Rays in 7; I also said this before Game 1.
My favorite Random Joe Buck Thought of the Series: Rocco Baldelli is a 2004 Inductee into the Rhode Island Italian-American Hall of Fame.
And yes, I just labeled this post with a tag for the Rhode Island Italian-American Hall of Fame.
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Friday, October 24, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
World Series Broadcasting
I can't decide which is more painful: sitting through Joe Buck's play by play or trying to stomach Tim McCarver's color analysis.
I think Buck is given a sheet of random facts before each game and is determined to read each one before the ninth inning, no matter how appropriate to a situation the stat may or may not be, just to fill air time. I also think he's a robot without the capacity for emotion. Jack Buck's "GO CRAZY FOLKS!" is legendary. Joe would have uttered something like "Ozzie Smith just won the pennant for the Cardinals." Dear FOX: he's not his father!
And McCarver should start calling games at a local retirement home in St. Pete while watching the game on the old television in the lounge that no longer has sound. Something tells me he'd make more sense and would be easier to listen to if I was heavily medicated and used a hearing aid that could be turned off.
I think Buck is given a sheet of random facts before each game and is determined to read each one before the ninth inning, no matter how appropriate to a situation the stat may or may not be, just to fill air time. I also think he's a robot without the capacity for emotion. Jack Buck's "GO CRAZY FOLKS!" is legendary. Joe would have uttered something like "Ozzie Smith just won the pennant for the Cardinals." Dear FOX: he's not his father!
And McCarver should start calling games at a local retirement home in St. Pete while watching the game on the old television in the lounge that no longer has sound. Something tells me he'd make more sense and would be easier to listen to if I was heavily medicated and used a hearing aid that could be turned off.
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