David J. Halberstam's article on the top 50 announcers of all time is nearly as bad as the Matt Lauer-hosted 100 Greatest Americans a few years back. Actually it's just as bad, but the stakes happen to be lower. (For a laugh (or some other involuntary bodily response), see who checks in at No. 6 - six spots ahead of Thomas Jefferson).

In Halberstam's defense, he was trying to list the 50 most |STAR|influential|STAR| announcers, but anyone that has Joe Buck three spots ahead of Vin Scully for any reason is either brain damaged or not a sports fan.

Other inexplicable rankings include: Dick Enberg at five and Joe Morgan at 28.

UPDATE:

Per the comments: Here's a far better list, one obviously created by someone (Jay Busbee) who watches sports and isn't trying to curry favor with God knows who.

Note that Joe Buck is ranked as the ninth-worst on this one, and perfectly described:

Alternating between dull and sanctimonious, Buck is a crotchety curmudgeon trapped in a younger man's body. When he's not draining the life out of the greatest moments in modern sports, he's lecturing us on the sad state of the NFL..

He also links to the defining call of Buck's career: