Re: P. J. Carlisimo

[Vinny Natale <vnatale@map.com>]

I agree with you.  It seems like he is into acting animated and therefore 
he is always yelling, which is certainly irritating to me.

Vinny


At 04:15 PM 5/26/02, Dorine Pratt wrote:
>     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