Other radio-broadcast ballots: Arizona / Atlanta / Baltimore / Boston / Chicago AL / Chicago NL / Cincinnati / Cleveland / Colorado / Detroit / Houston / Kansas City / Los Angeles AL / Los Angeles NL / Miami / Milwaukee / Minnesota / New York AL / New York NL / Oakland / Philadelphia / Pittsburgh / St. Louis / San Diego.

Recently, the present author began the process of process of reproducing the broadcaster rankings which appeared on this site roughly four years ago. The purpose of those rankings? To place a “grade” on each of the league’s television and radio broadcast teams — a grade intended to represent not necessarily the objective quality or skill of the relevant announcers, but rather the appeal those announcers might have to the readers of this site. By way of MLB.TV feeds, the typical major-league telecast offers four distinct audio feeds — which is to say, the radio and television commentary both for the home and road clubs. The idea of these broadcast rankings was to give readers an opportunity to make an informed decision about how to consume a telecast.

Below are another collection of six ballots for radio broadcast teams.

For each broadcasting team, the reader is asked to supply a grade on a scale of 1-5 (with 5 representing the highest mark) according to the following criteria: Charisma, Analysis, and then Overall.

Charisma is, essentially, the personal charm of the announcers in question. Are they actively entertaining? Do they possess real camaraderie? Would you — as is frequently the case with Vin Scully — would you willingly exchange one of your living grandfathers in order to spend time with one of these announcers? The Analysis provided by a broadcast team could skew more towards the sabermetric or more towards the scouting side of things. In either case, is it grounded in reason? The Overall rating is the overall quality of the broadcast team — nor need this be a mere average of the previous two ratings. Bob Uecker, for example, provides very little in the way of analysis, and yet certainly rates well overall, merely by force of personality. Finally, there’s a box of text in which readers can elaborate upon their grades, if so compelled.

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San Francisco Giants

Some relevant information regarding San Francisco’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Jon Miller.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Dave Flemming.
• Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper appear from the TV side sometimes.

Click here to grade San Francisco’s radio broadcast team.

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Seattle Mariners

Some relevant information regarding Seattle’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Rick Rizzs.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Aaron Goldsmith.
• Dave Sims seems to appear for select games.

Click here to grade Seattle’s radio broadcast team.

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Tampa Bay Rays

Some relevant information regarding Tampa Bay’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Andy Freed.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Dave Wills.
• Todd Kalas and Neil Solondz maybe appear for select games.

Click here to grade Tampa Bay’s radio broadcast team.

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Texas Rangers

Some relevant information regarding Texas’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Eric Nadel.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Matt Hicks.
• Some indeterminate number of other guys appear for select games.

Click here to grade Texas’s radio broadcast team.

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Toronto Blue Jays

Some relevant information regarding Toronto’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Jerry Howarth.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Joe Siddall.
• Mike Wilner and maybe other people appear for select games.

Click here to grade Toronto’s radio broadcast team.

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Washington Nationals

Some relevant information regarding Washington’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Charlie Slowes.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Dave Jageler.
• No one else ever appears for select games, ever.

Click here to grade Washington’s radio broadcast team.