Sad to hear, because I always thought down the road he could be the next Uecker. They sound just alike, got confused every now and then about who’s talking to who :)

Sounds like he’s moving close to home though, and that’s always sort of a dream job like opportunity. He was great all these years, and I wish him the best in Atlanta.

Bobby Cox keeping it old school should make Powell happier about the baseball he announces.

Ned Yost could be our next play-by-play announcer!

so his remarks outside of games alienated me. But he did fulfill one role that I think was absolutely necessary. If you’ve ever listened to Uecker without someone to laugh at his jokes – that is no audience or sidekick to guffaw, it really hurts the presentation. He has been the Ed McMahon to Bob’s Johnny C.

but he’s an extremely skilled announcer, and he always kept us updated on the minors. Hope they can find a good replacement for him.

good luck Jim, hope you don’t piss anyone off. I must admit that he’s one of the better ones out there.

Bob and JP made a dream team. I understand leaving, no longer under Bobs shadow, more money, more exposure. Best of Luck JP.

be a hard one to replace…maybe Ruben Quevedo could replace him….not sure he’d pair up good with the Uecker though.

Is the requirement for the new PBP guy to sound exactly like Bob, or at least like the previous one? Pat Hughes and Jim Powell sound a lot alike, after all.

Maybe they’ll bring in the guy who played Bob’s color commentator in Major League!

So if you’re the Braves, do you debrief Jim Powell before the first Brewers/Braves series? I mean, he’s seen every game, and probably knows the strengths and weaknesses of the Brewer players better than almost anyone.

If every game matters…

It’s a real shame to see him go and I second most of the comments above. I occasionally listen to the Cubs games down here when I’m especially bored and Ron Santos makes my ears bleed. It’s hard to find good help these days.

We also need someone comfortable enough to take the booth with Bob who’s definitely getting up there and makes more mistakes every season. We can only hope.

This is very disappointing. It is really hard to find good announcers and Powell was pretty awesome in my opinion. I really thought he would be there to help ease the transition after Ueck.