Why I Can't Stand the Angels Announcers

by Tyler Bleszinski on Aug 2, 2006 5:47 PM PDT in News

This past spring training after Nico and I saw a game against the Angels, I was following Angels announcer Steve Physioc in the parking lot. I really wanted to run up to him, give him a Wet Willy, noogie and a wedgie and then run off to my car.

Sadly, Nico held me back. Damn you, funny man!

Any way, today was a prime example of exactly why I can't stand the announcing team of Physioc and Hudler. When Mark Kotsay singled to score what turned out to be the winning run, you could barely hear Physioc's call. When Street got Pride to ground out to end the game, Physioc nearly broke down in tears, whispering, "And the A's take the series two out of three."

Now I'm not going to say the A's don't have homers because Fosse is a homer. But Korach gets excited even when the other team makes a great play, which is as it should be. I'm not saying you need to fawn over the opposing team, but a big play in the game is a big play.

A good example of a great call today was the Rangers television announcers when Jason Tyner made an unbelievable over-the-wall home run robbing catch and they got just as excited as if a Ranger player did it. It's how it should be. You can be a homer without being a joke. Apparently Physioc and Hudler never learned that.

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I Can't Stand Them Either

at all...

by RevHalofan on Aug 2, 2006 5:49 PM PDT reply actions

Are the Angels radio guys

any better? I mean Physioc and The Hawk have to be the WORST play-by-play guys in baseball. By FAR.

by Tyler Bleszinski on Aug 2, 2006 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Angels Radio

Rory Markus is really good. I like his style a lot. Easy going, not a homer at all. Acknowledges good calls on both sides.

Terry Smith is a joke. Folksy, midwest style. No enthusiasm. Super-square.

by Crosbino on Aug 2, 2006 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Rory Markus

is excellent. I lived in LA for several years, and it was a pleasure listening to the Angels radio broadcasts.
As for Physioc and Hudler--criticizing them for being homers is the tip the Greenland-size iceberg. Hudler is BY FAR the worst anouncer I have ever heard. The unfortunate ANers who had to endure him these last few days are true heroes.

by mikeA on Aug 2, 2006 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions

radio vs. tv

I live in LA and listen to a fair amount of Angels games on my way home. It's waaaaay less frustrating listening to their radio anouncers than Hud and Physioc. Having to listen to those two ass-hats makes me want to shove hot pokers in my ears.

by TempletonPeck on Aug 2, 2006 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions

I believe that is

the third "asshat" sighting of the day here on AN. The trend is up in August!

"Frank Thomas=misunderstood he-man" ~geogrman

by tankerraid on Aug 2, 2006 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions

angels fan here

i completely agree with you. rory has just enough friendliness mixed with baseball-fan knowledge and a little spice to throw in. really dry sense of humor, too, which comes out every once in a long while.

terry smith is absolutely annoying. send him back to columbus or wherever that yankees AAA team is.

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Aug 2, 2006 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions

If it weren't for Markus...

...the entire Angels broadcasting team would be completely sub-par.

I don't neccesarily hate Physioc and Hud, but I do agree with the fact that they do their play-by-play and commentary respectively as a complete homerism for Angel fans. Which is kind of funny to begin with, because there was a time when going to Angel games that the visiting team literally had the "home field advantage."

The funny thing with watching the cutaways to these two when Hud is talking strategy or clubhouse mojo, Physioc looks as if he's covering a W. press conference at all times.

Which leads me to both Smith and Physioc. Both conservative, just like the OC itself.

Unfortunately, us A's fans who live down here are stuck with these guys for quite a long time. It used to be a revolving door with both the TV and Radio side (and truthfully the best one they've had is Markus), but now with attendance finally up, one of the side reasons for TV and Radio broadcasts (other than revenue from the broadcasts to the team) is to promote coming to the stadium, and it's even more so now with the revenue sharing, where they get to keep almost all of the gate reciepts they make.

The one thing that makes Terry Smith sound somewhat good is when he does Angel talk... but that's only because most of the callers don't know what they're talking about.

Luckily I don't watch a ballgame to hear the announcers, I watch to watch the game. When I worked at a bar I had to have the volume down anyway, and that makes a huge difference sometimes.

P.S. One of the ex-broadcasters down here was Ken Wilson, who went on to do A's games after he left here. Did anybody hate him as much as I did?

by gmoneymcg on Aug 3, 2006 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Physioc is just as bad

in college sports. He is always rooting for the LA teams against anyone else.

A few years back when Cal beat USC football, he was obviously upset at the loss on a game winning field goal in OT.

He should be fired or at least sent to ChiSox baseball with the other worst homer in baseball.

P.S. Good guys 3, bad guys 2. ;) Go A's

by oaktownmario on Aug 2, 2006 5:52 PM PDT reply actions

Sorry, Blez--

I just had a change of heart when I saw that Physioc was walking to a car that looked that a "Rent-A-Wreck" reject.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Aug 2, 2006 5:57 PM PDT reply actions

Now we know where Artie is saving money...

