Listening to Mike Shannon, I was wondering about other former players who might have made good broadcasters (or current players who might eventually be good ones). After an initial warming-up period I've grown to love Shannon, with his unique take on the english language and his unabashed but mostly fair-minded homerism. (And I love his "c'mon, you Cardinals, we need some runs!" when they're behind in the late innings and coming up to bat.) But who else might have made a good Cards broadcaster?

I can't offer much of an informed opinion on former Cards - I lived STL 1997-2004, and I grew up in Albuquerque mostly following their AAA team (at the time), the Dukes. From more recent interviews I've heard, Gibson says some really smart, interesting things but is way too reserved and private to be on the radio all the time. Torre is fairly interesting but obviously otherwise engaged. More recently, Van Slyke is very interesting (I know he used to do studio commentary after Cards TV broadcasts on WB-11; maybe still does), and Andy Benes would be good. Kline would be the low-budget Howard Stern of baseball.

I could mention a few more random names, but I don't really have any particular candidates in mind, and I imagine a lot of you do. Any suggestions?