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DEL.ICIO.USBraves’ broadcasters shuffled
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fox Cable Networks announced it will replace the familiar Turner South broadcast team of Skip Caray, Pete Van Wieren, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson and Chip Caray. Beginning next week, the Braves games on Turner South will be called by FSN South’s broadcast team of Bob Rathbun and Jeff Torborg. What’s your opinion of the change?
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By The Captain
April 28, 2006 12:48 PM | Link to this
Quite frankly I think it’s crap. While Jeff Torborg is a heck of a lot better than Tom Paciorek, there’s no replacing the usual suspects. For those of us out of state who can’t listen to the games on the radio, that means we’ll only get to hear them on the 2 games that TBS airs a month.
By John
April 28, 2006 12:48 PM | Link to this
This is a complete travesty. Bob Rathbun is the worst announcer in sports. I refuse to even listen to him on FSN, and now I forced to deal with him on Turner South? Skip, Pete, Don and Joe ARE the Braves. All Braves fans should let Fox Sports know how disgusted we are by this.
By Scott
April 28, 2006 12:48 PM | Link to this
Just another example of corporate America taking over. They couldn’t care less about what the fan wants, only what lines their pockets. I guess I will be using the MUTE button during broadcasts. It could be worse. We could still have Tom P. calling games! Please Mr. Blank…BUY MY BRAVES!
By debi
April 28, 2006 12:48 PM | Link to this
I just wish I could get Turner South
By Gobraves01
April 28, 2006 12:49 PM | Link to this
It sucks hardcore!!! I love Skip, Pete, Don, Joe, and Chip. It doesn’t feel like Braves Baseball if they’re giving the play by plays.
By lilianralton
April 28, 2006 12:50 PM | Link to this
It absolutely stinks.These fox guys bored the hell out of me.They do not know our braves like our own broadcasters and most of the time when the game is on they are having discussions about entirely different subjects. Fox also run ads while the action is still on. They might as well talk cricket but then again I probably know more about international cricket than the bunch of them together.Hell NO!!!!!!!
By Jared
April 28, 2006 12:51 PM | Link to this
ARGGGGGHHHHHH!!!! I guess quality is not something Fox is interested in…
By Chris
April 28, 2006 12:51 PM | Link to this
This is the worst decision ever. The Fox Sports guys are cheesy at best.
Bring back Skip and Pete!!
By Farnum
April 28, 2006 12:51 PM | Link to this
@&%@#!!! Sure Bob Rathbone may be happy now, but he’ll sure be peeved when the Devil comes calling to collect on his end of the bargain. Stupid Rupert Murdoch.By bill
April 28, 2006 12:53 PM | Link to this
Another out of town person who thinks they know what best for Brave’s fans. Give us back out broadcast team.
By Scott
April 28, 2006 12:53 PM | Link to this
Hey DOB, do you have any information on how to contact FSN to let them know how we feel? Maybe if enough people air their complaints, they will rethink this decision? Can you imagine anyone taking games away from Harry Caray? Or how about another broadcaster besides Vin Scully doing the Dodgers? Ripping away our tradition is the start of them dismantling our franchise? WHERE ARE YOU ARTHUR????
By Scott Sapp
April 28, 2006 12:53 PM | Link to this
i love listening to a good game called by the ‘home team’ in a hammock ON THE RADIO.
By Jman
April 28, 2006 12:54 PM | Link to this
IT SUCKS!!! It doesnt get any better than Skip, Joe, Pete, Don, and Chip. Truly sad news! Cant they wait until next year to do this? I like Rathbun, but Torborg is ridiculous! Terrible, terrible news. I hate it. Guess I’ll be turning the sound down on the TV and listening to radio play by play. Now if Liberty Media gets the team life is really gonna suck for us Braves fans. Fox has screwed up TV coverage, and if Liberty gets the team then the streak ends next year folks. Things are falling off one-by-one. At least we’ll win it this year.
By ck
April 28, 2006 12:54 PM | Link to this
I wont miss Skip and his pessimistic attitude at all. His comments are all but inspiring.
By Brian
April 28, 2006 12:56 PM | Link to this
This is just one of the MANY stupid things Turner South has done recently. Name me one person that likes listening to Bob Rathman, he gets on everyone’s nerves and is clueless to calling a game. How can they justify this moronic move? How convenient that there is no way to contact Turner South via their website. Turner South is NOT my South!
By Cecilia
April 28, 2006 12:57 PM | Link to this
Kiss my grits and we are turning it off. Guess we should have expected something like this..sorry that such personable icons of Atlanta sports broadcasting are being tossed aside. Who is next???
By Mark
April 28, 2006 12:57 PM | Link to this
After watching one spring game with Rathburn and Torborg, I have not watched another. Now, it looks like I will be limited to watching 70 games on TBS and finding something else to do with the rest of my summer. And it won’t be hard, believe me. Fox can do what they want, but the Braves are losing viewers faster than they can count and it will eventually be felt at the gate. Selling to Liberty will just accelerate the decline —— what a travesty. With the Braves off to such a lousy start and now dissing their TV crew, the timing could not be worse for this franchise. What happened to the days when the team actually had a say in who broadcast their games?
By Mark
April 28, 2006 12:58 PM | Link to this
This is an absolute disaster. I could not be more displeased with this decision. If the new company wants to alienate and upset the core audience that watches these games, then they have accomplished that fact. Skip and Pete are part of the charm of Braves games. They know the players, have been around them for years, and I almost feel like I know them. Why??!!???? I can not reiterate this enough about what a horrible decision this is. Did they not know about the outcry that happened a couple of years ago? Maybe we can convince these guys like we did a few years back to reverse this awful decision. I guess hope is all I got at this point.
By Voice of Reason
April 28, 2006 12:58 PM | Link to this
I think it’s time to come off the hip for the $140 it costs to acquire the DelayPlayRadio device that syncs up the radio broadcast with the TV broadcast…
By Wilson
April 28, 2006 12:59 PM | Link to this
Rob Rathbun is a helmet-haired doofus. His web page is at http://www.bobrathbun.com so go at it.
By jclark
April 28, 2006 12:59 PM | Link to this
I have to say that I’m a bit tired of Skip Carrey anyway. Listening to his radio show has convinced me that he is a very rude guy. I haven’t enjoyed listening to him for quite a while.
By Tony
April 28, 2006 12:59 PM | Link to this
Come back to the Cubs, Chip and enjoy national exposure.
Go Cubbies!
By Matt
April 28, 2006 01:00 PM | Link to this
It’s hard enough listening to Joe and Don but this really sucks. These guys are clowns. Guess I’ll be getting a “replay radio”!
By Monica
April 28, 2006 01:00 PM | Link to this
So what is FSN going to do next - ban the seventh inning stretch? Skip and company are about as traditional. That absolutely stinks. Guess I won’t be watching the games that are on Turner South - or I will mute the TV and find Skip and company on the radio.
By E.T.
April 28, 2006 01:02 PM | Link to this
The ATL takes another direct hit. The “every day is an opening day” slogan gets more and more ridiculous. “Every day is a closing day” is more like it. Thanks to Skip, Pete, Joe and Don for many years of great fun.
By George
April 28, 2006 01:02 PM | Link to this
I think it totally stinks. As far as I am concerned Skip & Pete ARE the Braves. Without them I will watch far fewer games…maybe none.
By brent
April 28, 2006 01:02 PM | Link to this
Skip can not be replaced anywhere or anytime. He is the voice of the Atlanta Braves in my opinion. This goes right along with the $7 beers at The Ted for why I have gone to fewer and fewer games the last 9 years, despite that fact that I live in town and make over $100,000.00. Going to a Braves game is just not as fun as it used to be…and I dropped my AOL service a few years ago as a result.
By You Sir Are No Skip Caray
April 28, 2006 01:02 PM | Link to this
Bob Rathbun is horrible. A terrible move by Fox! Mute the sound and crank up the radio.
By Fred
April 28, 2006 01:03 PM | Link to this
F**k Fox
By Ryan
April 28, 2006 01:03 PM | Link to this
BOO!!! Bob Rathbun Sucks. There is no replacing Skip and Pete!
By Kenny
April 28, 2006 01:03 PM | Link to this
Baseball is supposed to be about traditions. Free agency and greed have done a lot to take loyalty and team out of baseball. So if we lose players all the time, we can at least depend on the announcers we have come to know and appreciate. Not so fast. Corporate media could not care less. When Pete and Skip go that will be that for me. I like Joe and Don but I still miss Ernie. What’s UGA football without Munson? I hate to think. When there’s no more Skip and Pete, my loyalty will be gone. There’s certainly nothing on the field or in the corporate penthouse to admire.
By Chris
April 28, 2006 01:04 PM | Link to this
This P** Me Off I see this as major disrespt for those like pete skip don and joe who have been bringing us braves fans great broadcast for years Bob Rathbun and Jeff Torborg are not even on the level when it comes to broadcasting.
By Brad
April 28, 2006 01:04 PM | Link to this
Living in Montana, I would love to be able to get Turner South, but not as much right now. The Braves guys are awesome and I can’t imagine why they would be replaced. I love listening to those guys on MLB.com’s radio broadcasts, they do such an awesome job.
By CURTIS
April 28, 2006 01:04 PM | Link to this
Wherever you are if you turn on Turner and hear Skip and Co doing a Braves games you feel sort of at home. That’s too bad.
By Dick
April 28, 2006 01:04 PM | Link to this
As the old saying goes “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Chip Carey was a nice new bright spot on the announcing crew, he could make Don Sutton tolerable. I had rather have Sutton by himself than Jeff Torborg. Just because you played ball or coached doesn’t make you a sports announcer.
By mountaingtfan
April 28, 2006 01:04 PM | Link to this
Guess I will have to turn the TV off and the radio on. It never ceases to amaze me haw many people outside Atlanta know just what Atlantans want. Come on Arthur…the Braves are more exciting than a bunch of fish!
By Gram
April 28, 2006 01:04 PM | Link to this
I am bitterly disappointed! I will tune in less because of this travesty. We have the best announcing team in baseball. They are like family to me and thousands of other Braves fans. Why change? So disappointed…..
By G
April 28, 2006 01:05 PM | Link to this
Idiots.
The Braves with this team was the ONLY thing I ever watched TSS for. That’s the end of that.
By mountaingtfan
April 28, 2006 01:05 PM | Link to this
Guess I will have to turn the TV off and the radio on. It never ceases to amaze me how many people outside Atlanta know just what Atlantans want. Come on Arthur…the Braves are more exciting than a bunch of fish!
By Steve
April 28, 2006 01:05 PM | Link to this
*READ ME*
I have yet to meet one person that has been a Braves fan for the past 15 yrs or more that does not love listening to Skip, Pete & Don. This is like when they changed the recipe for Coca Cola. What are they thinking? Skip and Pete are the only link we have to the Braves from the 80’s, before all the new fans and division wins. Something needs to be done, before we are months into this Torborg/Rathburn deal. Any ideas???? let me know, i will do whatever it takes. This isn’t an idle BLOG idea, let’s make something happen people.
By Gram
April 28, 2006 01:06 PM | Link to this
I am bitterly disappointed! I will tune in less because of this travesty. We have the best announcing team in baseball. They are like family to me and thousands of other Braves fans. Why change? So disappointed…..
By Michael
April 28, 2006 01:06 PM | Link to this
I disapprove of this change. Skip, Pete, Don, Joe, and Chip are the best in baseball. It is more than enough to be forced to endure the FSN broadcasts. They should leave the Turner South broadcasts alone.
By JD
April 28, 2006 01:06 PM | Link to this
Perhaps Mr Caray Jr shouldn’t have been so condescending to fans for so many years before he changed!
Hey Skip! I hope a cut in pay is in order!
By Mr. David
April 28, 2006 01:07 PM | Link to this
This is terrible! My 81 year old mother-in-law who NEVER misses a game will be devistated.
I don’t have the heart to tell her. Where do we call to protest this?
Next thing you know they’ll be replacing Dave and Val on Junkin’. Marvin Woods will be replaced by some line cook from Olive Garden on Home Plate!
By Ronnie
April 28, 2006 01:07 PM | Link to this
Anyone going to the game tonight? Make a sign!
By KB
April 28, 2006 01:07 PM | Link to this
What a mistake! The current crew is the best. The thing I like best about Carey & Crew is that they areFair and balanced. Isn’t that what Fox is all about?
By ERIC
April 28, 2006 01:08 PM | Link to this
I THINK IT REAllY SUCKS, MAN, REALLY SUCKS…fu fox!!!
By mike p.
April 28, 2006 01:08 PM | Link to this
here is another example of greed.fox could care less about the fans period.they have better announcers than rathburn and torborg. p.u.!!why do we atlantan’s have to put up with a third rate announcing team?use former players to call the games not a washed up manager waiting for his next gig.we deserve better.we need arthur blank!!!
By John
April 28, 2006 01:11 PM | Link to this
Haven’t we been through this before? Didn’t someone try to replace our beloved announcers and there was such an uproar that they were brought back? I hope Fox is listening. I didn’t watch any games on TV last time they were booted and I won’t this time. Better break out the radio again.
By JD
April 28, 2006 01:11 PM | Link to this
btw, if the Braves had a real manager, they’d have more than one ring after FIFTEEN divisionals!
Geez, anyone could manage the talent they’ve had to the division title.
They need a real manager to win the big one.
A motivator.
A Lasorda! A Torre! A Martin! A Pinella! A Sparky!
Anyone but Cox…….Same thing year in, year out! Bland….Bland….Bland…..
By Allen
April 28, 2006 01:12 PM | Link to this
Terrible Decision. Those guys are great! Fox is screwing up BIG time!!
By towner
April 28, 2006 01:12 PM | Link to this
bob rathbun is the worst broadcaster i’ve ever been forced to listen to. did anyone listen to him broadcast the georgia football games that come on sport south? he is terrible! i don’t know why he’s been allowed to carry on with braves games for so long. we need a private owner who will listen to fans that will take things like this into account before making stupid decisions. rathbun blows.
By Mac McLemore
April 28, 2006 01:13 PM | Link to this
Hey Fox Sports,
Letting ANYONE replace our Braves “regular guys” is ridiculous. It reminds me of the way I felt when Dominque was replaced by Danny Manning. Ludicrous! You should have been thankful - you had the BEST baseball broadcasters in the game!
You not only tried to fix what wasn’t broke - now you broke what didn’t need to be fixed. I speak for Braves fans everywhere. I’m glad you didn’t acquire the Varsity. You would have replaced the chili dog with sushi and the frosted orange with Perrier.
By pat
April 28, 2006 01:13 PM | Link to this
I hope Fox will change their minds, we can barely stand these two once a week. We love Skip, Chip, Pete, Don & Joe and the whole gang. Thanks
By Jimmie
April 28, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this
Did you know that you can rearrange the letters in “Bob Rathbun and Jeff Torborg” to spell “Complete Assface Morons”? It’s true!
By JD
April 28, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this
Posers
Losers
Big Game Folders!
By Amy
April 28, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this
I agree with other comments- it doesn’t feel like Braves baseball without Skip, Pete, and the others. Braves fans let their voices be heard when Time Warner tried pulling Skip and Pete off TBS a couple years ago- let’s make sure Fox hears us, too.
By sb
April 28, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this
There is a fan forum on the FSN South home page. We could all post messages on this page about how this is the worst idea they have had EVER!
Follow this link… http://msn.foxsports.com/regional/south?workingCategory=273
By Rebecca
April 28, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this
What would we give for the days when Ted was around? The worst merger in history, just gets worse and worse.
By Todd
April 28, 2006 01:15 PM | Link to this
Absolutely TERRIBLE! Skip, Chip, Pete, Don & Joe give the broadcasts a local feel as they have the knowledge and experience to present the Braves.
By Randy
April 28, 2006 01:16 PM | Link to this
In the future when the Braves are on Turner South. I will simply turn it off and turn on the radio. I will not support the switch to Rathbun and Torborg. Fox can take their new station and shove it! Major League Baseball needs to step in and realize moves like this are hurting their product. LISTEN TO THE FANS!!
By Brent
April 28, 2006 01:17 PM | Link to this
We knew this was coming the moment Fox bought the network.
I’m just a little surprised they decided to make the change in-season.
Also, it looks like some announcers will be looking for work in the off-season.
By dylan
April 28, 2006 01:17 PM | Link to this
I just wanted to point out this doesnt came from the sale of the actual braves just the sale of turner south I am not sure arthur balnk ever had any real interest in turner south adding a failing network only makes sense if you are already a successful network that can use the new acquisition to showcase sporting events or niche programming. With all that said I cant stand rathburn and torborg makes references that predate paciorek which I didnt think was possible.Fox likes to be the young station on tv and they do everything to appeal to the youth why is it then that on their sports channels they use people that relate to youth about as well as Bob Dole.for God sakes fox put together a tema of younger guys like maybe chip caray, mark lemke, and ron gant.At least those guys might talk about players we have actually heard of.
By Rip Curlsin
April 28, 2006 01:17 PM | Link to this
I just vomited. No pun intended but Turner South will get the “skip” button on my remote. Will have to go OLD School and listen to them on the radio. (I assume pete and crew will still do radio?).
Braves announcers are storytellers and they are the major reason why I fell in love with the team. My favorite line last year was when Skip noted that Joe Simpson was vacationing in Destin, Florida and he was probably wearing a speedo right now. I can only imagine Joe’s reaction as he watched the game while on vacation. It is sad to see that chemistry become so underappreciated. That type of dialog is the art form that makes Braves telecasts one of a kind.
By Red Sox Braves fan
April 28, 2006 01:17 PM | Link to this
I’m a Red Sox fan transplanted to Atlanta and I have divided loyalties now because of Skip, Pete, Joe, and Don. They’re on my radio all spring, summer, and into fall. If corporate America takes them away, I may stop listening every day to the Braves. And stop caring … what twerps these corporate types are. I’m rooting for Arthur over Liberty Media.
By Jeff
April 28, 2006 01:17 PM | Link to this
Fox is basically a pack of idiots-Braves have had the greatest broadcast crew in all of baseball for years-I’ll only watch TBS games for the rest of the year and then (after 25 years) I’m outa there-sadly.
By Ryan
April 28, 2006 01:17 PM | Link to this
This is rediculous. The sale of the Braves to Time Warner/AOL is looking like the worst decision ever made, judging from all the stupid decisions taking place upon the resale of the team. The IRS should look into this deal and make Liberty Media pay taxes on the sale, so Arthur Blank can restore OUR HOMETOWN TEAM to hometown ownership.
By JD
April 28, 2006 01:18 PM | Link to this
C’mon folks, familiarity does not equal greatness. This team is mediocre at best!
Skip has always hated his and the Braves own fans. He has a sense of entitlement ala his Dad.
Just ask him about the infield fly rule if you are a newbie to the game and watch him go apopleptic.
