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Originally Posted by jicecone
Now if your a radio broadcaster you have slightly a different job. You are the eyes and ears of the listener. You have to actually talk more to describe what the listener can't see. Again though, stick with the facts and report what is happening, not what you think should be happening. get an official to sit with your broadcasting team.
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Radio, so shutting up is not an option. All my baseball color commentators have been coaches. Though most do a good job helping with rules and nuances of the game, I have had a couple that I wanted to correct on the air but chose not to. "Hands a part of the bat" and "ball hitting an umpire is immediately dead" are two that was said and I cringed.
I would LOVE to have an umpire with me for baseball and an official for football. I was sitting next to a clock operator during a few football games and asked them to correct me if I made a mistake in explaining a rule and they all politely declined. I understand why they decline, but I would rather be right than sound stupid on the air. There are enough of us who do that.
Thanks to you all for your responses, and for participating on these forums. I learn a lot here.