Ken Harrelson was a pretty good Red Sox announcer. He wasn't a homer back then like he is now. He sucked up to Jim Rice, because they are buddies, but other than that, he cut it pretty much down the middle. He had Dick Stockton for his TV partner and they despised one another. They had to make small talk with one another during a two or three hour rain delay and it was ungodly painful. Every once in a while, the centerfield camera would point towards their booth and we could see that they had actually tutned their chairs so that they were back to back with one another.
Red Sox announcer John Miller did a better Vin Scully than Vin Scully does.
Bob Starr may have been the dumbest announcer I have ever heard. Joe Castiglione got passed over for the #1 announcer designation because he had a nasal voice, so they brought in Starr. He didn't understand what a fielder's choice was and didn't know the differenc e between a ground rule double and fan interference. Once, a player had been replaced early in the game but Starr kept naming the removed player when he came to bat and when balls were hit to him in the field. Even when Castiglione tried to get him off the hook and the start of one late game at-bat there was a pause and then Starr indignantly boomed , "What are you pointing at on my score card?"
