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Originally Posted by ManInBlue
Did you see the George Brett Pine Tar game? We bash the commentators now for knowing absolutely nothing. They didn't know anything then either. When Tim Mc laid the bat across the plate, they said the umps were looking to see if Brett hit the ball on the foreign substance. One of them first said they were using the plate like a yard stick...started going in the right direction...You know measuring how far up the bat the pine tar was. He was quickly interupted with a "no, they're trying to determine..." Went off about his stance, and where he hit the ball.
Disgusting. I guess being an idiot has always been a prerequisite for announcing pro games.  |
You might as well turn the sound off then when watching baseball games on TV. Knowing the rules of the game is not what announcers are hired for and the fans don't care.
Announcers are there to explain what the players are doing and the strategy of the game.
The ruling on the pine tar bat on the field was that Brett violated a rule.
The rule was so technical that the ruling was overturned.
Now if the umpires were overruled what the hell difference does it make if the announcers got it wrong?