...broadcaster salaries.

by gmoneymcg on Aug 3, 2006 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Wow...

I've never heard the Angels' broadcasters. Based on what I've read about them in our game threads, I'm not missing anything except an opportunity for some incredulous laughter.

"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 2, 2006 5:59 PM PDT reply actions

It's not laughter

You'd be wanting to punch them in their guts. Then again, maybe that's just my violent reaction. Arte Moreno has done some great things for that franchise, but the name change and keeping those assclowns as the television announcers are two of the worst. I swear part of my strong dislike for that team originates with the name and ends with the announcers.

by Tyler Bleszinski on Aug 2, 2006 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions

the worst part is

we (angels fans) get them for the entire season -- PLUS they just got contract extensions!

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Aug 2, 2006 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions

The name change...

...I have to disagree with. He might be screwing the loyal "Anaheim" fans by changing the name, but for me it's only wanted me to hate the Angels more. It's much easier to hate a team from LA than it is Anaheim.

Then again, I think the only people in the OC who are really ticked off by the name change are the die-hard rightists who don't drink, therefore they don't appreciate the lower beer prices.

by gmoneymcg on Aug 3, 2006 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions

BELIEVE ME

It is funny when their comments get relayed in the game threads, but near impossible to take if you actually have to listen to them. (Which I luckily did not)

by mikeA on Aug 2, 2006 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions

The worst

was when the aflac trivia question was :Who are the 10 pitchers that have started games for the Angels?

And Psyhco says, "And one of them was JUST IN one game."

And Rex says, "you just said part of his name, JUST IN."

And it was fucking DUST IN Mosely!

Jesus, I hate you Rex Hudler.

by Emmett89 on Aug 2, 2006 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions

for me

the comment by them that made me the angriest this year (before I put them on mute forever now) was when Chavez hit the go-ahead homer off Romero...Hudler was like "oh, he got lucky there." Whatever happened to giving the other team credit? Chavez hit a mistake change up off your guy...that's what major league hitters are supposed to do...it's not luck give him credit. This was after Romero came in during the previous inning and got the last 2 outs or something...they were all over Romero like he was Eddie Plank or something

But if your life is such a big joke, then why should I care?

by johnspaz7 on Aug 2, 2006 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions

I think 95% of my posts

in the last 3 days of game threads were me being angry at Rex Hudler.

by Emmett89 on Aug 2, 2006 6:03 PM PDT reply actions

I don't know about anyone else

Living in Indiana, I have to watch A's games on the MLB Extra Innings package on Dish Network. All three games I got the Angels crew, and it was painful at best, especially the loss on Tuesday night.

Hudler and Physioc are the worst pair of announcers in any sport, anywhere. I think Hudler is almost as bad at color commentary as Tino Martinez is as an analyst on BBTN.

Anyone who knows anything about baseball knew that, which is why Macha didn't-TexasAsfan

by gatling on Aug 2, 2006 6:05 PM PDT reply actions

I don't know who is who....

but I heard the Angels announcers say that Kotsay was one of their favorite players....maybe that will keep them from going STRAIGHT to hell.

"Don't you play the flute, Huddy?"

by capper3 on Aug 2, 2006 6:10 PM PDT reply actions

But it's entirely because...

...he was a Cal State Fullerton Titan (as Hud tells the audience virtually every time Kotsay comes up to the plate), a fact that plays into both Hudler's love of the irrelevant and Physioc's homerism toward SoCal college sports.

One of the most telling moments of the broadcast Tuesday night was when Hudler told a story about hanging around A's bp and commenting, as Kotsay was taking his swings, that Kots had been a Golden Spikes winner while at Fullerton. Ron Washington, apparently as annoyed at Hud's obsession as most other sentient baseball fans, told Hud that Kotsay didn't care about his past success; he was focused on the future and "winning a ring."

Since being focused on "winning a ring" is, in Hudland, the ultimate sign of a true competitor this just impressed him further, as he told the fans at great length last night.

"I'm getting smarter. I finally punched something that couldn't sue me." -- Billy Martin, after breaking his finger punching a piece of furniture in 1982.

by GreenNGoldSooner on Aug 2, 2006 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Actually

it was Lachemann who made the comment. Hudler repeated the story again today, any case anyone missed it yesterday.

Anyone who knows anything about baseball knew that, which is why Macha didn't-TexasAsfan

by gatling on Aug 2, 2006 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions

I actually like Hudler, kinda

Hes a homer, thats a given and I can accept it from a color man. His oddball intensity is somewhat humorous, IMO. He does get excited for the opposition when a great play is made as well. I know I'm by far in the minority here with that feeling, but its been that way since I first heard Huddy announce(and 95% of the time its vs. the A's )

The opposite is the Mariners announcers, gotta love Hendu but they are so dull and quiet...alot of dead air it seems.

I've come to appreciate Hershiser on ESPN too...intellectual and obviously better than our favorite Mr. Morgan.