Any announcer who ridicules the teams fans (as he did for several years) is not worth anything.
The crew here will never approach legendary status no matter what this team does.
By evan
April 28, 2006 01:18 PM | Link to this
What I think is crap is the reduction of games on TBS. All TBS shows is redundant repeats of old comedy shows, B comedy movies, and worthless censored versions of “Sex In the City”.
I don’t thing TBS has to show every game, but they can surely show more games than the do, especially Friday Night and Saturday games.
That’s the real travesty!
By E_Rod
April 28, 2006 01:18 PM | Link to this
It’s about time Skip and his condescending ways were kicked to the curb. Maybe Fox can do us another favor and take over the AJC that way we can get rid of some Moore sport people.
By Chris
April 28, 2006 01:19 PM | Link to this
It is crap…we all know who are the true voices of the Braves!
By Carolina Lady
April 28, 2006 01:20 PM | Link to this
There are no words to express the disgust I feel at this change. Baseball fans are loyal to a fault; the long-time announcers are part of our collective baseball family and we want them back. Period.
Is it boycott time, yet?
By linda
April 28, 2006 01:20 PM | Link to this
Well. I will be putting up an antenna to enhance radio reception because i will NOT listen to those jokers that Fox thinks are so great. This is TRULY a travesty.
Arthur Blank, we REALLY need to to step up to the plate and not let Liberty Media take over, because that will just be one MORE media fiasco trying to own OUR braves.
Heck… Let’s start a conglomerate and each of us pitch in $100 per share… i would be the City of Atlanta … and surrounding areas out to rome, athens, douglas, macon, etc etc would come together to have a TRULY publicly owned team… keep our GM, Cox, and broadcast teams… this is just SO not RIGHT!!!
my heart is broken to think i’ll be seeing less and less of Pete and Skip, not to mention Chip, Don and Joe
shaking head sadly
please someone fix this before it’s too broken!!
By Tom
April 28, 2006 01:22 PM | Link to this
This is like the Dodgers getting rid of Vin Scully. Pete and Skip are a southern tradition. They are a summer tradition
By Kelli
April 28, 2006 01:23 PM | Link to this
Hey, Wilson, I tried the link to bob rathburn’s website. It didn’t work. Never mind though. I’m going to turner south’s website and cuss a few people out. Everyone who is as upset about this terrible move as I am need to e-mail and write Fox and Turner South. This is ridiculous. They couls have atleast consulted Braves fans first. Once again, fans lose. F**k you Fox!!
By Matt
April 28, 2006 01:23 PM | Link to this
A complete travesty. I will no longer watch Braves games, or any other programming on Turner South or FSN South.
By Robi
April 28, 2006 01:23 PM | Link to this
This is a bad move for those of us that do not get to go to as many games since we are used the the brave voices.
By JD
April 28, 2006 01:23 PM | Link to this
$100 a share……..
Laughing at the naivete…….
By Al
April 28, 2006 01:25 PM | Link to this
Hey! I LIKE Bob Rathbun! I also like eating shards of glass and telling children that there is no Santa Claus!
By David
April 28, 2006 01:25 PM | Link to this
You mean to say that FOX is doing something dumb and wrong? And, this should surprise us in what way? It’s FOX for crying out loud. I believe that the News portion (if it can be called that) believes in appointed Presidents.
I’ll still listen on WSB and watch the game when it’s NOT on FOX.
By Larry
April 28, 2006 01:25 PM | Link to this
Way to go, Ted! Look at what your terrible decision has led to. Won’t miss Skip and his attitude, but it’s a terrible decision nonetheless!
By Brian
April 28, 2006 01:25 PM | Link to this
This is a travesty. It has been difficult enough keeping up with Braves games getting shifted around over the past several years between TBS, FSN, Turner South, etc. At least with TBS & Turner South you could count on the same announcers. I have DREADED those nights when games are on FSN simply because of Bob Rathbun and until this year, Tom Paciorek. Bob Rathbun is grating, cheesy, and unlike the Turner crew…DOES NOT KNOW BASEBALL. He divies up his time between various sports rather than just learning and calling one game. They made a good move replacing Paciorek who is a nice man but not an enjoyable broadcaster. Torberg is better but who wouldn’t be. Skip & crew are Braves baseball. Corporate entities are constantly trying to make broadcasts more generic to try and appeal to larger audiences and get away from “homers” calling games. What Fox Sports is not comprehending here is that those who turn on Turner South are turning to watch the BRAVES and not a generic play by play. This SUCKS and my wife will be happy that I will now not be watching on nights when games are on Turner South.
By John Robert White
April 28, 2006 01:27 PM | Link to this
This is just totally wrong. Come on, Fox is doing away with some of the best announcers in the history of baseball. That would be like the Falcons trading Michael Vick and I know that one isn’t going to happen anytime soon and I am glad that at least someone has some sense. I do not mind listening to Rathbun, but this is one of the worst moves that I have ever seen. Fox should be ashamed of itself.
A network with any sense would see what the fans and players think before doing this. I guess this is just Fox showing that they do not care about what us fans think, just like Fox News in my opinion. Please, Fox can you survey the fans on this one and then make a sensable decision based on it? That would definitely produce results that favor Skip, Pete, Don, Chip, and Joe. Those five are second to none in announcing. This is also like what it would have been if the Cubs had decided while Harry Carry was alive to replace him with someone else. There are just certain announcers who you cannot replace and this crew is one of them. Rathbun is better in announcing basketball anyway. So, as a result, I think that this is one of the stupidest decision that I have seen in a long time and Fox, you should be ASHAMED of yourself for doing this as you might cause the Braves to lose some fans as a result. It won’t result in me changing to like another team, but it sure has affected a lot and it definitely affects at how I look at Fox and just how arrogant they are and how they will do whatever they want and not what the fans wishes are. Go Braves, but FOX just plain SUCKS!!
By dbird
April 28, 2006 01:27 PM | Link to this
Oh my God! this is BAD! Hope they know they will lose a lots of Radio Fans. Why does the corporate world do this? Nothing was wrong with them. What the HECK is going on.
By Brian
April 28, 2006 01:27 PM | Link to this
The only people I can think of who are happy about this are at 96 Rock. This is such crap! This is why we need Arthur Blank to step up and buy our Braves.
By Dennis
April 28, 2006 01:27 PM | Link to this
Arthur,
If you build the franchise, we will come!
No disrespect but the Fox announcers are terrible! We will just have to turn on the radio and tune out your sponsors.
By Mike B.
April 28, 2006 01:28 PM | Link to this
This is ridiculous. Didn’t we do this a couple of years ago? As has been said before, Skip, Pete, Joe, and Don (and now Chip) ARE Braves baseball. I’ve been listening to Skip and Pete call games for 25 years, and I’m only 29. Someone please put a stop to this…no disrespect to Rathbun et. al., but taking these guys off the air would be like replacing Bobby Cox with a magic 8-ball.
By Deenie Culver
April 28, 2006 01:29 PM | Link to this
I agree that Bob Rathbun is an idiot! What bothers me the most is that Skip, Pete, Chip, and Joe were replaced by a complete idiot (Bob Rathbun). Jeff Torborg is a baseball man and knows what he is doing but Braves fans are going to rise up. In fact, I will not watch Fox and will listen on the Braves Radio Network instead…that is how strongly I feel about this. They will be sorry.
By Mike
April 28, 2006 01:30 PM | Link to this
This is crap!
By ROH
April 28, 2006 01:31 PM | Link to this
This is absolute crap. Nobody wants to listen to Bob Rathbun or Jeff Torborg. Guess I will be finding something else to watch. The luxury of having Skip, Chip, Don, Pete, and Joe is if there is nothing on TV, you can just turn it over to Turner South and watch a game (no matter who the Braves are playing)and being entertained. Guess the new owners don’t want to keep viewers entertained.
By Craig
April 28, 2006 01:31 PM | Link to this
Do what I’ve been doing for years..TV sound down, radio on.
By scott
April 28, 2006 01:32 PM | Link to this
shouldnt fox know what happende recently when they banned them form some tv games. this is terrible.
By aaron ayers
April 28, 2006 01:32 PM | Link to this
what a load of crap. Skip, Pete, Don, Joe, and Chip are as much a part of Braves baseball as Bobby Cox! Good job Turner South, you just bought your way into much lower ratings. I disliked having to listen to those guys on FSN Wednesdays already, now its only going to get worse.
By Jeff
April 28, 2006 01:32 PM | Link to this
Well so much for watching the Braves on Turner South. Those guys just plain old fashion stink
By modest
April 28, 2006 01:32 PM | Link to this
Oh hell no! FSN sucks! Their broadcasters are the worse in all of sports. WTF!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I am so p** off right now. Are the big money corporations trying to make us hate watching/going to games? This is freaking insane. I am so p** off right now. Thanks for ruining my Friday.
By JR
April 28, 2006 01:34 PM | Link to this
Well don’t that just suck? Now not only do we have to listen and learn who the new players are, now we have to learn who the new broadcasters are too?
By Marty Perez
April 28, 2006 01:36 PM | Link to this
I’ve been watching the Braves since 1969. Skip Caray was always an obnoxious creep. Now he’s senile. Good riddance. Milo was the best pure broadcaster the Braves ever had.
By Gretchen
April 28, 2006 01:37 PM | Link to this
I just emailed the idiots over at Fox Sports. We should all give them a piece of our mind and tell them not mess with our Braves. Maybe if we flood them withe emails maybe they will think twice.
By mike p.
April 28, 2006 01:37 PM | Link to this
hey j.d. if you know so much about braves baseball then give us a better solution about the broadcast team,not the baseball team.this forum is about broadcasting!!!!!!!
By LG
April 28, 2006 01:38 PM | Link to this
Bad Decision
By BB
April 28, 2006 01:38 PM | Link to this
BRING BACK THE BRAVES ANNOUNCERS, THE OTHERS ARE HORRIBLE.
By Joe
April 28, 2006 01:38 PM | Link to this
Ad sales should go up for radio stations carrying the Braves. Rathbun is adequate, Torborg is a marginal upgrade. Fox should let someone who’s actually seen a baseball game hire their on air talent.
By Steve
April 28, 2006 01:40 PM | Link to this
We need to organize a boycott. Fox will listen when they start losing market share and can’t get any advertisers.
By Kelli
April 28, 2006 01:40 PM | Link to this
I just e-mailed Fox Sports also. I told them they suck doggy balls among other things. What a bunch of a-holes!!!
By JTS
April 28, 2006 01:40 PM | Link to this
Well, that is just fewer Braves games that I will watch on TV. Braves baseball is not worth listening to without Pete, Skip, Don, Joe and Chip. What happen to the motto, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”??? Long gone are the days of Pro Sports when the Fans mattered, now it is all about the money.
By Henry
April 28, 2006 01:41 PM | Link to this
Terrible decision. I like Jeff Torborg more than Tom Paciorek, but Bob Rathburn gets on my nerves. Why would you would replace two hall of fame announcers (with the other three being VERY GOOD announcers) is beyond me. Is this a cost-related move or just based on stupidity?
By Dave
April 28, 2006 01:41 PM | Link to this
This is F#?%/! Bull#$*@!! I cut the volume down & listen to the radio!
By Bravedawg
April 28, 2006 01:42 PM | Link to this
Who cares about Rathburn and Torborg!!! Listening to them is like watching paint dry. We want Skip, Pete and the crew. I will turn down the sound and listen to the radio feed. Once a week on FSN is too much and now this!!! No Skip, Pete, etc. will be like DQ without ice cream!!! Come to your senses FSN!!!
By James
April 28, 2006 01:43 PM | Link to this
It’s about time. Skip Caray has the communication skills of a rock and the personality to match!
By ned
April 28, 2006 01:43 PM | Link to this
THIS MOVE SUCKS!! fox doesnt know how to manage news and now its baseball. Skip,Pete, and the crew are the ones braves fans want im sure some boycott of turner south games will change this horrible decision, braves fans need to be proactive!!!
By Jack
April 28, 2006 01:45 PM | Link to this
Total nonsense! Rathbun and Torborg can’t match any combination of Caray & Co. Why fix what isn’t broken
By Dr. Andy
April 28, 2006 01:45 PM | Link to this
There was a restaurant here called Rio Bravo. It was popular. It changed owners. The new owners changed the menue. Rio Bravo is out of business! Sound familiar? What ignorant corporate MBA thought of this? “Let’s see. I think I’ll strip our product of it’s public identity. Cut the viewership by 50%, then increase the viewership by 25%.” Sounds like a loss of income to me.
By DD
April 28, 2006 01:48 PM | Link to this
DITTO!!!!! These comments need to be forwarded to Fox. The broadcasters stink, are boring, and do not know the players! Please God do not let my mute button break!
By Hughes
April 28, 2006 01:48 PM | Link to this
Why to try and fix something that is not broke.
By L. K. Lee
April 28, 2006 01:48 PM | Link to this
I stopped listening to the radio broadcasts long ago because of Skip and his rude comments. As a faithful listener of many years, I observed his grumpy old man demeanor evolve into just plain old MEAN. I will definitely listen to the games that he is not part of. Good move, and long overdue!
By careylenn
April 28, 2006 01:48 PM | Link to this
I WILL NEVER WATCH A MINUTE Back to the radio for me.
By NocAHoma
April 28, 2006 01:49 PM | Link to this
Bob Rathburn is the biggest dork in all of broadcasting! I hate listening to him on the Wednesday night broadcasts! I could tolerate his AM radio morning DJ voice one night a week…but more than that will be intolerable!
By Jim
April 28, 2006 01:49 PM | Link to this
Don’t break up the “team!” They work well together on the air and communicate well with the team. This is “Our South” so keep “Our” team here.
By Travis
April 28, 2006 01:50 PM | Link to this
I’m a Braves fan living in Oakland, and this is HORRIBLE news. WHY??????
By Ben T. Wood
April 28, 2006 01:51 PM | Link to this
Well just tell the bastards that we won’t watch… how about that? Radio is fine and good announcers are everything… besides I can work and be productive while listening to the radio…
So they can kiss my a@#$ and suck up to Time Warner and the rest of the scum that are ruining the sport and the fans’ experience with it.
By Bernie
April 28, 2006 01:51 PM | Link to this
Can anybody say Cronyism?
By MK
April 28, 2006 01:52 PM | Link to this
I agree that these comments need to be forwarded to Fox. I will miss the voices of one of the greatest teams in baseball. It will not be the same. There is not need for a change.
By Shawn B
April 28, 2006 01:52 PM | Link to this
This is GARBAGE!!!!!!!! I’ve been muting the TV and cutting on the radio on Wednesday nights for years when Fox Sports South broadcasts the games, and now I’m going to have to do it on almost all the games. WHAT IS FOX THINKING???? Yet another example that corporations have no respect for sports fans and no respect for the tradition of baseball. The only thing worse than this is if another corporation buys the Braves team, WHOOPS, my god I’m living in a nightmare, someone please WAKE ME UP!!! MR BLANK, HEEEELLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPP.
By Chris
April 28, 2006 01:52 PM | Link to this
Why do people do stupid things such as this?
By Connie
April 28, 2006 01:53 PM | Link to this
It will be like listening to the Ga Dawgs without Larry Munson. Fox could care less about the fans!
By Tony
April 28, 2006 01:53 PM | Link to this
When will these network guys learn? The nation has been watching the Braves and listening to these announcers for years. These guys are one of the reasons the Braves are so popular around the country. To the long time viewers, they are the Braves as much as anyone in the organization, and they’re good announcers too. Terrible decision.
By Donna
April 28, 2006 01:53 PM | Link to this
If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.
By ned
April 28, 2006 01:54 PM | Link to this
EVERYONE E-MAIL TUNER SOUTH WITH YOUR COMPLAINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Turner.South@Turner.com Turner.South@Turner.com Turner.South@Turner.com Turner.South@Turner.com
By Butler
April 28, 2006 01:54 PM | Link to this
So Fox killed the Rick and Bubba show on Turner South, and now they’re pushing Skip, Pete and the gang overboard?!!! What pencil-head is making these decisions? I’ve NEVER heard a Braves fan say anything good about Rathbun compared to Skip & Pete.
By Stephen
April 28, 2006 01:55 PM | Link to this
I hate this move Pete and the guys have been there from the start and to this to them is just plan wrong. Wish pete and the guys luck when they leave because of stuff like this next season. Guess I’ll just have to watch the game they show on TBS now. THANKS TO FOX FOR KILLING THE THE RATINGS,
By Colonel
April 28, 2006 01:55 PM | Link to this
Ugh. Another slap in the face. I travel all over the US and, now that TBS doesn’t show all the Braves games, I end up watching alot of broadcasts by other teams. The crew that the Braves have is the best in the business. I can’t imagine why anybody would want to use anybody else. I’m praying for a miracle - that Arthur Blank can get the team. I hate having the team owned by Time Warner and I will hate having it owned by Liberty Media. Ted Turner should be tied to a pole and horse whipped for ever selling his company, and the team, to Time Warner.
By Jimmy
April 28, 2006 01:55 PM | Link to this
This is terrrible. I hate watching games on FSN. The anouncers are terrible. Everyone grew up listening to chip and pete and they are the Braves anouncers. It is wrong to replace them.
By Matt
April 28, 2006 01:56 PM | Link to this
Rathbun is a no-talent poodlehumper and it looks as if he bleaches his teeth with a rod of plutonium. This guy is so desperate for jobs, you can hire him to come announce for your kids birthday party. (I am not joking, go check out his website) As for Torborg, he has potential as an announcer, but not for the Braves. Its obvious that he has no interest in the Braves. Other than a lack of interest in our beloved hometown team, these two guys are lacking in one other important department: CHEMISTRY! Count the awkward dead air moments next time you catch a game on the FUX SPORTS NETWORKS. Lord knows you will have plenty of chances to now. This sucks. We’ll miss you Skip, but at least you have taught me not to step on downed power lines. Thanks buddy.
By tim
April 28, 2006 01:56 PM | Link to this
I can’t believe this!!!! Pete and Skip ARE THE VOICES of the Atlanta Braves. I refuse to listen to Bob Rathbun and Jeff Torborg! I already turn them off and listen to 96.1 FM when fames are on FSN. Braves fans, we need to make some noise about this and show Fox we are a Braves family and will not tolerate this level of disrespect!! We love Skip, Pete, Don, Joe and Chip and will accept nothing less than having this decision reversed.
By Jason
April 28, 2006 01:56 PM | Link to this
I realize that the guys work for Turner and that the games will be on Fox….but I really hope that something can be worked out for next season. Skip, Pete, Don, Joe, and Chip are as much a part of the Braves as Chipper Jones, John Smoltz, or Andruw Jones.
