The Most Hated Play By Play Announcer in MLB Right Now 

Sounds like Bart Simpson 😂

I have no idea how people listen to this. It’s nails on chalkboard for me.

She calls it like a news reporter on your 6 o clock news

literally everyone on apple tv is fucking garbate

This is what happens when you unrightfully fire your iconic commentator

that fake newscaster voice is brutal

Nailed it. She’s absolutely the worst pbp announcer in the majors. And it’s not even close. Like listening to a frightened squirrel. Todd Kalas and whoever announces games for Cleveland are both both screamers.

She's a DEI hire. Terrible announcer

When people are not hired based on talent, but rather on other non-job, superficial criteria like race, gender, and others, this is what happens.

Not so much “hated”, more like “cringe”!

and boom goes the dynamite.

She's got 90s shock jock voice.

I wouldn’t say people hate her. For me personally I don’t dislike her personally. She may be a very nice human being irl, but in terms of being a play by play, she’s not good, at all. She doesn’t know what a ground rule double is. She doesn’t know the outfield positions. These are very simple baseball things that she doesn’t know. That’s a problem. It’s not me saying female announcers suck in general. I personally think Doris Burke is a very good broadcaster. But the A’s announcer specifically is just not fit for the job. U gotta know the sport to announce it and it doesn’t seem like she does. Plus, it’s also a bit dumb to say people dislike her bc she’s a woman. I’m sure some people do, but I think the majority of people just don’t like the way she broadcasts. It’s the same thing with Joe Buck. Tons of people hate on that man bc he often times makes very unenthusiastic calls in very big games and seems to show clear bias on nationally televised games. So clearly it’s not just bc she’s a woman. Granted Ik some people say she sucks simply bc of her gender, I’ve seen comments even say women shouldn’t be broadcasting at all which I think is stupid. However the majority of people seem to dislike her simply bc she’s just not good at her job. That’s my take

She’s sounds like Ash Ketchum. There you go she could voice act for kids shows.

Sounds like the regular play by play guys letting his college student daughter call it for grins for half an inning.

As a long time A’s fan here, having her as our announcer was just another example how ownership has no clue. They ruined a great sports town in Oakland

Advice: Just use your real voice, not what you think an announcer should sound like.

I was just thinking about this the other day. If you actually watch A’s games you will understand how horrible of an announce she is. It’s almost like she has no idea if a ball is going out or not on any home run. It’s the least hyped I’ve ever seen a play by play announcer.

Absolutely horrible.

Her calls are bizzare, and sounds like she hasnt ever heard any other announcer. Its not like she cares. You can tell she doesnt care.

All female play by play announcers are awful.

There can be good female play by play commentators, but let's let it happen on merit, not make it happen because "it's historic." People like Jenny actually do a disservice to other actually qualified women out there.

I should probably abstain. As a Dodger fan we have the talented Joe Davis and for most of my life I listened to some guy named Vin Scully. Standards in broadcasting are a tad high here so I couldn't be fair to her. LOL

I don't think it's Jenny Cavnar's fault for the false enthusiasm. Let's be honest: We're talking about the Oakland A's. Is there *anything* to be enthusiastic about currently in Oakland?

It's weird because if she was commentating on cricket in the UK or Australia with that tone of voice she'd be perfect. Different country. Different sport.

EVERYONE JUST REMEMBER it’s a deep drive into left field and that will make it a 4-0 ball game

As an old fan who has listened to hundreds of broadcasters, I just wish women would stop trying to emulate male play by play announcers. They should use their normal voice and develop their own style.

Jenny isn’t all that bad in isolation. What’s much more problematic for her is when she’s compared to the A’s (largely) home announcer this season - Chris Carey. When you listen to the two of them back-to-back, there’s simply no comparison. Chris is - by far - more naturally talented at this. Why is that problematic? Chris Carey is 24 years old and had only been calling games professionally for 18 months before this season. Jenny’s been at this for 15 years. I’m sure it helped for Chris to grow up in a family of announcers (He’s the great-grandson of Harry Carey, grandson of Skip Carey, and son of Chip Carey.) But nepotism be damned….he’s really, really good. And unfortunately, Jenny suffers in comparison when so much natural talent is right there in the same booth.

She is the best female commentator I have heard and I cant stand her.

How about all the guys who've been paying their dues calling minor league games for years who didn't get the opportunity and she gets a major league announcer job? Not fair at all.

DEI...nuff said.

It feels like watching college softball

Omg. Her voice, tempo and guessing on these calls. Absolutely awful. Obviously a political move. What do you expect out of California?

