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By KENNY

December 11, 2006 03:13 PM | Link to this

FIRE BOB RATHBURN, RATHMON OR WHATEVER HIS NAME IS. THAT GUY IS ABSOLUTELY PAINFUL. HE IS UNLISTENABLE. ACTUALLY, I JUST TURN OFF EVERY HAWKS GAME AND BRAVES GAMES HE ANNOUNCES HE IS SO AWFUL.

TURN THE CHANNEL INTO A NONSTOP NASCAR, COLLEGE SPORTS, BRAVES, HAWKS, THRASHERS, AND FALCONS COVERAGE. TREAT IT LIKE IT TRULY IS THE ESPN AND ESPN2 FOR THE SOUTHERN SPORTS FAN. IF IT WAS DONE RIGHT - NO ONE WOULD REALLY WATCH SPORTCENTER OR BASEBALL TONIGHT OR ANY OF THOSE ESPN SHOWS ANYMORE. THE REALITY IS THAT WE ALL SIT THROUGH IT SO THAT WE CAN CATCH CLIPS OF OUR TEAMS. NONE OF US CARE REALLY ABOUT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. SO STOP WASTING OUR TIME. GO HARD CORE WITH FSN SOUTH AND SPORTSOUTH WITH ALL THINGS SOUTHERN - BRAVES, NFC SOUTH, SEC, ACC, THRASHERS, HAWKS, NASCAR, FALCONS & NFC SOUTH - IF THEY FOCUSED ON THAT THEY WOULD KILL IN THE RATINGS.

BUT FIRE BOB RATHWHATEVER SO THAT I NO LONGER AM SUBJECTED TO LISTENING TO IT. HE MAKES LISTENING TO A BRAVES GAME OR HAWKS GAME FEEL LIKE YOU ARE WATCHING A HIGH SCHOOL GAME ON CABLE ACCESS. HELL, HE IS EVER WORSE THAN MATT STEWART WHO IS ABSOLUTLEY PAINFUL TO WATCH AND LISTEN TO.

AND BRING THE BROADCAST QUALITY - PICTURE, COLOR, SHARPNESS - OF THE BRAVES TELECAST UP TO THE LEVELS OF THE TBS BROADCASTS. YOUR BROADCASTS LOOK LIKE AMATEUR HOUR COMPARED TO THE TBS BROADCAST. FAIR OR NOT, WE HAVE BECOME SPOILED BY THE ANNOUNCERS AND THE QUALITY OF THE PICTURE AND THE BROADCAST THAT IT IS VERY HARD TO WATCH YOU PUT OUT A SUBPAR PICTURE AND LISTENING EXPERIENCE. IT ACTUALLY TURNS ME AWAY FROM THE GAME - WHICH IS VERY HARD TO DO - I JUST GO ABOUT MY BUSINESS AND LISTEN TO THEGUYS ON THE RADIO WHEN THE GAMES ARE PLAYED ON FSN AND SPORTSSOUTH

By Gator

December 11, 2006 03:16 PM | Link to this

24/7 Gator Sports!

By Shannon

December 11, 2006 03:17 PM | Link to this

First of all put them both in HD. The current broadcast quality is outdated and looks terrible. Second, get rid of Bob Rathbun. No offense to him as he seems to be a professional but I think we need a fresh voice. Someone a little younger perhaps.

By Adam

December 11, 2006 03:18 PM | Link to this

Broadcast games in HD. Period.

By brabus

December 11, 2006 04:46 PM | Link to this

We need Thrashers and Hawks games in HD. When this happens, I will BEGIN to watch them on TV. Until then, I will either not watch them on TV or be present at the arena, but FSN South and SportSouth will not be getting any of my viewership until baseball season and Braves HD coverage returns.

By Morningside

December 11, 2006 04:54 PM | Link to this

Please bring in some new faces & voices. Chip and Joe Simpson, preferably. Not another year of Jeff Torborg. He managed like he broadcastzzzzzz. And he went all year with one white shirt and that gold tie. I know I watch too much. Rathbun’s gotta go too.

By GradyKnights

December 11, 2006 04:58 PM | Link to this

broadcast the hawks and thrashers in HD!!! i don’t care who is doing the analysis or play-by-play, just give me a well produced HD telecast and i’m happy. you don’t even need to have an analyst if you broadcast it in HD. so, to summarize, broadcast the frickin’ games in HD!!!!!

