shortly after being hired

[seanimal]

one of the original louneg iterations was open and named after len kasper (perhaps adam dunn and kent mercker too?) and len found it while googling himself and came and chatted with us shortly after being hired

 

can't wait to try to explain this to my kids

[ConstableRabbit]

I’m sure he’ll grow on me, but Boog definitely has a “national broadcast” voice that doesn’t quite feel like a local announcer. I’m sure I’ll get over it

 

that might be because you got used to len sounding like kermit the frog for 16 years. i'm pretty sure we almost unanimously HATED that at first.

Some of us still do haha

[Cubfanintheknow]

Bumping the Boog thread!

 

Even though Boog was a proven entity, I thought I'd miss Len. I appreciated Len's knowledge of the game and his play calling abilities. Never scripted. Called the game like a fan, not an announcer.

 

Boog has been incredible! He's just been very fun to listen to. He knows how to play to JD, who also knows how to have a good time in the booth. They make even the crappiest of Cub games sound tolerable.

 

Anybody not liking Boog?

 

P.S. Feel free to tee off on Sutcliffe and Dempster.

[Tim]

Bumping the Boog thread!

 

Even though Boog was a proven entity, I thought I'd miss Len. I appreciated Len's knowledge of the game and his play calling abilities. Never scripted. Called the game like a fan, not an announcer.

 

Boog has been incredible! He's just been very fun to listen to. He knows how to play to JD, who also knows how to have a good time in the booth. They make even the crappiest of Cub games sound tolerable.

 

Anybody not liking Boog?

 

P.S. Feel free to tee off on Sutcliffe and Dempster.

I felt like the chemistry wasn't there between Boog & JD for a while. But I thought it just might take a while for it to come around. And I think it has - they've been pretty great recently. I still miss Len and I still feel like Boog sometimes sticks to his national announcer roots too much. But he'll come around with time and start to live and die with the team he covers every day.

 

In short (IMO):

 

Current Boog is fine, but..

 

Recent Len > Current Boog

 

I think Future Boog will be just as good as Len.

[Andy]

Boog is excellent at the job and he and JD are fun together. There's an ineffable warmth the Len/JD team brought that isn't quite there for me yet, and it's probably got a lot to do with the fact that I got so used to Boog as a national voice. But our booth continues to be among the best in the game.

[champaignchris]

I think Boog has a more professional delivery than Len did, but personality-wise is much more of a goofball. I think it’s taken a bit of time for JD’s far more dry sense of humor to mesh with Boog, but I think they’re getting there.

 

A good example of their improving chemistry is when Boog was trying to say that one of the opposing players looked like someone famous and JD clearly had no clue who Boog was referencing. Instead of clamming up like he did earlier in the season, JD quipped, “Yeah, he looks just like my cousin,” and Boog spent the rest of the half inning cracking up.

 

I also think Boog makes pretty good use of Dempster, Sut, etc. by occasionally asking them some pretty incisive questions. Keeps them from babbling inanely and instead makes them talk about something interesting. Last night Dempster was being dead weight. Out of nowhere Boog asked Dempster about borrowing a position player’s bat and we got an entertaining story about Cliff Floyd taking his bat back from Dempster after Dempster got a hit with it.