Thank you, der, for saying what we all should be saying. I'm with you.
Dang, but we're a heartless bunch here at letsrun.
We get live track, as it goes down, and we simply must bitch or our heads will explode. Larry Rawson walks that fine line of providing interesting commentating for us diehards, but he also tries to lure in the neophytes, helps them to understand what's going on to perpetuate the sport we all love--and he did it off of a blind feed. We think we are so smart--that we could do it tomorrow if someone would only ask us.
Cut him some slack--you'll feel so much better. You can only carry around that resentment for so long. People made fun of baseball announcer Harry Carey for years--but Cubs and Cardinals fans would give their left nut to hear him call just one more game.
If I ever meet Larry Rawson, I swear to God I will buy him dinner, wash his car, follow him home and mow his lawn, and thank him profusely for all that he has GIVEN to our sport.