While watching the Yankees/Angels game tonight, I see that FOX has decided to continue annoying us with the “thoughts” of Tim McCarver and the “announcing” of Joe Buck for yet another baseball postseason.
With the Cubs not in the playoffs, my watching of FOX’s coverage will probably be limited. That just means that I should get in yet another attempt on my part to convince people to come around on the announcing of Buck and McCarver before having to listen to them do game after game after game.
The Cardinals and White Sox winning playoff games are bad enough. The fact Buck and McCarver get another baseball postseason to annoy us all is almost as horrific.
The next time Buck announces a game with any show of his personality will be the first. Simply put, he is Announce-bot. He doesn’t add anything to the broadcast. You could find millions of Americans who could tell you the score, the count, who is on base, who is pitching, and who is hitting. So why is FOX paying Buck a lot of money to do just that when they could get John Q. Public to do it for 20 bucks?
Jack Buck was a character in the booth and had several memorable calls throughout a long, distinguished career. Joe Buck has those little glasses and has said nothing he will be remembered for 50 years from now when his (hopefully) short, boring career will be long gone. The only similiarity those two have in their announcing ability is their last name.
On Tim McCarver: It is obvious McCarver’s age is catching up with him. His analysis often does not make sense, and he will often get going on points which hold almost no relevancy to the game being played (I still go back to McCarver spending several innings on “tightly wrapped” breaking balls a couple postseasons ago). McCarver is not as bad as Joe Morgan or John Kruk (Two other national baseball analysts), but he is not good enough to be the analyst for World Series games.
To conclude: Thumbs down for Joe and Tim. Here’s to hoping FOX either finds someone better for both positions sometime soon or FOX loses the MLB contract the next time it comes up for negotiation. Bob Costas isn’t the greatest announcer in baseball history, but he would run circles around Buck if he were announcing games right now.
And, please, somebody, beat the Cardinals and White Sox.
Houston, too, if that’s possible.
Buck doesn’t bother me all that much, but McCarver is getting progressively worse. My favorite McCarver quote goes something like this (not an exact quote):
“Left-handed pitchers have more natural movement than right-handed pitchers.”
Oy. At least Scooter didn’t make an appearance this game, right?
McCarver is so openly Yankee loving that he may as well be wearing a Jeter jersey in the broadcast booth. That’s what makes him insufferable to me.
Of course he could be completely nuetral and he’d still be as painful to listen to as John Madden on Monday Night Football.
Can you imagine Madden adn McCarver doing a game of some kind together? You’re brain would be better off sniffing glue for 3 hours.
Good one. I was thinking the same thing. He must be a Vlad hater. He spent 5 mins talking about what a poor situation for a steal that was. Except for it was a hit and run!!!! I don’t know, maybe Erstad was really trying to hit a ball that was a foot off the plate? Yankee Fan btw, just can’t stand those two.
In an ideal world, the LCS’ would be:
Red Sox vs. Angels
Padres vs. Braves
But of course there is no way that would happen, and the Tards, Yankees, and White Sox are already up 1-0
Really? Buck and McCarver aren’t very good? Well, I’ll go to the foot of our stairs!You’re not exactly going out on a limb there, BC, but this is not badly written nonetheless. I think most people reading this are only too (painfully) aware that Joe Morgan and John “fuckwit” Kruk are National baseball analysts, though.
No way! We are unstoppable, we just won our first home playoff game since 1959. Give us the trophy now…Best.Franchise.Ever.
Compared to what, #5? Ivy Chat?
“That just means that I should get in yet another attempt on my part to convince people to come around on the announcing of Buck and McCarver before having to listen to them do game after game after game.”
You’re just jealous that you don’t annoy nearly as many people as I do.
What about me? My dead dad brings more to the table than I do. I suck.
Compared to the normal bollocks he churns out, #7.
We have our standards. We publish Mike D. on rare occasion. But NEVER Mr. Crozier.
Thanks, Chuck.