Gas to Chicago- $23.87 A's/White Sox Tix- $28 Watching the A's whipping the Sox in July 05'- Priceless

by WiscoFan on Aug 2, 2006 6:19 PM PDT reply actions

Then you my friend are nuts

by Vegas A's Fan on Aug 4, 2006 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions

Hudler sux ass...

He talks to the audience as if we're a bunch of 5 year-olds. At least everyone at Halos Heaven recognizes this too. I have yet to hear one good thing said about him...anywhere.

by okteds on Aug 2, 2006 6:24 PM PDT reply actions

I never listen to them

I'm too used to Ken,Vince and Ray.

by OaklandSi on Aug 2, 2006 6:24 PM PDT reply actions

Nothing compares to

Figgans being able to outrun a baseball. That will stick with me for a long time.

by sprtsnwyn on Aug 2, 2006 6:27 PM PDT reply actions

Physioc

I think steve is worse than Hudler. Hudler is just dumb and says things like JUST IN when it should be DUST IN as mentioned above, and doenst even realize he's wrong. He'll also say "now there's a good player right there" when Scutaro comes up to bat and he wont explain it all. His insider information from his playing days are also terrible, but he doenst do it on purpose.

Physioc is a homer in the worst way and it's totally deliberate. He's intelligent enough to know that he's a total homer, and the worst part is that he seems to take pride in that. He is one of the only sports announcers you can hear over anchors during highlights on shows like bb2nite due to his freaking out when the angels do anything good.

His sad voice when the A's win is priceless.

Teaching Macha Tae Kwon Do since 1981.

by speedracer on Aug 2, 2006 6:31 PM PDT reply actions

Hey! Did you know?

The Angels and the A's play different styles of baseball? The A's play station to station, while the Angels play smallball and steal bases! Rex Hudler and Steve Physioc told me for the millionth freakin' time today, so it must be TRUE!

Ugh...

Dorian on Bonds: "Still, I love it when Bonds wins at the game that he plays."

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Aug 2, 2006 6:31 PM PDT reply actions

don't forget...

Scutaro chugging home on Ellis' wild pitch strikeout? He was taking a page from the Angels' book. Usually they're the ones being aggressive on the basepaths, not us. Uhh, thanks guys.

by TempletonPeck on Aug 2, 2006 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions

When I heard that...

...I thought, isn't trying to catch the defense off guard a page in EVERYONE'S "book"? I don't remember the Angels having full copyright protection on that...

Dorian on Bonds: "Still, I love it when Bonds wins at the game that he plays."

by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Aug 2, 2006 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions

now you know

See, that's why we're so lucky to have intelligent announcers out there so they can educate us.

by TempletonPeck on Aug 2, 2006 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Get over it, Physioc and Hudler

Macha is a great manager. -Ron Washington

by pachydermOAFC on Aug 2, 2006 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions

hate huddle and co

hate hate hate. huddler is featured in mlb the show 2006 too which single handedly ruiden the game for me. the other two annoying team commentators are obviously the yes nextowrk (yankees) announcers nad finally the white sox announcer who says the annoying, "he gone" when the white sox strike anyone out. baltimore and toronto's announcers were not unbiased (obviously that would not be good) but the did talk about baseball and not just angels shit.

by viveksap on Aug 2, 2006 6:38 PM PDT reply actions

i though vasergian

was the padres tv play-by-play

"my swagger is mick jagger" - ghostface

by ucla kid on Aug 2, 2006 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Hudler also does games for FOX network's

Game of the Week sometimes. Once he was on an Interleague game between the A'S/Phillies, which Rex had to say something about both teams. Fosse is a homer, but he still critizes Zito for throwing a fast ball to Kielty or Keith Foulke don't throwing a slider to Ortiz in 2003 ALDS Game 4, which is something Hudler won't do. Remember the story what Bill King said about an A'S player who got angry at him for making an opposites great play as exciting as the home teams.

Macha is a great manager. -Ron Washington

by pachydermOAFC on Aug 2, 2006 6:41 PM PDT reply actions

my issue with them is that they never stop talking

i get that it's there job to talk, but most announcers at least breathe. also 90% of the time i don't even know what they're talking about. honestly as i'm listening to them i can feel my IQ dropping.

that being said they were very complimentary of swisher. i mean i think they have a crush on him

"I thought it was cute," Oakland's Nick Swisher said of Kotsay's blast with the petal-colored bat

by larrysgurl on Aug 2, 2006 6:42 PM PDT reply actions

nail on head

tdwclark

by tdwclark on Aug 2, 2006 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions

There is no one worse.

Because not only are they homers, but they just dont know the game every well. Hudler is just brutal, it's almost like he never played.

Phys started in the Bay Area too....Must kill him to be such a So Cal bitchface now.

Bring back Hammer.

by OaktownPower on Aug 2, 2006 6:44 PM PDT reply actions

They're AWFUL...

