Joe Simpson to Radio. Frenchy Replaces Him

[FUEagle]

https://www.ajc.com/sports/ajc-exclu...YrlMKnE21J8iI/

[bravesfanMatt]

Well now at least he can wear T-shirts and shorts while announcing batting practice

[bravesfanforlife88]

They got this half right...should have switched chip to radio as well...then have Powell and sutton call the tv games

[The Chosen One]

They got this half right...should have switched chip to radio as well...then have Powell and sutton call the tv games

This.

[striker42]

Sutton is semi-retired at this point. I don't see him having too many more years left in him before he stops calling games all together. I think Joe is going to replace him.

Frenchy is good. Glad to see they're giving him a main role before someone else did.

[Southcack77]

Sutton is semi-retired at this point. I don't see him having too many more years left in him before he stops calling games all together. I think Joe is going to replace him.

Frenchy is good. Glad to see they're giving him a main role before someone else did.

I didn't understand why they chose Simpson for TV over Sutton to begin with.

I've heard Sutton on the radio here and there lately. He sounds like a really old man now. Has his health failed him? I don't mean out of touch or not cogent, he just spoke like an elderly person.

[clvclv]

They got this half right...should have switched chip to radio as well...then have Powell and sutton call the tv games

Still a good start.

[Hulavol]

I’m glad for Frenchy- he did really well last year- but unlike most, I really like Joe.
Gonna be different for sure.

[CrazyTrain]

Too bad, Joe is really good, even if he is a Braves homer who dislikes the state of the game. I'm guessing this is disciplinary?

[Enscheff]

A guy can only complain about the direction the FO is taking so much before he is removed as the voice of the franchise. Joe is a fool who insists on living in the past, so now he can work in the entertainment media of the past well.

Frenchy will be no better.

[BeanieAntics]

A guy can only complain about the direction the FO is taking so much before he is removed as the voice of the franchise. Joe is a fool who insists on living in the past, so now he can work in the entertainment media of the past well.

Frenchy will be no better.

I disagree with Frenchy on quite a bit and he's just as much a dinosaur as Joe regarding analytics, but I think he'll be better. Joe really started developing that "Get Off My Lawn, Stop Skateboarding" attitude in the past couple of years. We'll still have to deal with the mocking of launch angles, but we won't be getting any more gems about the organist or Dodgers BP fashion.

[gcbraves]

I miss Ernie, Skip, and Pete...

[VirginiaBrave]

I miss Ernie, Skip, and Pete...

Don't we all but if they were here, only Pete would attempt to embrace analytics and that would be half hearted.

[gcbraves]

That's very true. I miss their style of broadcasting more than anything. They made those long losing years interesting enough to pay attention to.

[Freshmaker]

I miss Ernie, Skip, and Pete...

Those were the days man. Such a great group

[CrimsonCowboy]

I miss Ernie, Skip, and Pete...

I think you’re speaking on behalf of every Braves fan on that.

[salmagundy]

Capt Caveman will re-earn his nick name in the booth.

[Southcack77]

I disagree with Frenchy on quite a bit and he's just as much a dinosaur as Joe regarding analytics, but I think he'll be better. Joe really started developing that "Get Off My Lawn, Stop Skateboarding" attitude in the past couple of years. We'll still have to deal with the mocking of launch angles, but we won't be getting any more gems about the organist or Dodgers BP fashion.

Frenchy is cheerful and his experience with the game is a lot more relevant and recent. He's more pleasant to listen to.

I think it's a little more relevant to hear a recent player gripe about the changes in baseball rather than similar things from grumpy old man decades removed from the game. Frenchy legitimately represents the current attitudes of a class of players. That's more helpful than anything.

And he's occasionally funny. Plus his stories about the Braves or guys who recently played rather than George Brett or Robin Yount or whatever. Diminishing returns for those stories these days.

[VirginiaBrave]

I disagree with Frenchy on quite a bit and he's just as much a dinosaur as Joe regarding analytics, but I think he'll be better. Joe really started developing that "Get Off My Lawn, Stop Skateboarding" attitude in the past couple of years. We'll still have to deal with the mocking of launch angles, but we won't be getting any more gems about the organist or Dodgers BP fashion.

Launch angle deserves mocking...

[BeanieAntics]

Launch angle deserves mocking...

Don't say that to our recent 23 million dollar signee