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| Gategem | Sep 11 2005, 05:48 AM Post #1 |
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September 11, 2005 -- IN HIS 24th year as a Mets TV broadcaster — more accurately, a voice of Cablevision/the Dolan Family — Fran Healy is very likely approaching his final days in the Mets' booth. The new Comcast/Time-Warner/Mets channel next season takes over, and Cablevision is expected, as always, to make things as impossible as possible for a rival that owns the live sports programming that it used to own. That would make Healy, a Cablevision/Dolan lackey, an unlikely shipper. And it's probably too late for a makeover. Healy was very strong in two broadcasting categories: 1) He always put the same happy/silly face on everything Mets. Last month, after the Mets blew a 9-7, ninth-inning lead at home to lose, 12-9, to the Brewers, Healy said that the big story of the game was Mike Piazza's five RBIs. Typical. 2) Healy was always very viewer-friendly to the youngest members of the audience, meaning he spoke to everyone as if they were six-year-olds. Late Thursday night from St. Louis, Healy said this of Mickey Mantle: "Mantle may have been one of the most idolized baseball players ever." Who knew? The saddest part of it all is that, off air, Healy is a very engaging fellow. But he long ago determined that the secret to his TV success would also be the secret to his longevity: Do it the Dolan way. And to that end, he succeeded. If he's done as a Mets' TV voice, he had a good run, a real good run. |
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| champ4life | Sep 11 2005, 11:34 AM Post #2 |
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:dance: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :rock: :rock: It's time to party! :dance: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :rock: :rock: |
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| Ray | Sep 11 2005, 12:03 PM Post #3 |
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| My name is ET | Sep 11 2005, 12:40 PM Post #4 |
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Good. Fran Healy sucks the anus. |
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| jollyoldmetsfan80 | Sep 12 2005, 03:53 PM Post #5 |
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And it's all thanks to Time Warner and those a$$holes at Comcast. I'll be devastated is Fran leaves. |
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| Mattingly23 | Sep 12 2005, 04:01 PM Post #6 |
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Silliness. Comcast runs a well oiled machine. Cablevision is terrible and as an employee, you should realize that. Fran should be working in a smaller market anyway. He actually got his start during the 1978 season when the Yankees released him and he moved right up to the booth with Scooter and company. He was in the booth for the Guidry 18 K game after being one of his catchers. |
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| Gategem | Sep 12 2005, 04:39 PM Post #7 |
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You can’t be very old otherwise you would know that New York historically has had some of the finest announcers in the history of Baseball. Mel Allen and Red Barber must turn over in their graves every time Fran announces a Mets game. |
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| TheOne | Sep 17 2005, 03:10 AM Post #8 |
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I'm still better than you!
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I'll miss Fran, he always made me laugh!!! :crying: |
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| champ4life | Sep 17 2005, 07:55 AM Post #9 |
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I laugh when he's in there too. I simply can't understand how someone so utterly turd could retain such a high profile job for so long. |
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| TheOne | Sep 19 2005, 12:02 AM Post #10 |
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I'm still better than you!
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:please: Don't hate, when him and Keith are together it's like magic, i love listening to both those guys!!! |
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