...and I have to hear them a lot...

Bleh.

On that note, the game is being replayed in SoCal at 7 tonight!!!!

"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 2, 2006 6:47 PM PDT reply actions

since

I live in RI I can only watch the games on MLB.tv...and for some reason whenever the A's and Angels play in Anaheim I always get those clowns...sometimes even when it's in Oakland IIRC...I wish they gave you an option as to which team's announcers you want to listen to because I can't deal with it at all...I have to put it on mute or I'll seriously get angry listening to them

But if your life is such a big joke, then why should I care?

by johnspaz7 on Aug 2, 2006 6:59 PM PDT reply actions

How does everyone hear these guys?

Do you all subscribe to some MLB satellite package?

by Reg on Aug 2, 2006 7:06 PM PDT reply actions

yeah....

I get the DirecTv EI package and unfortunately these tools were featured in all three games of the series. I just let out a pained groan every time I saw they were carrying the Angels feed.

You just get a sense from these guys that their jobs are hanging by a thread (and Hudler's certainly was following his drug bust) and their bizarre childish Halos-worship is a panicked attempt to stay on the air. Hudler in particular has his head so far us Scioscia's ass I'm surprised he doesn't broadcast in a muffled voice.

I'd hate these two even if they worked for the A's. You can bet I'd have every game on mute.

by coffee roaster on Aug 2, 2006 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions

and his drug bust

Is there no one better to replace him or is he that valuable to them?

by rightbackin on Aug 2, 2006 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions

dunno....

But as far as his drug bust, I'd like to be generous here and assume that his marijuana use was medicinal - hadn't he had an anuerism just the year before? I think that he did use the medicinal argument and that's probably all that saved his job.

Of course, he probably votes for politicians who close down the medicinal shops with their robocops...some things I'll never understand.

by coffee roaster on Aug 2, 2006 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions

What's Wrong With Rooting for Your Team?

I have no problem if the announcers root for their home team. What annoys me is when A's announcers cheer for the other team (Greenwald or whatever his name is cheering for NY) or when their calls are clouded by who they want to win. For example, a lot of times A's announcers will claim that the A's player A made the bag before the ball, when sometimes they didn't. Yet when the same thing happened for the opposing team, they will side with the A's. Kind of like the Fundamental Attribution Error in psychology.

I think it's great if announcers root for their own team - its more exciting for the fans. But there is an extent when cheering can interfere with the calls.

by MoneyManWilliam on Aug 2, 2006 7:08 PM PDT reply actions

Vin Scully

Never seems to get too excited over plays.

Maybe that's why he is still calling games over the past 54 years...

This year's Peja-Artest, Willis for Zito! aim: encryptthisthat

by Hit4TheCycle on Aug 2, 2006 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions

vin scully is so boring.

"I thought it was cute," Oakland's Nick Swisher said of Kotsay's blast with the petal-colored bat

by larrysgurl on Aug 2, 2006 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions

i used to take naps to scully

my roommate would watch the dodgers game, and i'd get zzzz's

"my swagger is mick jagger" - ghostface

by ucla kid on Aug 2, 2006 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh no no no no...

...that man teaches baseball. I learned more about the A's in the weekend that they played the Dodgers than I ever had.

"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 2, 2006 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Your'e right, baseballgirl:

he knows stuff about the A's that AN geeks like us don't even know, but he sure as hell shouldn't teach poetry. When he announced the interleague series with the A's this year, he said shit like, "As Gertrude Stein once said, 'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet;" when, as Oakland folks should know (Stein being from Oakland, etc), her famous rose line is "A rose is a rose is a rose." He's not perfect, but he's a classic, and I appreciate his attempts to bring a somewhat literary, if misinformed, sensibility to the game.

by LAXile on Aug 3, 2006 6:40 AM PDT up reply actions

One thing I've always liked about Scully...

He knows when NOT to talk - when to let the moment speak for itself.

For example, he was the pxp guy for the 1982 NFC Championship game. Once he was done saying that Dwight Clark had caught The Catch, he kept quiet for over 30 seconds and let the screams of the crowd tell the story.

I know of at least one other time he did that... but I don't want to talk/think about it (game 1, 1988 WS).

by calgbear on Aug 3, 2006 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions

Sacramento Kings

"If You DON'T LIKE THAT, YOU DON'T LIKE NBA BASKETBALL!!!"

Grant Napear I'm not sure of him being a paid homer or just a doomer sometimes...

This year's Peja-Artest, Willis for Zito! aim: encryptthisthat

by Hit4TheCycle on Aug 2, 2006 7:10 PM PDT reply actions

I like Grant!

Grant, the tv and radio pxp guy. Grant, the radio show host... bah.

