Announcers don't always make a game, but they can ruin it. Exhibit A: Tim McCarver. The Fox analyst, former big-league catcher and sole reason for your TV's Mute button has become infamous for peddling face-slappingly obvious statements and faux-poetics as insight. Example: "Fundamentals are a fundamental part of playing baseball." Ya don't say.But if A B = C and C A = B then it must also be true that announcers who aren't terrible can also make a game. Case in point: Gus Johnson.Like most a
