about Fox's All-Star baseball coverage

5. That FUCKING HEAD-SHOULDERS-KNEES-AND-TOES SONG THAT THEY SHOW EVERY TIME VLADIMIR GUERERRO COMES TO THE PLATE

4. Joe Buck following up Vera Clemente's heartfelt speech to the people of Pittsburgh with "y'all having fun yet!?"

3. They literally didn't show a few pitches/at-bats - the one that stands out the most was a Matt Holliday ground ball to third to end the inning - an at-bat that was completely unshown because they were showing David Wright's home run from earlier in the game and talking to his father

2. An orange AOL icon guy would just appear in the middle of the screen after a big hit or defensive play

1. Joe Buck taunting "You're stuck with us for the next seven years," announcing Fox's new TV deal with MLB

As King Kaufman put it, Thanks for understanding, Joe. That's exactly how it feels.

7/12/2006 1:40:43 PM

Seeing Trevor Hoffman cost my team homefield advantage in the World Series.

7/12/2006 1:42:16 PM

Joe Buck could be the worst thing to happen to sports coverage, period.

7/12/2006 1:43:13 PM

I remember Bob Costas doing all-star and postseason baseball in my youth - NBC needs to get on that

7/12/2006 1:46:30 PM

and one good thing: at least Scooter was nowhere to be found during the game

7/12/2006 1:47:55 PM

you mean Bob "I'm going to over dramatize every detail of a game as if I'm looking for my own defining moment" Costas?

7/12/2006 1:49:21 PM

Vera Clemente: my husband, Roberto loved the game of baseball, but most of all...he loved life, and the children. He will be missed. Thank you.

Joe Buck:WELL THEN WHO'S READY FOR THE 5th INNING!!!!!


fade to commercial in utter disgust

7/12/2006 1:51:05 PM

Anyone who doesn't like Bob Costas as a baseball announcer is not an American guy. The guy is the most knowledgable baseball commentator out there. Best of all he is a real baseball fan. If you heard him do Mickey Mantles eulogy you'd appreciate him even more..

I'm just saying...

7/12/2006 1:52:32 PM

Quote :

"Seeing Trevor Hoffman cost my team homefield advantage in the World Series."

7/12/2006 1:56:02 PM

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"Anyone who doesn't like Bob Costas as a baseball announcer is not an American guy. The guy is the most knowledgable baseball commentator out there. Best of all he is a real baseball fan. If you heard him do Mickey Mantles eulogy you'd appreciate him even more.."

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I dont think I've heard him do a baseball game, but thats b/c I'm not a baseball fan. My opinion of him is based on his NBA and Olympic coverage

7/12/2006 1:57:59 PM

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"Joe Buck Tim McCarver could be the worst thing to happen to sports coverage, period."

I agree with everything you said Sousapickle. I was literally just staring at the set saying "what the f*** at that Vlad cartoon".

7/12/2006 2:06:46 PM

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"Top 1st, All-Star Game 2006. Brad Penny has struck out the first two batters by throwing nothing but fastballs. He's throwing hard. Your announcers are Joe Buck and Tim McCarver. Buck: "Almost a riding fastball because it's taking off from the hand of Penny." McCarver: "A Mark Wohlberg fastball. Catch me if you can." Mark Wohlberg. Not Mark Wohlers. Or Mark Wahlberg. Tim McCarver clearly said a word that sounds like "wole-berg." You know, Mark Wohlberg. So what was going on in the ol' McBean? FJM breaks it down: (1) McCarver meant to say "Mark Wohlers." Knowing that we were all collectively prepared to never think about Mark Wohlers again, McCarver wanted us to think back 11 years to a time when Wohlers was relevant. "Catch me if you can" meant "catch this fastball if you can." (2) McCarver meant to say "Mark Wahlberg," and believes that Mark Wahlberg was the star of the film "Catch Me If You Can." He was either confusing Wahlberg with DiCaprio, or "Catch Me If You Can" with "The Italian Job." (3) McCarver meant to say "Mark Wahlberg," but was actually trying to refer to TV personality Mark L. Walberg, who, amazingly, has hosted not only Temptation Island but also Antiques Roadshow. "Catch me if you can" was something that made sense very briefly in -- and only in -- McCarver's brain. (4) McCarver intentionally split the difference between pitcher Mark Wohlers and rapper-turned-actor Mark Wahlberg. He then added the cryptic "catch me if you can" as a way of saying something like: "catch my reference if you can, suckers -- it is a name I made up and is basically nonsense." (5) McCarver was not watching the game. He was flipping through the Encore / Starz type channels on a small TV in the booth. "Boogie Nights" was on, and this caused McCarver to just blurt out the name Mark Wahlberg. Only McCarver was born in Memphis, and not necessarily as a result, speaks with a crazy accent. So he said "Mark Wohlberg." Then he changed the channel, and came across the movie "The Terminal," which he believed to be the film "Catch Me If You Can." (Starring, he believes, Marisa Tomei, Joe Pantoliano, and Dan Quisenberry.) After McCarver said what he believed to be the name of the new movie he was watching, someone from FOX sauntered into the booth and offered Tim a Kit-Kat bar and a $10 Borders gift card if he'd just watch the All-Star game."

Good sites:
http://firejoemorgan.blogspot.com/
http://www.shutuptimmccarver.com/

7/12/2006 2:11:05 PM

haha

Costas is a great baseball announcer. When Selig kicks it, if the commissionership doesn't go to Roger Clemens, Costas would be my next choice.

7/12/2006 2:14:58 PM

costas is amazing. he needs to be doin baseball and basketball

7/12/2006 2:17:15 PM

^no, he does not need to do basketball.

7/12/2006 2:18:33 PM

I would love for Costas to be back in baseball, but NBC doing baseball might also mean we have to put up with Jim Grey.

7/12/2006 2:27:23 PM

you mean jim gay

7/12/2006 2:31:29 PM

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"2. An orange AOL icon guy would just appear in the middle of the screen after a big hit or defensive play"

To be fair, thats used during NHL games on NBC as well as NASCAR on FOX, TNT, and NBC. Willing to bet it will show up during some NFL games this fall. But yeah, its pretty dumb.

7/12/2006 2:33:19 PM

http://www.brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=404124

7/12/2006 2:41:25 PM

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"Seeing Trevor Hoffman cost my team homefield advantage in the World Series."

the opposite could be true couldnt it?

7/12/2006 3:10:11 PM

I am a huge Joe Buck fan, for obvious reasons


but even though McCarver is a Cardinals legend, I hate him as a commentator

7/12/2006 3:49:05 PM

B:"Do you think Lidge still has the taste of that Pujols homer in his mouth?"
M:"I don't think that taste is there."

7/12/2006 4:00:28 PM