"it's not your day Siri" - home run

00:47 “It is going……to have a chaaance..” -> Almost made it out of the stadium.

i dont see the problem with her. It could be better? Sure! Is it bad? No! Is it just okay? Yes, just like joe buck .

Sounds like someone who skipped the line. You need to practice at lower levels to perrfect your style.

"It feels artificial like a performance" - Dude. Joe Buck called a quarter century of WS games with less enthusiasm than this lady ever could. She sounds perfectly fine.

She’s ok. I respect that she doesn’t express fake enthusiasm when there’s a home run.

The A's have been my team for 33 years. I now have the displeasure of listening to this insufferable woman every away game. Thanks a lot affirmative action.

Absolutely brutal. Wet towel effect

RU-vid comments are too nice, Instagram is more honest

There is no good school of broadcasting any longer. The past two generations of broadcasters all seem intent on a) sounding alike; and, b) putting the audience to sleep. It's the Thom Brennaman effect. Brennaman would have made Bobby Thomson's home run sound like a pop up on the infield. Joe Buck was little better. I was fortunate to grow up in Chicago listening to Jack Brickhouse, Harry Caray and Ken Harrelson. Never again will we hear broadcasters like that.

It’s not a glass ceiling when we live in a society that demands and produces equity at the cost of quality of competency. Also, let’s not forget that she is one of many examples. For example, former “disgraced” mayor Megan Barry was the first female mayor of Nashville. She also stepped down due to misappropriation of funds and an affair (all-related).

What do you expect when you hire people for political reasons instead of being the most qualified?

I Googled "DEI hires," and ended up here.

As a longtime Rockies fan, I could have warned you about this. She got her start with us as a sideline reporter and I never liked her doing that. The few times she was put in the booth I couldn’t take it, I had to put the tv on mute. It made me appreciate our regular PbP guys a lot more. Everything sounds so forced with her, she’s always a second behind the play and when she tries to act excited her voice just gets comedically high pitched. It’s a shame on two fronts: 1) Kuiper was a great announcer and part of a Bay Area family that has owned baseball PbP in that area, and I think he was treated unfairly because it seemed like a genuine mistake; 2) There were WAY more qualified woman announcers who deserved that honor, Jenny had zero experience short of filling in the booth a handful of times for our Rockies games. Also worth noting: I’m not certain she was the best pick to hire as a sideline reporter for the Rockies in the first place. It seemed to me that there was some twisted nepotism going on. Her father is the baseball coach for Regis HS in Denver, a private school with a VERY competitive baseball program. Kyle Freeland graduated from there. As the head coach for one of the best high school programs in Denver, her father had a close relationship with the Rockies front office, it’s easy to assume he helped her get her foot in the door after she graduated Colorado State with no real experience, and a voice clearly not made for sports. Nothing sounds natural coming from her, it all sounds like really bad acting. Poor A’s fans, as if they didn’t have enough issues as it was. If they just had better owners and a more graceful city council, they could have built a new stadium and not have to move to Vegas. With all the money in the Bay Area, it’s a shame cheapness caused them to leave town. They had a lot of great history there. 🫤

Hated is such a funny word to use but I guess when you prioritize clicks that's what happens.

I remember her in Colorado. They are doing a fantastic job of making sure no one ever watches baseball again--and that's fine. I'll stay away and clean the pew-pew toys I lost in a boating accident.

I totally agree. It sounds like we’re watching college softball game.

She’ll get better with time but I agree she seems like she’s too focused on getting phrases over then just being natural.

An A’s fan since Monte Moore. A slug in the gut to all A’s faithful. I now have to access the visiting teams feed on MLB TV which means I miss out on Dallas Braden whom I really like. Whoever hired her to do play by play should be dumped just like Kuip was.

I will never never never never NEVER listen to a female announcer. NEVER!

There is never going to be a female version of Al Michaels or Dick Enberg or any other great announcer you can think of. There's a reason why this field is dominated by men.

This is not a recording!! Wait... it must be a recording.

“Hey Siri it’s not your night.”- Famous last words

Hate is such a strong word.

It's Oakland. How could anyone be enthusiastic?

The new White Sox PBP guy John Schriffen is pretty awful, and replaced popular PBP guy Jason Benetti.

she seriously lacks enthusiasm and passion for calling baseball games. lady, get excited, get pumped up when your team hits a moonshot or scores a go-ahead run. this isn’t the channel 3 news with the weather

This video is odd. Her voice and tone seem fine for announcing mlb games to me.