Mike, is that really a compliment?
And here I was thinking Chuck liked me…
I can only take solace in the fact I’m not Korey Patterson.
(Annoying HR call)
“..NO..NO….NO….NO…NO
NO..NO….NO….NO…NO………
DIGAAAAAAAAALE QUE NOOOO A ESA PELOTAAAAA!!!!!!!…”
BC – If you’d gone to a school with a real writing program, like Iowa (and their collection of drunken, depressed whackos like Vonnegut), I might find room for you.
Oh, and get a degree already.
I think B.C. has a lot more in common with Patterson than he thinks. To wit:
> They both strike out when they are trying to hit homeruns
> They both want to be loved, but continue to do the dumbest things possible
> They both are booed everytime they show up
Joe Buck doesn’t annoy me.
Of course, I ain’t watchin’ the playoffs.
The fact my name has even been mentioned on this page with Crozier is the worst thing that has ever happened to me.
Play nicer or don’t play at all #17…
Wheeeee! Editing peoples’ posts are fun! It’s great to be a censor. If I never make it as a writer, I have a great future as an editor.
Death to Freedom of Speech!
It’s my way or the highway!
Did BC just perform me?
Hey Andy, do we get a real piece of writing today? Or just shit like this:
“McCarver is not as bad as Joe Morgan or John Kruk (Two other national baseball analysts)”
Thanks for clearing up who those two guys were for us, BC.
B.C., stick to editing your own swear words out of your posts on the Messageboard. If you are going to say “damn” why do you censor it out? The word you want to use is clearly “damn,” yet you go with “d***.” If you are trying not to use offensive language, why put in what is clearly to be interpretted as a swear word, and then star it out? This behaviorâ€â€much like this entire “article” (i.e., fragmented thoughts scrawled on a notepad last night)â€â€makes no sense.
I suppose you don’t give a d***, or else you’d tell me to shut the f*** up.
Hey, no problem Desipio reader. I don’t really like my writing being called “shit”, but it is at least is a criticism of the writing itself.
The post I did edit was something that was not appropriate and, in my view, should not have stayed up as it was.
#24, I don’t use very many profanities. I use the star-outs because that is what I prefer to use.
Why the surprise, #22? Brian’s been the queen of Desipio Censorship since he started posting.
Which brings up another Korey kommonality: it makes you wonder what the guy in charge must be on to keep letting his name appear on the lineup card.
The use of quotes as emphasizers to denote cynicism, or “bitchiness” is really foolish, or “idiotic.”
Joe Buck is Announce-bot. That’s the point. The color man is the only one who is supposed to “add anything” to the broadcast. Buck is a self-righteous prick, cut from the same “cloth” as your “alternative” of Bob Costas.
The overriding concern is that this “article” is just terrible. It’s practically unreadable, serving as a collection of thoughts jammed into a poorly constructed “op ed” template. You even include the gratuitous “To conclude:” as you reach for the big summation, which fizzles out to be you don’t like Buck and McCarver (as stated at the beginning of your piece).
You have to actually go to class, I believe, if you want to learn. Perhaps that would serve you better than hitting F5 every 45 seconds to see the latest vitriol posted that you can censor.
#27, Andy isn’t Dusty Baker.
For one, Andy uses blue and gold wristbands, for Notre Dame.
Andy also didn’t have his son almost run over by J.T. Snow during a World Series game.
Read it quickly before B.C. edits:
On why B.C. is like Patterson…
>They both walk with a strut (Patterson because he thinks he’s badass; B.C. because he’s fatass)
OK, the second time I deleted it should have been a hint.
You have earned yourself a cool-off until 2.
“I don’t really like my writing being called ‘shit'”
Well, it is what it is.
B.C. doesn’t like to use profanities, yet says he doesn’t like his writing called “shit.” Looking back, I don’t see “shit” mentioned in relation to B.C.’s writing by any poster (other than B.C. himself). Why did it appear as “shit” and not “sh*t?”
