I am already cursed with Steve Lyons who does all the dodgers road games thank you very much.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 28 March 2013 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
no doubt it'll be Kevin Millar or Harold Reynolds
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 March 2013 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
Guessing Fox employee Eric Karros
― Mesclun United (Andy K), Thursday, 28 March 2013 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
Kevin Millar is worse than ebola
― polyphonic, Thursday, 28 March 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
one of the most painful broadcasts ive had to endure was a Sat afternoon FOX game with Joe Buck + Kevin Millar. All the folksy shit gave Buck a ton of discernable contempt and auditory eyerolls. It got so rough I actually started feeling bad for Millar. So no, they won't be a future pairing.
― sanskrit, Friday, 29 March 2013 00:12 (eleven years ago) link
i'd forgotten how horrendous Eric Karros is. And Nolan Ryan doing NASCAR promos -- my life is complete.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 13 April 2013 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
It wouldn't surprise me if McCarver didn't even make it through this season, and had to announce he's got Alzheimers or something. This is really sad to listen to.
― WilliamC, Saturday, 27 April 2013 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
Buck is attempting to grow a crop of gravitas or credibility or something on his face.
― Only my cardiologist knows for sure. (WilliamC), Saturday, 25 May 2013 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
maura johnston @maura
joe buck just said 'no duh'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 00:34 (ten years ago) link
Such an honor to be watching this meaningful Yankees-Giants game.
― Andy K, Saturday, 21 September 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
Yanks still have a 1.8% shot
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 September 2013 19:08 (ten years ago) link
i watched.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 21 September 2013 19:55 (ten years ago) link
the Fox package is going to be interesting next year. there is good in this as i will be able to see more Giant games on Saturday. the bad news is there will be a lot less network games going forward.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 21 September 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
happy 72nd birthday, dim tim
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 October 2013 15:55 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn2.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/BUCK-MCCARVER-HIGH-FIVE.gif
― mookieproof, Sunday, 20 October 2013 22:55 (ten years ago) link
Buck is a pregame drinker i guess
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 October 2013 01:29 (ten years ago) link
http://www.amazinavenue.com/2013/10/23/4864484/the-case-for-tim-mccarver-30-years-ago
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 October 2013 16:03 (ten years ago) link
A Year to Remember has been empirically proven the best highlight film of all time. Find me another example of this genre that employs musical montages set to "Karn Evil #9," "Wild Boys," and "You Belong to the City." Go ahead, I defy you.
lol, J0rdan and I saw most of this during a rain delay at Citi this summer.
I don't remember McC calling the 2001 Gonzalez hit in advance, but apparently it happened. I *do* remember Deion S dumping ice on him.
Al Michaels: “Howard (Cosell) was sour and dour and took all the joy away from everybody on the crew. He had an ‘I-don’t-want-to-be-here’ attitude. When Roone Arledge made the switch, I said, ‘I’ve got McCarver?’ This was the greatest trade of all time.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/sports/baseball/anticipating-his-next-play-tim-mccarver-is-closing-out-an-era.html
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 October 2013 16:24 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn3.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-October-23-20-10-47.jpg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 October 2013 01:12 (ten years ago) link
who let them wear checked shirts of slightly different scales?
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 24 October 2013 01:27 (ten years ago) link
I watched the clip of the Salty/Breslow play, and Tim said they've been talking "since April about how LOTS of games are lost by pitchers throwing to bases."
He's really going out on top.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 October 2013 14:56 (ten years ago) link
Paraphrasing from last night: "I would say about 70% of swinging strike outs are on pitches out of the zone...but it depends on the pitcher."
― Andy K, Friday, 25 October 2013 15:00 (ten years ago) link
I think that's close to true of all swinging strikes?
