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Why I Can't Stand the Angels Announcers

Oakland_tiny by Blez on 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   0 recs

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 Blez on Aug 2, 2006 5:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 on Aug 2, 2006 10:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Now we know where Artie is saving money...
...broadcaster salaries.

by gmoneymcg on Aug 3, 2006 3:51 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 Blez on Aug 2, 2006 6:01 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by yeswecan on Aug 2, 2006 10:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

I never listen to them
I'm too used to Ken,Vince and Ray.

by OaklandSi on Aug 2, 2006 6:24 PM PDT   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

Get over it, Physioc and Hudler
Macha is a great manager. -Ron Washington

by pachydermOAFC on Aug 2, 2006 6:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

Grant is a butt pirate
n/m
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by gallopingael on Aug 3, 2006 9:20 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 on Aug 2, 2006 7:15 PM PDT   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

it should still be on mlb.com
"The hard... is what makes it great."

by Jjjsixsix on Aug 2, 2006 7:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Ersty
Can intangibles exist? Only the ones you can touch.

by salb918 on Aug 2, 2006 8:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

I felt ittt!!
ahhhh!
RIP mAC dRe and biLL KiNg

by jme on Aug 2, 2006 8:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs