From Bob Uecker To Jon Miller: The Top 10 Radio Announcers In The Bigs

6. Jerry Coleman, Padres: You've got to hand it to Jerry Coleman. It is truly remarkable that a man his age is still broadcasting the majority of his team's games, and in turn is at the top of his game.

Part of his appeal lies within the so-called "Colemanisms," in which he screws up the names of players or makes a bizarre statement such as "Rich Folkers is throwing up in the bullpen." He still makes keen insights and is an asset to the Padres broadcast team.

5. Skip Caray, Braves: Skip is the best and most vicious anti-homer broadcaster in the game today.  He is by far the most entertaining guy to listen to when his team is getting killed.

While it may be true that he's very enthusiastic when the Braves do win, he's the first to openly criticize the team or the management before the scribes can publish their articles.

4. Ted Leitner, Padres: So overly-relaxed and wooden that's he's hilarious. I think the laid-back beach culture of San Diego has had an adverse effect on Ted. He's also got guts to tell the management and fans that the Padres belong to him when they are succeeding, and to disassociate himself from the team by referring to them as "Your Padres" when they are struggling.

3. Tom Hamilton, Indians: A very knowledgeable and enjoyable broadcaster whose best feature is that he gets so excited when the Tribe does something great that you can't help but get swept up in his enthusiasm.

2. Bob Uecker, Brewers: A national treasure. Uecker is the best guy to listen to when the game is boring because he will immediately bring out the one-liners that deprecate himself, and tell a bunch of stories from his past.

He understands better than anyone that baseball is a long game and ratings are a precious commodity in the radio business. I'd listen to him if the game was 18-0.

1. Jon Miller, Giants: The total package.  Knowledgeable, funny, and a great set of pipes. Miller knows so much about the game and its history, that he sometimes forgets he's got a baseball game to call.

Giants fans should consider themselves lucky to have the best all-around broadcaster in the game, and the national audience should be happy to see him on ESPN every Sunday night.

There you have it, let the debating begin.

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