Other radio-broadcast ballots: Arizona / Atlanta / Baltimore / Chicago AL / Chicago NL / Cincinnati.

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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Boston Red Sox

Some relevant information regarding Boston’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Joe Castiglione.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Tim Neverett.
• Lou Merloni very possibly appears for select games.

Click here to grade Boston’s radio broadcast team.

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Cleveland Professional Baseball Club Team

Some relevant information regarding Cleveland’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Tom Hamilton.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Jim Rosenhaus.
• Up to four other people appear for select games, per the Internet.

Click here to grade Cleveland’s radio broadcast team.

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Colorado Rockies

Some relevant information regarding Colorado’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Jack Corrigan.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Jerry Schemmel.
• Up to five other people appear for select games, per the Internet.

Click here to grade Colorado’s radio broadcast team.

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Detroit Tigers

Some relevant information regarding Detroit’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Dan Dickerson.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Jim Price.
• Mario Impemba seems to appear for select games.

Click here to grade Detroit’s radio broadcast team.

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Houston Astros

Some relevant information regarding Houston’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Robert Ford.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Steve Sparks.
• Larry Dierker and possibly others appear for select games.

Click here to grade Houston’s radio broadcast team.

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Kansas City Royals

Some relevant information regarding Kansas City’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Denny Matthews.
• Steve Physioc and Steve Stewart do a lot of road games.
• Maybe Joel Goldberg and Ryan Lefebvre are involved somehow, too.

Click here to grade Kansas City’s radio broadcast team.