By LAWRENCE
April 28, 2006 01:59 PM | Link to this
I CANNOT STAND LISTENING TO RATHBUN. HE HAS NO IDEA ABOUT BASEBALL AND MY WIFE AND I CANNOT STAND TO WATCH A BRAVES GAME WHEN HE IS ANNOUNCING!!!!! HE IS JUST NOT A BASEBALL COMMENTATOR. BOTTOM LINE. I WILL BET ANYONE THAT THE VIEWING PERCENTAGE DROPS WHEN HE CALLS A GAME. ITS THAT BAD
By greg
April 28, 2006 01:59 PM | Link to this
Hey turner south, here’s an idea, why don’t you just loop Journey’s Greatest Hits and play that during the game instead of live broadcasters. And then you could get a couple of 30 somethings to collect junk from toothless rednecks and re-sell it on the internet. Just an idea. Good luck surviving the next ten years Turner South.
By bw
April 28, 2006 01:59 PM | Link to this
I have grown up listening to Skip, Pete, Don, Ernie (back in the day) and Joe and I thought Chip was a great addition to keep the tradition alive. It won’t seem like a real Braves game without them. I dread FSN broadcasts and mute the game and turn the radio on whenever I can. It seems to be a bit of slap to traditional braves fans. The braves are a tradition in my family, and these guys brought the true experience to life. Nobody can call a big homerun or disect pitching better than this crew. And there is no better memory than listening to Skip scream braves win after the Sid slide. Come on Fox get it together.
By JStone
April 28, 2006 02:00 PM | Link to this
You people need to get a life. And get over it. This is not national security. And moreover, Rathbun is a pro who will do a solid job as always. And as an aside, those of you who think Time Warner is/was a “local” owner are as wrong as you can be.
By Matt
April 28, 2006 02:00 PM | Link to this
But hey, look at the bright side. At least every Braves game will still be televised. Could you imagine living in a market where you could only see half of your team’s games on TV???
By Artman
April 28, 2006 02:00 PM | Link to this
Quite frankly, the pompous attitude of the broadcast crew was getting old, particularly that of Skip Carey. Well, now that the Braves reign is over, the attitude may have disappeared anyway.
By Randall Haire
April 28, 2006 02:00 PM | Link to this
The reason viewership has gone down for the baseball playoffs in the last several years is because Fox insists on using that Buck character which everyone who enjoys the Braves will tell you is anti-Atlanta Braves and is anti-South all together, of course this is just another way for Fox to squeeze a little more joy out of baseball for all of us. Frankly its just crap!
By Headhunter
April 28, 2006 02:01 PM | Link to this
PEOPLE! Stop complaining on this board! Go to the website and tell them how you feel! Tell them how they are disrespecting Braves fans everywhere. http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 02:01 PM | Link to this
YOU HAVE A VOICE!!!!!!
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
OR
(310) 369-7761
Please let these clowns know what Atlanta really wants!!
By Emily
April 28, 2006 02:02 PM | Link to this
This stinks! First I couldn’t locate the Braves games on the radio dial since WSB dropped them. Now, if I can find the broadcast, I won’t know if it really is the Braves without the familiar voices of these four guys. Fox, pay attention to the audience!
By allison
April 28, 2006 02:02 PM | Link to this
It will no longer be Braves baseball and I will not be watching any of the games on Fox. How could anyone in their right mind replace these guys - they are the best. I agree, once again corporate america makes a STUPID decision without consulting the consumers. UGH!
By Heather
April 28, 2006 02:03 PM | Link to this
Bob Rathburn has the most annoying voice on earth. I won’t watch a single game on FSN, ever.
By Andy
April 28, 2006 02:03 PM | Link to this
I agree—the announcers are part of the team for me—-hey fox if I can avoid ESPN when they hack up the Braves games—-well—-I guess I can avoid TS as well.
By Philip C.
April 28, 2006 02:03 PM | Link to this
A ridiculous move. Why? Why? Why? I have listened to Skip and Pete for over 20 years now, and I enjoy the fact that they’re still part of the Braves organization. They are part of a tradition. They’ve been through all the ups and downs of the Braves through the years, and it’s a damn shame that Fox is going to strip them of these games. I wouldn’t be suprised if they both left the Braves organization, and I wouldn’t blame them.
By matt
April 28, 2006 02:04 PM | Link to this
JStone: Rathbun is an intolerable douche bag. As are you.
By Bonedaddy
April 28, 2006 02:04 PM | Link to this
Who cares? I quit being an avid fan of baseball in the early nineties when they went on strike. I haven’t watched a game since. I have boycotted all pro sports and choose to invest my money in my families’ future instead. Much better returns on enjoyment.
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 02:04 PM | Link to this
YOU HAVE A VOICE!!!!!!
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
OR
(310) 369-7761
Please let these clowns know what Atlanta really wants!!
By Janet
April 28, 2006 02:04 PM | Link to this
Why don’t they let Cynthia McKinney do the announcing for the Braves - she’s got a big enough mouth and likes to use it.
By MAD
April 28, 2006 02:04 PM | Link to this
I always knew it was spring when I heard Skip, Don, Joe, and Pete calling a game on TBS or the radio. I have listened to them for years, and now some corporate idiot makes a decision to dump them for low grade broadcasters. Bad, bad decision. It will cause a lot of people to stop watching while some will not care who is broadcasting.
By Leigh
April 28, 2006 02:04 PM | Link to this
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
By madbravesfan
April 28, 2006 02:05 PM | Link to this
This decision is complete and utter rubbish and we can only hope it will soon backfire and the guys will be begged to come back.
By Janet
April 28, 2006 02:05 PM | Link to this
Why don’t they let Cynthia McKinney do the announcing for the Braves - she’s sure does spout off enough.
By j
April 28, 2006 02:05 PM | Link to this
This is a sad day for the history of this city and our baseball team. These guys are the Braves. Bob Rathburn is horrible it’s bad enough we have to listen to him hear Hawks games as well.
By Sandy
April 28, 2006 02:06 PM | Link to this
How can anyone watch the Braves and not hear Skip? He IS the Braves. I always have to mute the games when Don (the mouth) is announcing, but Skip always tells it like it is, you can actually watch a game and enjoy the commentary. I also miss Tom Pachoric, but I believe there will be a big stink about letting the other guys go. This is really unacceptable. When did God die and make Fox network the boss?
By Kathi
April 28, 2006 02:06 PM | Link to this
No offense to Bob and Jeff, but I do not listen to any Braves play-by-play announcer other than Skip, Chip, Don, Joe, and Pete. I consider them as much a part of the Braves team as the players, coaches, and Bobby Cox. If someone else is calling the game on TV, I mute the sound and listen to the radio. Now it just looks like I’ll have to do this a lot more often.
By TAMMY
April 28, 2006 02:06 PM | Link to this
Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Bob Rathburn was bad enough one night a week. His laugh gets on my nerves.
By Tim
April 28, 2006 02:07 PM | Link to this
This move goes as proof positive that Fox Sports is one of the worst programs ever. They have routinely put up some of the worst broadcast teams, are now flexing their muscles, and not their brains, as they tinker with one of the most effective broadcast teams in sports. I could have cared less if Fox took over and left the broadcast booth in tact, but their backwards decision may force me to turn off the sound. Fox Sports, and especially FSN, is a terribly run network. The quality is bad and their choices are worse. Good night and good luck guys, you really screwed up this time. Long live the Real Braves Broadcast Crew: Don, Skip, Pete, Joe, and Chip!!
By Rdawg
April 28, 2006 02:08 PM | Link to this
I’m glad I have radio. Time-Warner has done everything in its power to screw Braves fans since they took over. I’m afraid this latest insult is just the beginning if Liberty Media gets control of the Braves. They’ll make the Marlins’ managment look enlightened. Fans will do well to voice their displeasure in every way possible, starting with tuning out this new Fox broadcast. These corporate knuckleheads need to understand that baseball isn’t just a generic product to be marketed like hair gel.
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 02:08 PM | Link to this
YOU HAVE A VOICE!!!!!!
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
OR
(310) 369-7761
Please let these clowns know what Atlanta really wants!!
By Mark Weinstein
April 28, 2006 02:09 PM | Link to this
Who are they trying to impress? They can’t be trying to nationalize the broadcast because it’s a southern tv station! The audience is all braves fans. Rediculous, ratings will suffer.
By Stephen
April 28, 2006 02:10 PM | Link to this
EVERYONE WHO LOVES PETE AND THE GUYS SHOULD ALL TAKE SIGNS TO THE GAMES FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON TO SHOW THEM THAT WE LOVE THEM AND THAT WE THINK THIS MOVE BLOWS.
By braves fan through and through
April 28, 2006 02:10 PM | Link to this
i’m sad, sad, sad… i hate fox
By Carolina Lady
April 28, 2006 02:10 PM | Link to this
Just remembered! When Skip & Co were to be replaced on TBS a few years back, there was enough LOUD feedback from fans that TBS rethought their position and reinstated our announcers.
Let’s give it a go and see if we can do it again!
The only email address I can find is askfox@foxinc.com
If someone has a better one, please post it for the rest of us! A flood of email in protest just may be effective. It would certainly be better than us just sitting here fuming but doing nothing!
By muffin
April 28, 2006 02:11 PM | Link to this
Hey Bonedaddy, if you don’t care about the MLB why did you click the link to read the article! Stay out of our poll if you don’t care! I commented on fox’s webpage. Thanks for the link Joseph. I recommend everyone else does as well.
By Dan in Augusta
April 28, 2006 02:11 PM | Link to this
Just another reason to “tune out” baseball. So sad that the “game” is steadily going big business.
By Robert
April 28, 2006 02:11 PM | Link to this
Do this idiots ever learn? Didn’t they try this silly junk before. Keep the guys where they belong.
By greg
April 28, 2006 02:12 PM | Link to this
man what do you mean they were booted out of there..i’ve been watching them on there me whole life.
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 02:12 PM | Link to this
YOU HAVE A VOICE!!!!!!
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
OR
(310) 369-7761
Please let these clowns know what Atlanta really wants!!
By Andy
April 28, 2006 02:14 PM | Link to this
Oh the humanity!
By Barney
April 28, 2006 02:14 PM | Link to this
One word…FINALLY…Skip has waited to long to change his ways…Pete great..maybe they should keep him to ease they pain…BYE SKIP!!!
By DawgsfantilliDie
April 28, 2006 02:14 PM | Link to this
Just seeing & hearing all the guys on the Braves broadcasting was very fun to watch, they made the game fun.I don’t think FOX could ever replace them.
By david
April 28, 2006 02:14 PM | Link to this
The people that Skip talked “down to” needed to be talked to in that matter.Complete d******* that are whining about that .You deserved every put down and snide remark headed in your direction.If you’re calling skip for a clarification of the “infield fly rule” then just shoot yourself and end yours and the people arounrd you and their misery.
By greg
April 28, 2006 02:15 PM | Link to this
i got me up some tickets for tonights game and some gas and beer money..i gave it all to my friend i aint going back.
By mcdwag
April 28, 2006 02:16 PM | Link to this
TIME WARNERS S_K
they have been a disaster for atlanta
i at one point called their corporate office to complain about their treatment of the Braves and was told directly they don’t care what people in atlanta think -they are a NY company (now granted it was in the middle of holiday party) but all the same ithink i reflects a gneral attitude the compnay has for the Braves organization
By thomas
April 28, 2006 02:17 PM | Link to this
how can this happen other than mindless ppl. wanting to take control of everything the fox crew sucks that why they changed partners this year nobody can call a game with the knowledge of don sutton and the rest just know the brave team and how bobby might do things this needs to be thought about again
By spring2006
April 28, 2006 02:17 PM | Link to this
I can not believe this. It will not be the same without hearing those old familiar voices. I used to turn off the sound on the tv of the national broadcasts and turn on the radio just to hear them. With all the changes of the players, at least we could count on hearing those good old boys.
By george kraushaar
April 28, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this
I’ve supported the Braves since 1982, but I’m about to give up. Although I like the Brave players, I don’t wish to support in any way a corporate owner or any media with the name “Fox” in it. I guess the Braves are just a symbol of the way our country is going. But I ain’t gonna support it with my dollars or presence.
By tman
April 28, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this
Skip was right when he said, broadcasting games on Turner South was like being on American Idol….He new any day he was going to be voted off! This just ruined my summer! I thought it was impossible to hate Murdoch more than I did, I guess I was wrong. Go back to Australia…you F@#$ing piece of S#$%
By Daybed Wagmoe
April 28, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
bob rathbun sucks. his voice is way too “announcer”ish - he sounds more like a parody of an announcer. plus he looks like an a*******hole. and jeff torborg — i’ve yet to enjoy one thing that monotone man has said all year.
chip, don, pete, and skip have been with the braves for as long as i can remember. i know that they’ll still be around for some games, but having more of bob and jeff will definitely suck. oh well, what can we do?
By Nancy Clough
April 28, 2006 02:20 PM | Link to this
We have always wished we got Turner South in Virginia to see more Braves games, but we do watch it in Atlanta at our daughter’s house. We are huge Braves fans. This is a terrible decision for fans. We love the chemistry and the humor and we like hearing more than just the same two broadcasters all of the time. We hear a lot of baseball games on our XM Radio and know that our guys are some of the best there are. What a loss.
By JIMI
April 28, 2006 02:20 PM | Link to this
Be glad its on TV. When Liberty gets the Braves that may stop also.Change is good sometimes.
By DawgsfantilliDie
April 28, 2006 02:20 PM | Link to this
I don’t think FOX could ever replace the crew that made watching baseball enjoyable. We’ll see ya’ll on TBS.
By Carolina Lady
April 28, 2006 02:21 PM | Link to this
**People, don’t just complain!!
Use the link Joseph provided above and let FOX know what you think of their decision!! I did!**
By Sandy
April 28, 2006 02:22 PM | Link to this
Come on fans….Lets all post on Fox website. I have done it and have emailed my friends as well to drown them in backlash. Here’s to hoping it works~
By Chuck_Uuga
April 28, 2006 02:23 PM | Link to this
Just say no. Catch the game on the radio. Bob Rathbun is the worst thing to happen to sports broadcasting since Brent Musberger. Jeff who? What a complete joke.
It’s simple…I won’t watch.
By DawgTrappedInIndy
April 28, 2006 02:23 PM | Link to this
How stupid can Fox be? Apparently, the answer is: very stupid. They are removing the best baseball announcing crew in the country.
By BOBO THE CLOWN
April 28, 2006 02:24 PM | Link to this
THATS CRAP WE WANT THE SKIPPER
By Asiv
April 28, 2006 02:25 PM | Link to this
Thank GOD!!!
By Justa Roselldoo
April 28, 2006 02:26 PM | Link to this
Somebody from Turner South should quickly destroy all of those “my game, my team, my south go Braves” promos before Fox takes over on Monday! It’s just not true any more!
Our beloved crew (Skip, Pete, Joe, Don and Chip) may not be perfect but they are OUR CREW! I guess the Fox powers that be are about to find out that when you mess with one Brave (or five) that you’ve messed with the whole frickin’ tribe!
By Thomas
April 28, 2006 02:26 PM | Link to this
I hate it. I really enjoy Skip and Don. When the Braves are on FSN, I turn off the TV sound and turn on the radio in order to listen to the Skip, Don and the crew. I will continue to do this as long as they are on the radio. I do the same thing when the UGA Bulldogs play. I turn off the TV sound and listen to Munson on the radio.
By Brenda
April 28, 2006 02:26 PM | Link to this
Ridiculous! I won’t be watching that channel any longer.
By Rachelle
April 28, 2006 02:27 PM | Link to this
If is not broke, why does it need to be fixed. Messing up a good thing.
By Ian in Atlanta
April 28, 2006 02:27 PM | Link to this
We all know what fox apparently does not; the braves are not the same with those no talent Fox hacks calling the game..let them know try this!
http://foxsports.news.com.au/feedback/
By Andrew
April 28, 2006 02:28 PM | Link to this
An awful decision, I love Skip and the guys. Remember the outcry a couple of years ago when they tried to kick Skip off TV? But what do expect from Fox…
By E. Lewis
April 28, 2006 02:28 PM | Link to this
Too all those who said this buyout was no big deal: I TOLD YOU SO!
By Larry J
April 28, 2006 02:29 PM | Link to this
This is pathetic. Blank needs to buy the Braves IMMEDIATELY and re-negotiate the TV rights.
Fox is going to screw this up big time - and hopefully they will see it in decreased ratings.
I, for one, will not watch a minute with Rathbun and Torborg announcing.
By Bryan
April 28, 2006 02:30 PM | Link to this
FU$K THIS!
FSN BLOWS DONKEY DI$K
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 02:32 PM | Link to this
YOU HAVE A VOICE!!!!!!
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
OR
(310) 369-7761
Please let these clowns know what Atlanta really wants!!
By Dr. Jay
April 28, 2006 02:33 PM | Link to this
ARRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!!! Why can’t the suits just leave things alone!! Thanks for the feedback link brutha…let’s crash their %$#@%# server.
Oh, and whoever you are “JD”, you suck.
By Mel from Pella
April 28, 2006 02:34 PM | Link to this
You have to be kidding me ?? This is definitely going to be my last straw. I have been a loyal Braves from since 1982 when I was early morning replays !! I try to get to a game every year, if not at the Ted, then somewhere else. But living here in Iowa I always looked forward to the Braves broadcast crew. I’m p**, because I don’t want to be a Cubs fan for any reason !! But they have the right way of maintaining a national audience. So long to “America’s Team”. We’ll miss you……rest in peace.
By david
April 28, 2006 02:35 PM | Link to this
well..with all do respect to bob and jeff..and i do think there good announcers.this is turner south..which means are south..not fox south..skip pete don and joe have been with the braves for so long.i mean growing up in the 80’s im used to pete and skip.no matter how biased or forgetful they might be.i will continue to watch all braves games..but when the turner south portion is on.im gonna listen to the radio..how can you break up whats not broken..please reconsider..i do like bob and jeff,but please keep them to the fox south games..turner south is what it is..the south.and pete and skip are the south..
thanks
By Brad
April 28, 2006 02:35 PM | Link to this
This is BS. FOX just watch the numbers dip when the old crew is replaced.
By steve
April 28, 2006 02:36 PM | Link to this
Blasphemy!!!
By Larry J
April 28, 2006 02:36 PM | Link to this
Hey, Ian, that’s a link for Fox Sports contact in Australia.
Here’s the US link:
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
By MT
April 28, 2006 02:37 PM | Link to this
I just completed by feedback form at http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
I’ve also forwarded this in an email to all my Atlanta contacts and placed a bulletin on myspace.com on my blog.
Bring our boys back!!
(Oh, and JD- keep your “non-broadcast” comments to yourself!)
By tman
April 28, 2006 02:38 PM | Link to this
Chief Knockahoma will not be happy when he about this!
