MASN broadcasters Gary Thorne and Buck Martinez won Emmy Awards for their coverage of Orioles baseball, during the 51st Emmy Awards Ceremony on Saturday evening at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Washington.
In this third year in the Orioles booth, Thorne won the award for best Sports Play by Play. Martinez, who has provided Orioles color commentary since 2003, won for best Sports Analyst.
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obviously...
i’m cool w/ half of this.
"If they pitch to you, make them pay."
--Diamond Dave to the Phenom
by j.q. higgins on Jun 7, 2009 1:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope you mean the Thorne half.
What up?
by snakethejake on Jun 7, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good to see
Thorne getting some recognition. And Buck Martinez bothers me, but only a little. Hasn’t Gary worked some ESPN games before? Sunday Night Baseball or whatever? Or a playoff game? Seems like I’ve seen him on “the big stage.”
The local AM radio station out here in Bloomington carries Cubs games, which are handled by Pat Somebody doing play-by-play and Ron Santo doing color commentary / “analysis.” They’re good, and I don’t feel like I’m being disloyal by listening to the Cubs because they’ve been the most reliable partner for the Orioles in swapping failed prospects.
Ron Santo takes it all very, very hard when the Cubs lose, however. Or really when anything goes against them. If they blow a lead or lose in extra winnings or walk in the tying run or something, he sounds like he’s having some kind of terrible episode. Hard to believe he’s going to make it in to work the next day, but he always seems to.
"If you had Steve Trachsel's stuff, you wouldn't want to throw it either." -- Joe Angel
by Fear and Trembley on Jun 7, 2009 2:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Extra innings
Innings not winnings. Take this keyboard away from me; I’m not old enough.
"If you had Steve Trachsel's stuff, you wouldn't want to throw it either." -- Joe Angel
by Fear and Trembley on Jun 7, 2009 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
buck martinez just reached out and got full extension on that emmy
by thewaywardO on Jun 7, 2009 3:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
though...
they were going up the ladder on him.
"If they pitch to you, make them pay."
--Diamond Dave to the Phenom
by j.q. higgins on Jun 7, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair, our commentators are much better than the team itself….
by Tassadar on Jun 7, 2009 10:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think Buck
has come a loooooong way since he started out with the O’s a few years back. He actually has some interesting analysis at times, and he’s usually able to break down the technical crap in an understandable way. I’ll go on record. I like him.
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