Re: Patriots 10 year contract extension with WBCN

[Nostatic <nostatic@attbi.com>]

OK, I know this is a Boston-based list, and many of the posters here are 
older than myself but I have to say this.  What is the facination with 
Gil Santos and Gino Cappaletti?  Personally, I think they stink!  Look, 
Gil is probably a really nice guy, and I have nothing against him 
personally.  He sounds good doing scripted sports reports on WBZ, and 
does have a great set of pipes, but he can't call a game to save his 
life!  Most of the time, he flubs the names of the players, or loses 
track of the ball during the course of a play.  Gino winds up having to 
bail him out several times during a game!  Even Pat Summerall way past 
his prime sounds better doing football P-B-P than Gil Santos.

Both of them are unabashed "homers" as well.  Now, it was one thing when 
Johnny Most did it because he knew what was going on during the game, 
and weaved in his partial opinions in a humorous manner that made the 
broadcast entertaining, but did not compromise the accuracy of the play 
by play.  Gil and Gino sound like two old geezers that miss three 
quarters of the action, then they wait for the video replay to show them 
what they missed.  Personally, I find it kind of sad.  Not being a 
Patriots fan, and growing up with New York "local" sports announcers, I 
find the local guys here very "small market" sounding in comparison. Its 
too bad WEEI can't run the national Westwood One feed during Patriots 
games.  I would have rather tuned into Marv Albert and Boomer Esiason 
than having to be subjected to the radio equivilent of the two old guys 
in the balcony on the old "Muppet Show."

Mike Thomas

Hakim Madjid wrote:

>Besides, WBCN seems to do a great job with the pre and posts game
>features, to say nothing of good ol' Gil and Gino's play
>by play.
>