By Shawn B
April 28, 2006 02:38 PM | Link to this
DOB….off the subject just a bit, but what are the chances that MLB will shoot down the sale to Liberty Media since they have admitted that they are only buying the Braves for a tax break. Doesn’t any sell have to be approved by MLB. If that is the case then we, fans that is, should start contacting MLB now and complain about yet another corporation raiding our great sport.
By Carolina Lady
April 28, 2006 02:39 PM | Link to this
As soon as you finish writing your post, go to Joseph’s link http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback and email your protest! I beg you not to just sit back and do nothing!**
By Casey
April 28, 2006 02:39 PM | Link to this
Guess I’m gonna be a fan of the radio now…..
TO HELL WITH FOX
By rubin
April 28, 2006 02:40 PM | Link to this
What a terrible, terrible decision. Listening to Braves games on FSN is extremely painful, especially last year with Tom P. Does Fox not understand that Skip, Pete, Joe, Don and Chip are part of the Braves. What kind of company cans the voices of a franchise.
By john
April 28, 2006 02:40 PM | Link to this
I’m very happy Skip and Sutton are leaving. Skip is hard down rude at times and Sutton never shuts up. I mute the set when those two start the diarrhea coming out of their mouths. Go Fox!
By Dr. Jay
April 28, 2006 02:41 PM | Link to this
Great idea Shawn… Just tell me where to sign the petition…
By Bob
April 28, 2006 02:41 PM | Link to this
I’m confused as to why David O’Brien or anyone else is not credited with Authoring this Blog subject. Anyone know?
While I assume that AJC probably intends to, in some way, directly or indirectly communicate our collective reaction to the outside world; surely there is an existing vehicile available for those who have strong feelings to make them known to FSN.
Regardless of sentiment, there are at least 2 solid and experienced baseball folks on the existing team that could be teamed with Turborg to make a good team … and the Carey’s aren’t that hard to take if you forget the ego’s and Skip’s emotional defensive mechanism (history of fan abuse; especially those who disagree with him).
I personally will go to WGST before letting FSN, or anyone else, make such decisions without better regard for what has become a Brave’s tradition. The dynamics may not be there for them to justify doing anything other than what they’ve evidently done … but at least they could have been nice and not make it feel like they were cramming it down my throat … take it or leave it style … I don’t like anyone dropping bombshells without some advance warning and explanation .
Mark, I responded to your Chipper Comment toward the end of the previous blog … made several errors so there are actually 3 related posts … the long original, 1 Clarification that was accidently addressed to Matt, a second Clarificanion, and a brief, related note to Penn.
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 02:41 PM | Link to this
YOU HAVE A VOICE!!!!!!
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
OR
(310) 369-7761
Please let these clowns know what Atlanta really wants!!
By Mel from Pella
April 28, 2006 02:43 PM | Link to this
OK, I just completed my complaints to foxsports.com. They have just lost me as a broadcast customer, period !! Please, please, please…….everyone go to their site and “SOUND OFF” !!
By Greg
April 28, 2006 02:43 PM | Link to this
You’d think these pencil neck idiots would have learned from time warner and their blunder with this crap of a couple of years ago, hey pencil neck idiots IF IT AIN’T BROKE DON’T FIX IT, more bored morons trying to impress the boss, hey boss impress me and fire the idiots responsible for this dumba$$ idea
By Michael
April 28, 2006 02:44 PM | Link to this
Do we now have any new converts in the believing that Rupert Murdoch is the anti-christ? :)
This is what happens when you sell something that used to belong to Ted Turner to this guy. It’s like giving a Braves fan a Mets jersey. The Braves fan will do everything possible to wash and bleach and whatever the thing until it barely resembles what it was in the first place.
Hell, Fox is the company dumb enough to not carry Major League Soccer games on Fox Soccer Channel this year. It reallys shouldn’t be a shock that they booted the boys off the air. Radio!!
By Khao$
April 28, 2006 02:44 PM | Link to this
Everybody who gives a d* about Atlanta Braves baseball needs to say something! First Liberty and now this? The corporate heads at Fox and Time Warner don’t give a flip about the fans of Atlanta and it’s blatant. It’s time we let these fools know where we stand!
By Ken Schenck
April 28, 2006 02:44 PM | Link to this
What a load o’ crap! Ted, please come back. Loyal Braves fans find it very difficult to listen to other ‘casters. In my opinion that dog is not going to hunt.
By Matt
April 28, 2006 02:45 PM | Link to this
This is the worst decision in Atlanta sports since they traded Brett Favre
By AI
April 28, 2006 02:45 PM | Link to this
I think that decision SUCKS!! Skip, Pete, Don and crew are the best, there is no Braves baseball without them.
By JJ
April 28, 2006 02:45 PM | Link to this
This is stupid. I know Fox and Turner have long been arch rivals, but come on now. The Turner name will soon be gone from the network so there is no reason for Fox to let its hate for Turner cause them to remove the “Turner” broadcasters that the Braves fans love. Cut us fans a break!! It’s been bad enough having a faceless owner like Time Warner and then to have that owner sell one of our TV stations to a company that hates the Braves most beloved former owner and to be close to selling the team to an even more faceless owner is just ridiculous! Put all this corporate madness and petty feuds aside and give Braves fans back our announcers - Skip, Chip, Pete, Don, and Joe!!!
By Carolina Lady
April 28, 2006 02:45 PM | Link to this
Here’s the link to FoxSports email to voice your protest: (http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback)
By Bob
April 28, 2006 02:46 PM | Link to this
This will give Skip more time to sober up and spend more time under anger management…
By Rock
April 28, 2006 02:48 PM | Link to this
Holy crap!!! How did the management team from WGST get into the Fox office and make another bad call? All fun aside this is a really STUPID decision.
By Don A
April 28, 2006 02:48 PM | Link to this
TV sound down for me also……
By JStone
April 28, 2006 02:49 PM | Link to this
Hey Matt- You are an even bigger douche bag because you care this much about a freaking sports announcer. Move out from your parents basement and get a girlfriend.
By cari
April 28, 2006 02:52 PM | Link to this
this is terrible. the braves crew are the best, most knowledge broadcasters i’ve ever heard — and i’m a die hard red sox fan. i guess now i’ll be turning the sound off the television and listening to the games on the radio.
By Judy Rowe
April 28, 2006 02:52 PM | Link to this
Big mistake - HUGE MISTAKE! How could those guys even come close to knowing our home town boys as well as Skip, Don, Pete, Joe & Chip. No way! I’ll turn the radio on and TV volume down.
Fox Cable Network is f@%#i*% stupid!
By CrackBaby
April 28, 2006 02:52 PM | Link to this
Good Riddance to Chip and Skip. Skip should have been eased out to pasture a few years ago.
Change is good.
By Bruce Morin
April 28, 2006 02:53 PM | Link to this
Just plain Stupid
By Bob
April 28, 2006 02:53 PM | Link to this
In reaction to some of the comments I seen, I thing that we need to keep in mind that broadcasting announcers, like anyone else, have their own personalities but feed off of their “performing partner” … and their performance is apt to be highly related to that relationship.
By JJ
April 28, 2006 02:53 PM | Link to this
Nothing against Rathbun and Torborg, but Skip and the Boys they’re not. They’re ok for the 25 games FSN used to have but no way in the world do I want them on a majority of Braves telecasts! They were fine in their role. Expanding their role at the expense of the announcers Braves fans know as our own is idiotic!
By southjetty
April 28, 2006 02:54 PM | Link to this
I am so glad to see/hear less of Skip Carey, Chip Carey and Don Sutton. However, I like Joe and Pete, and hope they get picked up by Fox.
By Michael
April 28, 2006 02:54 PM | Link to this
Pure Blasphemy!
By Kay
April 28, 2006 02:55 PM | Link to this
It think it stinks Period!
By mike ramirez
April 28, 2006 02:55 PM | Link to this
why,why,why would you replace the seasoned veterans who everyone loves, with the moronic rookie animals from fox???? they don’t even know where the braves play. has anyone heard these morons commentating during the games??? awful. no more tv for me, only radio!!!
By MILTON BROOME
April 28, 2006 02:55 PM | Link to this
THE USUAL CRAP. LEAVE THINGS ALONE! BACK TO THE RADIO AND THE MUTE BUTTON
By MaryAnn Burson
April 28, 2006 02:55 PM | Link to this
I think it is disgusting…our guys are an institution…no one else can do justice to our Atlanta Braves.
By Brian
April 28, 2006 02:56 PM | Link to this
Rathbun is THE WORST broadcaster I have ever heard!! He alone will be the reason I will be listening to games on the radio when the games are on FSN. If I have to hear him say “ALLRIGHT CHIPPY, WE REALLY HIT THAT ONE GOOD!” I am gonna puke. Also, i guess that means we are going to get less HD games here in Atlanta. Thanks FOX!
By mike p.
April 28, 2006 02:56 PM | Link to this
o.k. david o’brien thanks for the information,but is AJC going to help our voices be heard? i and a growing number of us have gone to fox sports website to voice our disgust.please tell what more you can do to help this along.what a great story it could be for you and your newspaper to help turn this around.show a good side of the AJC. THANK YOU!!!!!
By thomas
April 28, 2006 02:57 PM | Link to this
I turned off the sound on FSN’s broadcast crew a long time ago. I listen to the radio while watching the game. FSN’s broadcast pictures of the game are just fine. I can listen to Skip and Don on the radio.
By BB
April 28, 2006 02:57 PM | Link to this
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please fox do not let this happen!!!
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 02:57 PM | Link to this
YOU HAVE A VOICE!!!!!!
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
OR
(310) 369-7761
Please let these clowns know what Atlanta really wants!!
By kristin
April 28, 2006 02:58 PM | Link to this
hate it!!! I love Skip, Pete, Don, Joe, and Chip. It doesn’t feel like Braves Baseball if they’re giving the play by plays.
By noel malone
April 28, 2006 02:58 PM | Link to this
I think its time for Skip to retire - otherwise, thank God Tom P. is gone. He was the absolute worst! ! ! !
By Dr. Jay
April 28, 2006 02:59 PM | Link to this
Hey Bob…take your advice, roll it up like a newspaper, and shove it up your exhaust pipe…
By MLB
April 28, 2006 03:00 PM | Link to this
Folks, this is truly a sad day for Braves fans. Skip, Pete, Don, Joe, and Chip are the Voices of the Braves. They are part of the reason I tune in to watch Braves games. They had better work something out because Fox is set to have alot of unhappy viewers.
By Bryan
April 28, 2006 03:01 PM | Link to this
Won’t watch the new guys. Skip, Pete, and the boys are a Braves tradition and I will always turn down the ESPN or other broadcast teams to listen to the REAL braves announcers on the radio. FOX just assured those who buy commercials from them that I won’t be watching!
By Mike
April 28, 2006 03:03 PM | Link to this
I am sick…..these guys are Braves baseball and I want my son to grow up hearing them call the games. Skip, Don, Pete, Joe & Chip know the game and make it fun to follow! Brave fans contact Fox and let them know how we feel in the ATL…..
By Mike
April 28, 2006 03:04 PM | Link to this
I am sick…..these guys are Braves baseball and I want my son to grow up hearing them call the games. Skip, Don, Pete, Joe & Chip know the game and make it fun to follow! Brave fans contact Fox and let them know how we feel in the ATL…..
By Kerry
April 28, 2006 03:05 PM | Link to this
With this move they are throwing tradition out the window and ignoring what the true Braves fans want. Baseball is full of tradition, well at least it used to be, it’s slowly being taken out of the game. The almighty dollar wins again.
I grew up listening to Skip and Pete on TBS and WSB. As a new transplant to Alaska I don’t get to see many games with the time difference and no TS or FSN so I was going to have to get used to that anyway; but it still bothers me that this is taking place. The fans’ interest is rarely taken into consideration anymore and it’s a shame to see that. I feel that big business is ruining not only baseball but most sports in general. I wonder how a publicly owned baseball team would fare? It’s a thought that will probably never come to fruition.
By Noel
April 28, 2006 03:05 PM | Link to this
This is just wrong. I will not watch the games without the regular announcers. I will boycott Fox Sports when the Braves are on their channels. I encourage all others to boycott the Fox Networks when they broadcast the Braves.(Listen on the radio only) Shame on Fox. Corporate suits run amuck once again! Worse than Exxon/Mobil! ABSOLUTELY AND INSANELY STUPID AND SHORT SIGHTED BY FOX.
By sarah
April 28, 2006 03:05 PM | Link to this
Oh for goodness sake. Again we have to do this? Who do we write to this time? I am so sick of overpaid Corporate Wiz’s making a mess of things. Those two from Fox are the worst. We want our guys back now!
By Russell
April 28, 2006 03:06 PM | Link to this
What a horrible decision. TBS tried this last year by keeping Pete and Skip on the radio only. That was a bust and this will be too. I’ll be turning down the sound and listening to the radio until this stupid, stupid, stupid idea is abandoned.
By Stephanie
April 28, 2006 03:06 PM | Link to this
THIS STINKS!!! I hope that FOX will find out the hard way just like TBS did when they tried to take Skip and Pete off the air and only have them on radio. Those guys are what makes Braves baseball fun to both watch and hear. Their enthusiasm for the organization is genuine. Whenever a game is televised on FSN, I always mute my TV and listen to the gang on the radio. I cannot stand the FSN broadcasters and I am truly disappointed that FOX is taking this stance.
By Patrick
April 28, 2006 03:07 PM | Link to this
I have MLB extra innings so I have the “pleasure” of listening to all the other Fox broadcast teams. They all suck! The Braves team is THE BEST in baseball, THE BEST!!! I throughly enjoying listenting to them all, TBS and Turner South are top in baseball broadcasting and next season us Braves fans are down to just 45 games on TBS. It is truely sad.
By michael
April 28, 2006 03:08 PM | Link to this
This is utter crap. IDIOTS!BUFFOONS!RUPERT MURDOCH SUCKS THE BIG ONE.
By Laura
April 28, 2006 03:08 PM | Link to this
One night last week the game was on both Fox Sports and Turner South. We opted to watch it on Turner South. There is no better way to listen to the Braves than to do so with Skip, Pete, Don, Joe and now Chip. :)
By Don Nason Sucks
April 28, 2006 03:09 PM | Link to this
THIS ABSOLUTELY SUCKS BOB RATHBUN IS HORRENDOUS
By geebee
April 28, 2006 03:09 PM | Link to this
Most business purchases are based upon the purchaser’s goal to improve the return on a property to its owners. That’s a right you get when you buy the property. Let’s see if the new owners are successful. If they are not, you buy it and hire who you want to broadcast the games. It’s a business folks.
By kh
April 28, 2006 03:10 PM | Link to this
Just like Larry munson…Watch Turner South, turn down the volume and listen to play by play on the radio.
By Hu
April 28, 2006 03:10 PM | Link to this
I’m glad my mute button works
By SoGAVet
April 28, 2006 03:12 PM | Link to this
Skip Caray, Pete Van Wieren, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson and Chip Caray are THE best. They play off each other and are EXTEMELY knowledgeable about the game. Plus I love the way they let you in on all the inside jokes going on. FOX is crap for doing this.
I vote radio up/TV volume down!
Shoot, I’ve barely ever recovered from losing Milo Hamilton…“It’s a drive! Way back! This ball is going, going, gone! It’s outta here a Home Run!” or “Top of the nineth, we gotta ho-o-o-ld ‘em Braves” and “Bottom of the nineth, we gotta go get ‘em Braves!”
Home team announcers are part of what makes baseball the American passtime, and the Braves announcers are the BEST!
By Patrick
April 28, 2006 03:12 PM | Link to this
I have MLB extra innings so I have the “pleasure” of listening to all the other Fox broadcast teams. They all suck! The Braves team is THE BEST in baseball, THE BEST!!! I throughly enjoying listenting to them all, TBS and Turner South are top in baseball broadcasting and next season us Braves fans are down to just 45 games on TBS. It is truely sad.
By Tommy
April 28, 2006 03:13 PM | Link to this
I have grown up watching Skip, Pete, Don and the rest of the crew. This really p** me off. I hate watching the games on the other networks because i cant stand the other announcers. These guys are ledgends in this city and Fox comes in and just throws them to the side, as a Braves fan I am extremly insulted. I just hope the outrage over this is so loud that Fox can’t ignore it. I am p**.
By bob
April 28, 2006 03:13 PM | Link to this
go to foxsports.com and they have a feature where you can write your own blog. I suggest adding a blog under the baseball section and/or the braves section voicing your oppinion and to add the url to this site.
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 03:14 PM | Link to this
YOU HAVE A VOICE!!!!!!
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
OR
(310) 369-7761
Please let these clowns know what Atlanta really wants!!
By Crystal
April 28, 2006 03:15 PM | Link to this
This completely sucks. I guess nothing stays the same. Thanks corporate america…
By DieFox
April 28, 2006 03:16 PM | Link to this
Can’t listen to the radio while watching on TV because of the delay. This is complete crap. I want to fight this. Where do we write into?
By Kathy
April 28, 2006 03:16 PM | Link to this
No one can call the Braves games like these guys. Is there nothing anyone can do? Why get rid of the best. They must want their ratings to go down.
By Joe
April 28, 2006 03:16 PM | Link to this
Are you kidding me? I am absolutely shocked. I really do not have strong feelings against Rathbun but he is Busch League compared to those guys. 96 Rock just got more hours out of me!
By Alan
April 28, 2006 03:16 PM | Link to this
Bob Rathbun is perhaps the most patronizing sportscaster on the air today. I think this will prove to be a poor business move by Fox.
By Kenny
April 28, 2006 03:17 PM | Link to this
I have been a Braves fan since the day I was born in the great city of Atlanta. When I heard the news today I was disgusted. You dont take announcers that have been covering a team for several decades and replace them with just random people. Fox has got to something about this.
By matt
April 28, 2006 03:18 PM | Link to this
is there even one comment on this board in favor of bob and jeff? didn’t think so.
By Thompson
April 28, 2006 03:19 PM | Link to this
Did the old coverage team help the Braves win more games? No? Then who really cares. Just like the lock the Braves have had on the NL East, traditions like the Braves broadcast team will end this year.
Besides, old Don Sutton used to scare my kids when they’d flash to the booth every couple innings.
By Larry
April 28, 2006 03:19 PM | Link to this
It is a shame that corporate America makes decisions without regard to the people who support them. I guess we will quit watching the Braves except on TBS and catch them on the radio when we can. I agree that we should let Fox know that they have made a mistake and we will not support them.
By John
April 28, 2006 03:20 PM | Link to this
The only announcer worse than Rathbun is that female commentator who does the noon Big Ten football games on ESPN 2.
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 03:21 PM | Link to this
Thompson
Move back up north. You are wasting our precious southern oxygen.
By Braves66
April 28, 2006 03:23 PM | Link to this
Thankfully my TV has a mute button. I will gladly listen to “Braves” announcers on my stereo.