"Harden isn't dead. Hatte Jr. is batting 1.000. Chavy is fine. I'm not depressed." ~ Jennifer

by AsGirl on Aug 2, 2006 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Grant is a butt pirate

n/m

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by gallopingael on Aug 3, 2006 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions

In Defense of Fosse

Yes, he's a homer, but he appreciates good players on the other side.
I don't mind if the announcers are clearly pulling for the A's to win. Just do it professionally, with respect for the other team. Which I think Fosse does. For all his flaws, I like Fosse's genuine affection for the team and its players. He's not just rooting for the A's because they're the A's, but because he really likes and connects with this group of guys. Yankee announcers would fawn over that team even if were filled with the most despicable people on earth. <insert own thought here>

I've never heard Hudler call a game, but I've heard him do interviews. Does he mention "The Good Lord" every few seconds during play-by-play?

"Their team is full of a bunch of shitty nobodies pieced together from the moneyball scrap yard." -- Halos Heaven 7/31/06

by SportySpice @ Athletics Nation on Aug 2, 2006 7:15 PM PDT reply actions

As I intimated at Chez Nico,

I disagree. Fosse's a likable guy and would be excellent playing the dad on any sitcom. But the point is, I think acting is involved in what he does. He does root for the colors on the uniform, for the laundry ... not for the characters he most admires.

This argument goes to the very core of fan-dom, since really the choice of what type of announcer to be is similar to the choice we all make over what type of fan to be. How partisan should we be? Does any A's fan worth her salt stand behind the A's through thick and thin? Or, does any intelligent sports fan worth his salt know that it's better to root for people and not for laundry? The true-blue A's fan is Fosse, to a T. The intelligent sports fan--it'd be unfair to Fosse to use Bill King in this analogy. How about Greg Papa?

Thanks for bringing this up, SportySpice. Potential diary fodder for me.

by rubin sierra on Aug 3, 2006 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions

Fosse is also a butt pirate

I guess when the two lead annoucers are Lon Simmons and Bill King, you tend to get a little spoiled.

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by gallopingael on Aug 3, 2006 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions

I have a suggestion for all of you...

SLINGBOX BABY. Even when i'm at school down in SO-CAL i don't have to listen to stupid hud and physioc broadcast the A's (or any other crappy announcers). I don't pay any monthly fees or anything. All you need is a friend/family member in the bay area to hook it up to and you can hear Foss and Kuip anywhere in the world.

by rsur5 on Aug 2, 2006 7:25 PM PDT reply actions

Listen to the Chicago White Sox announcers.

They're exciting if you're a fan of the Chi Sox. But if not, manm they'll bore the life out of you.

by antigiants618 on Aug 2, 2006 7:28 PM PDT reply actions

absolutely...

they are so dim in their dialogue....they really just fill the air with empty space. The capper for me today was remembering Hud getting busted for dope, then play the fawning Dad when his girl sang the national anthem.

tdwclark

by tdwclark on Aug 2, 2006 7:31 PM PDT reply actions

It seems like Rex sees things other people can't

For some reason he has to comment on everything -- the way someone hits, throws, sits, eats and breathes. Oh and everyone is the best player in the world, playing the best game ever. They are so completely biased that my ears bleed while my brain explodes. Hawaii really needs FSNBA rather than FSNW.

by rightbackin on Aug 2, 2006 7:37 PM PDT reply actions

I watch the game on mute.

It's like Physioc is always yelling something.

FRANKIE DROPS THE BASEBALL!!

by Jennifer on Aug 2, 2006 7:47 PM PDT reply actions

Anyone have

Video of the sulk off with the Angels call?

This year's Peja-Artest, Willis for Zito! aim: encryptthisthat

by Hit4TheCycle on Aug 2, 2006 7:56 PM PDT reply actions

it should still be on mlb.com

"The hard... is what makes it great."

by Jjjsixsix on Aug 2, 2006 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions

I do! I do! I do!!!

Let me know if you want it!
I have the Angels tv version, AND Bill King's call. "Holy toledo!"
<SIGH>

"Harden isn't dead. Hatte Jr. is batting 1.000. Chavy is fine. I'm not depressed." ~ Jennifer

by AsGirl on Aug 2, 2006 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Yea, they are terrible, but

I do have to give them credit for one thing. On Swisher's diving grab, they actually did get really excited and credited it for being a great play.

Past that, they are awful. But still not in The Hawk's territory. He makes my brain cry out in agony.

--Nebraska--

ThePastime

by Ryan Armbrust on Aug 2, 2006 8:01 PM PDT reply actions

chicago and LA

They STINK
I have mlb tv and with LA and especially the White sox, I have to have 2 Computers, 1 to watch and a second on MLB radio to listen to Korach. The other choice is to have no sound !!!!!!
Why do they keep on being so bias ???

I hope the "good guys " always lose ....

by doc on Aug 2, 2006 8:04 PM PDT reply actions

Hey! What about the cloyingly cutesy nicknames?

They call 'em Vlady, Frankie, Arte, Benji, Chony ... For the love of God, please tell me it doesn't go further than that. Garrety? Erstady? Brendy?, Carrascy? Juany? Napoli-i?

