Who Knew Tom McCarthy Could Be So Chatty?

Great find by Awful Announcing in today's Wall Street Journal. Apparently some writher thought that it would be a good idea to watch listen to the PbP announcer of every MLB team and count the number of words he spoke. That number would then get divided into a words per minute and voila, you have yourself a scientific study. Here's the list from the most talkative PbP guy at the top to the guy you just want to strangle and tell him to "SAY SOMETHING FOR GOODNESS SAKES! Come on, you're better than Kevin Reilly!" Oh, and just where does the Phillies own Tom McCarthy fit into all this? Here's the list courtesy of the Wall Street Journal.

Vin Scully (Dodgers)- 143.51
Dan McLaughlin (Cardinals)- 109.93
Bob Carpenter (Nationals)- 102.33
George Grande (Reds)- 102.06
Daron Sutton (Dbacks)- 100.36
Ryan Lefebvre (Royals)- 96.71
Brian Anderson (Brewers)- 96.06
Dick Bremer (Twins)- 94.81
Bill Brown (Astros)- 89.11
Dave Niehaus (Mariners)- 84.14
Tom McCarthy (Phillies)- 82.97
Don Orsillo (Red Sox)- 81.73
Tim Neverett (Pirates)- 81.55
Chip Caray (Braves)- 78.70
Drew Goodman (Rockies)- 78.51
Rich Waltz (Marlins)- 78.08
Mario Impemba (Tigers)- 75.39
Michael Kay (Yankees)- 73.40
Gary Cohen (Mets)- 73.04
Matt Underwood (Indians)- 72.02
Len Kasper (Cubs)- 71.5
Ken Harrelson (White Sox)- 70.98
Josh Lewin (Rangers)- 70.57
Dewayne Staats (Rays)- 69.69
Steve Physioc (Angels)- 68.26
Gary Thorne (Orioles)- 66.97
Glen Kuiper (Athletics)- 65.00
Jamie Campbell (Blue Jays)- 62.66
Mark Neely (Padres)- 61.64
Duane Kuiper (Giants)- 55.44

Vin Scully should not even be on this list as he flies solo in his brodcasts. Considering that, though, it's amazing that he is not farther ahead. This was study was done for the 1st scoreless inning of each team's home broadcast. So in all likelihood, Wheels was the analyst as I don't recall the Phils having a home game this year where each team got at least a run in the 1st 3 innings. Which is good as counting T-Mac's words in an inning with Sarge just would not be right. Then again, it would give Matt Biderman, the writer who watched all these half-innings, an easier job but more of a headache at the same time.

Memo to David Biderman: How does it feel to know that you will never get those precious hours of your life back?

How much does your home team MLB announcer talk? (Awful Announcing)