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Post by Chris on May 5, 2009 1:09:43 GMT -5
I was watching a Cleveland broadcast of the Indians game over the weekend.
After the game they were broadcasting from a sports bar, and had some trivia contest with a fan. He had to name the All Time Indian Home Run leaders - he would get like 10 bucks for each name. As time ran down, he started getting frustrated and he threw "Pedro Serano" out.
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 5, 2009 7:42:13 GMT -5
LOL.
So last night with the Yankee game on hold, I am scanning through the nearly 10 games on the package, and I picked Houston and the Nationals. Yeah, the 6-17 Nats, in an empty Washington ballpark. John Lannan was pitching for the Nats, and Dana correctly pointed out he looked like a pizza delivery guy. Brian Moehler was throwing for Houston, and she pegged him as a mailman lookalike. So the game was gold, and kept me busy till 9PM and Monday Night Raw.
Couple of observations. REALLY enjoyed Rob Dibble on commentary. He was funny and biting. Talked about how Moehler was nailed cheating a few years back, called him a "carpenter" and flat-out said the Nats should start checking the balls if his pitches were moving in fine fashion.
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Post by Chris on May 5, 2009 11:24:14 GMT -5
Dibbs is good.
It's very funny to me that GREAT players rarely make good announcers....and the BEST jock-turned-broadcasters were usually very mediocre players.
Mark Gubicza does Fox Sports Angels and Dodgers broadcasts out here - GREAT broadcaster, putrid pitcher.
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Post by 9 on May 5, 2009 12:32:30 GMT -5
That Pedro Cerrano reference was hilarious!
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 5, 2009 12:39:44 GMT -5
I like Mark Grace on the DBacks games, and Mike Krukow on the Giants games.
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Post by IronHorse4 on May 5, 2009 14:05:53 GMT -5
Putrid? Not sure I'd call a former 20-game winner putrid. I'd have to look at the numbers, but while I wouldn't say he's great, he wasn't putrid.
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Post by Chris on May 5, 2009 14:30:24 GMT -5
Ok then...every season AFTER his 20 season (and there were a lot of them) was putrid.
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 5, 2009 14:33:10 GMT -5
Ow, I somehow missed that. He was in no ways putrid. In fact, he was certainly servicable. Career ERA of 3.94, had a year where he won 20, another where he won 15, another 14. He was fine.
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Post by Chris on May 5, 2009 14:42:51 GMT -5
Ehhh...9 of his 14 years were losing records.
He has a sub 500 winning percentage.
Yeah, he was serviceable...I guess in the same way that Sterling Hitchcock was servicable. Crappy.
Gubicza himself, in his broadcasts, is always self-depreciating and using his pitching ability as the butt of many jokes.
OK, he stayed in the league 14 years, but he was about as crappy as you can be while still being able to maintain some level of job security.
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 19, 2009 6:44:23 GMT -5
Or in this case, I should put the games I WILL be watching. Although i may let these sit for a few months, to break out in the winter when no live baseball is on. Im buried under ballgames for the next few months.
While perusing my wrestling trading boards, i found a guy who had just ordered a set of DVDs, all 7 games, from a noted sports trader. Very good quality - 1968, St Louis and Detroit, WS. As broadcast. Well, born in 68 and with particular interest in that Tiger squad and folks like Bob Gibson of St Loo, I pounded in when he said he would be selling copies of such for $10, for all 7, to make up the $50 or so bucks he paid the original trader.
So those are on the way. He also provided a link to a whole heap of classic baseball, football, hockey, racing, golf, tennis, all that stuff - I dont have it on me, but if anyone is looking, hit me up.
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Post by Chris on May 27, 2009 12:36:48 GMT -5
Watched some of the Giants/Braves last night.
Speaking of Tim Lincecum (Joba thread) how utterly SICK is Lincecum's slider.
You physically can not follow the travel of the ball with the naked on eye, even on TV. From that camera angle behind the catcher, you're watching this ball head toward the hitter's knees, and the next thing you see is the catcher catching in an inch or two off the ground. The fucking thing just disappears.
Hasn't been a slider that sick since Guidry.
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