By JJMB

December 11, 2006 05:02 PM | Link to this

Please, I’m begging you, keep Sutton off the air! I was so looking forward to a Suttonless spring and summer.

By cf

December 11, 2006 05:06 PM | Link to this

air more georgia southern and Division I-AA sports instead of replays…

By JimK

December 11, 2006 05:26 PM | Link to this

I found Torborg insightful, and a huge improvement over the inane patter of the Paciorek-Rathbun duo.

For play-by-play I’d enjoy any of the old TBS voices but Sutton and the Careys would probably be too costly as compared with Rathbun. Maybe Van Wieren or Simpson?

Better yet, if he’s willing to leave New York bring in Warner Fusselle, the best baseball voice to come out of the south since his old TWIB colleague Mel Allen.

By atlanta sports fan

December 11, 2006 05:39 PM | Link to this

Please, Please, please, please, please, please, please please, please…NO MORE BOB RATHBUN!!!!!!! I can’t take his style anymore…it makes me crazy. Even John Stirling is better than this guy and we’ve had to put up with it for 10 years. Please make him go away. Please.

By Peter Brawley

December 11, 2006 06:26 PM | Link to this

Lose Rathbun! He is unlistenable.

Lose his 2006 stumbling, inarticulate, boring sidekicks.

Joe and Pete are two of the best sports announcers on the planet! Bring them in, along with Don.

By 6 years in a row

December 11, 2006 06:28 PM | Link to this

I can’t disagree with anything anyone has said with the exception of the d-bag GAYTOR guy. But he even has a valued point about showing all of the southern sports. Show ACC and SEC games. Do like espn classic and show old college games. Show old Braves games go back futher then the 90’s so us Atlanta fans can know what to expect for years to come. Show minor league games. I mean not much of a Nascar fan in fact could probably paint numbers on my ceiling fan and turn that sob on and get the same thing. But show old school nascar. Do not show the best darn sports show or whatever that garbage is. And the over all thing I would do is get rid of Bob Rathburn. DO not replace him with Mark Lemke. Leave Ronnie Gant. And bring in another old time braves guy. But not someone who is going to be a homer for braves office or scared to tell it like it is.

By Jamie in Richmond

December 11, 2006 06:31 PM | Link to this

What does everyone have against Rahtbun? Oe Torborg? Or Paciorek, when he was here?

You all need to worry about something else- they’re all enjoyable in their own ways.

By stuart

December 11, 2006 06:35 PM | Link to this

I’m with the majority on Bob Rathbun. He treats every assignment as it is an ACC basketball game. Torborg needs to be reassigned. I wouldn’t object to Don Sutton doing Braves games because you learn something and he doesn’t act like a know-it-all. Also he has done play-by-play. I would hope that they would not hire some “voice” guy for games. As for the Hawks, I wouldn’t mind if the Zone broadcast with Steve Holman as a simulcast. If all else fails on the Braves front, work something out that lets Joe and/or Pete do some games.

By Nikki

December 11, 2006 06:40 PM | Link to this

I just hate how the big bad wolf that is Fox came in and eliminated the Braves announcers. They are our guys. They are just as much a part of the team as Bobby Cox and Chipper Jones. It was just wrong. I’m still mad about it. I just can’t listen to the guys they hired at Fox. I turn the sound down and listen to the Braves radio network.

By tagbutler

December 11, 2006 06:46 PM | Link to this

Bring on Don Sutton! He’s 500% more knowledgable and easier to listen to than Rathbun/Torborg. Braves fans deserve something better, and Sutton has proven he can deliver it.

By WaffleBoy

December 11, 2006 06:52 PM | Link to this

Last summer when the Braves where on Turner South, I would mute the tv and put on the radio. Those guys just don’t do it for me and I am not alone. Fox needs to bring in Don, and/or somehow just use some of the TBS crew. The only person I like on Fox is Ron Gant.

By Jeremy

December 11, 2006 06:56 PM | Link to this

Don Sutton was the best color analyst we had - you can’t replace the insights of a hall of fame pitcher. Rathbun, Torberg, Gant, they all are awful to listen to. The really come across as amateur sports announcers. I grew up on Pete, Joe, Skip, and Don. Now that I won’t get Don on the TBS, maybe I’d be happy once again if Fox was smart enough to hire him. Braves fans won’t listen to those other guys, we wan’t the great announcers we’ve listened to the last 20 plus years. I’m glad I’m not alone in feeling this. I think everybody wants Don hired at Fox - it gives them credibility.

