P. J. Carlisimo

["Dorine Pratt" <norine@pshift.com>]

    I feel sorry for P.J., but really, he shouldn't be calling NBA games
because his voice is just plain painful to listen to!  He sounds like he's
trying to yell, which just strains his voice more, and it's not an
announcer's voice at all - hate to talk about the good old days, but you
know, at one time announcers were trained, even went to school - and they
had to have the right voices.  I don't know that they need to go that far
now, but shouldn't they at least have a clear voice that will carry enough
without the straining?  And they shouldn't sound like they're yelling.
Anyway, I'm always unhappy when we have to stop listening to our own team
and start listening to these guys.
    I'm also in agreement about doing interviews while calling a game.
That's like making the game nothing - an insult to the players, the NBA and
the fans.

Dorine