By atl chop
April 28, 2006 03:23 PM | Link to this
growing up a detroit tigers fan, whenever i went back i always made a point to listen to ernie harwell. once he retired its not the same. i feel the same about skip and pete. after 25 years or so they are a part of the braves and will always be our broadcasters. tradition in baseball is what makes this game and being a fan so great.
By Judi
April 28, 2006 03:24 PM | Link to this
What do I think? I think this is the dumbest move on Fox’s part. Skip, Pete, Don, Joe, and now Chip too, are the VOICE OF THE BRAVES! They always have been and always will be.
Last season, the “other” commentators couldn’t even pronounce the team players names correctly. They never bothered to find out how. Also, all they have to talk about during the games, is mindless chatter that no one cares about. Meanwhile the VOICE OF THE BRAVES, always have interesting trivia about the players, past & present. I for one, will boycott every commercial item advertised during one of their broadcasts. If we all hit them in their pockets, maybe they might get smart and hire the right broadcast team back!!!
By Andrew
April 28, 2006 03:26 PM | Link to this
Is it possible to organize a city-wide boycott of games on Turner South? If the ratings absolutely tank, the bigwigs at Fox would be much more inclined to bring back our boys. All Braves fans to their Radios!!!
By Andrew
April 28, 2006 03:26 PM | Link to this
Is it possible to organize a city-wide boycott of games on Turner South? If the ratings absolutely tank, the bigwigs at Fox would be much more inclined to bring back our boys. All Braves fans to their Radios!!!
By ken
April 28, 2006 03:26 PM | Link to this
Are you kidding me? Skip sucks. That voice is like nails on a chalkboard. Good riddance.
By gatiger
April 28, 2006 03:27 PM | Link to this
Turn your radio on. Georgia fans have been doing it for years.
By what is the world coming to?
April 28, 2006 03:27 PM | Link to this
This is unbelievable! I love how we get our guys who know more about the Braves than anybody, get replaced by some yah-whoos who probably announce hockey too! Come on Fox…I think you can fix this problem that you are creating.
By Mike
April 28, 2006 03:28 PM | Link to this
How can it be Braves baseball without our broadcast team? All too often these days the tried & true is being discarded without a thought by big business. This won’t be as bad as if the Dawgs lost Munson, but it’s pretty damn close!
By Mark
April 28, 2006 03:29 PM | Link to this
This stinks! I love those guys. I hope everyone writes Fox and tells them what a bad idea it is. And what will they fill the gap with after 2008 when they stop showing as many games…. reruns of some crappy old sitcom? Thanks a lot.
By Ed
April 28, 2006 03:29 PM | Link to this
Who can we email, call, etc about getting this changed?
By steve wexler
April 28, 2006 03:29 PM | Link to this
Makes sense to me…save a lot of $$$$$ and the hell with the fans…now some three piece suits can show a better bottom line and put another plaque on their wall..maybe even get a key to the executive bathroom..
By Mark H
April 28, 2006 03:30 PM | Link to this
Wow, this stinks. Fox, get your paws off our broadcasters.
By john
April 28, 2006 03:31 PM | Link to this
Skip was arrogant to callers. It was time he moved on.
By Mark H
April 28, 2006 03:31 PM | Link to this
Wow, this stinks. Fox, get your paws off our broadcasters.
By mikedarwin
April 28, 2006 03:31 PM | Link to this
Damn, damn, damn. I cannot stand listening to the lame, meaningless, uncaring, ignorant, stupid, illiterate, disgusting, shallow, intellectually challenged, worthless, painful, etc. etc. calls by the totally incompetent team from FSO. They both giggle like two girls watching high school basketball rather than two men calling a professional baseball game.
In fact, I often must turn to my XM Radio to survive on FSO night even though the lag makes viewing and listening somewhat problematic.
I now have another reason to react with loathing, anger and disgust whenever I hear the anything about Fox (except the old Fox Theatre).
In fact, the movement of this many games to a regional network may further reduce the value of the Braves. It appears that the owners do not realize that the Braves have a national fan base created by TBS. My brother-in-law in Portland Oregon gets TBS but is forced to use downloads for FSO and will face that horror even more often with this change. His kids are becoming Braves fans, but I am sure this move will defeat that growing allegience.
By jim
April 28, 2006 03:31 PM | Link to this
Thank God! I am so tired of Skip and his Sarcastic attitude torwards the fans that call his show (how did he get a show anyway). Unbelievable for someone to fat to even play the sport. Bye bye Skippy….
By Carol
April 28, 2006 03:31 PM | Link to this
Tell me where to buy the ‘sync’ machine. This is the WORST news. We always listen to the radio on Wednesday nights, but it’s a pain. I guess they (the Fox people) don’t know or don’t care about the stink a few years ago. Where else can we complain to?
By Mark
April 28, 2006 03:31 PM | Link to this
I think the decision to remove the familiar broadcasters (Sutton, Simpson, Van Wieren, Carray and Carray) is an unmittigated DISASTER! There is a noticeable drop off in quality in these FSN broadcasters. The afore mentioned have been doing it so successfully for so long for a reason…they are the best announacers in ALL OF BASEBALL!
FSN, PLEASE re-think this decision or you will be able to tell when you check ratings.
By Thompson
April 28, 2006 03:32 PM | Link to this
I wouldn’t place too much stock on your “precious” (i.e., ninth most polluted in the country) air supply. Plus, why move when there’s so much to be entertained by down here.
Gas boycotts? Hilarious.
Watching the game on mute? That’ll show them.
Too bad they don’t determine whether the sound is actually on in determing TV market share. I suspect there will be zero drop off in their ratings. The volume of emails in their inbox may increase though.
By i4get2
April 28, 2006 03:33 PM | Link to this
Wow are you kidding me? His site is a joke. Link:(http://www.bobrathbun.com) Click on contact and it gives a application for him to
come and speak at a event..lol Well I do not think the Braves will be in ATL much longer after the sale anyways. I will miss the Gang on Turner South. I am not surprised though. FSN now owns the station and there will be a lot of changes. Corporate America is the downfall to the game. This whole deal to Liberty should be proof enough. Its all about Tax breaks and the bucks. Liberty will win the sale of the Braves and then after 4 or 5 years they will either move from ATL or be up for sale agan.
By david wolf
April 28, 2006 03:34 PM | Link to this
first its NOT THE BRAVES STATION;THESE ARE HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCERS THEN WE HAVE FIND THE GAME ON MLB.COM AND JUST THIS PAST WEEK THE PLAYED TBS WITH THE RADIO FEED FROM MIL-WAUKEE AND BOB UECKER IS NOT THE BRAVES…..SECOND WHEN YOU HAVE NO TV AND CANT GET THE BROADCASTS ITS SAD WE HAVE GO TO THE GAME CHANNEL TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR BELOVED BRAVES FROM BACK IN THE LATE 50’S 60’S 70’ AND 80’ WHEN BAD BASEBALL WAS THE NORM IT WAS THE BRAVES THIRD CAN YOU NAME ANY COMMENTS THAT HAVE STUCK FOR A LIFETIME FROM WHATS HIS FACE????ERNIE STATEMENT OF FOLKS WE HAVE 45,673 FANS TONITE BUT UNFORTUANTLEY 41378 ARE DISGUSED AS EMPTY SEATS, OR BRAVES WIN THE PENNANT BRAVES WIN THE PENNANT.. THE CREW TELLS US FANS WHAT IS GOING ON NOW NOT WHAT HAPPENED 20YEARS AGO WHEN THEY PLAYED BALL… FIFTH NONE OF THE SCHEDULED CHANGE OF ANNOUNCERS ARE REMOTELY CLOSE TO THE HALL OF FAME…SUTTON IS IN AND BOTH PETE SKIP AND HIS DAD IS…. SIXTH FOX NEVER CHANGED VIN SCULLY HAS COME GREED IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL MURDOCK HAD TO MESS WITH THE TIME HONORED BEST GANG… THE CLOWNS HE WILL HAVE NOW DO NOT NO THEY DONT KNOW BRAVES BASEBALL AND JUST YACK TO FILL SPACE TIL THE GAME IS OVER. PLEASE PUT THE GREAT ANNOUNCERS BACK IN THE BOOTH SO WE CAN LISTEN TO A REAL BRAVES GAME….
By Tim
April 28, 2006 03:34 PM | Link to this
Just another day at the office by some empty suits that want to save some money and don’t have a clue about the “home base”.
I’ll not be watching unless I can get the real announcers of the radio. Hope others do the same and the advertisers realize it and get the “suits” fired.
By Tim
April 28, 2006 03:35 PM | Link to this
Just another day at the office by some empty suits that want to save some money and don’t have a clue about the “home base”.
I’ll not be watching unless I can get the real announcers of the radio. Hope others do the same and the advertisers realize it and get the “suits” fired.
By Brandon
April 28, 2006 03:35 PM | Link to this
This has to be the worst news I have heard all week. It is somewhat like a death, losing Skip and Company on Turner South. Its not the fact that the guys taking over are crap, but that Skip and Company are simply the best, they are the original voice of the Braves. I would rather just listen to the radio than watch Turner South now. What a loss, please, someone do something.
By Wayne Zaepfel
April 28, 2006 03:35 PM | Link to this
Rathbun’s voice is irritating - who can possibly listen to that guy for more than a minute or so?
By greg
April 28, 2006 03:36 PM | Link to this
my two boys destroyed there darn tv’s..i cant believe all that has happend
By Valerie
April 28, 2006 03:36 PM | Link to this
Instead of moaning and groaning about it here…WRITE FOX AND TELL THEM TO BRING BACK THE REGULAR BRAVES ANNOUNCERS.
By bravesfan
April 28, 2006 03:37 PM | Link to this
If they make the change I’ll be damn if I’ll be watching. Catch it on the radio.
By Marc
April 28, 2006 03:37 PM | Link to this
This is a travesty! I can remember living out West (AZ) following the Braves and listening to this quintet. With the selloff of the Braves, the selloff of Turner South, what’s next moving the team back to Milwaukee and giving us the Brewers?
Someone please stop the madness! Would you have taken Harry Carey off the air in Chicago? I think not!! This action is just as horrendous as that would have been!!
By Nicholas Irwin
April 28, 2006 03:37 PM | Link to this
To all of you people who think that Skip Caray is the devil because he was arrogant to callers, did any of you actually listen to some of the questions he had to deal with? Many of those people deserved to be made fun of because they were complete idiots. And as far as the once per day questions about the infield fly rule and slugging percentage, if you had to answer that question once a day, you would start to get p**, too. He is there to give insight into the Braves from his position as someone who is around the team all the time and all he gets are inane questions that these people easily could have looked up on their own instead of wasting his time. If you had this constantly happening to you, you might have had a bad attitude, as well.
By greg
April 28, 2006 03:37 PM | Link to this
i feel empty inside and i dont like it.
By SoGAVet
April 28, 2006 03:39 PM | Link to this
Skip Caray, Pete Van Wieren, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson and Chip Caray are THE best. They play off each other and are EXTEMELY knowledgeable about the game. Plus I love the way they let you in on all the inside jokes going on. FOX is crap for doing this.
I vote radio up/TV volume down!
Shoot, I’ve barely ever recovered from losing Milo Hamilton…“It’s a drive! Way back! This ball is going, going, gone! It’s outta here a Home Run!” or “Top of the nineth, we gotta ho-o-o-ld ‘em Braves” and “Bottom of the nineth, we gotta go get ‘em Braves!”
Home team announcers are part of what makes baseball the American passtime, and the Braves announcers are the BEST!
By Keith
April 28, 2006 03:40 PM | Link to this
I think It SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 The only people that know the Braves by heart are the Real Team of Broadcasters of Skip,Chip,Pete,Don and Joe. I want listen to them who evers on TV. I will turn down the sound and listen to the Radio.
By Big D
April 28, 2006 03:40 PM | Link to this
They are horrible! They are babbling idiots half the time! I will turn down the sound and turn up the radio Broadcast!
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 03:40 PM | Link to this
YOU HAVE A VOICE!!!!!!
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
OR
(310) 369-7761
Please let these clowns know what Atlanta really wants!!
By Ron
April 28, 2006 03:40 PM | Link to this
Message to Fox’s sponsors: This Braves fan will be turning down the sound on his TV and listening to Skip, Pete, Don and Joe on the radio. I suggest you use eye-catching visuals in your commercials.
By Keith
April 28, 2006 03:40 PM | Link to this
I think It SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 The only people that know the Braves by heart are the Real Team of Broadcasters of Skip,Chip,Pete,Don and Joe. I want listen to them who evers on TV. I will turn down the sound and listen to the Radio.
By bushwacker
April 28, 2006 03:40 PM | Link to this
Get use to this kinda crap, the new owners will probably try to move the team to New York so they have a major league team in National League as well as the American League.
By Brandon Blease
April 28, 2006 03:40 PM | Link to this
All I can say is that I cannot stand watching a Braves game on FSN. I literally fall asleep listening to Jeff Thorborg, who quite frankly has to be the most boring announcer on TV. One of the main reasons I even watch a game on TV is because of Skip and Pete. Now I mainly just listen to them on the radio!!! Now I definately will not be watching them on Turner South!!
By Mark
April 28, 2006 03:42 PM | Link to this
This is a horrible move. It was already bad enough to suffer through games on Fox SS. Rathbun is the worst announcer I have ever heard call a game. The Braves team of play callers have been the class of all baseball for years. I will be turning my tv volume down and my radio up!
By Joe
April 28, 2006 03:42 PM | Link to this
It stinks! I refuse to listen to them on FSN now we are forced to listen on Turner South? Not that the fan’s opinion matters, its going to be worse if the Colorado corp purches the Braves, we can forget everything. Pete, Skip, Don, and Joe are the Braves, they have been announcing since I became a fan when I was little…why take away something that works? I hate FOX Broadcasting!!!
By IW
April 28, 2006 03:44 PM | Link to this
TELL FOX SPORTS HOW YOU FEEL!!!!! http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 03:44 PM | Link to this
Thompson
Why do you think we are 9th in air quality? BECAUSE OF ALL THESE HOT MOUTHED YANKEES MOVING INTO OUR CITY!!! GO HOME OR SHUT UP!!!!
By janie Hopwood
April 28, 2006 03:44 PM | Link to this
I will be listening to a lot more radio. I only turn on the radio when the braves are playing but now I willhave eto have the radio on when I watch the games too. Bad move. I might have to see commercials but I definitely won’t hear them.
By Gator Fan
April 28, 2006 03:44 PM | Link to this
This is one of the worst decisions I have ever seen. Remember what happened last time the Braves tried to pull Skip and company off the air waves and put them in a ‘lesser’ rotation? There was quite an uproar and they were quickly reinstated. So why try this crap again? Bob Rathbun has the voice and skills to be calling minor league games, and is Jeff Torborg that disturbing looking android whose catch phrase is….’Hello!!!!’…after every single play, every single swing…every single catch!? I cant stand listening to either of these guys. Just don’t watch any games on tv when these guys are announcing, and turn on 96 rock. FOX…you are a disgrace for even putting the fans through this crap. Get a clue to what your audience wants before you make these garbage decisions.
By Gator Fan
April 28, 2006 03:45 PM | Link to this
This is one of the worst decisions I have ever seen. Remember what happened last time the Braves tried to pull Skip and company off the air waves and put them in a ‘lesser’ rotation? There was quite an uproar and they were quickly reinstated. So why try this crap again? Bob Rathbun has the voice and skills to be calling minor league games, and is Jeff Torborg that disturbing looking android whose catch phrase is….’Hello!!!!’…after every single play, every single swing…every single catch!? I cant stand listening to either of these guys. Just don’t watch any games on tv when these guys are announcing, and turn on 96 rock. FOX…you are a disgrace for even putting the fans through this crap. Get a clue to what your audience wants before you make these garbage decisions.
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 03:45 PM | Link to this
YOU HAVE A VOICE!!!!!!
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
OR
(310) 369-7761
Please let these clowns know what Atlanta really wants!!
By Olas
April 28, 2006 03:47 PM | Link to this
This is absolutly terrible news. All the fox guys ever talk about is the other teams pitcher and how great he is. This is a Braves telecast, we are supposed to hear about the Braves not the other teams pitcher.
By Andy
April 28, 2006 03:48 PM | Link to this
Joesph thanks for the repeated links to the site to vent our displeasure with this move. Man—-if this new owner is like this…I have hated time warner with the budget constraints and all—-but really they have let the braves be run by JS and co. and have left them alone. Then we get the Turner So.—then they sell turner so. and now we get this crap. What was so bad with the Braves on TBS—Turner owned both and things were good. Is there anyway blank can own both—call TBS the home depot network or something. Man.
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 03:49 PM | Link to this
YOU HAVE A VOICE!!!!!!
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
OR
(310) 369-7761
Please let these clowns know what Atlanta really wants!!
By Tami Richards
April 28, 2006 03:49 PM | Link to this
WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP!! Aren’t they supposed to be gearing their broadcasts towards a target audience? Who would THAT be?? Braves Fans!! Who were we raised on? Skip, Pete, Don & Joe. C’mon Fox!! Bob Rathburn is a complete BORE! Thank goodness Paciorek is gone, but give us the guys that know our team inside and out. They have lived Braves baseball as long as I can remember. I have been listening to these fellas since I was a little girl, and have raised my two children listening to them, and they are now in college and high school.
By mike
April 28, 2006 03:50 PM | Link to this
Bad call. Braves without Skip,Pete,Don, and Joe is like having the braves without Bobby Cox. Why fix something that is not broke?????????
By mike
April 28, 2006 03:51 PM | Link to this
Bad call. Braves without Skip,Pete,Don, and Joe is like having the braves without Bobby Cox. Why fix something that is not broke?????????
By hk
April 28, 2006 03:52 PM | Link to this
.. just left my message on
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
Bob, … I’m pretty sure Skip quit drinking a good while back … his manners don’t bother me, he says what’s on his mind and I like that, kind of like DOB … his dumb puns always make me laugh, kind of like an old Jack Benny joke … and I can identify personally with his forgetfulness and occasion gafs … I love the interaction between he and Chip, much as I did when Earnie Sr and Earnie Junior teamed up to do games …
… looks like the end of an era, need to reminisce a bit … we lived in Tulsa in the 40’s, St Louis was the nearest major league city, we loved Harry Carey and the Cardinals … then, when the Hawks came to Atlanta from St Louis, Skip came with them as the radio announcer, he was excellent … loved the way he said ‘good’ when the Hawks scored .. was delighted a few years later when he joined Ernie doing Braves games … in the old baseball days, the announcers did a lot less talking, let you do your own analysis … today, guys talk you death telling you things you already know, Don wears me out a little on that score, but of course he’s knowledgeable …
… I can’t understand why Fox bought Turner South (asked them in my email above), there’s a tremendous amount of market overlap with FSN … doesn’t make any sense to continue both … I like Rathbun and Torburg just fine, have gotten used to Bob over the last couple of years … they both love the game and it shows, and that’s the most important thing for me … Torburg knows his stuff though ..