By John the Handsome

December 11, 2006 07:19 PM | Link to this

Sutton is a horrible looking old man and he never shuts up. I refuse to watch with him in the booth.

By Keith Lynch

December 11, 2006 07:29 PM | Link to this

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By Justin

December 11, 2006 07:32 PM | Link to this

Hire Don Sutton! He’s a great guy whose comments are almost always quite insightful, and, even though he’s a Hall of Famer, he never beats you over the head with stuff like, “When I was pitching back in the ’70s….”

Plus, he’s got the best man-perm in all of baseball.

By Najeh Davenpoop

December 11, 2006 07:36 PM | Link to this

Skip Caray, Pete Van Wieren and Joe Simpson should call every Braves game, TV or radio. There was no reason to break that up.

By mike

December 11, 2006 07:44 PM | Link to this

I really wish Don Sutton had a new job title. Pitching Coach - Atlanta Braves.

By Scott

December 11, 2006 07:49 PM | Link to this

Bring on Don Sutton and… David Justice. There are a hundred reasons that Don Sutton is perfect for this job. I’d rather hear him call a game by himself than Rathbun and Torborg, Paciorek, Downing….. He does the analyst and play-by-play equally as well. Could you even imagine Torborg doing play-by-play. Don Sutton knows the Braves, is great at what he does, and would be the best hire that the station could possibly make.

Now, why David Justice? Well, I remember listening to him call ESPN playoff games a few years ago and he was surprisingly very, very good. He was able to give the listener insight into each batter’s thinking process, pitch-by-pitch, without repeating himself like Ron “as I said earlier” Gant. Also, he is still young enough that most Brave fans still remember him and still connect to him.

Of course, both guys would have to want the jobs, but that’s what I would do if I were running the show.

Now if we could just somehow get rid of Chip Cary……

By BPK

December 11, 2006 08:01 PM | Link to this

I’ll tell you what is going to happen in Atlanta in less than 5 years. You all are going to be subscribing to MLB to watch the Braves. I am in South Florida and am amazed at the way they are chopping (no pun intended) away at the games being broadcast. First no Turner South, then no Fox Sports South, TBS reducing the number of games being broadcast every year and I found that I could only get about 50 games last year. You don’t know how good you have it up there in ATL. If you want to see bad broadcasting of games, come down to Miami and watch the Marlins TV network. I guess only Dave O’Brien could appreciate the worst homerun call in America as the Marlins announcer emotionlessly calls “UP, UP and AWAY” to the tempo of some inane rock group from the 60’s. Enjoy your great setup while you can ATL>

By C Daddy

December 11, 2006 08:33 PM | Link to this

I like Don sutton so bring him along. He and Pete Van Wieren would be great (Skip needs to retire folks, and Joe Simpson, eeegads). Also, Fox Sports South needs HD, it’s a whole other world and makes watching sports on TV really enjoyable. Hell, you don’t care how bad they are playing!

By John Yuma

December 11, 2006 08:59 PM | Link to this

Sutton is a self-impressed, babbling, motor-mouth. His every cliché is repeated 162 times every year. I’d rather vote for Hillary than look at his poodled head, or listen to his moronic repetition.

Joe Simpson is the man. The best of the group. Unbowed, unpretentious, funny and verbally efficient.

Both Careys need to go. The older is just too far gone physically. He can’t see, and way past time for the pasture. That’s what happens when you trash your body, kids! The younger is what happens when nepotism goes bad (i.e. Joe Buck).

Van Weiren is good enough to keep. Scrap the “diamond notes” though.

Ron Gant or Mark Lemke? I’ll jump off a building before I’ll listen to these Grade A, supercharged, boring-machines. On second thought if I need a nap…

Torborg is all right. Lots of experience with the managing, and he did catch Koufax’s perfect game (got to love Koufax).

Rathburn isn’t horrible, but not great. I could go either way on him.

All in all, I’d just be happy if Sutton when away. Forever.

By barnesy

December 11, 2006 09:02 PM | Link to this

Bring Sutton back? For most fans, it took far too long to dump him. He rode the gravy train and his skills have declined. Consider his dismissal a healthy change.

By Jeff

December 11, 2006 09:07 PM | Link to this

Broadcast Braves and Thrashers games in HD. The current broadcast is the same quality has my home camcorder…pathetic!

