Athletes Destined for the Booth
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by user MegECass110
So a lot of us saw the atrocity that is the Home Run Derby broadcast team; the combination of Berman and Morgan is bad enough, and they had to throw Dusty Baker in there just to make it borderline unwatchable. That, plus the absence of Harold Reynolds, ruined the 2007 Derby for me.
Anyway, it got me thinking, which current athletes would make great analysts/studio hosts in the future to replace these old geezers? I apologize if it seems like I'm being a homer. I have a starter list...
In the NFL:
Peyton Manning and Tom Brady: With all of their knowledge and understanding of both offense and defense, they'd be perfect. Putting them and together in the booth would be awesome. They're buddies, both have a sense of humor and aren't boring.
Chad Johnson: I'd order DirecTV just to watch the games he would do. Good God, I can only imagine the stuff he would come up with.
Teddy Bruschi: Intense, articulate, likeable.
Mike Vanderjagt: Just kidding. I'd like to think of him as a smaller, NFL version of John Kruk.
In MLB:
David Wright: I'd watch him with the mute button on. Yumm. I would continue but I assume the gentlemen reading this would rather me not.
Jason Varitek: Knowledge of pitchers and hitters is ridiculous. If he doesn't get into coaching, he should get into this.
Ken Griffey: Very likable personality, people would root for him to do well in whatever he does.
In the NBA:
Shaq: Self-explanatory.
Hockey fans, fend for yourselves. Let's get some more suggestions going...