I miss Bill King.

by Checkswing HR on Aug 2, 2006 8:07 PM PDT reply actions

Ersty

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 2, 2006 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Garrett? no

Big GA

"Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world." -Dizzy Dean

by The Lonesome Undertaker on Aug 2, 2006 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions

AAAAH!!! EARTHQUAKE!!!!

in the bay area!

by gotgreen on Aug 2, 2006 8:10 PM PDT reply actions

really?

magnitude?

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 2, 2006 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions

random question

there wasn't just a huge earthquake in the bay area, i hoppe? i just felt some mild shaking here in davis about a minute ago...

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 2, 2006 8:10 PM PDT reply actions

it wasn't HUGE

but it was probably the biggest one i've felt in years. scary! i'm still traumatized from the '89 earthquake!

by gotgreen on Aug 2, 2006 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah, i was in albany for that one

watching the world series on tv, of course.
no tv channel is covering this so it couldn't have been that big.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 2, 2006 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions

You're in Davis

Crazy town.

This year's Peja-Artest, Willis for Zito! aim: encryptthisthat

by Hit4TheCycle on Aug 2, 2006 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions

I felt ittt!!

ahhhh!

RIP mAC dRe and biLL KiNg

by jme on Aug 2, 2006 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Feel that earthquake?

My bobbleheads are still jiggling.

"Their team is full of a bunch of shitty nobodies pieced together from the moneyball scrap yard." -- Halos Heaven 7/31/06

by SportySpice @ Athletics Nation on Aug 2, 2006 8:10 PM PDT reply actions

That's gave me the cutest visual.

It was too far north for me to feel it, but I hope the rest of you ANers are safe.

Kettlecorn! Swishercorn!

by TurnTwo on Aug 2, 2006 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions

my crosby bobblehead

pulled a muscle.

and harden is dead.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 2, 2006 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 2, 2006 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions

just called san carlos

people had no idea what i was talking about. i can't imagine it was closer to davis than to san carlos.
anyone know where it was centered?

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 2, 2006 8:13 PM PDT reply actions

Earthquake - 4.7

(link)

Stephen Colbert: "Kids who look up to athletes become athletes themselves."
The Word: Or bitter sports journalists.

by JLaff on Aug 2, 2006 8:15 PM PDT reply actions

4.7? that's it?

wow.

thanks for the link!

by gotgreen on Aug 2, 2006 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions

<calms down>

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 2, 2006 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Blogs are the

fastest news source.

Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 2, 2006 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah

i imediately went to my computer and to AN.

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on Aug 2, 2006 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions

In RC... just a few blocks from San Carlos...

...and I didn't know there was a quake until just now when I read this thread. I thought the first comment on it was a joke.

"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 2, 2006 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll say this for Hudler.

He seems to be a genuinely nice guy. Every time he's interviewed by Marty Lurie or Fosse on the pregame show, he's really friendly with them and gives off a good vibe.

He is overwrought on the air, though. Maybe he should become a greeter at Wal-Mart.

I miss Bill King.

by Checkswing HR on Aug 2, 2006 8:15 PM PDT reply actions

Watching the Sulk Off Call

I'm guessing that's Hudler, or Psycho-ic, and he sounds excited that the A's found another way to win.

Or maybe just surprised at how unexpected that was.

Nothing will beat hearing the Bill King call live...

This year's Peja-Artest, Willis for Zito! aim: encryptthisthat

by Hit4TheCycle on Aug 2, 2006 8:37 PM PDT reply actions

They both have voices

that are the equivilant of fingernails on a blackboard. In addition to stating the obvious in cloying homer-style, they repeat themselves constantly. They irritate the hell out of me!

Baseball is life. . . at least that is what my sweatshirt says.

by 0R0H0E on Aug 2, 2006 8:39 PM PDT reply actions

Just watched the condensed game

it got to the fifth and froze on the wild pitch! switched to highlight part.....heads up running by scoot! though I would have loved to see it isolated.

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005...in 2006?...prove it.

by ak_A on Aug 2, 2006 8:43 PM PDT reply actions

jay pay

has anyone heard how jasons hand is?

by smasfan on Aug 2, 2006 8:55 PM PDT reply actions

I'm wondering too

"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 2, 2006 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Slusser says he'll get X-rayed in Seattle...

this afternoon and if the hand is broken either Bocachica or DJ may be recalled.

In addition, Crosby could go on the DL tomorrow or Friday with Rouse being called up.

More here.

50/50 Bar

by Ice Cream on Aug 2, 2006 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions

A "stress reaction?"

I have never, ever heard of a bony structure having a "stress reaction." Is that a new, don't-be-alarmed term for a stress fracture, or was that an editor mindfart?

"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 2, 2006 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions

ugh

Payton, who hadn't been told when the X-rays would take place, said he "had no idea" if his hand was broken but didn't seem optimistic.

source

by gotgreen on Aug 2, 2006 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions

sh*t oh dear...all we freaking need if

that happens...acccckkkkk.