By Ken Cochran

December 11, 2006 09:12 PM | Link to this

Since, I live in Florida, I am unable to pick up this station. Please have this changed and give others outside the state of Georgia a chance to enjoy this channel.

I have comcast cable and a large satellite dish.

It is not easy to watch the Sun channel only, it seems they only show the University of Florida and they never lose a game on this channel, at least it seems this way.

By Astounded

December 11, 2006 09:17 PM | Link to this

Don Sutton has an incredible amount of knowledge to give his audiences, just so much being a hall of famer. That quantity, combined with hie Braves experience, should make him a given, must be, in this market.

By Allen

December 11, 2006 09:31 PM | Link to this

If you have fine violin, hire Itzak Perlman. For professional baseball knowledge, hire Don Sutton. Otherwise, play a kazoo and listen to Chip Carey.

By falcone

December 11, 2006 09:31 PM | Link to this

rathburn is terrible, terrible, terrible. i feel bad trashing a guy like this because i am sure he is a decent dude but he is painful. it is like watching a game with your creepy uncle who is so queer and corny, it drives you out of your mind. how is anyone on here saying that he is okay? are you all drunk when you watch the games rathburn is announcing?

as bad as torborg is, he is nowhere near as bad as paciorek. now that guy was absolutely ….. i don’t even know what the word was to describe Tom P. the funny thing is that he actually has a job with the nationals i think now. I am not a big fan of people from the D.C. area but i sure as hell would not wish Tom P. on any fan base. It is almost embarrassing to send him off to another fan base. You know fans of the Nationals must have heard that he was a former Braves announcer and figured he must have been good because all Braves announcers have pretty good reps. AND then they hear him talk, scream, cry, yelp, screech and say yeah! yeah! yeah! six thousand times and they all must think we are a bunch of yahoos who like listening to that kind of broadcast. embarrassing! as much as i hate listening to Tom P., I wish he had stayed here so that he would not go around the country telling people he is a former braves announcer. That is just so embarrasing for us as braves fans.

By West

December 11, 2006 11:09 PM | Link to this

I would extend the coverage. I live in northeastern North Carolina and I don’t get the channel. I am a diehard Braves fan and I dread the end of the TBS era because I won’t get to see nearly as many games. FOX… PLEASE CONSIDER EXPANDING YOUR COVERAGE FARTHER NORTH AND COVER ALL OF NORTH CAROLINA… PLEASE!!!!!!!

By Ripme

December 11, 2006 11:12 PM | Link to this

CHIP and JOE hell no! Hire Sutton and Torborg, maybe GANT. LET THE REST GO.

By tyrone

December 11, 2006 11:25 PM | Link to this

i think it sucks that we cant get sports south the network has the most braves games are televized on and we live in southeast lousiana this is braves country and our cable provider tried to get the station and turnersouth or sports south as it maybe wont allow us to get this channel last time i check louisiana was apart of the south and a lot of people are outraged over this cause were sick of hardly ever seeing any braves games these days on tbs with all those stupid shows they play on there which already plays on other networks already instead of playing braves games its a crying shame!!!!!!!!!!!

By Jay

December 11, 2006 11:37 PM | Link to this

Bring back Junkin’. The original TurnerSouth was a brilliant concept. Great programming of regional interest, plus a nice sprinkling of Braves broadcasts. Everything Fox touches just has sort of a sleazy feel to it.

By Pinball34

December 12, 2006 01:01 AM | Link to this

PLEASE !! NO DON SUTTON !! I simply can’t take it.

By op

December 12, 2006 01:18 AM | Link to this

Rathbun and Torborg are terrible…like others said before me…last season I turned off the sound after a few minutes of their banter and would listen to Skip, Chip, Pete, Don, or Joe on the radio…even tho there was a few seconds difference in the broadcast. Definitely get Sutton if you can, and try to pry Chip or Pete or one of the others away from TBS, since they aren’t doing many games they don’t need all those guys.

By Van

December 12, 2006 01:29 AM | Link to this

no…..not Sutton…..go after Dave O’Brien…he has an Atlanta connection having been at WSB radio some years ago….

By dw

December 12, 2006 08:20 AM | Link to this

I definitely agree with the comments about HD…..this is a must have! As far as Sutton goes, his broadcast always turns into the Don Sutton show and all of his memories of how great he was and his emotion for great plays is weak….I’d much rather have a pure sports announcer.

