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Crashburnalley: 2008 MLB Optimism and Pessimism

“We are coming to you live from the Lowe’s Broadcast Booth. Lowe’s: Let’s build something together.” (Runs out…buys bag of Roger Andermatt’s secret sauce and waits)

WHAT I’M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE 2008 BASEBALL SEASON

1. Jon Miller and Joe Morgan on ESPN baseball broadcasts; Joe Buck and Tim McCarver on FOX baseball broadcasts.

2. Chris Berman and Back, Back, Back… Gone!, Albert ‘Winnie the’ Pujols, and the plethora of other Bermanisms that will exit his mouth while broadcasting the Home Run Derby.

3. Citations of motivation or de-motivation. For instance:

—When the Mets get on a hot streak, people will say they were motivated by Beltran’s pre-season comments about the Mets now being the “team to beat.”
—When Andy Pettitte struggles, people will say he’s mentally distraught over the whole HGH thing.
—If the Mets start slowly, people will say that the team hasn’t gelled with Johan Santana yet.

Repoz Posted: February 23, 2008 at 02:12 PM | 6 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Ray (RDP)

Posted: February 23, 2008 at 08:08 PM (#2698061)

2. Chris Berman and Back, Back, Back… Gone!, Albert ‘Winnie the’ Pujols, and the plethora of other Bermanisms that will exit his mouth while broadcasting the Home Run Derby.

Few things in life are more annoying than Chris Berman broadcasting a baseball game or event. He should stick to football instead of covering a game that bores him.

2. Miko Supports Shane's Spam Habit Posted: February 23, 2008 at 08:47 PM (#2698084)

He should stick to football instead of covering a game that bores him.

He's hard to take in football as well. "back back back" is well past its expiration date, but the "He jukes WHOOOP" bit is embarassing.

3. meatwad Posted: February 23, 2008 at 08:48 PM (#2698086)

watching berman attepmt to call the greatest highlites thing there doing is just painfull and i think you all agree

4. Russlan will never be fond of Jason Bay Posted: February 23, 2008 at 09:07 PM (#2698096)

Say what you will about Morgan but Miller is a great announcer. Great voice and he's funny.

5. wcw Posted: February 23, 2008 at 09:11 PM (#2698097)

I was going to say the same thing. If every game I watched or to which I listened were called by Jon Miller, I wouldn't mind a bit. It would be helpful if he weren't paired with Morgan, but I'll accept Morgan to get Miller.

Comparing those two, flawed though Morgan may be, to Buck and McCarver, whose voices literally suck all enjoyment out of the game for me, was sufficiently jarring I immediately have no interest in reading anything else this person wrote.

Crikey. What baseball broadcaster working today is better than Miller?

6. RB in NYC (Now with New iPhone!) Posted: February 23, 2008 at 09:15 PM (#2698099)

He should stick to football instead of covering a game that bores him.

Well, we all know that Chris likes to get at least one Blue Jay game a season. Pick up his bottles of Deux Deux Deux

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