It’s like ai is producing a script for her as soon as it can generate it based of the play 😭

Let’s be real, she’s better than Joe buck, that’s more than enough.

I don’t know any man that wants to listen to any female announcer.

Born and Raised in Oakland been a A's fan my whole life Always loved A's Broadcasters Radio and TV .Dallas Braden was a a great addition . All A's Broadcasters actually had some prior history as being apart of what is a A's fan This woman has absolutely nothing to do with being a A's Fan With all the crazyness and drama going on with the A's being a A's fan is Tough But now if i ever want to watch away games through my mlbtv subscribtion i watch the other teams broadcast NBC Sports California whoever was involved in the decision to put her on I cant fathom there mind. terrible move. Just another reason to not be a A's fan as if there wasent enough already

She literally sounds like ASH KETCHUM though.

She sounds like Stuart’s mom from MAD TV. Waoahhhh wooooaahh he tomahawked the bean over the big wizalllll

It sounds like when they hit the long ball she is waiting to see if the outfielder is going to turn around to watch it go over the wall before she says it’s a home run despite the ball headed towards the upper deck. Her voice makes her sound confused. I hope she improves by watching some of VIN Scully replays.

She doesn't know how bad she really is

I feel like she would be ok as a sidekick commentator, but not as the main announcer. She seems like a nice woman, but she sucks.

I don’t get what the issues are?

I don’t like her either 🙂‍↔️

Some of those calls were a bit clunky or wordy but I've heard worse. By men. I agree that listening to woman as announcers in sports takes some getting used to (it still doesn't sound right to me) but she wasn't as bad as I expected to hear when I clicked on the video.

I would listen to Jen Mueller (from Seattle Sports) call a game. I think she’d be great at it.

The absolute worst announcers in baseball are Sportsnet's Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez and Joe Siddall. All they ever talk about are cutters, fastballs and slurves, etc. Worst and most boring announcers ever. I cannot stand them. Whatever happened to interesting baseball stories and something other than the type of pitch. The woman in this video is awful. Trying to be politically correct and sounding very similar to the woman in this video, TSN in Canada has a woman that does promos for the Raptors that sound like a 10 year old boy. Just terrible.

another mlb anouncer hired becuase of race/gender not by skill

She sucks, hiring should be based on qualifications not DEI checkmarks

I watched her on Rockies broadcasts for years. She was mainly the post game announcer and was very good at that. She filled in as the play by play announcer a few times and she was not so good at it. She doesn’t seem natural calling the game. That said, it’s a tough job and there aren’t many really good game callers. So it’s a tough spot to be in for her. She actually has a very likable personality, which comes through in her other role. Hopefully she can be more at ease and that can come through.

Huh, this video isn't about John Schriffen. 🤔

Everyone is going on about rooker home run but there are heaps of bad commentators saying cringe stuff just look at everything John Sterling called ..... yuck anyway the lady isn't even bad

Her voice just sounds so fake. Just like a newscaster.

The voice is just way too “bubbly” for me.

who let ash do the commentary bro😭🙏

She calls a home run a 4 base hit, so yeah she’s not fit for that position.

Is this the same commentator that called the UCLA comeback game??

I'm sorry but Doris Burke's got this female beat

Calls were a little off, but this is her first season. No egregious errors that I’ve heard so far. Neither have I heard that much complaints. Disliked? Maybe. Hate is too strong

I’ve gone out of my way to watch a few A’s games with her on the call. She’s alright, not the worst I’ve seen but leaves a lot to be desired. One thing I did notice was that it felt like she was trying to call every game like it was a neutral broadcast, and that’s not a quality that I think a good individual-team broadcaster should have.

She seems fine to me

Why do so many female announcers sound like they are doing a lame impersonation of Marv Albert?

She's the Leah Hextall of the MLB

I can’t stand women announcers. I find almost all of them shrill and too talkative.

What I hear is someone who's going through the motions and doesn't seem mentally vested in the team they're covering. There's no passion in her voice, and it doesn't feel like she actually cares.

I get the sense she lacks the natural but necessary talent of knowing when a ball is crushed at contact.

You need to do a video on John Schriffen

Wow glad she doesn't vall Card games

Not a legit fan. I could do better

Ok, it’s not great, but I have heard worse. Cherry-picking a few calls doesn’t tell me anything. Seems like clickbait.

The bay area is horrible. It's like all the blue hairs the Giants have for ball boys. Wasting precious time and it's quite frankly dangerous for themselves and the players. If you get a woman, get one that has wit and a deeper voice. Nobody wants to listen to this lady.

I don't hate her as a person. I just think she's an absolutely horrible announcer.