… I think I read somewhere where TBS is under contract for several years ahead to do Braves games for whoever buys the team, hope so …
… sports owners today are not much different from fantesy baseball players in their mentality … there is less and less loyalty, ‘team’ means less and less because the players change so much … for the Braves, the announcers give more of a ‘home team’ feel than the players do …
By karen
April 28, 2006 03:52 PM | Link to this
I also think it stinks. We have the best announcers in baseball. Currently, I turn off the TV volume and listen to our radio announcers when the games are on FSS and especially ESPN (Morgan drives me nuts). Looks like I’m going to have to do the same with Turner South. That is a real pity.
By Bill
April 28, 2006 03:53 PM | Link to this
How can you replace Skip, Chip, Joe, Don, and Pete with those buffoons on FSN. The Braves must be trying to boost attendance because they know that no one can stand listening to those guys.
By John
April 28, 2006 03:54 PM | Link to this
THESE NEW GUYS DON’T HAVE A CLUE COMPARED TO DON, SKIP, CHIP, JOE, AND PETE. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE AS ANNOUNCERS. THESE NEW GUYS CAN’T COMPARE IN BASEBALL KNOWLEDGE, PERSONALITY, OR BROADCASTING ABILITY. “IF IT AIN’T BROKE….DON’T FIX IT!” THE FOLLOWING YOU NOW HAVE IS IN PART DUE TO THE ANNOUNCERS KNOWLEDGE AND LOVE FOR THE GAME. DON’T RUIN IT FOR EVERYBODY AND MAKE A DUMB DECISION THAT IS NOT WANTED BY THE FANS.
By Just a girl
April 28, 2006 03:55 PM | Link to this
Just a thought, but all of you who are muting the TV and listening to the radio…. you are STILL giving Fox ratings. They don’t care that you are listening to the game on the radio at the same time! You can still see the commercials, and that’s what they care about!
After you email Fox to express your displeasure, think about turning OFF the TV. Don’t give them the ratings.
By Dave
April 28, 2006 03:55 PM | Link to this
I’d be bothered more if it was still Rathbun and Paciorek. In any event, I’ll probably turn down the sound on the TV and listen to the radio broadcast.
By Del
April 28, 2006 03:55 PM | Link to this
Just another blip on the radar screen. Seems like this year will be full of blips. Might as well hunker down and ride out the storm!!
By Mike
April 28, 2006 03:56 PM | Link to this
I just wrote them and let them know how I felt and I provided a link back to this page. Let them know how you/we feel. Do something and just don’t sit her complaining about it.
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
By Dick Freeman
April 28, 2006 03:57 PM | Link to this
Typical corporate decision. WIll not listen to this new crew. Will use radio or just mute it all. Worse - some company will buy the Braves - interested in tax savings only. If Art Blank offered more than the asking price, he could turn all this around. Please, please Mr. Blank … help!
By geechee
April 28, 2006 03:59 PM | Link to this
The Mad Dog watch continues. Greg Maddux is now 5-0 with a 1.35 ERA.
By TF
April 28, 2006 03:59 PM | Link to this
Horrible decision. Boycott games on Turner South.
By Chop Chop
April 28, 2006 03:59 PM | Link to this
I don’t like the idea of Bob Rathbun calling nearly 120 Braves games a year. The only thing he is adequate at covering is ACC basketball. Anything else is a major clusterf* for him. Torborg is boring, although no more so than Don Sutton. I’ve never liked Don Sutton. He’s a filthy Dodger. I always liked Sarcastic Skip ripping idiots who would call in to his show, but he’s lost his touch the last couple of years. Even so, he’s a Braves “institution” (like Pete…and even Joe, I suppose) and it’s disappointing that he won’t be doing many TV games. Chip isn’t even worth mentioning, although he’ll probably be doing baseball games until he’s 70.
All in all, it’s a bad deal for Braves fans who’ve followed this team for a long time. Click on Joseph’s link or give FOX a call and don’t be stingy with the expletives.
By michael
April 28, 2006 04:02 PM | Link to this
Time changes stuff but this $UCK$.
By Rob
April 28, 2006 04:02 PM | Link to this
In addition to muting my television during Braves games now and turning up the radio, I will not watch their commercials and if given a resonable alternative purchase the products of the advertiser’s competitors. Lets see if losing ad revenue will cause Fox to actually listen to their consumers.
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 04:04 PM | Link to this
one last time…please PLEASE be proactive.
YOU HAVE A VOICE!!!!!!
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
OR
(310) 369-7761
Please let these clowns know what Atlanta really wants!!
By Rhonda
April 28, 2006 04:06 PM | Link to this
When the sale of TSS was made,it should have been with the stipulation that the current broadcast team be retained. This is a travesty! I will never watch TSS again!
By Tommy
April 28, 2006 04:06 PM | Link to this
I have got where I watch few Braves game on the TV as it is, if I do I mute the TV and usually listen to the Radio while I do, the only games I didn’t mute were the games when we had our hometown boys calling the game. The other announce crews have no passion for the sport or the teams playing, we don’t wanna listen to two boring voices promoting both teams equally. We are Atlanta Braves fans and we wanna here announcers who have been with the Braves and love the Braves just as much as we do!
By Carolina Lady
April 28, 2006 04:07 PM | Link to this
Joseph, you’re a gem! Thanks for your persistance! I’m with you 100%!
By Keith Kitchen
April 28, 2006 04:08 PM | Link to this
I practically grew up watching/listening to those group of guys in South Ga. Replacing them is like taking away a piece of Braves history that the die hard fans (such as myself) will sorely miss! Two words: bad decision. As someone stated earlier, “those guys are a part of Braves baseball”.
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 04:08 PM | Link to this
also….muting your TV does nothing for thier ratings. Secondly, the radio is about 5 seconds ahead of TV so unless you have alziemers or something this is annoying. YOUR ONLY OPTION IS TO WRITE TO FOX OR CALL THEM
WE HAVE THE POWER!!!
By Debi
April 28, 2006 04:08 PM | Link to this
How can Fox Sports even consider doing something so STUPID? Just lets the viewer know that they really don’t care about anything but their own pocketbook. How can they remove such a Braves tradition and replace it with people that don’t have a clue. I will NOT listen to these folks call any game on Turner. Let’s all them know how we feel about this decision.
By Chuck
April 28, 2006 04:08 PM | Link to this
I won’t miss Skip. I lost respect for him over how he treated his guests on his now defunct WSB Radio talk show. His very rude, uncalled for comments left you wondering just how long has this man been in need of therapy?
By geekboy
April 28, 2006 04:09 PM | Link to this
Just another piece of Atlanta’s soul being ripped away by the greedy. If we don’t get local ownership of the Braves back again, expect more classless acts like this.
By Ernie
April 28, 2006 04:10 PM | Link to this
This is awful! While Torborg is a certain improvement over Tom P???, doesn’t Fox Sports know and appreciate the fact that Skip, Pete, etc., have helped make Braves fans all over the country? Or do they even care? I guess Fox motto is ignorance and apathy. They don’t know nor do they care! Fox sucks.
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 04:12 PM | Link to this
Thanks Carolina!! Let’s hope enough people tell them what’s up.
METS SUCK, GO BRAVES!!!
By Kay
April 28, 2006 04:13 PM | Link to this
BOO Turner South! Bring our guys back full-time!
By d
April 28, 2006 04:14 PM | Link to this
I think this is the worst decision made from FOX Network. I thought they were coming around when they got rid of that weiner of broadcaster Tom Paciorek. But now FOX is right back on my S list. Skip, Pete, Joe, Don and Chip are Atlanta Braves baseball you get rid of them you have lost another fan. Rupert Murdoch is an butt head. We can only hope that Mr. Blank will still have an opertunity to buy the braves hopefully Liberty will drop their bid.
By Bob B
April 28, 2006 04:14 PM | Link to this
I’ve been a Braves fan since this year the Crackers next year the Braves and I can say replacing Pete, Skip, Joe, Don And Chip is far and away the worst/stupidest thing that has ever happened to Braves fans enjoyment of the games! Nothing else comes close. This seems so unreal because it is so foolish. When it was just Wednesdays that we had to live with the less than steller comentary by the FSN guys it was one thing but this really makes the Braves games on TV far less fun and entertaining, so much so I doubt I’ll watch the games start to finish like I always have unless the game is a good one. IT’S A VERY SAD DAY FOR SURE.
By Jeff Jackson
April 28, 2006 04:15 PM | Link to this
I think it is a conspiracy of the New York Mets!
By JStone
April 28, 2006 04:16 PM | Link to this
For all of you calling Rathbun a “new” announcer, how many years has he been calling Braves games? OK, how about Chip Caray? How long has he been doing Braves?
By Martin Blank
April 28, 2006 04:16 PM | Link to this
Bob Rathbun and Jeff Torborg make my ears want to explode. They are awful. It’s sad that avid Braves fans like myself will either not watch the game at all or watch it on mute and miss things like the sound of the crowd after a homerun or the crack of the bat just so we don’t have to listen to those two atrocious voices.
Give us Skip, Pete, Joe, and Don until they choose to hang ‘em up on their own terms!
By Bob Rathbun
April 28, 2006 04:18 PM | Link to this
I love the decision!!
By Steve
April 28, 2006 04:19 PM | Link to this
Well, time to turn down the sound on the TV and turn up the sound on 96Rock. Hey, Fox Sports guys you will learn the same lesson that Turner learned when they only had Skip and Pete doing games on Turner South and not on TBS. It didn;t work. The fans voiced their opinions loudly and TBS got their act together. we can only hope that Fox sprorts will pull their head out of their A@@.
By Braves fan
April 28, 2006 04:19 PM | Link to this
Corporate america is ruining the every day citizens lives!!!!!!!!! This is why EVERY Braves fan want Arthur Blank or Ted Turner at the helm—-somebody thet cares. Skip, Pete, Joe and Chip—-you’re the BEST!!!
By ART
April 28, 2006 04:19 PM | Link to this
It’s obvious that Fox did not do any research using the opinions or feelings of the local fans… nor do they care. Okay, then why should we care about watching them or those dolts they employ to call the games. I am certain that I am part of a large group of local fans who will be listening to the radio to hear the best members of the Braves team…Skip, Pete, Joe, Don, and Chip. AND WE WILL NOT BE WATCHING THE TV unless the game is on TBS. Perhaps loyalty in baseball seems to be a thing of the past. But that just ain’t the case with us Southerners. We love our announcers (who just happen to be the most talented group on the air)and loyalty means something to us.
By Steve
April 28, 2006 04:19 PM | Link to this
Well, time to turn down the sound on the TV and turn up the sound on 96Rock. Hey, Fox Sports guys you will learn the same lesson that Turner learned when they only had Skip and Pete doing games on Turner South and not on TBS. It didn’t work. The fans voiced their opinions loudly and TBS got their act together. We can only hope that Fox sprorts will pull their head out of their A@@.
By Ben Reeder
April 28, 2006 04:19 PM | Link to this
Let Fox know what a horrible decision they have made.
http://foxsports.news.com.au/feedback/
Contact em at the link above.
Braves in Boise!
By Braves fan
April 28, 2006 04:19 PM | Link to this
Corporate america is ruining the every day citizens lives!!!!!!!!! This is why EVERY Braves fan wants Arthur Blank or Ted Turner at the helm—-somebody that cares. Skip, Pete, Joe and Chip—-you’re the BEST!!!
By Braves fan
April 28, 2006 04:20 PM | Link to this
Corporate america is ruining the every day citizens lives!!!!!!!!! This is why EVERY Braves fan wants Arthur Blank or Ted Turner at the helm—-somebody that cares. Skip, Pete, Joe and Chip—-you’re the BEST!!!
By Kevin
April 28, 2006 04:20 PM | Link to this
This is another pathetic move. I hope the new Braves owner can get the majority of games back on TBS. The announcers are the best AND they broadcast over-the-air in high-definition. When they broadcast on Turner South or FSN, no HD is available.
By Andruw
April 28, 2006 04:20 PM | Link to this
This is the worst news I’ve heard since the Gold Club shut its doors……
By Brenda
April 28, 2006 04:21 PM | Link to this
Well, I purposely don’t watch the Braves on FSN because I HATE the announcers. They are boring and don’t have a clue about baseball. I always looked foward to the “My South” commercials and the guys on Turner South. What an enjoyable evening… I guess I will be spending more time in the yard this summer listening to the games on my radio. I’ll miss you guys!!!
By Chip
April 28, 2006 04:22 PM | Link to this
Taking away our longtime Braves announcers is akin to removing the Hooters girls from Hooters…….We just WON’T go there anymore…….FOX……..Remove your head from the dark spot it has ensconsed itself at and correct this situation BEFORE you see you ratings plummet like a skydiver with no parachute!!!!
By pat
April 28, 2006 04:23 PM | Link to this
Write to Fox here: http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
Somebody send them this forum. People, make lots of noise.
By Tiffany
April 28, 2006 04:23 PM | Link to this
This is an atrocity!! I grew up listening to Skip, Pete, Don and Joe and they are the best! Whoever said that the Fox gang is boring and talks about other subjects during the game nailed it. I will be tuning in to the radio a lot more now, unless we can get Fox to change their minds. Bad decision, Fox.
By pat
April 28, 2006 04:25 PM | Link to this
Write to Liberty media, here: http://www.libertymedia.com/contact/default.htm
Let them know twe won’t allow them to kill our Braves!
By Steve
April 28, 2006 04:30 PM | Link to this
Fox contact on their website is askfox@foxinc.com
By Sarah
April 28, 2006 04:30 PM | Link to this
This is completely stupid, and needs to be reversed! Bob and Jeff cannot broadcast! They are soing boring. Skip and the crew are the heart of the Braves! This sucks! Whose ever idea this was they need to be FIRED! Like NOW!
By John Hoar
April 28, 2006 04:31 PM | Link to this
Been thinking about this. Is it not the loss of sales dollars from the advertisers that will hurt most? So….would not the best scenario at this time be to “watch” on TV, “listen” on radio and “not buy” advertised products on the TV. Plus, complain like hell, on every one of these links. I have and will continue. Meanwhile, Tim Bradley, DOB, etc, what is the true story behind this? And, what else will get attention?
By Toddy
April 28, 2006 04:31 PM | Link to this
its no longer called Turner south….so they can do whatever they want…besides those guys were so damn booooooring!!! I look forward to the new sports team…GO FOX!!!
By Warren
April 28, 2006 04:32 PM | Link to this
MUTE BUTTON
By Jason
April 28, 2006 04:32 PM | Link to this
An unbelievably horrible decision. So much for having any respect for the unequaled voices of the Braves all these years. I could take Bob Rathbun once a week — at most. Thankfully, the volume dial on my TV works fine. That’s if I can even stand to turn the broadcast on.
By Jeremy
April 28, 2006 04:32 PM | Link to this
There is a reason why Rathbun has been the butt of jokes on 790 the Zone for years….He is terrible!!!!!
Fox - get your head out of your backside. Skip and Pete are an institution. You can’t do this
By scott
April 28, 2006 04:32 PM | Link to this
Not more Baaab Raaaathman!?!!
The man is the second most annoying announcer in baseball (Joe Morgan being number one. That accent, or possibly just an affectation with the overemphasized short “a’s” (Baaabby Caaax, for Bobby Cox) is enough to get you groping for the mute button. And it took him three years to figure out Andruw Jones pronounced his name “Andrew” and not “AHHndrew.”
I want Skip and the boys!
By MetFan
April 28, 2006 04:33 PM | Link to this
Braves Suck…Mets Rule…stop your whining and crying you bunch of wussies!
By MBATL
April 28, 2006 04:34 PM | Link to this
I’ll realy miss Joe and Pete on the Fox b’casts. I think they are far and away the best Braves announcers. Skip and Don are great people, from what I know, but they talk too much on the air. Sutton drives me crazy with his over-analysis (agree with southjetty, I guess).
If you’re sitting at home, there’s always radio, I guess.
I’m not happy with the changes - Rathbun and Tuborg aren’t bad, just so far haven’t developed much of a relationship with fans — but that’s life in the 21st century. Just like Maddux and Glavine were once part of the Braves’ zeitgeist, but are no longer, the same with the old boys in the booth. It ain’t the end of the world.
By Keith
April 28, 2006 04:35 PM | Link to this
Why is Fox getting rid of the old with the new??? Everyone has grown up with these guys and everyone wants to grow old with these guys. What is Fox doing? Hey Fox, YOU’RE A CHAMPION!
By Leslie
April 28, 2006 04:37 PM | Link to this
Don’t forget we also have the power to flood the MLB office with complaints/concerns about Liberty Media buying the team, not just complain to liberty media. MLB has to give final approval to any purchase deal. They need to know we (the fans) fear that the Braves will fail under this ownership. I don’t think they want to take the risk of losing a teams fanbase. I know I don’t want to lose the Atlanta Braves!! Let’s help Arthur Blank become the owner we want!!
By Rhonda
April 28, 2006 04:37 PM | Link to this
Skip, Chip, Don, Joe and Pete are as much of the Braves as the players themselves in my opinion! Therefore, I think it sucks. Who are these other guys? Do they know the Braves like our friends do? NO! I am not a big advocate of boycotts but one is called for here. Watching the games on mute and listening to the radio won’t work! Don’t tune in at all! This will be a very difficult thing for me because I have been a Braves fan for about 34 yrs. now and just can’t wait for the season to start so I can stitch, clean house and exercise to the Braves and their wonderful announcers, but I may be doing it to the radio instead of my TV!!!!
By mikek
April 28, 2006 04:38 PM | Link to this
One of the worst ideas that I have heard of in a long, long time.
By bob l ward
April 28, 2006 04:40 PM | Link to this
If that is what it takes, to get rid of Skip, I am all for it. Now if they would only work on the radio portion
By Tony Rhoton
April 28, 2006 04:41 PM | Link to this
Well it’s back to the radio for me. Iturn on the tv to see a picture but listen to the radio when games are on fsn.or espn. This is a slap in the face for TRUE BRAVES FANS!!!!! Everyone should speak up now. Put it in the paper how you feel.
By Roger Mims
April 28, 2006 04:41 PM | Link to this
I think when the sale of Turner South took place there should have been a requirement that Braves announcers would be used for the Braves games. While the Fox Net announcers are ok, they don’t compare to “our” Braves broadcasters. I think the Braves should have their own sports channel to broadcast the games that are not on TBS. That way they could have complete control.
By Kelly
April 28, 2006 04:44 PM | Link to this
Not all change is bad, but this change really stinks. The end of the greatest era of my life. Back when Ted & Jane we’re leading rallies with the chop and Skip, Don, Joe & Pete we’re leading baseball mass from the booth as the Braves won and won and won and won and won…and I never even knew that I was in the very middle of nirvana.