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005...in 2006?...prove it.

by ak_A on Aug 2, 2006 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions

who's jason?

"I thought it was cute," Oakland's Nick Swisher said of Kotsay's blast with the petal-colored bat

by larrysgurl on Aug 2, 2006 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions

sorry

tired meant to say jay

by smasfan on Aug 2, 2006 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions

According to his bio..

he was born Jason Lee Payton. You're not wrong, just psychic. :)

Kettlecorn! Swishercorn!

by TurnTwo on Aug 2, 2006 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions

woo hoo

i predicted a couple of home runs the other night he he

by smasfan on Aug 2, 2006 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Question...

...if anybody's around here, anyway: so I'm trying to buy field level tickets online for a game next week, using an online-only coupon code, and it keeps giving me seats in the rear of the section. I've sat there a time or two before, but I was just wondering if anybody knows how many rows total there are in the field level seats, so I would know if I'm buying seats in the very back row or not. Thanks. :)

Oh, and keeping with the general theme of the thread: tHe aNglEs aNd ThEir aNnoUncErS sUcK!!111 bOoOooOOOooOOoOoO!!!!!1111

by whiteshoes40 on Aug 2, 2006 9:27 PM PDT reply actions

1st Deck

I think the last row is 38 or 39 in the 1st Deck

by oaklandbbfan on Aug 2, 2006 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions

cool, thanks :)

by whiteshoes40 on Aug 2, 2006 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions

I've been in row 34 and 35 before...

...and they're not as far back as they sound like they would be. They're also in the shade. :)

"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 2, 2006 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions

you are right

field level 109-125 rows 21-38

by smasfan on Aug 2, 2006 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Payton to the DL probably

means Dan Johnson recalled, Swisher back to the OF. Which, if Payton was due to cool off and DJ actually has found his old stroke, could be less than a disaster.

And that's your rationalization for tonight!

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Aug 2, 2006 9:59 PM PDT reply actions

Oh, should clarify,

that's all purely hypothetical--I have no idea whether Payton's hand is ok or not.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Aug 2, 2006 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Should that happen...

they need to make Swish live a superclean, lots of sleep, healthy-food, plenty of water lifestyle.

the great playoff miss of 2004 followed by the good try of 2005...in 2006?...prove it.

by ak_A on Aug 3, 2006 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions

richter, ritter, right?

Huddy before Huddy actually has some really interesting stories regarding baseball. Hudler's problem is that he fried too many brain cells.

And I think that Fosse is definitely a homer but in a tasteful and respectful way. I've heard Fosse say many times that the A's have had players for the most part who are also great people, and I think that applies to broadcasters too.

by azagtooth on Aug 2, 2006 10:22 PM PDT reply actions

And...REALLY?

"Getting Figgy with it"...

should never EVER be spoken again.

"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 2, 2006 11:19 PM PDT reply actions

<sigh>

When you get hit in the hand and you feel like it's broken, you react," said Payton, who will have X-rays taken. "The anger was more toward the fact my hand might be broken. I know [Shields] is a good guy."

Damn you, Shields!!!!

"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 2, 2006 11:29 PM PDT reply actions

Like any politician

I come to credit-claim

by rubin sierra on Aug 2, 2006 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Sorry! I'm usually good about that.

I was just so upset, you see...

"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 2, 2006 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions

it would suck if his hand was broken

sounds like you need somebody to charge.

by rubin sierra on Aug 3, 2006 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions

Does anyone else get pissed off at duane?

It seems to me like he has never extensivly played baseball... Its kinda like how you don't talk to a pitcher during a no-hitter. He always just seems to say the wrong things. Like if the As need a three run homer he'll say, " The As havent been able to get a big hit all night and so and so hasn't hit a homerun in over a month.. what a time it would be for one right now." Some times i just want to scream at him that it is not appropriate to talk like that in baseball and that he should stick to warriors/ sharks or whatever other crap fsn is playing.

by skalordes on Aug 3, 2006 12:00 AM PDT reply actions

Crosby likely headed to the DL...

Originally diagnosed as a sacroiliac joint strain, but could actually be a stress reaction. Link.

by alamedagirl on Aug 3, 2006 12:47 AM PDT reply actions

I brought this up in another thread last night...

...but not with Wikilinks.

Stress reaction.

Stress fracture.

(alamedagirl is reporting accurately... the news article actually does say "stress reaction." I just happen to think it's talking about a possible stress fracture. Is there a doctor in the house?)

"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 3, 2006 6:22 AM PDT up reply actions

errrrr, I brought it up earlier in THIS thread

hey, it's early...

"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 3, 2006 6:25 AM PDT up reply actions

Uh?

A stress fracture may be barely noticeable at first -- you may feel it only during longer, more intense workouts. Or, the pain you feel may simply be a precursor to fracture known as a stress reaction -- a weakening of the bone at the cellular level. In either case, without proper self-care and treatment, the bone may continue to weaken and a crack or break could develop.