By Capt

December 12, 2006 08:32 AM | Link to this

The fact is you did not have a conversation with Don Sutton. No one can have a conversation with him…he never shuts up long enough to converse with him. Keep him off long enough and maybe he will be a haircut.

By Ben

December 12, 2006 08:37 AM | Link to this

Time for some new blood. Pete Van Wieren and Joe Simpson are okay, but I’ve had enough of the Careys and the loss of Sutton is long overdue. He was okay as an analyst but his play-by-play is about as hard to follow as the overrated legend Larry Munson. The best play-by-play guy in the market is Wes Durham. Between Tech and Falcons, he’s probably got enough on his plate, but money talks. Personally, when the Braves are on the road I catch ‘em on XM and get to hear some of the best ever, like Milo Hamilton and Vin Scully.

By br618

December 12, 2006 08:46 AM | Link to this

keep don sutton, joe simpson, jeff torborg , pete, & skip…fire chip and bob and ron gant et al……as well as the extreme broadcast (or whatever it was called)

By Jim

December 12, 2006 08:58 AM | Link to this

BRING BACK RICK AND BUBBA

By mikeycat

December 12, 2006 09:16 AM | Link to this

since this is SPORTSOUTH, then show more college sport programs from the SOUTH! we can get all the pro sports and NASCAR on the “big” channels. I’d love to see the non-ACC/SEC schools on TV like, East Carolina, Furman, App. State etc. Give us guys from “little schools” a break! but I do enjoy having 162 game Braves coverage. It’s always a fall back.

By Rod

December 12, 2006 09:21 AM | Link to this

I would not keep Don. Even though he is has great baseball knowledge, in my opinion, he is much more interested in Don that the Team. The rest of the regular team are wonderful but I would not keep Don.

Rod

By HockeyDawg

December 12, 2006 09:31 AM | Link to this

Don Sutton has improved so much in the last 15 years that he has become one of the very best baseball analysts out there. He delivers knowledge to the casual fan from a player’s perspective without sounding like a know-it-all (i.e., Tim McCarver or Joe Morgan). Plus, his play-by-play delivery has improved 500%. And he’s a heck of a nice guy to boot.

I agree w/ most others on here about Rathbun - he makes every game sound like an ACC basketball game. Torborg was better than Paciorek, but still a rather deadpan delivery. If SportSouth could bring in another of the Braves’ announcers along w/ Sutton, that would be even better.

Improve the technical quality of the game broadcasts, broadcast them in HD, keep the focus very regional, get rid of Rathbun, and BRING IN SUTTON!

By B

December 12, 2006 09:45 AM | Link to this

Like and decently run business, THEY SHOULD LEARN TO PROMOTE FROM WITHIN rather than CONSTANTLY hiring from outside the company. Shoddy, just shoddy.

By Falc One

December 12, 2006 10:11 AM | Link to this

I agree that whether its baseball or basketball, I simply cannot listen to Bob Rathbun. I am sure that he is a nice person but he sounds like an 80’s FM radio announcer. Plus, don’t sound so damn happy when LaBron makes a bucket. Last time I checked, this was Fox Sports SOUTH so support the Hawks. Secondly, couldn’t we get a Falcons replay once in a while.

By Fran

December 12, 2006 10:22 AM | Link to this

I thought it was a shame to let Don Sutton go from the broadcasting booth. He always has a interesting fact about the game the the situation and is not boring!!He is a quality guy and should be partnered with the Carey boys!

By Dave

December 12, 2006 10:28 AM | Link to this

NO motor-mouth Sutton!! PLEASE!!!

By Mountain Jack

December 12, 2006 10:34 AM | Link to this

Don’t even consider Braves games without Skip,Chip, Joe, and Pete.

Bob Rathman needs to go and please no more Sutton! He over analyzes everthing and is the reason you need TiVo to speed past his babble! The majority or us just want to know if it is a ball or strike and not the physics of pitching!

By MLB

December 12, 2006 10:34 AM | Link to this

FIRST - Bring back Skip Caray, Pete Van Wieren, Joe Simpson, and Chip Caray.

NEXT - Learn how to do a decent job producing your telecasts. The picture quality and graphics are terrible!

By RAWLS

December 12, 2006 10:36 AM | Link to this

DON HAVE MADE ENOUGH MONEY, GIVE SOME ONE ELSE THE JOB A YOUNGER PERSON WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM SPORTS

By trey

December 12, 2006 11:07 AM | Link to this

sounds like a 50-50 split on who likes and hates sutton. i actually like him alot - more than the rest of our lovable broadcasting crew.

