Comments on Awful Announcing: Vasgersian Responds To AA And The Lou

Matty V is a good guy and I would prefer to listen...

2008-07-16T00:28:00.000-04:00

Matty V is a good guy and I would prefer to listen to him then many of the other guys. He has done a great job in San Diego for a few years. He keeps things loose and has fun!

Matty V took a little while to grow on me, but he ...

2007-08-27T20:50:00.000-04:00

Matty V took a little while to grow on me, but he is a damn good announcer. I've seen him do everything from Toughman to Poker to the Olympics to the UFC and, of course, the Padres on Channel 4.

He (and Mud Grant, of course) brings a lot of fun and excitement to what would otherwise be a WEAK channel 4 broadcast (no offense, Chiron Bob).

And St. Louis SHOULD beat SD, having almost double their payroll. But there is no getting past the fact that there is simply an overwhelming white trash element in St. Louis.

As a loyaly Cardinal fan I must say, Matt was righ...

2007-08-09T13:51:00.000-04:00

As a loyaly Cardinal fan I must say, Matt was right....., every time the Padres are in St. Louis, they DO get their asses kicked AND it IS hotter than shit! What's the problem?

I agree, we all need to relax. I find it funny bec...

2007-08-08T16:35:00.000-04:00

I agree, we all need to relax. I find it funny because there are plenty of hoosiers at the ballgame. You can go anywhere and find that out. Ever been to Yankee Stadium?? are you serious with the tails and the tight jean shorts??? come on, get over it.

San Diego sucks by the way...baseball and town. English as a second language????

I'm from STL and it's clear the guy was kidding ar...

2007-08-08T15:16:00.000-04:00

I'm from STL and it's clear the guy was kidding around - I'm pretty sure he's emabarassed because he's actually a pretty decent announcer. We all need to relax and move on to some other irrelevant item to piss us off.

Vasgersain is a LOSER, an official purebread from...

2007-08-08T14:57:00.000-04:00

Vasgersain is a LOSER, an official purebread from the land of "Fruits and Nuts", he is just as good as an MLB announcer as he was a child actor. He should really complain about how the PAdres suck all the time to the team management (maybe he just did?)

It is no different than when back in 82' Time maga...

2007-08-08T14:48:00.000-04:00

It is no different than when back in 82' Time magazine put in thier article, about St. Louis in the World Series, "The biggest thrill in this cowtown is a buckboard wagon ride in the city streets". Of course they never recanted those remarks. Coastal cities are just jealous of our fan loyalty and do not understand the excitement our teams bring to us, regardless of how they are doing in the race for the title.

Matty V is a great anouncer who's talents are wast...

2007-08-08T14:10:00.000-04:00

Matty V is a great anouncer who's talents are wasted on the likes of small time Channel 4 San Diego. Run!!! Matty RUN!!!!
All these bone heads must have forgotten Mel Proctor. Now that guy was a world class ASSHOLE!

Hey Matty, Great work. I'm in San Diego and when I...

2007-08-08T13:23:00.000-04:00

Hey Matty, Great work. I'm in San Diego and when I fly to the east coast, I don't even want to "fly" over St. Louis. Maybe a stray bullet or sompin'. We love you and you straight forwardness in San Diego. My only fear is that you'll leave someday and be part of a bigger city.
You tell it like it is. Hey St' Louis ,up yours!

Damn that was rough Matt V. Maybe you should go b...

2007-08-08T11:44:00.000-04:00

Damn that was rough Matt V. Maybe you should go back to announcing 989 video games on TV commercials where everything is scripted.

That was pretty funny. But he did swear on live tv...

2007-08-08T07:04:00.000-04:00

That was pretty funny. But he did swear on live tv in the first place, which sorta made it look like he was becoming unhinged in a Howard Beale/Johnny Most sort of way...

Next time you talk to him, ask him if he's working NFL with Bill Maas this year.

"there's a celebrity pull-my-finger tournament loo...

2007-08-08T01:14:00.000-04:00

"there's a celebrity pull-my-finger tournament looking for a play-by-play guy"! Still laughing! How can you be mad at this guy?

-St. Louis/Cards gal

Someone said it earlier, but i'll reiterate:St. Lo...

2007-08-08T00:58:00.000-04:00

Someone said it earlier, but i'll reiterate:

St. Louis sells out because there is NOTHING else to do there! You guys are boring!!

Stay classy, Matt.