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 October 2013 15:11 (ten years ago) link
angell demurs: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2013/10/goodbye-tim-mccarver.html
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 30 October 2013 23:43 (ten years ago) link
well, Roger's over 90.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 October 2013 11:52 (ten years ago) link
http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/11/1/5056084/tim-mccarver-fox-baseball-replacement-harold-reynolds-candidates
The answer to all of this is MUTE btw
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 2 November 2013 13:55 (ten years ago) link
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/12/09/tim-mccarvers-broadcasting-days-arent-over-yet/
Tim McCarver retired as Fox’s leading analyst after the World Series. But he’s not dropping the mic just yet: Fox Sports Midwest is about to hire him to do a limited number of Cardinals games next season.
JESUS CHRIST, COME ON.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 9 December 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link
dodgers hired orel away from espn
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 December 2013 14:48 (ten years ago) link
i don't mind orel too much, based off of my limited experience listening to him. and although mccarver is the devil, he is probably better than al hrabosky in the cards' booth. and yes, that is very very sad.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 9 December 2013 14:51 (ten years ago) link
Dodgers replacement for vin is currently Charlie Steiner so this Orel news is music to my ears.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 9 December 2013 15:11 (ten years ago) link
Orel is pretty much with old-school will-to-win crap, like McCarver you'll never hear any advanced metrics from him.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 December 2013 15:47 (ten years ago) link
charley steiner is 64! he's like the prince charles of dodgers broadcasters
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 December 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
Harold Reynolds, Tom Verducci to join FOX World Series broadcast team, per report
http://www.sbnation.com/2014/2/27/5455632/tom-verducci-harold-reynolds-joe-buck-fox-baseball-2014-world-series
Good luck TV non-muters
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 February 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
Fox sticking a toe in the sabermetric Rubicon for NLCS Game 1
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/02/fox-is-going-to-experiment-with-an-new-kind-of-commentary-for-game-1-of-the-nlcs/
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
Rob Neyer talks to Fangraphs about Saturday night's sabercast of Cards-Giants:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/discussing-the-nlcs-powered-by-jabo-with-rob-neyer/
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 October 2014 05:26 (nine years ago) link
This will be awesome or a huge train wreck, there's probably no inbetween.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 11 October 2014 12:06 (nine years ago) link
train wreck > Harold Reynolds
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 October 2014 14:07 (nine years ago) link
will this be avail on mlb.tv, anybody know?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 11 October 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
not 100% sure, but i think it's not. it's a miracle that they're even playing a few of the NLCS games on mlb.tv, so it seems unlikely that they'd add on a second channel.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 11 October 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
i'm curious to see what sabermetrics taken seriously looks like on cable without brian kenny the excited beagle
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Saturday, 11 October 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
Can we get a title mod edit posthaste? ILB should afford homophobia no sanctuary.
― iggwilv azaelea (sanskrit), Saturday, 11 October 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
what
― polyphonic, Saturday, 11 October 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
suck is not gender or orientation specific, esp when it means SUCKS BADLY
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 October 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
were the real fox guys making fun of them the whole time? i turned it on and immediately heard a return of the jedi joke
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 12 October 2014 04:12 (nine years ago) link
it's a miracle that they're even playing a few of the NLCS games on mlb.tv
international fans get 'em all :)
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 10:34 (nine years ago) link
@keithlaw I thought I heard that. “@kentonwong: @keithlaw Joe Buck believes the pitcher's spot is due up 2nd in next inning...”
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 11:18 (nine years ago) link
He corrected himself about five minutes later.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
تقومون به اللهعمل
― pandit pran nathalie (sanskrit), Wednesday, 28 October 2015 01:27 (eight years ago) link
pretty interesting look at fox's decision-making regarding volquez -- kinda sounds like it was pretty much up to rosenthal?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2015/10/28/why-fox-held-the-story-of-edinson-volquezs-fathers-death-even-when-most-viewers-already-knew/?postshare=6331446053265266
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 October 2015 19:06 (eight years ago) link
Heard on MLB Tonight @HeardOnMLBTI'm being straight up honest. I have no idea what run differential is. - Harold Reynolds
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 30 October 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link