Baseball on Fox

Sweet wounded Jesus, these guys don't ever shut the f*ck up. I have to watch muted.

BTW ratboy, I watched last night's game, I haven't sen Zito before, he's got hella-movement on his curve. Wish he was a Red Sox.

Yeah, I can understand taking a pass on paying his contract, but Zito's had some good stuff in the past and I expect that to continue.

I've taken to "watching" my Sox on the radio, so that I don't have to actually see the carnage.

I would PAY EXTRA to be able to simply mute the commentators for any televised sports, and have only the stadium noise and sounds of the game going through my speakers. I've NEVER felt like commentators add anything remotely enjoyable to any televised sports. It's 2007; where's my options? And my flying car?

See, I love listening to Jerry Remmy and Don Orlowski call the Red Sox games when I'm watching, they do an excellent job at calling the game, and Remmy is very knowlegable but not a show-off-ass like the Fox guys. And stuff like this makes you feel like you're watching the game with friends.

Wow. I concede the point.

The link works then? I can't tell work has it blocked.

I was watching the game on TV that night and I laughed so hard during that I was crying.

Typical Hawk Harrelson & Darrin Jackson moments include Hawk explaining how "Jhonny" is spelled wrong, and should be pronounced Juh-HON-ee; Hawk talking on half-price Pepsi can days about how much he loves caffeine-free, diet Pepsi, and he doesn't care what anyone else thinks, Hawk talking about how much he used to love donuts and coffee, only he can't eat them anymore, accroding to his doctor, DJ talking about golf, and about how Hawk had a brief pro golf stint; DJ talking smack about pitchers and how easy they have things; both announcers talking about old players I barely remember hearing about, and you players who are "country strong," "just a great athlete/a real baseball player," or a real pitcher/just a real hurler."

That, and there's the "C'mon Paulie. Poke one out there for us," and the tag lines they have. ("He gone!" "You can put it on the boaaaaaard -- yes!")

I don't mind them. They're nice guys. They endorse Buehrle using the tarp as a slip & slide. Hawk might be a little too much in favor of Erstad's "grindiness" though.

Edit: Well I think it's funny. And yeah, I know I have reason to hate him. It'll be Blackjack MacDowell and DJ soon enough, though.

Some announcers are good. I like how utterly ridiculous Gus Johnson is, and usually some of the smaller, more local broadcasters are better and more listenable than the national ones (I'm looking at you Joe f*ck. See what I did there? Ha-HA!).

There was a pizza throwing incident at Fenway a while back, and listening to the announcers go over it again what priceless.

Missed the Pizza incident. Any Youtube of it?

2 nights ago the camera caught a LIT Sox fan in the stands in Atlanta, dancing and having a grand ol' time. Jerry and Don had me laughing out loud again.

baggachipz wrote:

I've NEVER felt like commentators add anything remotely enjoyable to any televised sports.

Watch Teddy Atlas commentate during ESPN boxing. It's so awesome to hear him explain something that is going to happen, and have it happen 2 rounds later exactly as Atlas said it would. That's what happens when you put a mic in front of one of the sport's most knowledgeable people, instead of the guy with a TV voice/face.

The problem is that most commentators for baseball, football, etc., aren't all that knowledgeable of the sport they're in. Ironically, ex-players are often among the worst offenders (it's painful to watch someone like Joe Theismann describe a play's pass coverage completely incorrectly - but it reveals where those INTs on his stat sheet came from!).

I'd love to have someone like Dick Vermeil in the booth for every football game I watch. His "TV personality-ness" isn't tops but his knowledge is so vast compared to the other dopes ESPN, FOX, etc. stick in those seats.

I'd just like to say again that I still hate Jay Mariotti.

I don't know if he said anything lately that'd piss me off. I'm just sayin'.

wordsmythe wrote:

I'd just like to say again that I still hate Jay Mariotti.

Who likes Mariotti?

*Legion* wrote:

Who likes Mariotti?

I'd find that video of him walking hand-in-hand on Miami beach with Woody Paige, but I don't think anyone would feel the same way after viewing it.

LOL Mariotti (Some comment language NSFW)

How many of you are familiar with the legand of the Heinie Bird?

*Legion* wrote:
baggachipz wrote:

I've NEVER felt like commentators add anything remotely enjoyable to any televised sports.

That's what happens when you put a mic in front of one of the sport's most knowledgeable people, instead of the guy with a TV voice/face.

If you guys want great commentary, watch cricket on Sky Sports 1 or listen to the TMS commentary. These guys have been in and around the game for 50 years, and the passion and knowledge show through. I love to sit and listen to the commentary, and since the Tests run all day, its like a couple of buddies having a conversation about the Match in the next room.

If I could fire Joe Morgan and Harold Reynolds, my life would be complete. But that's ESPN. Sorry.

For the record, this is what came up when I did an image search for Joe Morgan & Harold Reynolds. IMAGE(http://www.insomniacslounge.com/uploaded_images/447758621KpEHQh_fs-779694.jpg)
Why, Joe, you're looking quite sexy.

SwampYankee wrote:

Sweet wounded Jesus, these guys don't ever shut the f*ck up. I have to watch muted.

BTW ratboy, I watched last night's game, I haven't sen Zito before, he's got hella-movement on his curve. Wish he was a Red Sox.

Take him. He's easily the worst free agent signing of the past off-season. Total waste of money.

Joe Morgan is hott!

Haakon7 wrote:

If I could fire Joe Morgan and Harold Reynolds, my life would be complete. But that's ESPN. Sorry.

I never had much of a problem with Harold, but if you haven't been keeping up with your Deadspin, Mr. Reynolds was fired for sexual harassment, which, given the rumored boy's club aura in Bristol, isn't particularly surprising (Apparently Mr. Tirico and Salisbury are serious offenders). He's working for MLB.com now, and here's a relevant interview.

Frankly, for my money, with him and Gammons gone from Baseball tonight, and with the rejects they have in their now, Christ, give me Harold Reynolds.

Also, hottest Joe Morgan ever.