The bright side of listening to Tim McCarver; Oh, and Taco Bell sucks
Call of the Green Monster posts several positive observations on McCarver's oeuvre, including:
At one point in Game Two he was clocked at going 3.223 seconds without making some sort of comment. Sometimes the game speaks for itself.
Meanwhile, Joel Brown recovers from the nausea that was the endless Taco Bell promotion:
... The network really went above and beyond the call of greed in peppering its game telecast with mentions of the stolen base = free taco promo. And I really hope someone is going to ask Red Sox roster-filler Royce Clayton if he was paid or otherwise encouraged to mention the deal while he was wearing a mike in the dugout for Fox's Sounds of the Game feature. ...
Collateral Damage wonders how much Taco Bell paid Royce "Who he?" Clayton to bring up the taco promo during Game 1.
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Fooled
The highlight of the game was when Joe Buck said Ortiz was fooled by a pitch after four straight fastballs. McCarver expanded on Buck's call by explaining that Ortiz had been fooled by the pitch. If only they had had a three-man booth. Then maybe Kornhisher could have chimed in that Ortiz was fooled by the pitch.
My favorite from last nite
"The more baserunnners you have the better chance for a
big inning..."
Yes, a true Master of the Obvious.
Tim's neuronal controller must've gotten turned off by mistake
Because at one point he segued from some stupid Taco Bell thing (the mouthpiece in the stands?) back to the game with: "From shilling to Schilling."
They probably had to give him an extra large jolt to put him back under control.
Big
What's up with all the "big" references? OK, big hits makes sense. Big innings almost makes sense. But big outs? WTF is a big out? Does it count more than a normal out? Do you only need two of them?
http://1smootshort.blogspot.com
Taco Bell
Next year Taco Bell will team up with Depend for a 'free tacos / oops i crapped my pants' double promotion.
Can't we just watch the game... for more than 3 minutes without mention of a sponsor?
Unfortunately, no.
Unfortunately, no, because the sponsors pay for what we watch on TV, whether it be the World Series Baseball games or whatever.
However, it's gotten a bit
However, it's gotten a bit out of hand this year. Though, maybe you don't remember years past...
Yeah
I wistfully recall the days when a call to the bullpen was just a call to the bullpen, unsponsored by Zantac; when the first pitch wasn't preceded by a pitch from Budweiser; when stolen bases weren't advertisements for tacos; and you could actually hear an entire game of baseball on the radio without a single word from an advertiser occurring anywhere except during the natural breaks between innings.
It cost 75 cents to sit in the bleachers, and sometimes you even got TWO games for that price.
Of course, players were paid about 1/200 of what they are now.
(Yeah, I know. I sound like a bitter old fart. It's only because I am.)
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
The Pesky Pole! Sponsored by
The Pesky Pole! Sponsored by CIALIS!
They'd have to share sponsorship
With J.B. Sash and Door :-).
Those Are Good Ideas
Here's another:
Paint the rubber on the mound pink for breast cancer awareness.
Oh, right, that would be a charitable idea, so it probably won't happen. How about something more commercial...
Every time someone hits a homer, the announcers could say, "He just went all the way! Every time YOU go all the way, remember to use protection! This home run brought to you by the manufacturers of Trojan brand contraceptives! Always protect your bat and balls!"
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
BRILLIANT!
> He just went all the way! Every time YOU go all the way,
> remember to use protection!
YES! This is perfect! It could work for football too.
(If anyone could actually figure out what getting to each base refers to, they could have ads like "And remember, even if you only get to third base, you're still at risk -- protect yourself!")
http://1smootshort.blogspot.com
2 old farts
I guess that makes two of us old farts!
you could actually hear an
Hey neighbor, have a 'Gansett and calm down.
'Gansett? Well, Yes, But...
Schaeffer is the one beer to have when you're having more than one.
(But, don't drink and drive while Atlantic keeps your car on the go, go go!)
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
pay?
"It's Clayton who seems the big loser here - shilling for Taco Bell without getting a dime. Fox Sports, though, is bearing the brunt of the frustration, a signal that viewers might be reaching their limits when it comes to accepting the devil's deal that sponsorship entails - or drawing lines when the players get involved."
boston.com/news/globe/...off_base_to_some/