September 3, 2009
Grande makes list of top talkers
By
Amanda
Posted at 11:15 am
Why in the world the Wall Street Journal is timing the talking of major league baseball color men, I don’t know. Though after a semester of an MBA program, I can imagine the constant nattering about mergers and market penetration needing to be broken up a little.
Whatever the reason, someone from WSJ counted up the words spoken by the color guy in the first scoreless inning of every team’s home broadcast on Friday and then ranked them by verbosity. The NLC was well-represented, with five teams in the top 13:
| ANNOUNCER | TEAM | WORDS PER MINUTE |
|---|---|---|
| Vin Scully* | Dodgers | 143.51 |
| Dan McLaughlin | Cardinals | 109.93 |
| Bob Carpenter | Nationals | 102.33 |
| George Grande | Reds | 102.06 |
| Daron Sutton | Dbacks | 100.36 |
| Ryan Lefebvre | Royals | 96.71 |
| Brian Anderson | Brewers | 96.06 |
| Dick Bremer | Twins | 94.81 |
| Bill Brown | Astros | 89.11 |
| Dave Niehaus | Mariners | 84.14 |
| Tom McCarthy | Phillies | 82.97 |
| Don Orsillo | Red Sox | 81.73 |
| Tim Neverett | Pirates | 81.55 |
*Mr. Scully is the only announcer in the Dodgers’ broadcast booth