1st and 2nd round as an analyst this year. Very worthy addition.
Hummel to work his first NCAA tournament games
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So it says he will be a “games analyst”…I assume that means he will be the color commentator for games right?
Most people who take issue with Hummel do so because he doesn’t watch the game with Black and gold colored glasses.
I think he goes out of his way to show that he's not a homer. With this new assignment, working to maintain his integrity seems to be working for him. Good for him.
That's why I take issue with him for sure. I want him to just diss and rag the other team and blow sunshine up our asses about the Boilers. Not a good thing for him in his line of work, but still.
I think him and Benetti are the best two in the business right now. Love how Robbie called out how horrible the refs were both ways on Sunday. He does his homework and actually knows what he’s talking about. And most importantly, he calls players by the correct name…unlike old heads like Brando.
That’s interesting because I really think he’s extremely fair. He’s sometimes wrong on a call but I think that has more to do than viewing angle than bias.
Robbie is best at game as a color analyst. Gives great insight, doesn't talk too much, but gives honest opinions.
Hummel and Benetti are a really good team, IMO. I think Rob Hummel initially might have over-compensated doing Purdue games.....he seems to have settled in now and is pretty even-handed. He gives timely analysis and also gets into some nuances in the flow of the game - but doesn't overshadow the game, IMO.....but yes, I am a little biased.
Also, likely due to elevated Boilerepherine levels, but for a while, it sure seemed like the Boilers played poorly in most games he called.
It's also entertaining when Benetti gives the needle a little bit either in reference to Hummel's playing days @ Purdue and with the Timberwolves or overseas. They have good chemistry and a healthy respect for each other. I always chuckle when Hummel interviews Painter - waiting for a nugget to come out.
Given the way he played the game and how he conducted himself during his time @ Purdue and professionally, I'm not surprised at all....he deserves the success....good to see.
Love him and Benetti too. I'm going to miss Benetti on White Sox games. Just another stupid decision by the Sox.....They stink, but at least we had good on air talent with he and Steve Stone. Now we don't even have that.
Sorry about that rant. Very happy for Rob,
Agree on Benetti. But, as good as he was, he could never top the moment when Hawk left the booth because he had to go check on Todd Frazier after Frazier injured himself going into the stands for a foul ball. That's an all-time great moment in the history of baseball broadcasting.
You are probably right. My own view of calls is certainly not unbiased.
These two together are so good. I'll watch any game they do together regardless of who is playing.
As a Sox fan Benetti is just an absolute gem. It really sucks to see him go to the Tigers.
I used to watch some of the SOX games from time to time just for what Hawk might say. Back in the day when it was them or the Indians (errr....sorry.... Guardians) I recall a game in Jacobs Field. Thome unleashed one of his moonshots to center field......one of those no-doubters off the crack of the bat, like the All-Star Game Home Run Derby tape measure blasts......lol.
It was swing and a loud KERRRPH.....crowd roars......then almost instantaneously you hear Hawk - "Uh-oh.....that's trouble, Wimpy." Flash to centerfield and you see the ball ricocheting off the trees out there....yeah - that's trouble as Thome is circling the bases. Naturally, as a native Clevelander I'm shouting at the TV......you cannnnn PUT it on the boarrrrrd......YESSSSSS!!!
Sorry for that digression, folks.....
Hawk is in a category all by himself! Biggest homer ever, but he was our homer!
And now it appears we might not have Dylan Cease. Talk he is being traded to the Fathers.
I thought it was interesting having Hummel and Bardo both on during the Illini game
I thought they did a great job with Noah eagle. That has to be tough. But I enjoyed listening to them
I would guess that he has a TV monitor to watch the game? Otherwise, sitting down could be tough to see farther away and in traffic. I don’t know that for certain, but some things would be hard to see
At least Pedro now can say with certainty that Dylan Cease will not be his opening day starter.
Every time I hear Noah Eagle I do a double take because he sounds exactly like Tom Hammond.
I think its very difficult what Hummell does since he seems to announce so many Purdue games. 100% he cant be a homer on a national broadcast even though you can tell he bleeds black and gold off the air. I love Hummel as a broadcaster and respect the hell out of how impartial he tries to be.
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