WTF Was McCarver Talking About

UmpJM

Spence,

No.

MikeStrybel

Tim McCarver may have been an excellent athlete but he has a legacy of commentary misspeak. I will have to dig a bit but I once received an email with a link to McCarver and Joe Morgan blunders. It was pretty entertaining for those of us who understand the rules and terminology.

biggravy

Great ball player, now a total effing idiot. When he does commentary I watch games on mute.

Stu Clary

WTF is McCarver EVER talking about? Also: NOT a great ballplayer...but he turned being Steve Carlton's personal catcher into a lucrative career.

Blue37

Perhaps he meant it was good that the ball did not deflect into the stands off of the player. Only thing I can figure.

ODJ

CSN SportsNet wrap up had same comment. Stupid after stupid.

yawetag

Blue37 wrote
Perhaps he meant it was good that the ball did not deflect into the stands off of the player. Only thing I can figure.

That's the only possibility. Deflected and over the fence without touching ground.

APG

yawetag wrote
That's the only possibility. Deflected and over the fence without touching ground.

Most likely, especially since we've seen it happen this year. A very poorly phrased sentence from him...but then again he is McCarver and an announcer so not a shock. It's the same or worse on other sports.

mbyron

Blue37 wrote
Perhaps he meant it was good that the ball did not deflect into the stands off of the player. Only thing I can figure.

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

yawetag

mbyron wrote
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

yawetag wrote
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. 🙂

greymule

You guys are too hard on McCarver. He meant simply that by not touching the ball, the outfielder (and the Reds) avoided being charged with an error.

mbyron

greymule wrote
You guys are too hard on McCarver. He meant simply that by not touching the ball, the outfielder (and the Reds) avoided being charged with an error.

Maybe we are hard on him, but that's wrong, too. 🙄

seenitall

Too hard on McCarver? Not possible.

MD Longhorn

Congratulations. You were the 100th person to start a thread with that exact title. You've won a year's supply of Rice-A-Roni, the San Francisco Treat.

Suudy

Not being up on the world of baseball commentators (I only watch Mariner's baseball and our local color guys), it sounds like McCarver is to baseball what Theisman is to football. 😛

jophyal

Suudy wrote
Not being up on the world of baseball commentators (I only watch Mariner's baseball and our local color guys), it sounds like McCarver is to baseball what Theisman is to football. :p

Theisman does the Mariners baseball games...who knew?

mbyron

jophyal wrote
Theisman does the Mariners baseball games...who knew?

You struggled with analogies on the SAT, right? 🙄

yawetag

mbyron wrote
You struggled with analogies on the SAT, right? :rolleyes:

Like a cheetah struggles with running.