"McCarver-isms"

[tommydale1]

I was watching the World Series last night and just had to stop and laugh when Tim McCarver praised Pudge for his great "feetwork".

What are some of your favorites?

[bluezebra]

I was watching the World Series last night and just had to stop and laugh when Tim McCarver praised Pudge for his great "feetwork".

What are some of your favorites?

1..At least he got the number right.

2..This has been beaten to death before. There's not enough room here to list all his "gems".

Bob

[ChrisLDuncan]

There was that parody of Tim McCarver on Family Guy season 6 episode 2

[Old Sweater]

If Bautista throws you out on that play then that is a good base running play.

[Erik Bedard]

“That pitch wasn’t down and in, that pitch was down and up.”
"Mt. Everest erupts again!"
"Something to keep in mind -- it's raining lightly. The infield could be very wet on ground balls."
"Roy Oswalt is a drop and drive pitcher. What is a drop and drive pitcher? He is a guy who drops and drives. Very simple."
"Watch Darren Daulton use his mitt like a glove."
"There is a world of difference between a count of one ball and two strikes is a lot different situation than hitting with two strikes and one ball."
"Giambi walks too much. He's always clogging up the bases with all that walking."
"The reason we call that pitch up and in is because the arms are attached to the shoulder."
"With Guererro, it's not as much a strike ZONE as it is a strike AREA."
"You see Colon talking into his glove because David Ortiz, from the Dominican Republic, can obviously read lips in Spanish."
"Beckett's retired 19 batters through Six and a third innings, he's having a phenomonal night..."
"One thing about ground balls. They don't go out of the ball park."
"Yankee pitchers have had great success this year against Cabrera when they get him out."

[Knick9]

“That pitch wasn’t down and in, that pitch was down and up.”
"Mt. Everest erupts again!"
"Something to keep in mind -- it's raining lightly. The infield could be very wet on ground balls."
"Roy Oswalt is a drop and drive pitcher. What is a drop and drive pitcher? He is a guy who drops and drives. Very simple."
"Watch Darren Daulton use his mitt like a glove."
"There is a world of difference between a count of one ball and two strikes is a lot different situation than hitting with two strikes and one ball."
"Giambi walks too much. He's always clogging up the bases with all that walking."
"The reason we call that pitch up and in is because the arms are attached to the shoulder."
"With Guererro, it's not as much a strike ZONE as it is a strike AREA."
"You see Colon talking into his glove because David Ortiz, from the Dominican Republic, can obviously read lips in Spanish."
"Beckett's retired 19 batters through Six and a third innings, he's having a phenomonal night..."
"One thing about ground balls. They don't go out of the ball park."
"Yankee pitchers have had great success this year against Cabrera when they get him out."

And the smash hits keep on coming!

One thing I noticed about Tim, he has a habit of repeating himself, but he sugarcoats it somewhat. He also states the obvious but tries to act surprised when he says it...

[ChrisLDuncan]

"With Guererro, it's not as much a strike ZONE as it is a strike AREA."

"One thing about ground balls. They don't go out of the ball park."

THe thing with Vladdy was a good comment if a guy was just watching him play for the first time or is new to baseball should probably know what makes Vlad Vlad. The ground ball thing was ehh...more or less just saying that groundball pitchers don't get yard work done on them. But McCarver is a horse's ass.

[Erik Bedard]

The thing for the Vlad comment was that "zone" and "area" mean basically the same thing.

And about the ground ball comment, he could still say it in a way that doesn't state the obvious so much.

[ChrisLDuncan]

The thing for the Vlad comment was that "zone" and "area" mean basically the same thing.

And about the ground ball comment, he could still say it in a way that doesn't state the obvious so much.

The guy was a catcher not a Rhodes scholar. It pisses me off when people get mad at athletes for saying stupid things, they're jocks not linguists or something that requires a formal education to do.

[Erik Bedard]

But see, to go on live national TV, you should have formal education. I have no problem with him being stupid while he plays, just not while people nationwide have to listen to him.

[ChrisLDuncan]

But see, to go on live national TV, you should have formal education. I have no problem with him being stupid while he plays, just not while people nationwide have to listen to him.

Point well made. I mean not that I don't agree with you, but he's calling ball games. Keep in mind that Fox gave Bill O'Rielly and Sean Hannity their own shows, so McCarver to call games isn't exactly the worst thing that Fox needs to take care of.

[Dodgerfan1]

Point well made. I mean not that I don't agree with you, but he's calling ball games. Keep in mind that Fox gave Bill O'Rielly and Sean Hannity their own shows, so McCarver to call games isn't exactly the worst thing that Fox needs to take care of.

Just like O'Reilly and Hannity, an awful lot of people must like McCarver, or he wouldn't be so successful at what he's doing.

[Old Sweater]

Just like O'Reilly and Hannity, an awful lot of people must like McCarver, or he wouldn't be so successful at what he's doing.

Funny, I never have ran into one. They all must stay home.

[Dodgerfan1]

Funny, I never have ran into one. They all must stay home.

You've just replied to one. Except you've never actually met me, so your record stays intact.

[Robb]

http://www.shutuptimmccarver.com/