By T
April 28, 2006 04:44 PM | Link to this
Braves announcers pecking order: 1. Skip 2. Pete 3. Don 4. Joe 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10… …99., 100., 101. Bob Rathbun, Jeff Torborg, Chip Carey.
anyone not in the top 10, please go away! I wish Chip would go back to the Cubs. I actually listned to the away announcers on XM Radio before listening to Chip. P-l-e-a-s-e…
By Mr. Murdoch
April 28, 2006 04:45 PM | Link to this
You guys are right. I suck and so does my network!
By mike
April 28, 2006 04:45 PM | Link to this
I travel quite a bit and follow all of the games in every city I am in. The Braves fans have been fortunate to have such an entertaining and baseball savvy core of announcers for a looong time. There are few better teams than the Braves announcers and TBS have become together.
By lawman
April 28, 2006 04:46 PM | Link to this
I don’t know Torborg, but Rathbun is superb, and knows the game as well as the best of them. Frankly, I am sick and tired of Skip Carey’s tone and demeanor, not to mention voice, such as it is. Some new blood and a fresh voice is fine with me.
By hk
April 28, 2006 04:46 PM | Link to this
… just created a new blog on Fox, category: ‘Braves Baseball’ title: ‘Bad decision guys’
go here
hk
By John
April 28, 2006 04:50 PM | Link to this
Deluge the Braves with complaints about this move. Yes, it was FSN that made the decision, but the Braves can exert the right pressure if the fans speak out enough.
Contact the Braves by going to www.atlantabraves.com and click on the “contact us” link at the bottom of the page. Of write to the Braves at P.O. Box 4064, Atlanta, GA 30302-4064. Or call at 404-522-7630.
Let’s tell the Braves how unhappy we are about this move. And maybe we can get Rathbun fired from FSN while we are at it.
By Mills
April 28, 2006 04:50 PM | Link to this
This is just re G.D. diculous. Torborg and Rathbum are just horrible. I am utterly disgusted. Watching the Braves with those yohoo’s just won’t be the same. Let’s all boycott FOX! Torborg for crying out loud!!!
By Jenna
April 28, 2006 04:50 PM | Link to this
This is ridiculous. Skip, Pete, Don, Joe, and Chip are the voices of the Braves. I’ll be listening to the real Braves announcers on the radio.
By Rick
April 28, 2006 04:52 PM | Link to this
Pretty sad day for the Braves organization. Most of us grew up with Skip and Pete. I know things have to change eventually, but there was nothing wrong with these guys. I dont think they were the best in the business, but they are the BRAVES and they are who we want.
By Chop Chop
April 28, 2006 04:54 PM | Link to this
My favorite thing about this particular blog is how many different ways “Rathbun” was spelled in the first seventeen posts:
Rathbun, Rathbone, Rathman and Rathburn.
A couple of posts later, someone called him “Rob Rathbun” and posted a link to Bob Rathbun’s website.
Funny stuff.
Another funny thing about this blog is the “Skip-hataz” coming out of the woodwork. I guess there are a lot of disgruntled people who are still waiting for their “infield fly rule” explanation.
By Fan Since 80
April 28, 2006 04:54 PM | Link to this
Skip sucks but the Professor Rules!!!
Remember when you could just feel the tension between Skip and Joe? I hated that shat.
Skip retires, Chip takes his place, and it’s all good.
By hk
April 28, 2006 04:56 PM | Link to this
… might as well make it a little clearer ..
… just created a new blog on Fox website:
… category: ‘Braves Baseball’
… title: ‘Bad Decision Guys’
go here:
http://blogs.foxsports.com/category/Braves_Baseball
hk
By Hotspur
April 28, 2006 04:57 PM | Link to this
No offense to Bob and Jeff, who are okay - but I just got the MLB Extra Innings TV package for the first time, and watching some games from around the country has confirmed what I alwasy believed: Pete, Skip, Don and Joe are the best “local” baseball broadcasters in the country working right now. (And I say that having heard plenty of Jon Miller on ESPN. And I live in LA, so I’ve been listening to Vin Scully for years.) Pete is the most knowledgable, Skip is the sarcastically funniest, Joe is the friendliest, and Don - well, he may wander into left field sometimes, but the pitching education I’ve gotten from him is unmatchable. Chip Caray is a little generic for me, but he’s warmed up since he got to work with his father (whom I love that he calls “Dad” on TV). And if I had a dollar for everytime I spurted Diet Coke out of my nose when Skip followed up a random Sutton comment with a deadpan, “Thaaaat’s right, Don,” I’d be able to buy the team myself. Why must those of us who live and die with this team be constantly screwed over by corporate overlords who care for nothing but bottom lines? THE BRAVES ARE BEING BOUGHT SO LIBERTY CAN AVOID PAYING TAXES, for crying out loud! Stop the freakin’ madness.
By Reid
April 28, 2006 04:57 PM | Link to this
I agree with most of the rest of Atlanta. Skip, Pete, Don and the crew ARE the Braves. If Fox continues to push these guys out (seeing as how between FSN and the now Fox-owned Turner South, they’ll broadcast the majority of games next year) then they can count on me NOT watching their networks. I’ll turn on 96 Rock and listen to Skip and Pete.
I THINK ALL BRAVES FANS SHOULD BOYCOTT THE FSN SPORTS GRILL DOWN IN ATLANTIC STATION UNTIL SOMETHING IS DONE.
By Pat
April 28, 2006 04:58 PM | Link to this
My day has now been completely ruined because of this crap
By Chop Chop
April 28, 2006 05:00 PM | Link to this
Mills has it right, I think. “Rathbum” is an acceptable spelling. Rathbum is a scourge upon the Earth. He stinks, stinks, stinks. I can’t stand the guy. He’s got great hair, though. He could give Mel Kiper a run for his money. They could have a “hair-off” and butt heads until someone’s helmet breaks. Maybe they’ll air that on Turner South.
Rathbum gives most of his public speaking engagements at Hoover vacuum conventions. Probably because he sucks.
By Hotspur
April 28, 2006 05:04 PM | Link to this
I think that’s a GREAT idea. I’m not in the ATL at the moment, but I’d do it in a heartbeat. BOYCOTT THE FSN SPORTS GRILL!
By chris
April 28, 2006 05:04 PM | Link to this
What a horrible decision. These guys are as much a part of the Braves as the players. Good bye TV ratings hello radio.
By Chuck
April 28, 2006 05:05 PM | Link to this
In Pensacola I get the Braves’ games on TBS and an area radio station, but I don’t get Turner South. If I did get Turner South, I’d miss not hearing/seeing Don, Pete, and Joe, all of whom I think are outstanding and knowledgeable baseball broadcasters. But I wouldn’t miss Skip. He may be a Braves’ “institution,” but I think he should’ve been fired a long time ago. To me he displays an uninspired, sarcastic, cliched, and unprepared attitude to his baseball broadcasting. He should take broadcasting lessons from his son, Chip, who seem to be prepared and enthused about his job, and appears to truly enjoy broadcasting and the game of baseball.
By Eric Shelander
April 28, 2006 05:06 PM | Link to this
Hey guys and gals, let’s get someone to find out the email addresses and phone numbers to the powers that be at Fox Sports Net and bombard them just like we did with TBS when they tried something similar a couple of years ago. It was stupid then, and it is stupid now! I say let’s get it on! It is time to rumble! Taking away Skip, Pete, Joe and Chip and Don is like taking Vin Scully away from Dodger Broadcasts. It is one thing when an announcer retires, but hey these guys got a lot of good years left. Let’s get it together and go to war over this with FOX.
By gobraves06
April 28, 2006 05:07 PM | Link to this
Be thankful it’s not ESPN who bought Turner South. Then we’d be forced to listen to those two idiots call just about every game.
By Dave
April 28, 2006 05:08 PM | Link to this
I think this is ridiculous. Take the tradition of Pete & Skip and put on one horrible commentator and a decent one, neither which have anywhere the same history with the Braves. Let Rathbun stick with the Hawks.
Another example of how corporations screw up the game. I guess I’ll just turn down the TV and leave the radio tuned to 96rock during the games.
By Linda
April 28, 2006 05:09 PM | Link to this
These guys are THE voice of the Braves. It would be like having replaced Harray Caray for the Cubs. How ridiculous. And what a travesty. I cannot stand those Fox guys and refuse to listen to them. So, Fox, I’ll just listen on the radio. I hope your advertisers will understand.
Linda in Atlanta
By MBATL
April 28, 2006 05:09 PM | Link to this
Maybe… just maybe, we need to understand that these broadcasts aren’t “local” any more. FSN is not exactly ESPN, but their audience reaches well past those of us who may have grown up with Skip and Pete. I would guess that they’re making a business decision based on market analysis and/or budgetary constraints.
I don’t know! But to assume that other people, especially those who control such decisions, are just idiots is usually a bad assumption.
Chop Chop, jumping people who misspelled RatBurn’s name is pretty cheap blogging. They don’t know him, obviously.
I’m not thrilled with the change… there is that ‘comfort zone’ with the guys. It took me a couple of years to get used to Simpson, but now he’s my favorite of the “big four”.
By Brent
April 28, 2006 05:10 PM | Link to this
This is truly depressing. Not much else to say. Time Warner and FOX are committed to ruining the fun in being a Braves fan.
By Pompano
April 28, 2006 05:14 PM | Link to this
I’ll miss the rest of the guys but Skip sucks and has for a long time. He’s moody, cras and doesn’t provide much insight anymore. Shoulda removed Skip years ago.
While we’re at it - Furman Bisher is another one past his prime. When is the last time the guy wrote an article about an athlete still alive? All his writing is the same - loves all athletes who played prior to 1960 & hates everyone else.
By kph
April 28, 2006 05:16 PM | Link to this
I think it sucks. We have been happy with the present crew for years and we love em. They know the area the names of the players the local celebrities the fans, what we like, what we dont like, and what we dont want which is for someone to mess around with our broadcast team !!!!
By hk
April 28, 2006 05:16 PM | Link to this
… to put some more pressure on Fox, go here …
http://blogs.foxsports.com/category/Braves_Baseball
By John
April 28, 2006 05:18 PM | Link to this
Skip always seems like he is sitting on a hemorrhoid. He complains about the length of the game. He complains about slow pitchers. He complains about travel. He complains about food. He complains, in general, about everything. He is rude to fans. Instead of being happy to have the one of the best, easiest, jobs on the planet, he is “put out” just having to show up at the ballpark.
To top it off, he drags his little Chippy to Atlanta, as it is a forgone conclusion the Carey reign of nepotism will continue.
Good Riddance, and take the poodle-haired windbag with you!
By Vaughn
April 28, 2006 05:18 PM | Link to this
I can’t stand the two idiots on FSN. Having to hunt for the game daily is irritating enough, now I have to listen to these guys. No thanks. mute button!!!
By Dave
April 28, 2006 05:19 PM | Link to this
*Contact Jeff Genthner, VP & GM of Fox Sports South** at 404-230-7300 and let your voice be heard.
Or you can EMAIL him directly at: jgenthner@foxsports.net and let him know what you think.
If enough people make noise, they will change it back. Pass on the email address to all Braves fans who care! Let’s be heard!
By Ray
April 28, 2006 05:20 PM | Link to this
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!! I shudder every Wednesday when I have to hear the guys on FOX do the game because they are horrible…boring and know nothing about or care about the Braves. We had to deal with this a couple of years ago when the idiots from Time Warner pulled Skip and Pete off the air and here we go again. Last time, the fans spoke up and got our boys back…let’s do it again! The FOX broadcast team is atrocious!!!
By Brian
April 28, 2006 05:21 PM | Link to this
Horrible Decision! DOB, send the cooments from the blog to the people that matter, the fans are clearly speaking out here! I, for one, will not be watching the Fox broadcasts as long as they silence the announcers we love for that horrible pair!
By Mary
April 28, 2006 05:21 PM | Link to this
I think it stinks. I will start listening to the Braves on the radio where I can hear my favorite sportscasters. They are always fair and call the play like it is, even if the Braves are in the wrong.
By Ray
April 28, 2006 05:21 PM | Link to this
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!! I shudder every Wednesday when I have to hear the guys on FOX do the game because they are horrible…boring and know nothing about or care about the Braves. We had to deal with this a couple of years ago when the idiots from Time Warner pulled Skip and Pete off the air and here we go again. Last time, the fans spoke up and got our boys back…let’s do it again! The FOX broadcast team is atrocious!!!
By Sir Stealth
April 28, 2006 05:23 PM | Link to this
This sucks. I, too, would rather listen to the radio than these clowns on TV. I’ve given my feedback to Fox and everyone here should also.
By Chop Chop
April 28, 2006 05:23 PM | Link to this
The Braves are on FSN tonight. If that doesn’t whet your appetite for more Rathbun and Torborg, get your radios ready.
By MBATL
April 28, 2006 05:24 PM | Link to this
I don’t know the answer to this, but does anyone have any “stats” on what it costs to have Skip, Pete, Don or Joe call a game vs. the cost of the new guys? I would imagine that Skip and Pete command pretty big dollars, but haven’t seen any numbers.
To me, this is like fans who “demand” that we “get” an owner who will spend good money after bad, to give us a winner. There just aren’t that many people out there willing to make bad investments so we can enjoy our national pasttime. Know I’m in the minority, so fire away.
By Nick
April 28, 2006 05:25 PM | Link to this
Horrible move, Fox.
By Shoneshineboy
April 28, 2006 05:27 PM | Link to this
This sounds like a winner. At least we won’t have to hear Skip Carey say, “There’s another souvenior for a fan from ???????? now will we. His son isn’t much better.
By Kieran(Long Island Braves fan)
April 28, 2006 05:28 PM | Link to this
BOB RATHBON SUCKS!!!! HE IS TERRIBLE!!! HE MAKES ME WANT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE AND NOT WATCH THE GAME!!!
By Ray
April 28, 2006 05:29 PM | Link to this
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!! I shudder every Wednesday when I have to hear the guys on FOX do the game because they are horrible…boring and know nothing about or care about the Braves. We had to deal with this a couple of years ago when the idiots from Time Warner pulled Skip and Pete off the air and here we go again. Last time, the fans spoke up and got our boys back…let’s do it again! The FOX broadcast team is atrocious!!!
By T.Walden
April 28, 2006 05:31 PM | Link to this
This is awful! I guess when the Braves are on TS I will have to listen to radio now to hear Skip and gang. Every one that disagrees with this move needs to email or write TS and complain.
By Harriet
April 28, 2006 05:34 PM | Link to this
Bombard Turner South with emails (and letters for the electronically challenged). This is just unAmerican, unbelievable, and outrageous.
By hk
April 28, 2006 05:34 PM | Link to this
… better link for more pressure on Fox …
http://blogs.foxsports.com/hk/2006/04/28/BadDecisionGuys
By madrebel
April 28, 2006 05:36 PM | Link to this
As you can see they are going to replace five people with two which tells me it is strictly a money thing. I think they should take thier cheap carpet bagging butts back up north and leave Turner SOUTH alone! Man I will sure be glad when the team gets sold, hopefully to a local and we can get things back to normal!!
By Jared
April 28, 2006 05:37 PM | Link to this
This is HORRIBLE. Why is fox trying to take apart a winning forumla. The braves have a national fan base due to a consistant formula of a team and broadcasters that fans love. it makes no sence to break up the team that everyone has gotten used to. this may save money in the short term, but it will drive fans away before long. This coupled with the sale of the team to another corporation, having to put the team on three different stations, and now taking away our broadcasters is KILLING THIS TEAM.
By Jeff
April 28, 2006 05:38 PM | Link to this
Bad investments? Geez, MBATL, you sound like a corporate bean counter! The Braves have been an incredibly successful AND profitable product for over 15 years! Don’t tell me the Braves are in dire financial straights, so that’s why they have made changes or that’s why the network dumped the announcers. It’s just a p**-poor business decision from a corporation that doesn’t give a crap about us as Braves fans. I hope that (A) someone can find a way to contact these idiots at Fox to voice our displeasure and that (B) someone LOCAL, connected to Atlanta, who gives a rip about our fans, will buy the team someday soon and get rid of Rathburn. It’s bad enough our team doesn’t want to spend money to compete (and yes, MBATL, the Braves HAVE the $$$ to do that!)… then it’s bad enough that Turner South, which has some very creative and quality programs, has been bought out… and now this? Makes this lifelong Atlanta resident almost want to move elsewhere…..
By BigWill
April 28, 2006 05:40 PM | Link to this
I won’t miss em at all..Don has always been a Dodgers fan!
By Bill St. James
April 28, 2006 05:45 PM | Link to this
Fox South can’t hold a candle to Turner when it comes to day in and day out baseball production. We as Braves viewers loose bigtime.
I’m reminded of the time the Tigers ran Hall of Fame announcer Ernie Harwell out of town. The Tiger nation spoke up and ran the upstart replacement out of town…Oh yeah and that was Bob Rathbun too.
By hk
April 28, 2006 05:47 PM | Link to this
Jeff, MBATL
… Braves profits lookin’ pretty good compared with other pro sports teams …
http://www.mindspring.com/~hk3/spvalues.xls
By Drew
April 28, 2006 05:49 PM | Link to this
I’m with most everyone here. Keep the good guys. If you disagree, kiss my A-$-$. To quote Joeseph from above:
YOU HAVE A VOICE!!!!!!
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
By Joseph
April 28, 2006 05:51 PM | Link to this
“Contact Jeff Genthner, VP & GM of Fox Sports South at 404-230-7300 and let your voice be heard.
Or you can EMAIL him directly at: jgenthner@foxsports.net and let him know what you think.
If enough people make noise, they will change it back. Pass on the email address to all Braves fans who care! Let’s be heard!”
Thanks Dave!
By Denise
April 28, 2006 05:54 PM | Link to this
Like others have said, this is terrbible. First Pete Davis fired from WGST, now our Braves announcers gone from FOX. What next the imploding of the Varsity to be replaced by a chic Tofu restaurant that nobody wants? Coca-Cola replaced by Pepsi? The Big Chicken being replaced by a new P.E.T.A. headquarters? Downtown Rich’s great tree becoming the not-so downtown Macy’s great tree .. oh well there you go.
By Darrell
April 28, 2006 05:57 PM | Link to this
Fox should be asking the customers what they believe. This FOX crew is better then ESPN but in no way are they in the same league with our own announcers. This is a very bad start!!!!!
