Vince came up doing the broadcasts by himself..nowadays, you have 2, 3..even 4 men in the booth. They are "forced" to say weird stuff to differentiate themselves.
More and more, teams want their announcers to be outright "homers"...it's their right.....but for me, I get tired of it..
I can't listen to Sterling do a Yankees game...it revolts me..but if you ever listen to him to a 3 hour sports talk segment on the radio..he's quiet, and very knowledgeable. He feels compelled to be the ultimate "homer"
ESPN and Sportscenter have changed everything...for good on bad..
When I was growing up in L.A., it was Vin Scully and Jerry Doggett announcing for the Dodgers. When the game was televised, they would switch every few innings, one of them doing radio, the other TV. But if the game wasn't televised, they would work as a team on radio.
I remember when John Sterling was 4th man for TBS, behind Skip Carey, Pete Van Wieren, and Ernie Johnson. It got to the point where we’d turn the sound down during Sterling’s half of the game, and I was so happy when he left TBS.