REDS APRIL GAMES THREAD

[SunsetBengal]

(04-04-2021, 06:51 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: They have been going away from emulating Votto, and that includes Votto, to now coming out swinging instead of digging themselves into a hole looking for the perfect pitch forcing them to be defensive for most of their at bat. They are also trying to hit line drives instead of that stupid trend of a fascination with launch angles and exit velocity.

And sorry, Kevin. Larkin is boring. Drinking game. Every time Larkin says "Different game, different era", take a drink. He also talks WAAAAAY more than Welsh or Brantley. You need to let the game breath and Larkin smothers it by talking non-stop. He's already repeating himself and it's game three. The new play by play guy fawns over him too much also. Larkin tells how it was 25 to 30 years ago and Welsh relays what's going on on the field today.

Most outstanding players suck at other aspects of the game and Larkin is no exception. Joe Montana, Lawrence Taylor were terrible as in studio analysts . . . Magic Johnson was weak at coaching. Pete Rose was good enough for 2nd place as a manager because he was clueless with handling the bullpen. Most successful coaches and managers are bit players that had to learn everything to be at the top of their game. Natural star athletes can't convey to lesser individuals what to do to succeed. Mike Trout would probably be a shitty coach because he doesn't think about how he's so good. I'm looking forward to the road games now because Larkin is only on the home games.

While I'm glad that the hitting coach has taken a different strategy this year, I'm disappointed to learn that Larkin in the booth is a snoozer.  Granted, I haven't watched the Reds play or listened to Larkin commentate yet, but FSV's description is pretty vivid.  Being a man who has also worked in radio in my lifetime, I completely get his review.