I am not a baseball "insider." I am a casual+ fan who goes to about 10 games a year at Target Field and follows the Twins in the Strib. (Damn you LEN for dropping the beat and becoming a columnist. Phil, I LOVE your bylines. Megan, I cannot wait to read what you have for us.)
I have long listened to Twins games on the radio. I am old enough to have known Herb Carneal as the voice of my youth. Ahhh summers. Herb was so languid, So much crowd noise to fill in the gaps. No uneccesary chatter. Games from the Dome sometimes seemed like Wally The Beer Man was the "color man" in the booth. When I visited the Baseball Hall of Fame a few years ago, I made it a point to honor you, Herb, alongside Harmon, Rod, Kirby, and Paul.
John Gordon and his "Touch 'em all" were quite a shock to "Carnevors" like me, but I grew to love his excitable voice on the radio,
Which brings me to Provus. I love Provus. He's not Herb. He's not Gordo. He's somewhere in between and he is so, so, good. I want (fingers crossed) for my grandchildren to know Cory Provus the way I knew Herb.
Thoughts?