By Bill
April 28, 2006 05:59 PM | Link to this
I don’t like it one bit. But at least it is not Joe Morgan or Tim McCarver. That would be a pitty…
By brian
April 28, 2006 06:00 PM | Link to this
Skip is to the Braves what Munson is to the Dawgs
By Clyde
April 28, 2006 06:01 PM | Link to this
Ignorance
By Brian O'Brien
April 28, 2006 06:02 PM | Link to this
Grrrr…. baseball is a game of traditions, and Skip Caray is an Atlanta Braves tradition. I have been listening to Skip broadcast Braves games for 28 years, I will miss that. One more reason to dislike Fox.
By MBATL
April 28, 2006 06:03 PM | Link to this
Jeff, hk, I don’t think this is a Braves decision, is it? They gave up broadcasting rights long ago. I don’t think it has anything to do with whether the Braves are making money.
That said, I don’t disagree. I’d rather keep the old comfortable guys than learn to like new ones (though a couple of the old guys do get on my nerves).
My questions were really to try to understand what the motivation might be for Fox to make this decision. I assume they had had a reason… that it wasn’t just done to p**s me and you off.
By Chris
April 28, 2006 06:05 PM | Link to this
Terrible. Pete, Skip, Don and the rest ARE the Braves. Damn Fox
By Voice of Reason
April 28, 2006 06:07 PM | Link to this
As much as we’d like Turner South to “change it back,” it ain’t happening. Turner South as we know it will no longer exist after Monday. That’s why Skip, Pete, Joe & Don will be gone… they aren’t employed by the Evil Empire otherwise known as Fox Networks, who will officially become the owner of the network formerly known as Turner South sometime Monday. I’m afraid Bob Dylan is right, “The times, they are a-changing…”
By John Minnix
April 28, 2006 06:08 PM | Link to this
Terrible! I can almost guarantee they reverse this decision with a quickness.
By Bill
April 28, 2006 06:08 PM | Link to this
Living in the Atlanta area for many years, I enjoyed the broadcast of the Braves games on TBS. After my job transfered me out of State, I was not able to receive the Turner South Channel. TBS made the Braves a National Team and then Turner South stepped in to take the results of the credit. Being that the above happened and the broadcast were split up, and then Fox acquired the Turner South broadcast, maybe it was a bad decision to split them. Personally, I would have preferred that the Braves stayed on TBS totally as the Cubs have stayed on their cable channel. To me it was a greedy choice to split them to make another channel popular. Sorry about the change of personnel, but that happens~!!!!!! I still think the personnel that announces the Braves games are the best anywhere, anytime. Thanks to Skip and the crew for a great job.
By LilBravesFan
April 28, 2006 06:12 PM | Link to this
It stinks. I will just have to turn down the sound and turn up the radio. AOL/Time Warner just can’t help themselves, can they? They will destroy what Braves fans like about the Braves before they are through.
By Bryan
April 28, 2006 06:12 PM | Link to this
Denise - your a moron - I have never in my life imagined FOX News would be compared to a TOFU joint or PETA.
Maybe if they tore down the Varsity for the GOP headquarters … then we know News Corp is up to something.
By Rebecca
April 28, 2006 06:20 PM | Link to this
I have been a Braves fan for practically my entire life. I grew up listening to Skip Caray and the gang. Chip fits in well with them. I have the MLB extra innings package and have to listen to the FSN guys once a week and that is bad enough. Chip Caray and the gang are as much a part of the Braves as the players are. Please don’t take them away from us. They make the game. Even when the Braves are losing by a large margin I always listen to the entire game just to hear the announcers. It’s supposed to be all about the fans so please don’t ignore our demands. We want Skip, Chip, Don, Pete and Joe. We don’t want anyone else!
By BUZZSAW
April 28, 2006 06:22 PM | Link to this
Just when we thought we would be rid of a corporation owning the Braves ( Via Arthur Blank buying the team and saving the day) Another corporation jumps in and takes it all away………and yet even another now controls how we watch the Team !….it’s a very sad time in Atlanta sports!…. I’ll watch the 70 games on tbs and the rest of the time i’ll listen to the guys on 96 rock fm /640 am ….. I wish ML Baseball was like other pro sports were Corporations are NOT ALLOWED to own teams !……The fans do matter and we’re not happy all ,,,GO BRAVES………….
By jeremy
April 28, 2006 06:23 PM | Link to this
ITS ABOUT TIME!!.
By jeremy
April 28, 2006 06:24 PM | Link to this
ITS ABOUT TIME!! Finally I won’t have to hit the mute button when I turn on the game.
By Charles
April 28, 2006 06:27 PM | Link to this
This is a tapestery, I will be so glad when the Braves are finished with Timewarner-AOL. They have done everything possible to mess up the Braves since they owned them, This is more of the same.Whether it is Arthur Blank or Liberty Corporation i do so pray that they will be better. Skip, Pete, Done, Joe and Chip i am so sorry.
By Matt
April 28, 2006 06:27 PM | Link to this
This is a travesty, why desert all of the fans who have been Braves faithfuls? The Braves without Skip, Joe, and Pete is like watching the Dawgs without Larry and Loren.
Not a good move to just go against demand and push these guys to the side like this.
Please let them know!! http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback
By Ray
April 28, 2006 06:29 PM | Link to this
I guess I will be turning the volume down on the TV and turning it up on WGST 640. Harry Carey was calling games on TV until he was 100 yrs old and Cubs fans loved every second of it. Similarly, this quartet is as much a part of watching a Braves games as the boys on the field.
By Stacy
April 28, 2006 06:44 PM | Link to this
It stinks. They know they game - and the braves - inside and out. I have a feeling it will be like listening to that idiotic Tim McCarver come in for the world series or playoffs and make inappropriate statements about the braves like he was an expert. I’ll never forget when he said something idiotic about how Otis Nixon was looking to steal second and “…Otis really isn’t known for his base-stealing abilities..” Yeah. Right, Tim. Thanks for the enlightment.
We’ll miss them heartily.
By savannahjay
April 28, 2006 06:49 PM | Link to this
i can’t take it anymore!! another kick in the nuts from the big money makers of fox. all i want is my skip,don,pete and joe. i work a hard ten hours each day hoping to relax when i get home to the sounds of real braves baseball announcers. i guess i can kill myself now. fox has burned our city down again!
By Laura
April 28, 2006 06:49 PM | Link to this
Those damn Yankees! What do they know about our South? Kicking ‘our guys’ to the curb will certainly come back to bite Fox Sports on the * ! I certainly won’t be listening to the clowns they’re putting on in place of ‘our guys’! PLEASE, MR. BLANK-this would be your best investment yet….
By Mari
April 28, 2006 06:51 PM | Link to this
What a crock! My mother always told me “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” I thought the new network would love to keep its fan base, but I guess I was wrong.
By Tom
April 28, 2006 06:56 PM | Link to this
Everyone rise up just like we did a few years ago when some people tried to mess with our announcers! We can make them take back this mistake…this is an absolute disgrace to the braves and all the fans out there. This reminds me of those old commercials…Let’s replace the Braves broadcast team with Folger’s crystals and see if the fans notice… Except they replaced it with old used up coffee grounds instead. This is a slap in the face.
By Tom
April 28, 2006 06:58 PM | Link to this
Everyone rise up just like we did a few years ago when some people tried to mess with our announcers! We can make them take back this mistake…this is an absolute disgrace to the braves and all the fans out there. This reminds me of those old commercials…Let’s replace the Braves broadcast team with Folger’s crystals and see if the fans notice… Except they replaced it with old used up coffee grounds instead. This is a slap in the face.
By Kat
April 28, 2006 06:59 PM | Link to this
http://msn.foxsports.com/feedback. Use this link now and raise hell! We have got to show our loyalty and stop this insanity.
By Linda Carlan
April 28, 2006 06:59 PM | Link to this
I say Round up the usual suspects I would prefer to continue to enjoy my regular announcers. Annoucers really make a difference in baseball (more so than some other sports). If we don’t win the division this year we will certainly know why!
By Bob B
April 28, 2006 07:03 PM | Link to this
One other thing that stinks besides the FSN voices of the Braves is the picture quality of the FSN broadcasts it’s not nearly as good as the TBS and TS broadcasts so we can safely assume all future TS broadcasts will be in that wonderfull FSN quality too. Again when it was once a week it wasn’t unbearable now, well it S**K’s. And for what it’s worth to those who can’t tell a difference it is not our TV’s or DISH Network. I’ve seen it on cable and DTV and it’s the FSN picture that stinks! Conclusion we need our anouncers on FSN and we need then to upgrade their equiptment or what ever it is they need to upgrade to improve the overall quality of the picture they broadcast. And no next weeks not too soon!
By Morris
April 28, 2006 07:06 PM | Link to this
I’m p*ssed! This is taking away a Braves tradition. It’s like losing your favorite pet after so may years of enjoyment. Now I read we’re going to be owed by another corporate giant that doesn’t give a damn about the Braves. I remember when the Braves were horrible. For you spoiled fans, you may be about to see what that feels like. After awhile you’ll be wishing for one division title in a row.
By Nikita
April 28, 2006 07:14 PM | Link to this
This is total crap…give me pete, skip, don, and joe. They are the voice of the Braves. I can guarantee you not one Brave fan wants to listen to Rathburg and Torborg. I feel that this proud orginization is starting to go the wrong direction! For gods sake keep Skip, Pete, Don, and Joe for all Brave games. They know and actually care about thre Braves.
By David
April 28, 2006 07:15 PM | Link to this
Fox Sports…I hate you.
By Steve L.
April 28, 2006 07:16 PM | Link to this
This must be a joke. If it’s not, I’ll be muting the TV and tuning in the REAL call of the game on 96 Rock. What in the world are the execs at Fox thinking—have they ever HEARD Bob Rathbun call a game? It’s like listening to a parent at a kid’s soccer game bragging about their kid!! Skip and Pete have forgotten more about baseball than Bob Rathbun will ever know.
By Bob
April 28, 2006 07:20 PM | Link to this
Hk,
Are you talking about the dynamics underpinning the sale if Turner South or those related to the pending sale of the Braves?
I’ve sent FSN my feedback, two of them infact: the first was a vent for the seemingly arbitrary, 11th hour announcement without regard or concern for fan attitudes and Braves’ tradition. With the assurance that the current action would only further crystalize fan rejection of Fox ownership of Turner South.
The second, was more like one of my abreviated books suggesting that they expend resourses to properly communicate the FOX vision for their newly acquired Asset to Brave’s fans in Atlanta and throughout all Braves’ Network viewing areas, regardless of who provided the games.
The rest of it just suggested that they consider utilizing “Broadcasting Teams” awith whom Braves Fans could identify and bond instead of ones that we find repulsive, unqualified, and having no chemistry; regardless of whether it was their new Asset, FOX, or FSN.
I especially tried to make a strong case for keeping the Braves’ Fan Base informed with regard to their their vision for Boadcasting Braves’ games and associated programming … and continued failure to so do would almost certainly further polarize Braves’s supporters against FOX programming in general.
Who knows … Rosenberg on “The Braves Report”, if you didn’t see it, said that Liberty was getting the Braves and that “that” would probably be “good” for the Braves if they want to get better players.
I’ve got some good swamp land for anyone who’s buyin’.
By Perry
April 28, 2006 07:20 PM | Link to this
This is just great. Let’s see, I’m glad we got this out of the way. What’s next?, are they going to slowly take the Braves of the tube? Anytime a company says, we are going to make things better for the you,hmmmn, assume the position as it’s surely coming. Skip, Pete, Don, are as MUCH apart of the Braves as Bobby Cox. They’ve been here to see the HIGHS & lows, an call it like it is. Chip is following in the footsteps. I don’t think it will ever be the same again. Thanks for the years Skip, Pete, & Don. Oh, can you tell me about the infield fly rule one more time.
By MBATL
April 28, 2006 07:21 PM | Link to this
Smoltzie needs to step up tonight. Edgar’s back, CJ’s back, Gillie’s back, we’re at home … Go Braves!
By jcwfalcon
April 28, 2006 07:23 PM | Link to this
Its too bad the ratings for programming dont chart people watching the games with the volume at 0. I think come next week those numbers would be astonishing!
WHats next? Are they going to tear down the picture of Murph on the outfield wall to put up a FOXSPORTS banner?
By Tres
April 28, 2006 07:24 PM | Link to this
Very sad the end of an era. Ive grown up listening to these guys broadcast Brave’s victories. Sucks Rick and Bubba’s morning show is gone too. I think Fox is screwing this up badly. That said Go Braves got some territory to make up.
By Tres
April 28, 2006 07:25 PM | Link to this
Very sad the end of an era. Ive grown up listening to these guys broadcast Brave’s victories. Sucks Rick and Bubba’s morning show is gone too. I think Fox is screwing this up badly. That said Go Braves got some territory to make up.
By Dwayne
April 28, 2006 07:29 PM | Link to this
I can’t believe that you all want Skip and the gang to stay. Uggg, I grew up listening to that crap, glad to see it finally go.
By Jim
April 28, 2006 07:35 PM | Link to this
Dwayne, you are an idiot. Skip and the gang are an Atlanta tradition. Move to NYC where you belong.
By Bob
April 28, 2006 07:35 PM | Link to this
The probability that FOX representatives are scanning the Atlanta Sports related Blogs in order to get their “own” feedback relative to the reaction their initial assult on Traditional Braves’ Territory is 100%.
By Matt
April 28, 2006 07:38 PM | Link to this
This is bad, bad, bad! Its part of the reason baseball is in the shape that its in b/c they totally alienate the fan. Bob Rathbun vs. Skip Carey? Ummm, this is a no brainer. Jeff Torborg? There is a reason he is broadcasting and not managing anymore.
Well we will all listen to simulcast w/ the TV on mute and turn on the radio for sound.
By Tim
April 28, 2006 07:40 PM | Link to this
The reason Rathbun sucks is because when he speaks he sounds like some doofus old ex radio announcer you would hear characatured by Harry Shearer on the Simpsons. Sadly,we are seeing the character of our town and team turned more and more towards the corporate blandness that is a cancer in our country now..I will enjoy the radio broadcasts even more now…
By Tim
April 28, 2006 07:41 PM | Link to this
The reason Rathbun sucks is because when he speaks he sounds like some doofus old ex radio announcer you would hear characatured by Harry Shearer on the Simpsons. Sadly,we are seeing the character of our town and team turned more and more towards the corporate blandness that is a cancer in our country now..I will enjoy the radio broadcasts even more now…
By Karen
April 28, 2006 07:42 PM | Link to this
It sucks! Thank God for 96 Rock. I always listen on the radio on those nights the Braves are on Fox or ESPN. I would rather listen to the Braves announcer and not have the video than listen to anyone else. Other announcers seem to be on-stage rather than doing serious game analysis and reporting.
By Allen
April 28, 2006 07:51 PM | Link to this
The thing with the fox guys is that it’s so painfully obvious that they have just been pulled from different places and there knowledge of the Braves, past and present, is limited. With Skip, Pete, Joe, and Don they’ve lived and breathed the Braves for soooo long you can trust what they say. Rathbun’s look is ridiculous. I don’t see how he can look in the mirror before he goes on ands “Alright! That’s good” He sounds like a typical smarmy radio goob. As far as the FSN broadcast, it reminds me of when they broadcast a high school football game on an obscure local channel. This is horrible!
By Erock
April 28, 2006 07:55 PM | Link to this
In TV sports the color guy is the big guy. He’s the one who tells you about things you don’t see on the screen. Jeff Torborg is as good as it gets as a color guy. Quick, sharp and encyclopedic in his knowledge, as a former catcher and manager. Like Rathbun or not, Torborg alone upgrades the Braves team. Good move, Fox.
By Jenny Martin
April 28, 2006 07:55 PM | Link to this
I am just sick! The best announcers in baseball get shoved aside yet again! FSN was bearable when it was only 1 night a week, but this is too much! On with the radio again!
By Carroll
April 28, 2006 07:56 PM | Link to this
I swear this whole thing with TW and the Braves over the last few years has been like watching the slow, painful death of your best friend….like a cancer eating him away from the inside. Just leave our beloved Braves the hell alone, please!
By zeke
April 28, 2006 07:58 PM | Link to this
Just a preview of the ridiculous changes coming if the Braves are not sold to BLANK!
By Ted Taylor
April 28, 2006 08:03 PM | Link to this
I guess I’ll buy a long range radio to pull in their station to South Carolina. Then I’ll mute the TV. Fox Stinks. Maybe it should called Skunk instead.
By hk
April 28, 2006 08:08 PM | Link to this
Bob,
… not sure about what you mean by:
‘Are you talking about the dynamics underpinning the sale if Turner South or those related to the pending sale of the Braves?’
…. am guessing you mean my ‘end of an era’ comment, I’ll answer that one …
… I feel like the future health of the Braves is very dependent on the kind of TV coverage they can get, largely because Skip, Pete and company are such a vital part of the Braves … Turner South has just taken a hit, FSN is not very strong, and the future of TBS committment to the new ownership is in doubt … I’ve seen nothing specific about which outlets Liberty might provide, or how broad that coverage might be … I think getting this ironed out will have a lot to do with how long Bobby and John stay …
… yeah, the same Rosenberg who personally destroyed the life of a darn good reliever, example of what abuse of ‘freedom of the press’ can do …
… you came up with the idea of creating a blog on the Fox website, so I did …
http://blogs.foxsports.com/hk/2006/04/28/BadDecisionGuys
… kind of a hassle to sign up, though …
By Dubya Cubed
April 28, 2006 08:10 PM | Link to this
We nee to get 96Rock to cut out the delay so we can watch the game and listen to the radio.
By Anthony
April 28, 2006 08:12 PM | Link to this
I think that it is stupid that Fox ahs to go and get their own announcers for the Braves games. There is an old saying that saya, “if it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it.” I think Fox is trying to mess with something that isn’t messed up, and I know that I will listen to the real Braves announcers on the radio.
By Leslie
April 28, 2006 08:13 PM | Link to this
Awful, awful, awful! I encourage everyone to post a feedback on Fox’s website voicing your displeasure. (You can find the address on the Chop Chick’s blog.) Perhaps if they hear from enough disgruntled fans they’ll change their minds.
By Kathy
April 28, 2006 08:13 PM | Link to this
I THINK THIS IS A BIG, BIG MISTAKE. NO ONE KNOWS THE BRAVES LIKE THESE FOUR GREAT GUYS AND THEIR WIT AND HUMOR IS UNSURPASSED - I WILL MISS THEM GREATLY!!!!!!!!
By Allen
April 28, 2006 08:14 PM | Link to this
If you have Xm Radio you can pull the local Radio broadcast. It transmits the home teams radio signal. So if the Braves are Playing in Milwaukee, for example, you would hear Bob Uecher. At home it would be Skip, Pete, Joe, Don, or Chip.
By Jan Houston
April 28, 2006 08:15 PM | Link to this
Well it just SUCKS!!!!! Plain and simple!
By Kim
April 28, 2006 08:15 PM | Link to this
Why mess with tradition and guys that know he Braves. Won’t be the same