Matty V thank you but it's over...

[Williekemp15]

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if they were to get a new broadcast team in the future i would suggest Duaine Kuiper & Mike Krukow (Giants announcers and MVP 2005 announcers), the Mets broadcast crew, or the Phillies broadcast crew. All 3 these would be great additions, they call great games.

[blueduke]

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SCAE/989 is well aware of this fact, since they used to have Vin Scully call the games back in the day.

But this game definitely is evolving, and when the other presentation aspects attempt to "keep up" to the contemporary style of the game, the commentary still falls behind in that regard.

Agree. Fresh voices would help IMO. However I don't want the next team to have a ton of "OMG! Did you see that!!!!!!" moments as there's very few of those in an average baseball game. Now postseason play......I'm with you as there's big time pressure there. But I don't want to hear a guy wet his pants over stand up double or finely turned DP in July

[Bobhead]

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It really doesn't matter who they have. The voices aren't the problem. They need to re-evaluate the way they write lines, and the way the entire system is built. No more event-line-event-line monotony. Commentate on the actual game.

[zack4070]

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For the PS4 they need to hire Will Farrell to impersonate Harry Caray. Enough said.

[ubernoob]

I like the team they have now - literally the only person I would ever want to call a baseball game though is Uecker. I grew up with him, and he IS baseball to me.

[WickedFastball]

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What we need is........(Drum Roll)........ED FARMER!

Stretch......Stretch.....YyeeyeeeeeeeSSSS.......YyeeyeeeeeeeSSSSSS
Strike outs: He gone

No I am kidding! PLEASE DON'T HAVE ED FARMER ON MLB THE SHOW 14 I BEG YOU!

[zack4070]

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What we need is........(Drum Roll)........ED FARMER!

Stretch......Stretch.....YyeeyeeeeeeeSSSS.......YyeeyeeeeeeeSSSSSS
Strike outs: He gone

No I am kidding! PLEASE DON'T HAVE ED FARMER ON MLB THE SHOW 14 I BEG YOU!

Or the White Sox announcers (barf)

[Blzer]

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Agree. Fresh voices would help IMO. However I don't want the next team to have a ton of "OMG! Did you see that!!!!!!" moments as there's very few of those in an average baseball game. Now postseason play......I'm with you as there's big time pressure there. But I don't want to hear a guy wet his pants over stand up double or finely turned DP in July

Nobody ever said that. In fact, I'm not so much about "excitement" as much as I am about keeping good filler.

One thing that no game has quite yet done is be incredibly dynamic. In other words, the game will always talk about the 2012 World Series matchup between the Tigers and Giants, but if you play your Brewers franchise and take them to the World Series against the Angels in 2013, you won't ever hear them bring that up if they play each other.

To save space, they're going to have to find a way to eliminate "specific" commentary, and fill it in with something generic and play Madlibs with the rest.

Here is an example... let's say that the game wants to access the team's performance in the past series. It calculates the numbers, recognizes it was a three-game sweep, and cues a "positive" script and fills in the variables:

Matt: "Well last series ____________ (commentator's name), the ____________ (team name) took care of the ____________ (other team name) in a ___ (number) game sweep at ________________ (stadium name). ____________ (starting pitcher name), ____________ (starting pitcher name), and ____________ (starting pitcher name) looked phenomenal and did what needed to be done."

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Then the game gives Steve a bit of commentary, figuring out if there was an offensive standout, talks more about the pitchers, or finds something defensive-related.

Steve: "Yeah, but let's not ignore the offensive contributions by ____________ (batter name), who hit _____ (batting average) in the ___ (number) games and drove in ____ (number) runs.

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Then the game sees his offensive performance today and decides whether or not he is on par with everything.

Eric: "He is ___ (number of hits) for ___ (number of at-bats) so far today, so let's hope he can get back to form."

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I'm not saying this is easy coding whatsoever, but what is good about this "zero-stitch commentary" is that it allows you to insert banks of lines and keep the conversation going throughout franchise, and it's not just recalling information that happened in 2012. Yeah, they have it a bit when they say that my player's "hitting woes continue by batting in the .230's early on," but what if I just acquired a new player? What if my home run went into the upper deck? What if my team just suffered a bad injury? What if the trade deadline is coming up? There are things that can help improve this commentary... but unfortunately it means completely starting over from scratch, something which I don't really think the team (or Matty V.) would be invested in doing.

And I know this thread was about Matt, but it seems to go beyond that if you're going to replace him. Plus, I think the one that needs replacing more than anybody else is the PA announcer. He sounds like he's speaking through a toilet paper roll, and is not the least bit engaging. I think it would be nice if they re-did the PA system in this regard.