Consistency is important in journalism.
Perhaps someone called his writing shit in a post that was deleted/edited. A shock, I know.
#23, you’ll get nothing and like it.
Oh, well there’s the Astros-Braves GameCast at 2 p.m. or whenever they post the lineups.
We live in a society!
Yay!! The comments are on!! Run around!!
Fuck this shit. When the hell is BC’s vaunted NCAA Basketball Preview?
So … has everyone “cooled off?”
I have not cooled off. Apparently penicillin is not as fast-acting as they’d lead you to believe.
Um, no deer killed me. A 1983 Cadillac did. In fact, I think this was the last thing I saw while crossing Rt. 41 south of Green Bay:
So Justin Gage has to take a seat and Mark Bradley starts. I agree with this move although he should have started from day one. He had a great pre-season! Anyone agree?
Click on my name for it.
Actually, #42, the best part of that piece was the comments. Probably the best “peanut gallery” that Desipiots have participated in. It made Hawkeye and Trapper John watching movies seem downright unfunny.
Do you think I earned my ranking thanks to BC’s prose? C’mon, his 5 teams most likely to make the Final Four were also among the 5 teams most likely to underwhelm. He somehow tried to connect Mike Wilkinson, Bo Ryan, U.S. 41 and an 83 Cadillac.
But the peanut gallery, which also commented on Scott Peterson’s guilty verdict that day, was pure gold!
#34 in those old comments is the best.
“The winds of autumn have returned to the plains of the Midwest, and with that it is time for me to write a little preview about the coming college basketball season.”
I like how it got completely sidetracked to a Bonnie Bernstein conversation, with the timeless Daryl Kile photo of Bonnie. Kind of reminds me of the days when various photos of coffins would pop up in the comments with Daryl reminding us he’s still dead.
The winds of autumn have returned to my car, and with that it is time for me to roll the windows down.
I’m not sure, but that may also have been the last Jake sighting.
I haven’t heard from Jake since July when he promised an exclusive interview with a very tasty college basketball coach (no, not Thad Matta, but close). With the winds of autum blowing, he should be around shortly.
Intrepid reader# 62: B.C.
The Ryan comment was made because many people think he looks like a rat. And rats can be run over by cars. Or non-motorized vehicles, whatever the residents of Wisconsin prefer.
To clarify on one other point of contention, just because I say a team is likely to underachieve does not necessarily mean that I think they will. I’m just noting the likelihood of possibility by my statement. For those that think my listing of those teams should preclude me from then predicting them to go to the Final Four or Elite Eight, I must say I think you are simply wrong. Again, those lists are only my feelings about the likelihood those teams will underachieve or overachieve, NOT if I think they WILL do that. I hope that explains that.
Other than that, I’m certainly open to fair criticism, which most (not all) of you guys seem to have put on here today.
November 12, 2004 –03:34 PM CDT
Andy, was the interview with the fired Fresno State Women’s coach who was popping vikes like candy on the sidelines?
The winds of a trip to Taco Bell have returned to my car, and with that it is time for me to roll the windows down.
So, this site has been around so long that we are now talking about the good old days? Shit. I’ve still got two years until 40. What the fuck are we doing?
When someone asks you which animals are often run over by cars … how many do you have to name before you get to “rat?”
BTW, Chuck–
While #34 was no doubt funny, I was partial to #25.
In Wisconsin? Let’s see….
Deer. Opposum. Racoon. Squirrel. Rat.
Let us say “five.”
Sorry guys, I just over-reacted to something that I didn’t like. I will try to be more open to all comments in the future. You have to remember this is the first time I have written for a wide audience, and sometimes even the worst of criticism is what I need to read.
Thanks.
-Brian
Eight years, baby. Of course nobody read it for the first five.
Thanks for the heartfelt apology BC, We is felling d*** sad about our comments.
1) A Cubs World Series
2) A rat being run over by a car
3) An exceptional BC column.
We get drilled by cars more than rats do.
