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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,273
    Cliffy6745 said:

    Just smoltz is the fucking pits. The irony in napoli's name because he can't take a nap...wtf

    give me smoltzie over ron darling, any fucking day.
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  • HesCalledDyer
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    Wobbie said:

    Cliffy6745 said:

    Just smoltz is the fucking pits. The irony in napoli's name because he can't take a nap...wtf

    give me smoltzie over ron darling, any fucking day.
    I like Smoltz. Definitely has his dad-joke moments but he does provide a lot of insight into different situations during the games.
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  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,234
    Smoltz is a lot better then Tim MOUTHcarver. Man, he was annoying.

    Now, i wish they would get rid of Joe Buck.
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    cutz said:

    Smoltz is a lot better then Tim MOUTHcarver. Man, he was annoying.

    Now, i wish they would get rid of Joe Buck.

    I think we can all agree on that...
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    I like joe Buck. Especially for baseball.
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    edited October 2016
    Joe Buck's awfulness is considerably overstated.

    McCarver has some awesome stories, but he just talks and talks. Great for talking history of the game, but boring and forced when you're trying to focus on what's happening in a game he's calling.

    The nap/Napoli thing was hilariously bad. Surely Smoltz isn't that big of a dork to think that was funny. I'm blaming the person in his earpiece. And yes, he's way better than Ron Darling, who is the baseball equivalent of Shannon Sharpe.
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,909
    DewieCox said:

    Joe Buck's awfulness is considerably overstated.

    Agreed. He may have been a bit of a blowhard back in the day, but he's turned into one of the best announcers out there for baseball. Him and Smoltz together are great.
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,993
    edited October 2016
    Yeah I never understood the hate for Buck (other than this is he era of hating everything). But at least he's embraced it. His twitter description says "I love all teams EXCEPT yours."

    That said, while I think he's great for baseball, I don't think he's very good for football. But then again, every time I'm about to argue that he's not good enough to be the lead play-by-play guy for Fox, I remember that Pat Summerall used to hold that position and he was the worst ever. Boring as hell. I know that's not a popular opinion...but he fucking sucked. I'll submit his calls for Desmond Howard's Super Bowl TD and Adam Vinatieri first Super Bowl-winning kick as exhibits A and B to how bad he was. But really, everything about him sucked. Only he could make a mid-90's Cowboys/49ers game seem uninteresting.

    Side-bar on Summerall (I know this is a World Series thread but now I've started on Summerall and don't have anything to do at work for another 40 minutes or so), a few years back they did a Top-100 players of all-time list on NFL Network. Distinguished football dignitaries (and Summerall) were asked to rate players on a scale of 1-10. Jerry Rice was ranked #1 and every single voter rated him a 10....except for Summerall...who gave him a 9. Cause you see, as Al Michaels explained on behalf of Summerall, Summerall thinks that nobody's perfect, so he didn't rate anybody a 10. So Pat Summerall, a KICKER with a career FG percentage of 47%, is too high and mighty to rate Jerry Rice or Jim Brown a 10. Ugh....

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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    I agree with everyone's take on Buck. Didnt like him years ago, but he really grew on me and I think he is a top-notch sports TV pbp announcer.


    Tim McCarver is/was unbearable
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,882
    cutz said:



    Now, i wish they would get rid of Joe Buck.

    https://www.change.org/p/fox-broadcasting-company-replace-joe-buck-with-bob-uecker-for-world-series-broadcasts
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    Tito is one great manager in WS play, he's STILL UNDEFEATED !

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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    MayDay10 said:

    I agree with everyone's take on Buck. Didnt like him years ago, but he really grew on me and I think he is a top-notch sports TV pbp announcer.


    Tim McCarver is/was unbearable

    If you remember when the NFL was fun a few years ago, and WR were using sharpies, and different celebrations, Buck was constantly 'appalled '. It was so fake and annoying to me. And when Moss imitated the 'mooning', Buck was so aghast at something so trivial that he lost me forever.

  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    haha i forgot about that
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    mrussel1 said:

    MayDay10 said:

    I agree with everyone's take on Buck. Didnt like him years ago, but he really grew on me and I think he is a top-notch sports TV pbp announcer.


    Tim McCarver is/was unbearable

    If you remember when the NFL was fun a few years ago, and WR were using sharpies, and different celebrations, Buck was constantly 'appalled '. It was so fake and annoying to me. And when Moss imitated the 'mooning', Buck was so aghast at something so trivial that he lost me forever.

    Buck is a lot better at baseball than football and he admits it. He is a lot more comfortable with the game. That said, that stuff was dumb, but he has gotten better.

    I think he is great at baseball. Let's the game breathe and generally doesn't overdo anything. Let's the crowd often tell the story, which so many announcers don't do these days.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    edited October 2016
    http://sports.yahoo.com/news/how-fox-sports-turned-two-of-baseballs-most-famous-villains-into-great-tv-180848088.html

    I am not the biggest fan of Rose on the show but he plays his part. It is clearly a good show and I think Arod is great.
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,234
    Poncier said:

    cutz said:



    Now, i wish they would get rid of Joe Buck.

    https://www.change.org/p/fox-broadcasting-company-replace-joe-buck-with-bob-uecker-for-world-series-broadcasts
    HAHA>That's funny. Imagine Bob Uecker? I'd take him over Joe Buck though. Buck has always annoyed me.
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,234
    Cliffy6745 said:

    http://sports.yahoo.com/news/how-fox-sports-turned-two-of-baseballs-most-famous-villains-into-great-tv-180848088.html

    I am not the biggest fan of Rose on the show but he plays his part. It is clearly a good show and I think Arod is great.

    Yeah, you just don't know what the hell Rose will say next. I think he's a little crazy.

    Also, as much as i don't like A-Rod, the player, he is really good on the show. Heard him the other day on the WFAN, and he was good ther too.
  • Jason P
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    really happy I was able to go to Game 1 (and not game 2)
  • Wma31394
    Wma31394 Posts: 3,045
    Indifference71 said:

    DewieCox said:

    Joe Buck's awfulness is considerably overstated.

    Agreed. He may have been a bit of a blowhard back in the day, but he's turned into one of the best announcers out there for baseball. Him and Smoltz together are great.
    I don't mind buck either..smoltzy is good too..no Stoney but a smotlzy!!
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