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On the other hand, after listening to Buck all year, having the TNT or whatever announcers imposed for the Jays' ALDS and ALCS was like having someone take a piss in my ear.
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Spoeank posted:https://twitter.com/cjzer0/status/843326838495723520 But how did Erik Bedard do?
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The Pussy Boss posted:Giants have some tough roster decisions to make by Opening Day, more so than in recent years. You forgot to mention the Giants two best hitters right now are Tim Federowicz and Conor Gillaspie E: This is important for perspective, imo New Concept Hole fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Mar 19, 2017 |
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AlliedBiscuit posted:I have the opportunity to see a Giants game at ATT Park in April, and I realized the A's are in town that same weekend, so I'm thinking I'll try to complete my California Stadiums punch card. Any recommends on the best places to sit/eat in either park? I know to not sit in the Rivers of poo poo Section at the Coliseum. For sitting, at day games I like the lower box, rows in the 30s, especially on the 1st base side for good shade all day. The club level is nice and swanky, has a lot of good eating and is relaxed and uncrowded compared to the main promenade level. I keep meaning to try out the arcade seats on the Mays Wall in right field, but those seem fun and novel. Also, the 1st row of the 139 bleacher section is a set of seats right on the left-centerfield wall, which are kind of cool and can sometimes be found at a reasonable price on StubHub. Really, there aren't a lot of bad spots in the park, but I'd avoid view reserve left field due to the foul pole and missing any action in deep left. I also wouldn't sit in the first couple rows of the view box sections, as the railing in front is a little obstructive. Ticket prices tend to be high, so I recommend looking around on SeatGeek and StubHub and the like. Have fun--it's a great park, and IMHO Renel Brooks-Moon is the best PA announcer ever.
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Chris James 2 posted:I've been looking for a new book to read on my Kindle, and have always been interested in hearing about one team's season/period, or just one period in general in a league. Has anyone read Split Season 1981? That and Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's caught my attention I haven't read either of those, but Joe Posnanski's The Machine fits the bill too. It's about (obviously) the 1975 Reds team. MerklesBoner posted:and IMHO Renel Brooks-Moon is the best PA announcer ever. This is what I remember more than anything about visiting that stadium!
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MerklesBoner posted:IMHO Renel Brooks-Moon is the best PA announcer ever. I've only been to AT&T Park once but I agree with this 100%.
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# ? Mar 19, 2017 22:54 |
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IMB posted:"Santa Maria" is the worst call in sports. The only way I can stomach the Davis HR in the 8th of game 7 is with the Santa Maria call https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z44Zz1UU_FQ
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Kalenn Istarion posted:On the other hand, after listening to Buck all year, having the TNT or whatever announcers imposed for the Jays' ALDS and ALCS was like having someone take a piss in my ear. I don't doubt that. Only when nationally televised games recognize Buck's announcing supremacy will baseball be whole. gently caress a Joe Buck.
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# ? Mar 20, 2017 15:48 |
Didi Gregorius was removed from the Dutch WBC roster because he might have a tear in his rotator cuff. He's being flown to Tampa for an MRI. I'm guessing the Yankees will start either Tyler Wade or Torreyes at SS if he's out for a significant amount of time. https://twitter.com/therealarieber/status/843850903358787584
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it's me, I'm the bad person that gets happy when someone in the same division as my team gets injured in the preseason
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ihatepants posted:Didi Gregorius was removed from the Dutch WBC roster because he might have a tear in his rotator cuff. He's being flown to Tampa for an MRI. I'm guessing the Yankees will start either Tyler Wade or Torreyes at SS if he's out for a significant amount of time. Is that a rotator cuff tear? That's the first time I've heard it described in shorthand like that. My brain says they just run Tejada out there until Didi's back, but my heart wants Wade (and also wants him to hit well while he's there.)
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Inspector_666 posted:Is that a rotator cuff tear? That's the first time I've heard it described in shorthand like that. There are four muscles that stabilize the shoulder and form the rotator cuff: the subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus and teres minor muscles. Reports are saying that one of these muscles, the subscapularis, has a hematoma. There is a possibility that it's torn, as a muscle hematoma can form due to a tear, which is why he's going in for an MRI.
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IMB posted:"Santa Maria" is the worst call in sports. I want to say I've heard worse, but I can't think of any examples and I'm not sure that Berman's "BACK BACK BACK"-ing counts as a call, per se.
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back back back is bad and yet at the same time "up up up and there she goes yes sir she's gone" is great, baseball truly is a game of subtleties
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The Walrus posted:back back back is bad and yet at the same time "up up up and there she goes yes sir she's gone" is great, baseball truly is a game of subtleties The way he delivers back back back is a prime example of the flaw in American speech in which yelling a thing repeatedly with no variation in volume or tone = emphasis.