Rathbun though is different. it sounds like it is 100% unanimous that no one likes Bob. I am sorry about that Bob because you sure seem like a good decent guy. BUT, IMHO, you are so dreadfully painful to listen and watch

By The Pope

December 12, 2006 11:12 AM | Link to this

bring justice and combine him with sutton.

hire dimino to do all of the pregame and postgame stuff. that guy is boring beyond belief but he knows his stuff.

i would love to see them try out mayhem in the a.m. as the guys in the booth once in a while so long as they promised to talk sports and stop talking about strippers, gambling, cheating on their wives. when they actually focus on sports, they are pretty decent. it may be pretty fun to see them do a home game every two weeks or so.

crazy idea, I know.

By KneeJerk

December 12, 2006 11:20 AM | Link to this

Bring in “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes about once a month for color. He’s hilarious.

By Wayne

December 12, 2006 11:27 AM | Link to this

More coverage involving the Thrashers! SportSouth treats the Thrashers like a disease; no pre-game (or post-game) show. Like TurnerSouth couldn’t wait for the game to be over to show a cooking (or home redecorating) show, SportSouth can’t wait to show a poker tournament (or, even worse, a 30-minute interview involving a college football coach). SportSouth (and FSN for that matter) need to build a night around the team playing that night. Also, FIRE BOB RATHBUN!!! I swear the guy sounds like a game-show host. Furthermore, change the music and graphics on both FSN South and Turner South; make it look and sound different from all the other FSNs.

By B. Loudermilk

December 12, 2006 11:34 AM | Link to this

Bring back the old broadcasting team. No more Rathbun. Don Sutton is synonymous with Braves Baseball.

By baseball fan

December 12, 2006 11:40 AM | Link to this

I think David Justice would be great. BRING HIM ON.

By My Ears R Hurtin.

December 12, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this

**#1 Fire Bob RathBUM.

By Roger McSwain

December 12, 2006 12:15 PM | Link to this

Sutton by himself is better than the previous 2 regimes. Can you get someone like Brad Nessler? As a Braves fan since 1952, I strongly urge you to hire someone with a good grasp of Braves history and a great voice. Remember the days of Milo Hamilton and Larry Munson. Give us a duo in that catagory! Why can’t Don, Pete, Chip, Skip and Joe do your broadcasts also. I feel that they should be allowed to do all the TV broadcasts of the Braves regardless of the network. Come on and show some baseball savy because it is apparent that Time Warner doesn’t have any. So show your prowess, and get with it on the telecasts.

By Robert

December 12, 2006 01:55 PM | Link to this

The current fox sports guys calling the braves games are really bad. I actually put the tv on mute and turn on the radio so I can listen to the braves radio broadcast with guys that actually know how to call a game! I really hope that baseball and figure something out inthe future to make every team have a certain set of broadcasters and make the networks play those guys, because, frankly, my teams broadcasters are as much a part of my viewing experience as the team itself.

By ALBERT FITZGERALD

December 12, 2006 02:51 PM | Link to this

I would put both channels on the satelite so they can be viewed in central Florida. We can not get all the games from both networks.

By steve in virginia

December 12, 2006 03:15 PM | Link to this

I like to think of Virginia as being in the South. But apparently it is not, since we don’t get either of those channels. We do get TBS, but as others have pointed out, Braves games are precious few anymore on that network. (I guess Sex in the City reruns are more popular. Not to me!) And to add insult to injury, any time the Braves play the Washington Nationals, the game is blacked out in Richmond! TBS goes dark for a couple of hours. Some kind of territorial squabble with the Orioles owner.

So forget about who is announcing… I’d be happy to be able to see the game with NO announcers!

By Jimbo

December 12, 2006 04:27 PM | Link to this

Keep Pete, Joe and Jeff T. Get rid of all the other losers especially Skip & Dip.

By dogman

December 12, 2006 05:30 PM | Link to this

baseball america in 2005 had Atlanta Braves left-hander Jake Stevens rated as the 92 best prospect in the top 100 for all of mlb prospects. Where is he now? is he still in the braves system? what happened to his progress?

By John

December 12, 2006 06:15 PM | Link to this

I have been watching braves telecasts since the 70’s. Simpson and Sutton are first on my list as they are entertaining and easy to listen to. Chip Carey is neither and not even on my list as he is neither entertaining or easy t listen to. Keep him on radio only! Skip and Pete would be next inline as they have been there forever and Skip has picked it back up after a couple of years of losing it. I have always liked Pete.

