From: kuhn@rtsg.mot.com (Scott D. Kuhn)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro
Subject: Orlando PA guy is ANNOYING.
Date: 11 May 1995 17:06:06 GMT
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Is it just me, or is anyone else annoyed by the Magic's PA guy?

Whenever that big thing that plays center for the magic scores, I hear this
obnoxious

     Sha Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel  OhhhhhhNeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel

coming out of my TV set.   When the opponent travels, you hear the word

Traaaaaaaaaavelllllling, echoing over and over, taunting the visiting team and
it's fans.

Of course, when Shaq commits a foul, his name is pronounced much less
enthusiastically, and similarly when Penny or Nick travels.

I know this is just for the entertainment of the fans, but I would think it must
get old even to Orlando supporters.

I think you really have to stop and appreciate the hostile environment that NBA 
players do their job in.  Can you imagine if you had to do your job with 25000
screaming idiots cheering whenever you screwed up?  And an announcer heckling you 
to boot?

If you program a computer for a living, imagine that a big speaker sat on top 
of your machine, and a voice screamed

" Syyyyyyyntax Errrrrror" 
or
"Illllllllegal  Indiiiiiiiirection"

whenever you had a compile time error.   That, as Beavis might say, would suck.

By the way, it's pretty clear that the Bulls are a superior team compared to 
the magic.   They should easily be up 2-0.  They've played at about 60% of their
capability and still managed to win in the O-rena.  

And if it weren't for the fact that Orlando recruited a former Bull, they wouldn't
even be worth talking about.  Were it not for Horace, the Bulls would be playing
Boston right now.