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Thursday, September 09, 2010

Townsend: MLB Network: Six Seconds of Stupid

Only six? Did your system experience hardcore tree fade pixelation or something?

Baseball fans were treated to something special last night when MLB Network decided to team up Chris Rose, Harold Reynolds and John Smoltz during their creatively titled MLB Tonight show.

Very special.

While discussing NL league leaders (top five) in ERA and WHIP, this quick exchange took place.

Reynolds: I can’t believe (Ubaldo) Jimenez isn’t on any of these lists.

Rose: Well, he has been struggling for the past two months.

Smoltz: Humidor.

*Laughing*

End scene.

Ugh. I know there has to be an obligatory humidor mention anytime the Rockies are discussed – but seriously, why? It had absolutely nothing to do with the statement Reynolds had made. If Reynolds had said, “Hey, look, Jimenez is all over the leaderboard.” Then you could make a legitimate humidor reference.

Repoz Posted: September 09, 2010 at 11:53 AM | 17 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
Tags: announcers, awards, media, rockies, television

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1. RMc is the loyal supporter of the MLB event Posted: September 09, 2010 at 12:18 PM (#3636719)

Smoltz: Humidor.

Reynolds: Steroids!

Rose: Mike Crudale!

*Laughing*

End scene.

2. Jose Can You Seabiscuit Posted: September 09, 2010 at 12:26 PM (#3636722)

Wow, someone's a wee bit touchy. Just as an FYI to the writer, Rockies' fans aren't the only ones "painted with a broad brush. Always full of cliched references."

3. cercopithecus aethiops Posted: September 09, 2010 at 12:37 PM (#3636729)

What's wrong with a humidor reference there? The obvious implication being that it must be on the fritz.

4. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: September 09, 2010 at 12:41 PM (#3636731)

I saw Louis C.K. last night and he had a joke about White People Problems, the idea being that people have it so good they need to make things up to complain about. This might fall into that category.

5. Melo's Love Handles (NJ) Posted: September 09, 2010 at 01:40 PM (#3636790)

Shooty, how was it? Did he have a lot of new material? (I assume you've seen his stuff on DVD) I'm going to his show next month in D.C.

6. gef the talking mongoose Posted: September 09, 2010 at 01:43 PM (#3636794)

Maybe they thought he said Thermidor? Non sequitur references to the French Revolution are always comedy gold.

7. gef the talking mongoose Posted: September 09, 2010 at 01:45 PM (#3636797)

For instance:

Robespierre!

Amiright or amiright?

8. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: September 09, 2010 at 01:47 PM (#3636800)

Shooty, how was it? Did he have a lot of new material? (I assume you've seen his stuff on DVD) I'm going to his show next month in D.C.

It was actually his concert film I went to, but he was there after the film and talked for about an hour. He's always good and he doesn't recycle material so you'll definitely see new stuff. He must be one of the hardest working comics going.

9. Sam Hutcheson is the Rickey Henderson of... Posted: September 09, 2010 at 01:56 PM (#3636810)

I have no interest in defending any of the panelists mentioned above, but really, are all Rockies fans this touchy about their little league park problem?

10. Tom Nawrocki Posted: September 09, 2010 at 02:04 PM (#3636817)

What problem? I haven't noticed any problem. It's a beautiful park.

11. Sam Hutcheson is the Rickey Henderson of... Posted: September 09, 2010 at 02:13 PM (#3636833)

It's a lovely park. It's just not a baseball park.

12. puck Posted: September 09, 2010 at 02:18 PM (#3636842)

It's more like what Jose Seabiscuit wrote. There are some complaints about how the team, park, etc. being overlooked or painted with an overly broad brush. Then again, this is done to many teams, and these same Rockies fans will turn around and do the same to the Yankees and Red Sox.

A lot of Rockies fans don't understand their own park (I believe beat writer Troy Renck *still* believes Dante Bichette was robbed of the 1995 MVP), but OTOH you still get people on BTF who think doubling the road stats of a Rockies player yields a projection of what the player would do in a neutral park.

13. Repoz

Posted: September 09, 2010 at 02:28 PM (#3636856)

The Rockie announcers last night were killing (I think it was Poz) about Cargo's MVP splits. They starting throwing out Lynn & Rice's H/R splits and then a large spiky hair grew out of George Frazier's hardened ass which displeased everyone.

14. Nasty Nate Posted: September 09, 2010 at 02:36 PM (#3636869)

"Tell me how old you are!"
"I'm so old"
"Yes"
"I'm 43"
"Yes!"
"I'm older than every major league baseball player - except maybe Jaime Moyer, I think he still pitches for the Phillies."
"Yessss!"

15. zachtoma Posted: September 09, 2010 at 05:29 PM (#3637115)

"Tell me how old you are!"
"I'm so old"
"Yes"
"I'm 43"
"Yes!"
"I'm older than every major league baseball player - except maybe Jaime Moyer, I think he still pitches for the Phillies."
"Yessss!"

"Last year I had surgery to remove a vein from my leg."
"Oh yes, so did my mom!"

Yes, if you've missed Louie on FX, be sure to check it out as soon as the DVDs come out.

16. Moloka'i Three-Finger Brown (Declino DeShields) Posted: September 09, 2010 at 05:47 PM (#3637124)

Maybe they thought he said Thermidor?

Or perhaps Termidor. Termite problems inside Studio 42?

17. i'm not STEAGLES and you shouldn't be either Posted: September 09, 2010 at 08:26 PM (#3637343)

Yes, if you've missed Louie on FX, be sure to check it out as soon as the DVDs come out.

no need to wait.

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