Reds 150 years, been broadcasting since the 20s

[grampahol]

Ever since Joe passed on the Reds broadcasting teams have gone steadily down IMO.. Now they have their marquis Thom with his never ending, "Straight up in the air" about any ball not hit straight into the ground and his seemingly getting a woodie for players of every other team except the Reds..Terrible might be a good description of listening to Thom.. and the rest? Just not very good.
Kind of odd though. The Bengals seemed to be able to produce some pretty good broadcasters over the years from retired Bengals players.. The Reds? Maybe "Cowboy" and maybe Danny Graves and Sam LeCure, but none of those guys particularly impress me as legendary broadcasters in the making. 
One of the Reds great broadcasters never played for the team, Waite Hoyte so in no way am I opposed to bringing in someone with the ability to tell great baseball stories during those down times..  Hoyte was actually much better known for stories during rain delays than actually calling games. It was said about Hoyte that Reds fans prayed for rain just to listen to his baseball stories..