Okay, I'm turning on Faux Sprots

[Oeditpus Rex]

for the Tigers-Jankees game.

Dog help me... :scared:



Video only, though; I'm simulcasting with ESPN Radio.

[lizziegrace]

1. Be brave soldier

:patriot:

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. ESPN Radio is almost as bad

They won't STFU, either. :grr:

[lizziegrace]

3. Watch the video

and call your own game. :shrug:

Lucy would think you've finally fallen over the edge. ;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Can't

This is the American League. I dunno most of these guys.

[reyd reid reed]

4. Be careful

I'll keep a positive thought.

:scared:

Stay strong.

:patriot:

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. It's not so bad with the sound off

I should escape relatively unscathed, unless I accidentally see a graphic about the history of post-season OPS by guys nicknamed Pudge, or a shot of somebody from a Faux show in the stands, or if they miss a bases-loaded triple because they're doing an on-field interview with one of the bat boys.

(Isn't it strange how nobody from a teevee show on any other network ever goes to these games?)

[reyd reid reed]

12. Or....or....

they bring out the animated little baseball thingie..."Skip?"...to explain what a fast ball is...

:scared:

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. Do they still have that?

If they do, I've managed to avoid it so far... thank Dog.

[LeftyMom]

5. What's a Sprot?

:wtf:

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. It's what Faux does

It sure as hell ain't sports, the way they do it.

[Mutley]

8. Tread lightly.

ESPN ain't so great, either. ;)

[crim son]

10. As long as it's video only (which I don't believe).

And don't let it happen again.

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Whaya mean

you don't believe? :shrug:

[crim son]

13. Honesty is the best policy.

only video? What are the chance? lol.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. I've got the audio via ESPN Radio

What's so hard to believe about that? :shrug:

[crim son]

16. Nothing. Forgive

me fo jumping to conclusions. I saw you watching it in the quiet and the dark! See, I'm not a watcher of sports!

[WindRavenX]

17. I want to kill Joe Buck

Fucking asshat.

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. Wha'd he do now?

:shrug:

[WindRavenX]

19. he's just his usual insufferable twat self

Quickly turned the discussion towards football when the Yankees were hitting...

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. Maybe he was trying to make McCarver STFU

But then, McCarver probably knows everything about football, too. :eyes:

[WindRavenX]

21. Is it sad that compared to Buck...

...McCarver is almost worth listening to?

:hide:

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. I see it the other way

If they'd dump McCarver (like off the Gateway Arch) and get Buck a decent "analyst," the broadcasts would be immeasurably improved.

There'd still be those moments when Buck speaks, but at least there'd be a respite.

[WhollyHeretic]

23. Wow.

I think you've been driven insane by their rambling. :D

[sir_captain]

26. I actually thought

McCarver was pretty good back when he worked for the Yankees on MSG, but he really now goes out of his way to show how deep he can get. Still much better than Buck, though. And remind me to throw a brick at my television tomorrow when we have to listen to that asshole Jon Miller all night.

[WindRavenX]

29. Jon Miller's fucked up vocal inflections make me want to drown kittens

Plus, when he's with Joe Morgan it's a double team of douchebaggery.

[sir_captain]

30. He should also change his name to David Ortiz

considering how far his head is stuck up Ortiz's ass

[WindRavenX]

31. LAWLZ

:thumbsup:

The thing is, all stats considered (I am a saber minded chick), ARod>>>>Ortiz by a LOT last year.

Media just ballwashes Ortiz' "clutchness".

[sir_captain]

34. You don't have to convince me!

if I spent as much time studying as I do reading baseball prospectus, I'd have much better grades ;-)

And I'm sure the MVP will somehow get robbed from Jeter this year too, but that's ok--ring #5 will be an excellent consolation prize.

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. You mean when he's doin' impersonations

or pretending to be all formal and stuff? Or just his normal speech?

Like I said, I hear him all the time on Giants games, and he might be different then. Less restricted by network assbaggery.

[sir_captain]

35. I have no idea how he sounds when he's not on ESPN

but that guy is so in love with the sound of his own voice, and such a homer when it comes to his chosen few favorites that it makes listening to him nearly impossible. And this is not even getting into the problem that he has not kept up at all with any of the modern statistical analysis methods and still thinks that things like batting average are a good indicator of a player's value.

[Oeditpus Rex]

39. He's great with the Giants

When nothin's goin' on, they're always joking around. It's a great crew.

As for "modern statistical analysis methods," if some announcer started reciting SABR stats, I'd turn him the fuck off.

[sir_captain]

41. I don't want him to start talking about VORP

but it's fucking irritating to hear him talk about how Ortiz was robbed of the MVP last year "cause he hit so many home runs" and crap like that.

[WindRavenX]

37. he's in love with his own voice

As Sir_Cap says better than I do :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

43. If I had his pipes

I would be too. I love his impersonations. And when the kid takes over the play-by-play, he'll put on his PA announcer voice and say something like, "Ladies and gentlemen, for your listening pleasure we now turn the microphone over to the incomprable David B. Flemming.... Flemming."

The Giants crew make a game fun to listen to.

[sir_captain]

25. I really wouldn't mind

if Joe Buck developed vocal chord polyps.

Damn...Joe should have left Wang in the game.

[WindRavenX]

27. Eh, I don't mind wang being taken out

His sinker wasn't as on as it usually is, he was at 96 pitches, and we need him for a few more games.


But Myers sucks my ass.

[sir_captain]

28. Yeesh

I hope Proctor settles down

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. Are those like Brussels Sprots?

[reyd reid reed]

46. HEY!!!

I happen to LIKE Brussels sprouts. Had 'em on Sunday night, as a matter of fact. With a buttery cheese sauce...yummmmmmmmmmm....

[Zomby Woof]

33. Damn Ordonez

Choking! He has killed two rallies now. x(

I had to change the channel just now... I cannot abide that God Bless Amerika crap. :nuke:

Woody Guthrie was right about that song.

[WindRavenX]

36. I can't stand the general broadcast

:hi: to you Zomby

[Zomby Woof]

38. I can't either

At least they don't have that insufferably arrogant twit Bob Costas. Although these two clowns do me no favors. :nuke:

:hi: WindMormonX! ;-)

[WindRavenX]

40. ahahah don't joke about the mormon thing!

His family is already gearing up to try to convert me :D

(no joke)

[Zomby Woof]

42. Yikes!

:scared:

I gotta tell you... I drove through SLC a few years ago and it was the Worst. City. Ever. And I've been to Kansas City, Cleveland, Houston, and Detroit!

I sure hope it works out for you though... :hug: :-)

[Oeditpus Rex]

44. I turned the teevee off during that

"Ladies and gentlemen, would you please rise and submit to forced, false patriotism."

:grr:

[benny05]

45. I hear the Twins lost today...:- ( n/t