"Vasgersian sucks. I haven't spent a single minute...

2007-08-08T00:32:00.000-04:00

"Vasgersian sucks. I haven't spent a single minute in a press box, and I can call a better game than him."

The Angry Rant sucks. I haven't spent a single minute in a crack house, and I can make more outlandish, ridiculous, stupid statements than him

Unless your the hoosier riding down highway 70, in...

2007-08-07T22:32:00.000-04:00

Unless your the hoosier riding down highway 70, in your El Camino, back to Kansas City, looking to see what real baseball looks like give a rest. When San Diego has ten world championships under their belts they can start bragging.

Reading his reply made me chuckle, Don Denkinger, ...

2007-08-07T21:12:00.000-04:00

Reading his reply made me chuckle, Don Denkinger, nice... Who cares what he thinks, until today odds are most people didn't know who the hell he was, all it did was give him recognition

Cards will get it done on the field, Peavy is a good pitcher, but struggles against the Birds on the Bat.....

I'm going to go turn my AC down some more, it's still in the 90's...

Vasgersian just talked about his comments last nig...

2007-08-07T21:09:00.000-04:00

Vasgersian just talked about his comments last night, albeit briefly, and they showed some statistics about the Ozarks. He goes "it was meant in good fun, folks, certainly not to rip anybody down, but we thought it appropriate just to put some factual information up, about the Ozarks...I'm told there's no finer place to be in the month of September in all the midwest."

It was basic stuff like average temps, and square acreage of the national park, that sort of thing. That was it.

Watch out, Matt!McCarver and Dan Dierdorf are goin...

2007-08-07T20:52:00.000-04:00

Watch out, Matt!

McCarver and Dan Dierdorf are going to be pissed! According to them, it's Shangri-La there.

I wonder what Joe Morgan would say about all of this?

Are you guys for real? You're ragging on fucking M...

2007-08-07T20:28:00.000-04:00

Are you guys for real? You're ragging on fucking Matt Varsgersian for cracking on St. Louie fans about being from the Ozarks and driving El caminos?

And people have the nerve to call Red Sox fans myopic!?

Hahahahahahahhaha-losers.

That's really fucking cool.

2007-08-07T20:16:00.000-04:00

That's really fucking cool.

Sorry for the commenting thing....still trying to ...

2007-08-07T20:14:00.000-04:00

Sorry for the commenting thing....still trying to work out the bugs of the new layout.

Steve- Sorry to disappoint, but he offered up the response to me. I think he probably isn't a fan of the city, and I can see him ribbing some of the guys he worked with.

I have no evidence of the contrary and haven't even seen the tape, so I will reserve judgement.

I think he's a good sport, and do you really think he would contact a blog to "clear his name" if it was that big of a deal?

Hey, everybody knows that Cardinals fans are the c...

2007-08-07T19:54:00.000-04:00

Hey, everybody knows that Cardinals fans are the creepiest of the lot. I don't even know what Vasgersian said but I'll bet it's true.

brad77:"Vasgersian sucks. I haven't spent a single...

2007-08-07T19:53:00.000-04:00

brad77:"Vasgersian sucks. I haven't spent a single minute in a press box, and I can call a better game than him."

Actually, I didn't say that. I made the comment above that. This comment system is kinda screwy. It puts the "some guy said..." bit below the comment it's referring to.

I knew someone would chime in about the best fans in baseball comment. I should have qualified it...among the best fans in baseball.

Now I know that every city says this, but I'm referring to the fact that St. Louis fans are well known for being a classy bunch. Bob Costas and Tim McCarver have some nice things to say. It's something that St. Louisan's are pretty proud of. They're a crowd that gave Ken Griffey, Jr., while playing on the Reds, a several minute long standing ovation when he hit his 500th home run at Busch. By and large, they're fans that appreciate the game, no matter who is playing it.

From the USA Today article:
"There's very little ugliness," Costas says. "This is a place where, when the team plays poorly and the fans occasionally boo, it's like they feel like the parent who says to a kid, 'This is going to hurt me more than you.' "

---brad77

That's some funny shit. Much respect.

2007-08-07T19:35:00.000-04:00

That's some funny shit. Much respect.

i spend a lot of time in the press box at petco an...

2007-08-07T19:22:00.000-04:00

i spend a lot of time in the press box at petco and matty is breath of fresh air in a room full of tight asses! lighten up boys!