I hear ya...Lanny just doesn't cut it as an announcer if you ask me. Johnny Miller is still my favorite player/announcer. Some of these other announcers that had very mediocre careers talk as if they still play. It get's pretty thick sometimes...LOL...
"Sort of" is such a harmless thing to say. "Sort of". It's just a filler. "Sort of" - It doesn't really mean anything. But after certain things, "sort of" means everything. Like after "I love you" or "You're going to live" or "It's a boy".