Athletics announcers have maintained professionalism, balance and broadcast integrity during difficult times.
It happens a few times a month, sometimes more, either through social media, email or casual conversation.
I thought of that sentiment with regard to those on-air voices covering the A’s on a game-by-game basis and wondered how they were holding up as the defeats seemed as relentless as waves against the coast. The A’s team, whether it be Ken Korach and Vince Cotroneo on the radio , Kuiper and analyst Dallas Braden on NBCCA or Chris Townsend on the streaming A’s Cast, have been matter-of-fact without drifting into sarcasm or pity. Same goes for their studio show, hosted by Brodie Brazil and with analysts that have included the always-direct Dave Stewart as well as Shooty Babbit and Bip Roberts.
Korach said he was never promised winning season after winning season and has been fortunate enough to call multiple pennant races as well as a perfect game and a 20-game win streak. At 70, he still gets to the park early, prepares meticulously and wonders how he got so lucky. And like Townsend, as well as Cotroneo and Braden, he’s never heard a peep about what he should and shouldn’t say on the air.
While it might seem like a downer from afar, announcers are essentially baseball nerds who couldn’t imagine doing anything else. Their job is to detail how a game or season unfolds on a gradual basis rather than wax pathetic about the bad times.
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