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I've been feeding my baseball hunger with videos of huge dingers over the winter, and whoever calls Rockies games says "Take a good look, you won't see it for long!" all the drat time. Maybe I'm just annoyed hearing it several times a minute, because there is naturally a lot of Coors footage in huge dinger compilations.
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tadashi posted:The way he delivers back back back is a prime example of the flaw in American speech in which yelling a thing repeatedly with no variation in volume or tone = emphasis. Hey, it works for monster truck rally commercials.
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The Walrus posted:back back back is bad and yet at the same time "up up up and there she goes yes sir she's gone" is great, baseball truly is a game of subtleties Yes, but is the ball long gone like an ex-girlfriend who will never return?
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# ? Mar 20, 2017 19:53 |
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The Yankees' announcer's "SEEYA" is also terrible. But to be fair, the Mariners' announcer has some pretty terrible home run calls too. Buck Martinez is one of the few good home run announcers I've heard.
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Some Numbers posted:But to be fair, the Mariners' announcer has some pretty terrible home run calls too. Hearing "Boomstick Baby!" less often would almost be worth Nelson Cruz having a terrible year.
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Tony Phillips posted:Hearing "Boomstick Baby!" less often would almost be worth Nelson Cruz having a terrible year. Nah
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Some Numbers posted:Buck Martinez is one of the few good home run announcers I've heard. Git up ball, aaand GONE!
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YeahTubaMike posted:I want to say I've heard worse, but I can't think of any examples and I'm not sure that Berman's "BACK BACK BACK"-ing counts as a call, per se. "Touch 'em all time" is the worst call in baseball.
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# ? Mar 20, 2017 20:38 |
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DIDI NO
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# ? Mar 20, 2017 20:49 |
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Someone please hire me to do play-by-play so I can call home runs Quadrangulars
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# ? Mar 20, 2017 22:02 |
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TYLER a yellow ribbon around that one! AUSTIN powers it over the wall in right. Yeeeaaaah baby!
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# ? Mar 20, 2017 22:09 |
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"Hi hits it high. He hits it deep. It. Is. Outta here!" works because Kuiper can change the enthusiasm based on the situation and it makes for build up. It's not the same every time. Jon Miller's "adios pelota" is charming but that's just because he's your baseball loving great uncle.
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Pat Hughes's "It's got a chaaaance...GONE!" works pretty well. I also like that Len Kasper doesn't have a set call, though they're usually punctuated by "Gone!" or "Outta here!"
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Tom Gorman posted:TYLER a yellow ribbon around that one! AUSTIN powers it over the wall in right. Yeeeaaaah baby! Sterling loving sucks but I love puns and especially how tortured his are getting.
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# ? Mar 20, 2017 22:58 |
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I'll loving fight you about John Sterling
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ZenVulgarity posted:I'll loving fight you about John Sterling Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck the Yankees radio crew. gently caress 'em. *put up fists*
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Inspector_666 posted:Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck the Yankees radio crew. gently caress 'em. Your opinion IS HIGH IT IS FAR IT IS GAAAAAAHHHN WAIT ITS CAUGHT at the warning track
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ZenVulgarity posted:Your opinion IS HIGH IT IS FAR IT IS GAAAAAAHHHN you can't predict baseball, zen
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Spoeank posted:"Hi hits it high. He hits it deep. It. Is. Outta here!" works because Kuiper can change the enthusiasm based on the situation and it makes for build up. It's not the same every time. Miller also has the best "Swiiiiiiiiiiiiing and a miss!" call in baseball.
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ZenVulgarity posted:Your opinion IS HIGH IT IS FAR IT IS GAAAAAAHHHN
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# ? Mar 20, 2017 23:23 |
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Hawk Harrelson's homerun call is actually good because it's so bad. It's like the movie Demolition Man. Also, I miss Dan Patrick's "the whiff" during Sportscenter highlights. Holy gently caress ESPN still has a catchphrases website up that has it in Real Player Audio format lol.
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# ? Mar 20, 2017 23:28 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RHcGWHuThE
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# ? Mar 20, 2017 23:30 |
*wild pitch* Juuuuuuuuust a bit outside
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Sydin posted:Miller also has the best "Swiiiiiiiiiiiiing and a miss!" call in baseball. Ernie Harwell had the all-time best struck out looking call.
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Michael Kay is a terrible baseball announcer and I will go to the grave saying this; he ruined Jeter's 3000th hit and never lets the moment breathe
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