Rich Waltz announced as secondary broadcaster starting Friday

[rafibomb]

 

 

Edited July 14, 2021 by rafibomb

[rafibomb]

Not sure if this deserves it's own thread so we can also just merge this into the Athletic report.

[Lou]

Yes!!!

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

Yes!!!

[Stradling]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

-Lou 

[fan_since79]

Forgive me but I've never heard of this guy.

[Jay]

2 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Forgive me but I've never heard of this guy.

But then I don't follow announcers.

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

Forgive me but I've never heard of this guy.

I hadn't either until earlier today, but the Marlins fans seem to have liked him:

https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/fox-sports-florida-dismisses-rich-waltz-jeff-conine-preston-wilson-outrage.html

He's almost 60 years old, so I doubt he'll be a long-term solution for the Angels, but he seems decent enough.  I just wonder how much he'll know about the team, given that he's coming in so abruptly.

[rafibomb]

28 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I hadn't either until earlier today, but the Marlins fans seem to have liked him:

https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/fox-sports-florida-dismisses-rich-waltz-jeff-conine-preston-wilson-outrage.html

He's almost 60 years old, so I doubt he'll be a long-term solution for the Angels, but he seems decent enough.  I just wonder how much he'll know about the team, given that he's coming in so abruptly.

Here's a "highlight" reel the Marlins made for his birthday in 2017

https://www.facebook.com/Marlins/videos/10155626269992349/ 

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, rafibomb said:

Here's a "highlight" reel the Marlins made for his birthday in 2017

https://www.facebook.com/Marlins/videos/10155626269992349/ 

...and then they fired him a month later.  Lol. 

[rafibomb]

Just now, jsnpritchett said:

...and then they fired him a month later.  Lol. 

That I did not know.... Yikes! 

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, rafibomb said:

That I did not know.... Yikes! 

Yep! If you look at the date of the article I linked to and you replied to, it was on Nov 22, 2017. The b-day video was on Oct 13. Sad! 

[Bronson]

He’ll probably just gush over Ohtani till Trout gets back. Then just gush over them both till the end of the season. He won’t know anything else about the team probably.

[failos]

Gross

[arch stanton]

Chosen because his name sounds like something OC people enjoy doing

[Roy Hobbs]

18 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

Chosen because his name sounds like something OC people enjoy doing

Being rich?

[Lou]

19 minutes ago, cals said:

So they fired a really awesome guy for some old fucker that doesn’t know the  Angels?  Sutton better have really fucked up.  Otherwise it’s Example Y of low class org.

He's only 7 years older than Sutton.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Roy Hobbs said:

Being rich?

You obviously haven't been in OC lately.

[arch stanton]

1 hour ago, Roy Hobbs said:

Being rich?

No, man. The rich waltz. It's really just the cabbage patch but it's done from the deck of Arte's yacht

[OhtaniSan]

I love his energy! Interested to see how he does with us and how fast he can learn the ins and outs of the Angels

[ELEVEN]

5 hours ago, OhtaniSan said:

I love his energy! Interested to see how he does with us and how fast he can learn the ins and outs of the Angels

Well man, there's a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what have yous...

[Stradling]

I’m going to make a pretty bold prediction.  Some fans are going to like what he brings to the booth and some fans won’t.  Those who hate him will be adamant that he sucks.  A lot of idiots will continue to tell us they miss Hudler. 

[fan_since79]

9 hours ago, Bronson said:

He’ll probably just gush over Ohtani till Trout gets back. Then just gush over them both till the end of the season. He won’t know anything else about the team probably.

In other words, late August.

 

[GrittyVeterans]

I already enjoy him more than Sutton

 

i still find the Vasgersian situation strange. I hope he stops doing Sunday Night Baseball next season

[Angels 1961]

I really like his home team HR call