Other radio-broadcast ballots: Arizona / Atlanta / Baltimore / Boston / Chicago AL / Chicago NL / Cincinnati / Cleveland / Colorado / Detroit / Houston / Kansas City.

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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Los Angeles Angels

Some relevant information regarding the Angels’ broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Terry Smith.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Mark Langston.
• Bobby Grich, Wayne Hagin, and Daron Sutton maybe all appear, too.

Click here to grade the Angels’ radio broadcast team.

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Los Angeles Dodgers

Some relevant information regarding the Dodgers’ broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Charley Steiner.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Rick Monday.
• American hero Vin Scully calls the first three innings of home games.

Click here to grade the Dodgers’ radio broadcast team.

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Miami Marlins

Some relevant information regarding Miami’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Dave Van Horne.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Glenn Geffner.
• Bill Beck and Kyle Sielaff also maybe appear for select games.

Click here to grade Miami’s radio broadcast team.

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Milwaukee Brewers

Some relevant information regarding Milwaukee’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Bob Uecker.
• Jeff Levering performs play-by-play during other innings.
• Lane Grindle also seems to appear for select games.

Click here to grade Milwaukee’s radio broadcast team.

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Minnesota Twins

Some relevant information regarding Minnesota’s broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by Cory Provus.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Dan Gladden.
• Kris Atteberry and Jack Morris appear for select games, per the Internet.

Click here to grade Minnesota’s radio broadcast team.

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New York Yankees

Some relevant information regarding the Yankees’ broadcast:

• Play-by-play coverage is typically provided by John Sterling.
• Color analysis is typically provided by Suzyn Waldman.
• C.J. Nitkowski maybe does appear for select games.

Click here to grade the Yankees’ radio broadcast team.