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Some thoughts for your price of admission:
1) Yes, I expect that the person commenting on the game actually understands the nuances, rules and intricacies. Much like I expect the guy who cooks my meal to have washed his hands before touching the prep area. It kind of goes without saying.
2) Reynolds has been doing this for a long time and regularly confuses the rules of LL, OBR and NCAA. That said, it is the only time that my ears actually enjoy listening to him. He is the car crash on the side of the road...you listen just because you know it's bad.
3) To lighten the load on a Saturday night, I recall one of my favorite announcers doing a little rain delay theatre at Wrigley some years back. Harry Carey was wasting time as Arnie Harris panned through the crowd and spied a couple love birds in the upper deck. I have heard it so many times yet I can never recall the exact words. Something akin to: "Ahhh, love at the ol' ball park. He kisses her on the strikes and she kisses him on the balls." He lost it and the giggles that followed make me cry each time I hear it. Reynolds should listen to those old tapes.
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You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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