Victor Rojas

a solid job filling in for TAG earlier this year. i rarely listen to the radio broadcasts but when i have i havent been too enamoured with victor. he does come off as a little arrogant and maybe almost bitter sometimes.

And I listen to about 70% of games on the radio.

...the radio team works well individually and together.

of Rojas on the Radio. Always thought Nadel deserved better, but I may have been irretrievably spoiled by Holtz/Nadel.

I don’t really agree with it, but I like a good rant

to me, i have not listened to the radio team since Mark and Eric in the 80s when we did not have as many tv games, but when Rojas filled in for Tag this year i did feel like he was not all that good at this.

He needs to have somebody like Nadel there to keep him in check, but I like him just fine. On the TV side though… yeesh. He and Lewin did not make a good team at all.

is that those guys are so knowledgable without a trace of ego.

Rojas has worn thin on me because his ego has grown to the point that I don’t really enjoy listening to him anymore. And I liked him a lot during his first couple years.

about this kind of thing.

especially about the negativity. It’s telling that he’s critical only when something goes wrong. I prefer analysts that point out plays (bad or good) that don’t work the way their supposed to. I do think he and Nadel do have some chemistry and it seems like they have a good time hanging out. I think Victor’s a good guy but needs to ease off on the curmudgeon thing.

I can stand him with Nadel only b/c Nadel is so good at what he does he seems to keep Victor in check. But next time Grieve has time off, get Steve Busby in that booth instead of Rojas. That was not a fun few weeks…

would be better suited for either the play-by-play role on television or play-by-play on the radio. He seems pretty knowledgeable about the game, and he always has random knowledge about the game, sort of like Lewin and Nadel. That being said, I don’t want it to happen here in Texas. When Lewin and Rojas were working together, there were a lot of times where I was thinking, man they’re talking a lot, I wish one of them would shut up. The thing I like about TAG is that he keeps his comments brief, short, to the point. I think that TAG is a good color commentator, even though some of his statements are well-duh (but aren’t all color commentators like that?). TAG fits well in the booth just because of his knowledge of the Texas Rangers franchise – same with the great Eric Nadel.

Did Rojas play minor league ball? He like to make definitive statements about plays. I just have a hard time believing him.

Is a beating, plain and simple. Nadel is greatness and he needs a better partner. If Rojas wasn’t all about Rojas, he might be tolerable.

Although, I do like oppo-taco..didn’t know that was his creation…

Look what I noticed on the Rangers site this morning:

http://rangersannouncers.mlblogs.com/

Josh Lewin is making dorky blog posts.

...it’s almost imperative he act like a “know-it-all”...

Nadel’s job is to paint the picture… Rojas’ job is to critique it. he does a damn fine job, if i may say so…

also… don’t give me this shit about how negative he is. Rojas bleeds Ranger blue. he picked them to win the West this year.

Nice of you to respond. I do, however, agree with the original post. I tend to grit my teeth whenever Nadel steps away from the mike. The irony is that I remember the organization saying that Cotroneo was let go because they needed someone with more enthusiasm to be the #2 guy. Well, Vince had it, Victor doesn’t. What does come through is arrogance, something that we don’t get from Nadel, and that sure does make me fish for the on/off switch.

but he was quite bad as the grieve replacement on tv.

and it really can get on the nerves at times, especially when the rangers are loosing, it’s almost like he is a Radio Broadcaster since they have to talk more to fill air time, that is not needed on a TV broadcast, Tom is right on and for me he and Nadel are the best at what they do, Tom and Busby i think would team well together.

guesting on a call-in radio show a few years back, and he got a bunch of calls from people saying they wished he would give less stats during the broadcast. I thought the callers were crazy, but those folks exist out there, and i bet they’re Rojas fans. Less stats, good cadence and timing and a nice voice. Eric, although i’m a huge fan, will never be the John Miller, Mark Holtz, Ernie Harwell… deep-voiced easy-paced announcer that a lot of people think of as the classic baseball-on-the-radio voice, but i think Rojas could be that kind if he backed off on the griping.

I listen to every game thats on FSN on the radio (no cable) and I actually like Rojas because of his ability to actually tell the truth no matter what it means for the Rangers. I like those analysts much better than analysts like Bob Ortegal, who are the biggest homers out there.