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Friday, July 18, 2008

Banning Bob Sheppard

There’s an article now about how the Yankees could utilize text-to-speech technology in order to keep Bob Sheppard announcing Yankee lineups long after his eventual death.  I think it’s a bad idea and I’ve put together an audio package demonstrating why we shouldn’t do it.

Dan Szymborski Posted: July 18, 2008 at 02:00 PM | 25 comment(s)
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   1. Mark R. Garber  Posted: July 18, 2008 at 01:06 PM (#2863800)
Lollercopters.
   2. Repoz  Posted: July 18, 2008 at 01:18 PM (#2863812)
Effin' brilliant.
   3. Guts  Posted: July 18, 2008 at 02:49 PM (#2863948)
Man, that podcast is going to be GREAT!
   4. Mattbert  Posted: July 18, 2008 at 02:56 PM (#2863966)
OHNOESITSTEHROFLCOPTER!!!
   5. Joe C and the Pop Culture Portmanteau  Posted: July 18, 2008 at 03:02 PM (#2863978)
Do the podcast, Dan! And accept my internet friendship on Facebook already!
   6. Kyle C welcomes back our OBP Savior  Posted: July 18, 2008 at 03:05 PM (#2863983)
Literally LOL'ed. Thanks Dan.
   7. SJ and the pants of freedom.  Posted: July 18, 2008 at 03:08 PM (#2863988)
this was well done.
   8. Joe C and the Pop Culture Portmanteau  Posted: July 18, 2008 at 03:18 PM (#2864006)
Oh, and this was excellent.
   9. Jolly Old St. Neck Wound, Marching Through Georgia  Posted: July 18, 2008 at 03:33 PM (#2864037)
And thus endeth 127 glorious years of Pittsburgh Pirates history. Not with a bang, but a checkmate.

First U.S. Steel, and now this---thanks a lot, Dan.

I hope you at least salvaged one of Clemente's old uniforms, and that last cigaret butt from Honus Wagner's locker.
   10. DFA SILVA-clap-clap-clapclapclap, DFA SILVA-clap-c  Posted: July 18, 2008 at 06:23 PM (#2864176)
####### brilliant
   11. He's Bought a Bat Like Prince Fielder  Posted: July 18, 2008 at 06:36 PM (#2864194)
Statistical projections and comedy is a strange niche.
   12. Voros  Posted: July 18, 2008 at 07:02 PM (#2864242)
I can't type I'm laughing so hard.
   13. 6 - 4 - 3  Posted: July 18, 2008 at 08:04 PM (#2864372)
Hmm... this technology could be useful for Fox Sports. Stephen Hawking's voice would be more pleasant to listen to in October than Tim McCarver and would sound more engaged in the action than Joe Buck.

And Dan's audioclip has confirmed what I long suspected: the continued playing of Mienkrapvic at 1B would eventually cause the collapse of Western Civilization.
   14. Phil Coorey Needs To Know How To Kill A Cat  Posted: July 19, 2008 at 04:25 AM (#2864694)
Hilarious - ####### hilarious!
   15. Chris Hansen, NBC Dateline  Posted: July 19, 2008 at 10:29 AM (#2864755)
What, no rickroll?
   16. Lassus  Posted: July 19, 2008 at 10:36 AM (#2864757)
Incredible, Dan. :-)
   17. TrueNorth  Posted: July 19, 2008 at 03:59 PM (#2864959)
LMAO ROTFL, My side hurts from cracking up!!!
   18. Kirby Kyle  Posted: July 19, 2008 at 04:07 PM (#2864970)
Great stuff, Dan.
   19. Gold Star 4 Robot Boy  Posted: July 19, 2008 at 05:24 PM (#2865062)
That was great, but it was hard to clearly hear the line about Jesus. What was it?
Also, mad props for War Games.
   20. Dan Szymborski  Posted: July 19, 2008 at 08:01 PM (#2865208)
That was great, but it was hard to clearly hear the line about Jesus. What was it?

All Hail General Zangbot and the New Cyber Army of Jesus.
   21. Schilling's Sprained Ankiel  Posted: July 21, 2008 at 09:31 AM (#2866368)
SO GOOD.
   22. Sabradix  Posted: July 21, 2008 at 08:49 PM (#2867141)
Does it say
"Luis Rivas...really?...Luis Rivas??"
?

Hilarious
   23. radioman  Posted: July 21, 2008 at 09:03 PM (#2867162)
bravo, Dan
   24. Padraic  Posted: July 22, 2008 at 05:01 PM (#2868301)
All Hail General Zangbot and the New Cyber Army of Jesus.

That's funny. Didn't think I got the line either, but it turns out I heard it exactly right.
   25. Gambling Rent Czar  Posted: July 23, 2008 at 09:54 AM (#2869379)
Brilliant, just simply brilliant!
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