[WickedFastball]

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Or the White Sox announcers (barf)

Ed Farmer IS the White Sox announcer LOL


You can.......put it on the BOREDDDDDD.......YyeeeeeeeSSSS YyeeeeeSSSSS!

[zack4070]

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Ed Farmer IS the White Sox announcer LOL


You can.......put it on the BOREDDDDDD.......YyeeeeeeeSSSS YyeeeeeSSSSS!

Geez that was coincidental. I thought the guys name was Hawk or something. When I lived in Chicago and watched the Cubs on WGN I would randomly see Sox games on and it was unbearable listening to a Sox broadcast

[blueduke]

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Nobody ever said that. In fact, I'm not so much about "excitement" as much as I am about keeping good filler.

One thing that no game has quite yet done is be incredibly dynamic. In other words, the game will always talk about the 2012 World Series matchup between the Tigers and Giants, but if you play your Brewers franchise and take them to the World Series against the Angels in 2013, you won't ever hear them bring that up if they play each other.

To save space, they're going to have to find a way to eliminate "specific" commentary, and fill it in with something generic and play Madlibs with the rest.

Here is an example... let's say that the game wants to access the team's performance in the past series. It calculates the numbers, recognizes it was a three-game sweep, and cues a "positive" script and fills in the variables:

Matt: "Well last series ____________ (commentator's name), the ____________ (team name) took care of the ____________ (other team name) in a ___ (number) game sweep at ________________ (stadium name). ____________ (starting pitcher name), ____________ (starting pitcher name), and ____________ (starting pitcher name) looked phenomenal and did what needed to be done."

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Then the game gives Steve a bit of commentary, figuring out if there was an offensive standout, talks more about the pitchers, or finds something defensive-related.

Steve: "Yeah, but let's not ignore the offensive contributions by ____________ (batter name), who hit _____ (batting average) in the ___ (number) games and drove in ____ (number) runs.

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Then the game sees his offensive performance today and decides whether or not he is on par with everything.

Eric: "He is ___ (number of hits) for ___ (number of at-bats) so far today, so let's hope he can get back to form."

---------------------------------------------------------------------


I'm not saying this is easy coding whatsoever, but what is good about this "zero-stitch commentary" is that it allows you to insert banks of lines and keep the conversation going throughout franchise, and it's not just recalling information that happened in 2012. Yeah, they have it a bit when they say that my player's "hitting woes continue by batting in the .230's early on," but what if I just acquired a new player? What if my home run went into the upper deck? What if my team just suffered a bad injury? What if the trade deadline is coming up? There are things that can help improve this commentary... but unfortunately it means completely starting over from scratch, something which I don't really think the team (or Matty V.) would be invested in doing.

And I know this thread was about Matt, but it seems to go beyond that if you're going to replace him. Plus, I think the one that needs replacing more than anybody else is the PA announcer. He sounds like he's speaking through a toilet paper roll, and is not the least bit engaging. I think it would be nice if they re-did the PA system in this regard.

Point well taken. My comments were for posts that gave me the impression the commentators weren't exciting enough. I misconstrued your post as one of those too. Humblest apologies

[LakerFan56]

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if they were to get a new broadcast team in the future i would suggest Duaine Kuiper & Mike Krukow (Giants announcers and MVP 2005 announcers)

They were easily the best for baseball video games. Krukow was great.

[BombshellRocks]

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Someone mentioned him on the first page and I too would love to have Thom Brennaman calling games for the show.

[bwiggy33]

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Point well taken. My comments were for posts that gave me the impression the commentators weren't exciting enough. I misconstrued your post as one of those too. Humblest apologies

No doubt baseball isn't fast paced. However, when a guy hit's a HR it shouldn't lethargic as it is now. I'm not saying a ground rule double is going to have an announcer yell into a mic all excited. They should do that in the later innings though when a big hit occurs. Wouldn't you want a guy to actually show some excitement when something big happens?

To me the best announcers are the ones who have the mix of energy at appropriate times as well as sharing stories, knowledge, and experiences in between pitches and at bats.

[ptbnl]

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Honestly, it sounds just like the commentary of a real game. A lot of time, it's boring commentary in real life.

Most of the time, I don't even hear it. And it's the same when I'm playing The Show. It's just background noise. Once in a while I'll notice something they said, but it's just supposed to be ambient, not distracting.

I think it's fine the way it is; and it's one of the best commentaries in sports games.