I once hit a possum with my car (not George Jones) and his head knocked out a removable part of the grillwork on my car (in case you wanted to put rad fog lights on it) and the possum’s head stuck in the hole and he rode with his head stuck in the front of my car until I got out to see what happened. He wasn’t all the way dead yet, so I kicked him and he tumbled out of grillwork and into the road. Then I ran over him again. I felt just like Michael Schiavo.
Yeah, big deal, me and my associates hit a deer and the paw…no, the hoof got stuck in the wheel. We had to borrow a butcher knife from Tommy’s mom to cut it off.
Seriously, BC. Compare that article with today’s. It’s fair to say you’ve definitely improved.
I’m not saying it’s good, but it definitely shown signs of improvement.
But you really need to back off once you’ve written a piece. It not only shows that you’re not going to go very far if you react to every negative comment, but, as demonstrated ad nauseum, it only fans the flames.
That’s not the way I remember it.
So Andy once hit a possum with his car, said car was not Mr. Jones, yet Mr. Jones’ head conveniently punctured the front grill so that a third party could purchase and easily install additional high-density water vapor illuminators.
Then, the possum’s head and Joens’ head remained in the grill until Andy got out and kicked one of them free.
Wow.
I’d buy the apology if this wasn’t at least the dozenth time, not the first. Censorship isn’t the over-reaction, it’s the same reaction every time, and it’s still superweak.
I planned to call a special session of the Senate to prevent Andy from administring the coup d’grace on that poor varment, as it was my vetrinary opinion that it would be fine, but then I got a call from my broker….
F**k you Andy!
I almost nailed a deer once. Damn near shit myself not to mention it killed my beer buzz!
I was in the car when one of my friends hit the same deer twice. You had to be there.
Andy. How do you hit the same deer twice man????
I hit a deer one time, thought I killed it. I went out to drag it off to the side of the road, damn thing got up, and took off down the mountainside like nothing happend. It must have been in shock because it sure looked dead at first, then, he just took off. Spooked me a bit, but not as much as the albino one I saw up by Ft. Detrick MD. I have seen an albino deer before, but not one like this. Supposedly, some of the ones up there got into some chemicals they shouldn’t of. I believe it, since they incinerate about 200 rhesus monkeys every week, that, and the germ warfare and cancer research labs are housed there. Anyway, damn thing looked like it was inside out.
I actually just missed a deer two or three weeks ago…
Luckily, I was actually following the speed limit, so I was able to brake and turn into the other lane (Nobody was coming) to miss it.
People in the country have me in the front of their car.
Do I really work?
Not always, no, the best way to avoid hitting deer is to go the prescribed speed limit and keep your eyes open especially from dawn to dusk. Where I live, the thingss come out at all times of the day, so I am real lucky not to have hit one.
Try having one run into the side of your car at 70 on the Interstate in town. It’s real fung having a deer head come through the windshield, mang!
screw you BC, I’ve certainly said something memorable.
http://thiswebsitestinks.com/downloads/disgusting.mp3
Is anybody surprised that BC was sticking to the prescribed speed limit? When he went past us, he was sitting at a sensible distance from the steering wheel, not too far away, not too close; hands at the ten-to-two position on the wheel; seatbelt safely fastened; windshield nice and clean in order to afford an uninterrupted view of the road ahead; and Captain and Tennille’s Greatest Hits playing very quietly so as not to distract him from the task at hand. He also had a nicely wrapped sandwich and a flask of weak lemon cordial on the seat beside him, for his scheduled nap stop – driving tired kills, you know.
We stopped and cautioned him anyway, for having no balls.
SLAM-A-LAM-A-DING-DONG!
#75,
You hit the deer he flies up the road a little bit and appears dead. You get out look at the car, swear at the car and the deer, get back in the car drive around the deer only to have him prove to not be dead until he lunges in front and you hit him again, this time actually killing him. We think.
I thought it was pretty funny.
Then again, it wasn’t my car.