also, i doubt the rangers non renew lewin, if anything he may be going on to bigger/better things than the rangers if anything (which has been rumored for a while)

i couldnt listen to the radio (even w/ nadel, who i love) cuz of barnett.

i just hope they boot barnett. how can they bring him back after how horrid he was last year?

heard 2nd hand from a guy is “connected” in the broadcasting world, but he said Lewin’s contract is not going to be renewed. Take that FWIW, which admittedly isn’t much.

Barnett was pretty bad on the radio.

there’s just no way he’s worse than Dave Barnett. I hope they don’t get rid of Josh.

He’s grown on me only because he’s been a part of my Rangers experience for a long time now. Lewin is a serious contributor to the Rangers’ hokey-factor and for this reason I will celebrate his departure (if indeed it happens).

Next up Jim Knox, Rangers Captain, Built for Fun, and the dot race.

Enjoy San Diego Josh

Grieve and Lewin but the silence on this issue is deafening which seems to me to show that Lewin is not coming back. Garner is not that bad. The Rangers are probably wishing they still had Scott Frantzke because he is doing great work with the Phillies and he wanted to be here. I also like Steve Busby when he works with Eric on the radio but I doubt he would want the job fulltime anymore or he could probably have it.

i would be really displeased if lewin didnt come back. he is kind of hokey, but i think it spices up the broadcasts and let’s face it over a 162 schedule it’s nice to have some interjections of color to compliment the monotony of the game.

If he doesn’t come back I hope they go with a bold choice, instead of a barnett type. Somebody young, somebody non-white, somebody with an interesting perspective that can hopefully build some rapport with grieve.

He’s so corny that hearing him and TAG go back and forth is like watching the game with a couple of friends at the bar, but with less cursing (unless you’re TAG coming back from a break)

And anyone who has heard Lewin do play-by-play for the Chargers or during Fox Saturday games or playoffs know that he is a real talent in the booth and I think he enjoys doing the broadcast for the home team b/c he can let his hair down and be himself and that, to me, makes the game more enjoyable to watch.

And can you imagine anyone else doing the call of ‘Ballgame!’ after Byrd’s walk-off GS against the Yankees in ’08? Yeah, me either.

/just my 2¢

I ’d love it if Barnett replaced Lewin on TV. Barnett was horrendous on the radio but I really enjoyed him when he filled in for Josh.

Josh, to me, is part of the whole candy-coated baseball, suck in the average consumer type of ideology. Same with all those crappy interviews Knox does and the stupid ad campaign they had this season. Chuck Morgan says the stupid ad campaign is going away. I’d love it if Knox and Lewin did as well.

to do the radio again with Nadell.

He might be a bit high-pitched, and hokey.. but he has his Gus Johnson freak-out moments which are always fantastic calls.

If we hire a PBP with a slower pace, it’s going to kill the broadcast with the already slow-paced Tom Grieve.

Lewin/Grieve on TV and Nadel/??? on radio.

but Sundberg filled in on the radio broadcast a time or two and I enjoyed him. It wasn’t that he was a particularly talented broadcaster but he would give out some of the organization’s thoughts that were pretty insightful. Not so great with the play by play but his comments really gave a sense of some the behinds the scenes stuff that you normally don’t hear.

In particular, I remember him commenting after an Ian Kinsler triple to right center field that he was such a better hitter when he used that type approach and that the organization had made it clear to Ian that he was expected to do that more often. That game was mid summer or so and I noted that it was an isolated incident which makes me think that the org is trying to coach him up and he is resisting like a hard headed stubborn jackass.

I realize this post doesn’t really fit the thread, but whatever…

then snatch up vin scully

Barnett is fucking terrible, but I’ve always thought the Frisco broadcasts where pretty horrible too, so I can’t really say I’d prefer Scott Garner on the radio with Nadel.

If we have to put up with an entire freaking season of Barnett on TV and Garner on the radio though, we’re in trouble.

That is all.

http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/

Lewin’s contract with the Chargers runs out at the end of this season and it’s very likely the Rangers will ask him to commit full-time to this job in order to go forward.