By tyrone

December 12, 2006 10:47 PM | Link to this

sportsouth needs to expand to louisiana cause were apart of the south as much as anyone else plus people are highly upset over the fact of not seeing braves games after next year as far as im concerned after next year all cable companys around the us should drop tbs and be allowed to have sportssouth cause most people have cable just for braves games i should know im one of them WE NEED SPORTSSOUTH IN LOUISIANA WE DESERVE IT THIS IS BRAVES COUNTRY WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING BRAVES GAMES WHEN THEY WERE FIRST PLAYED ON TV TBS FIRST STARTED PLAYING IT BACK THEN AND WE DONT WANT IT TO STOP NOW OR NEVER GIVE US SPORTSOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!

By Jim

December 12, 2006 10:50 PM | Link to this

Why bring Don Sutton back? I think improving the broadcasts will be a much better move. Scrape your fingernails down a blackboard, if you must, but don’t rehire Sutton, on a scale of 1 through 10, with 10 being highest, he would have to jump up to touch bottom. Besides, with his enormous ego, there isn’t room in the booth for anyone else.

By Jim

December 12, 2006 10:55 PM | Link to this

For “Steve in Virginia”, you hit the nail on the head, Virginia isn’t “the South”. Years ago, I lived, for 3 years, in Norfolk, and never, in that time, was I able to find grits in a grocery store. I had to have family members mail grits to me. Without grits, there is no chance of being part of the South.

By Doug

December 12, 2006 11:01 PM | Link to this

If you have a chance at Don Sutton and don’t take it, what a mistake that would be. He is so passionate abbout the game and doesn’t toot his horn like that droll Jeff Torborg….boy was he boring.

Sutton, Simpson, Carey, even Mark Lemke has creds…

By kevin

December 12, 2006 11:34 PM | Link to this

Please do NOT bring Don Sutton back. I was so looking forward to not having to suffer through another year with him! He knows a lot about baseball, but is terrible at announcing games. The other braves announcers- fine, but no Sutton.

By mike

December 13, 2006 09:01 AM | Link to this

Bob Rathburn is good for basketball but not very good doing baseball. Jeff Torborg is insightful but his deliivery is tedious. If this is ‘our team, out south, our sports’ lets remember there is nothing wrong hiring a ‘homer’. Mr Rathburn got too enthusiastic when an opponent went ahead in the game.

By mike

December 13, 2006 09:04 AM | Link to this

Bob Rathburn is good for basketball but not very good doing baseball. Jeff Torborg is insightful but his deliivery is tedious. If this is ‘our team, out south, our sports’ lets remember there is nothing wrong hiring a ‘homer’. Mr Rathburn got too enthusiastic when an opponent went ahead in the game.

By Donna

December 13, 2006 09:11 AM | Link to this

After reading the bio, I now understand the decisions being made about broadcasters. He may like Atl but he doesn’t KNOW Atl. Don Sutton brings class, character, dignity and genuinely cares about the fan. We’re losing the class in today’s sports. It isn’t about content, and the game, but the “personality”. We’re not NY or Chicago, we’re ATL and we like it that way. We don’t have to follow, we lead. We don’t get all the press of those cities, but we were winners for a very long time…..quietly doing it our way. Pay attention to what worked.

By Roy Jenkins

December 13, 2006 10:47 AM | Link to this

Sport South (formally Turner South) has been lousy, particularly in the AM time. Bring back “Rick and Bubba” in the 6-9 AM time slot, and be much more interesting. Both coach little league teams, talk about sports a lot on their show, and have sport guests from time to time, so you would not be getting away from your sports formant, and you’d be a lot mre entertaining.

By KC

December 13, 2006 07:04 PM | Link to this

SKIP, PETE, JOE, and DON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Wayne

December 14, 2006 11:49 AM | Link to this

Why is it when on a night both the Hawks and Thrashers are playing, we only see one of them? Even worse, FSN South decides to show poker AND “Best Damn Sports”! When FSN South was originally created (as SportSouth), it was created for ATLANTA teams. Now that we have two regional FSN channels (why Turner South wasn’t renamed FSN Atlanta, I don’t know), the Hawks could’ve been put on FSN South, with the Thrashers put on SportSouth…Is this too easy to consider, or what?