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Paranoia Runs Deep (The McCarver Edition)
G-Fafif May 24 2008 02:31 AM |
Managers hate Tim and [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/sports/baseball/24sandomir.html]always have[/url].
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themetfairy May 24 2008 04:24 AM |
My hatred of Tim was [url=http://cranepoolforum.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=8048&highlight=mccarver]set to music[/url]
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Benjamin Grimm May 24 2008 04:54 AM |
I don't have any opinion on the current version of Tim McCarver, but the guy who did the Mets games in the 1980's was the best thing since bacon in a box.
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batmagadanleadoff May 24 2008 08:25 AM |
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And speaking of broadcasters coming out of the booth to manage, McCarver consistently received serious managerial offers while announcing the Mets until word finally got around that McCarver was not interested in managing a baseball team. I thought McCarver was a great Met announcer.
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AG/DC May 24 2008 10:03 AM |
Oops. Another ira/magadan similarity. Now I'm the paranoiac.
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seawolf17 May 24 2008 12:07 PM |
I loved Tim as a Mets broadcaster, and I love his books; but I think he's been unbearable lately.
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Centerfield May 25 2008 11:25 AM |
As I mentioned when Tim and Ralph were paired up briefly last year during a Fox telecast, those two had such incredible chemistry. It seems that by having to defer to Kiner and his incredible baseball life, McCarver was forced to reign it in a little bit.
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Gwreck May 25 2008 11:29 AM |
The difference in the McCarver-Kiner pairing was, of course, that McCarver was doing more of the play-by-play and therefore didn't seem obligated to fill in with something at the spots alloted him by Buck.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket May 25 2008 11:40 AM |
My problem with McCarver was that after he taught us all he knew, and it was a lot, we didn't need him to keep teaching us.
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MFS62 May 25 2008 01:39 PM |
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MF, didn't need the link to the original. That song came through loud and clear. Good job. And thank you. Didn't remember the first time you had posted it. Later
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Frayed Knot May 25 2008 01:50 PM |
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Part of the problem I think is that announcers feel that when they're speaking to a different audience during network games - one that's both less hardcore and less familiar with the team - they need to alter their focus a bit and drive home those points that their home fans have heard a thousand times already. I wonder if McCarver had stayed w/the Mets a while longer if he would have grated on nerves as much as he did with some Met fans.
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