I saw the Mets game last night -- they looked pretty sharp. At least I will be able to watch one halfway decent local team during the stretch run.
the only commentator team i find somewhat enjoyable would be espn's monday night football crew. they aren't always right, but they are willing to criticize and they do have stats behind them.
back to your topic, what about tim mccarver and joe buck? how bad do you hate them? the local boston radio stations purposefully synched their broadcasts (which usually are 3 seconds ahead) to the ALCS because of so many requests to avoid Tim and Joe.
If you hate them as much as I do,
try this:
http://www.ipetitions.com/campai.../firetimandjoe/
However, neither of those quotes can match up to a gem I remember from my younger days when McCarver was calling a Braves World Series. I think it was against the Indians, and Marquis Grissom was up to bat:
"Marquis Grissom was born the 14th of 15th children. He bats second in the Braves lineup, a spot known as the table setter. That's ironic because I'm sure he was setting the table quite a bit as a child."
Hey man, I can't make this stuff up. Now, I'm only left wondering who's worse: Tim McCarver, or Bill Walton?
http://www.shutuptimmccarver.com/
very funny quotes. amazing, but true!
I used to like McCarver, but found him overbearing at times. My father and I would make fun of him all the time for his over-analysis when he was one of the Mets' announcers. We imagined commentary like this:
"You see how Keith ties his shoelaces to the left side of his foot. Well it gives him a little more aero-dynamic force so he can actually get to first base approximately .00002 seconds faster. But if he ties his shoes this way . . ."
Now I don't even pretend to like him. The best was during the post-season last year and listening to Leiter restrain himself from smacking McCarver upside the head.
And Walton's worse.
You guys may or may not have seen Bob Costas co-hosting the 1998 ALCS with (I believe) Joe Morgan. It was a train wreck, and out-and-out commentator train wreck. They spent an entire game -- literally, the whole goddamned game -- talking about how David Wells didn't just have "nasty" stuff on the mound, but had "filthy" stuff. They kept saying it over and over again, constantly, and laughing about it, as if it were some sort of devilishly brilliant inside joke. Meanwhile, the rest of us were busy watching baseball.
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