I miss the World Series patch being on the left side of the cap. The camera angle they use on the broadcast made it so much more prominent and helped to make it feel like an event.
Now they've flipped it for that stupid New Era logo and you hardly see the patches at all. It just doesn't have that same magic.
There's been a definite slide into blandness in the broadcast booth the last few years, especially since all the older guys have been retiring. I know that guys with the charisma of a John Madden or Harry Carey are hard to find, but there doesn't seem to be much of an effort to replace them, either.
Man, I remember watching the Cubs on WGN when I was a kid. I was too young to know what drunk was then, but looking back I think there were games when he was blitzed before he even went to the booth.
Sports announcers nowadays should be allowed to drink.
NHL, and also my favorite sport: Blue Jackets, Devils, and Islanders
MLB: Reds, Giants, and Mariners
NFL: Bengals, Browns, and a shifting rotation of Eagles and Bears
College: Oklahoma, Arkansas, and pretty much every team in greater Cincinnati.