Lewin and TAG

They’ll get a deal done.

we have the best TV guys that I’ve heard.

I’m a bigger Lewin fan than a lot of people, but I can definitely see how he could grate on some people. TAG is the anti-Lewin, which brings the telecast together perfectly. I don’t know that there’s a better broadcast team in baseball.

What’s awesome is listening to the “exciting play” montages on SportsCenter or the MLB Network. If there’s a guy screaming maniacally, more than likely it’s Lewin.

Lewin, TAG, and even Knoxy are top of the line. I wouldn’t want any other guy doing any of those three jobs, now if you want Erin Andrews to replace Knoxie then we can talk

I’d be glad to step into the booth.

is that Lewin really likes it here and probably wants to raise his family here. TAG’s in a perfect situation and I dont think he’d want to leave unless he just got too old for it or something, then maybe he’d just do home games or something. I think the only thing that would take Lewin away is if he got a big national gig that drew him away. I definitely consider Lewin one of the best play-by-play guys. I cant stand Joe Buck.

That’d be baseball heaven.

Some of the off the wall stuff Lewin come up with is pretty stupid. But that is pasrt of his charm. As for TAG, what other team has a color analysis with his experience? TWe are lucky to have the two of them.

Which is exactly why I wouldn’t mind seeing him go.

. . . if I didn’t understand that most booth analysts are even worse.

One year (can’t remember which one) he did a World Series game for Fox when they had a different player in the booth for each game. Every other guy they had on was terrible, but he was damn good. And if I’m not mistaken, he was still playing at the time, so he couldn’t have any real broadcasting knowledge. He’s also one of my favorites on MLB Tonight, although I really like all of them.

I don’t know how much having ties to a ballclub goes into the hiring decisions, but if we had to replace TAG, he would be my first choice. I’m guessing on the ladder of broadcasting jobs the MLB Network is probably higher, though.

horrible. I immediatley wondered how much differently it would have gone if Josh was calling that game. It would have been classic…

guys are way better. More informative and intellectual.

Probably the best person to send an email to is John Blake. John is our Executive VP of Communications and handles the broadcast area. He will pass along to the right people, including Nolan Ryan.

He’s decent when calling national games on Fox. No over-the-top, uncalled for screaming. But as a Rangers broadcaster, he makes a small part of me wish for bad things to happen to the team, just so I get to hear him say “That’s too bad”

I know the vast majority of teams have homer broadcasters these days. But Lewin is the one I’m subjected to every day, so I loathe him.

TAG is decent. Now and then his whining about the Rangers apparently being the only team in MLB to ever hit fly balls that are caught on the warning track (“He just missed that one, boy”) gets old, but I can handle Tom. Lewin needs to go.

but I agree with your conclusion.

I’m just fine with Lewin and TAG as long as they’re not sitting in front of the camera talking directly to the audience. When they’re actually doing play by play I love it but during pregame or post game when the camera is pointed directly at them it drives me nuts. Lewin has no idea what to do when TAG is talking so he’s frantically looking back and forth between TAG and the camera and blinking ninety miles a minute. It almost makes me uncomfortable to watch him and the longer that TAG talks the more frantic Lewin starts to look.

blows. Bring back Victor Rojas.

I was surprised that he wasn’t on the team plane this morning…maybe because he had his son with him. I asked him if he had heard that the Angels had rallied late to get the win (knowing he surely had) and he said, “Yeah, the Angels are so annoying.”