Ok is it me or is Rooney just a horrible announcer. His play by play is okay but I am so sick of hearing him cry about the umpires, length of the game, check swing calls...etc. I have not listened to one game where he doesn't complain about the umpires. I mean they are professional umpires so are they really that bad. I umpired high school baseball for ten years and it's not easy. If you want to piss and moan then why don't you just let K-Zone call balls and stikes and keep an umpire at home plate for out/safe calls. The other night Jim Joyce (a seasoned vet) was apparently having a bad night behind the plate by Rooney standards and he was whining starting at the second freaking hitter. I really struggle listening to a game on the radio. I did like Shannon but Rooney has rubbed off on him and he complains every game also. There is a time and place to complain but Rooney has taken it overboard WAAYYYY OVERBOARD and it's ridiculous. And I almost don't want the Cardinals to hit a home run so I don't have to listen to the most annoying home run call ever "It's a Gonner." Give me McLaughlin and Hrabosky they are pros, not Jack Buck, but very good.
