WTF Was McCarver Talking About

[yawetag]

Originally Posted by mbyron

He can't have meant that, as he described the defense as "lucky" that F8 didn't touch the ball.

What we meant is "Tim was confusing another rule with what actually happened. Tim was thinking in his head of the rule we mentioned, but including it in a situation where the ball actually bounces inside the park first."

In other words, Tim doesn't know anything about the finer rules of baseball and was trying to sound smart.

[MikeStrybel]

The link with Morgan's and McCarver's blunders is no longer viable. I found this: The I Hate Tim McCarver Home Page

and

”The McCarver Drinking Game
Here’s how to play:
Get a bottle of your favorite booze and a shot glass and…
1: Drink every time Tim uses a multi-syllable word incorrectly.
2: Drink every time Tim states the obvious like it is a profound insight.
3: Drink every time Tim calls the play wrong.
4: Drink every time Tim gets a player’s name wrong.
5: Drink every time one of Tim’s inane comments is met with stoney silence by the other broadcasters in the booth.
My guarantee is you’ll be drunk by the bottom of the 1st inning!"

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by yawetag

In other words, Tim doesn't know anything about the finer rules of baseball and was trying to sound smart.

And with that, I have no dispute whatever.