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Title: Has the PBA announced the new full-time play by play announcer?
Post by: greenefam on August 20, 2012, 08:09:33 PM

My question kind of speaks for itself.  They used Gary Thorne for the last three majors and they used Lon McEachern for the summer series, but it is not clear to me if either of them or anyone else has been named for the 12-13 season.

Honestly I was fairly impressed with Lon during the summer series.  He seemed at least somewhat bowling knowledgeable and he seemed to hold his own with Randy.

Title: Re: Has the PBA announced the new full-time play by play announcer?
Post by: charlest on August 20, 2012, 10:37:15 PM

Where's Denny Schreiber when you need him????

Title: Re: Has the PBA announced the new full-time play by play announcer?
Post by: tommyboy74 on August 20, 2012, 11:04:18 PM

I'd vote Lon over Gary.  Lon at least seemed to know more about what he was talking about and seemed to match up better with Randy.  Gary seemed out of place during his shows, especially the USBC Masters.

Title: Re: Has the PBA announced the new full-time play by play announcer?
Post by: greenefam on September 25, 2012, 11:57:29 PM

I called this one:

http://news.pba.com/post/2012/9/25/Lon-McEachern-Joins-PBA-Broadcast-Team-as-ESPN-Play-by-Play-Announcer.aspx

In general I think this was a great move.

Title: Re: Has the PBA announced the new full-time play by play announcer?
Post by: scotts33 on September 26, 2012, 12:01:17 AM

Bowling or poker close enough.

Title: Re: Has the PBA announced the new full-time play by play announcer?
Post by: MrPerfect on September 26, 2012, 01:00:30 PM

The man is good at what he does, I think he will do a great job.