(Emphasis mine)

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00556.html

by Jennifer on Aug 3, 2006 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions

Thank you!

So, basically, I shouldn't read or post late at night or early in the morning -- only in the middle of the day. Noted. ;)

"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 3, 2006 7:15 AM PDT up reply actions

hudler had props for swisher

he seemed to get legitimately excited over the great stops that swish made in both games 1 and 3.

Zito: You ever think about the space time continuum?
Huddy: Uh... no.

by mendelbob on Aug 3, 2006 3:12 AM PDT reply actions

HUD

Rex Hudler's "All-Star Team" would include the following players:

P: Lackey
P: Frankey (so much emotion)
C: Jason Kendall
1B: Ersty
2B: AK
SS: OC
3B: Figgy
LF: Figgy
CF: Kotsay
RF: Figgy

So many intangibles. So much PASSION for the game.

COME ON, OAKLAND, COME ON!

by Colorado Fan on Aug 3, 2006 7:09 AM PDT reply actions

I can't stand

Frankie...he is the Manny of closers to me. By that I mean he showboats all the time. Every k and save is his first ever or in the World Series. Just like how Manny watches his homers and his singles that he thinks are homers...whatever happened to being professional? Acting like you've done that before (which they have). I just have no respect for players like that.

But if your life is such a big joke, then why should I care?

by johnspaz7 on Aug 3, 2006 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Not enough GRIT, though

Needs more Ersty. Maybe replace Kotsay with Figgy, and put one more Ersty in RF.

"He should have been out for blood, like a two-mouthed bear at a monkey eating contest!" ~ McFood

by Poppy on Aug 3, 2006 8:37 AM PDT up reply actions

true

ersty's got a much higher PHIL rating than figgins.

by yeswecan @ Athletics Nation on Aug 3, 2006 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions

What a company man...

...not because Kendall is the only non-Angel on that roster, but because he's got OC at short rather than Eckstein. Eck doesn't have the stats, but they won with him more than they haven't, and you would think that his "gamer" mentality would supercede Orlando.

But then he would be saying his bosses made a mistake in getting rid of him.

by gmoneymcg on Aug 3, 2006 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Hate to admit it, but

i like Rex Hudler. I get to listen to him alot being dowin in LA, and i have to admit that he amuses me. I really like his passion for the great game of baseball, you can tell he just loves the game. He always talks highly about the A's when they are playing the Angels, especially Kendal. Every time, and i do mean EVERY time, Kendal is shown on TV, he refers to him as a "Gamer". I think he has a lot of respect for us and i can respect about him.

President of the Brent Gates Fan Club

by SoCal As Fan on Aug 3, 2006 10:14 AM PDT reply actions

That may be so...

...but what he doesn't understand about the game of baseball would fill the New York Public Library.

"I'm living in a cuckoo clock!" ~HollywoodOz
"I'm your huckleberry." ~grover

by baseballgirl on Aug 3, 2006 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions

He does like the game

Just like Joe Morgan, better than somebody who doesn't care but worse than somebody who doesn't say things like "frenzy hitting".

"Most people look at the bracelet and think it supports cancer or says Nike or go Tar Heels. No. It says Dr. Destroy." Andrew Miller.

by niallmack on Aug 3, 2006 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions

Rex Hudler

equals TURD BURGLAR!!!!

I live near santa barbara and I watch some angels games (cause any baseball is usually better than whatever else is on TV) and routinely change the channel when anything important happens so that I won't need to throw my TV out the window when Hudler talks about "going upstream" "getting figgy with it" (how dated can you possibly be?) or any of the other lame sayings he has. It has gotten better, he talked about the world series win 5 times a game for two years straight.

"Most people look at the bracelet and think it supports cancer or says Nike or go Tar Heels. No. It says Dr. Destroy." Andrew Miller.

by niallmack on Aug 3, 2006 11:51 AM PDT reply actions

GOT TO GO!!!

Just remembered another brain numbing lame Hudlerism.

"Most people look at the bracelet and think it supports cancer or says Nike or go Tar Heels. No. It says Dr. Destroy." Andrew Miller.

by niallmack on Aug 3, 2006 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm in:

By Hook or by crook!!!

Can you check on drum checks? :)

While taint is everywhere and baseball is certainly no different, it's important that it be treated with open attention-Devo

by saint @ Athletics Nation on Aug 3, 2006 1:18 PM PDT reply actions

Glen Kuiper isn't all that great either

During last Sunday's game, the subject of Mark Ellis' not getting a vote for comeback player of the year came up, and Kuiper used the phrase "that's a joke".

When Bradley hit his walk-off homer, and the A's celebrated, Kuiper's comment: "I love it".

There's nothing wrong with announcer having an affinity for the team they cover, but to express his feelings and opinions so unabashedly is amateurish.

Give me Hank Greenwald or Tim Roye or Greg Papa any day.

by wg on Aug 3, 2006 3:22 PM PDT reply actions