Like I said in an earlier blog, TB got canned by the Cubbies and I don't think he has gotten over it. Let's think about this for a second ... Why do people get fired? BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO THEIR JOB WELL. Here's another question ... would TB have a job for the Reds if he wasn't Marty's son? I think it is certainly possible that he wold not be announcing Reds games if his daddy wasn't Marty.
I want to forget for a moment about all of the inaccuracies of TB's "facts," and focus on his extremely biased opinion of all things Chicago Cubs. During the 3rd inning of today's game, TB goes off on a fan for celebrating that he got a foul ball. Apparently, another fan was hit by the foul ball and then it bounced to the fan (who knows what actually happened because it wasn't seen on tv). TB goes off, and I mean OFF about how ridiculous that fan is. Luckily, Chris Welsh brings him back to reality by saying, "It's quite possible that he didn't know she got hit." TB responds, "Give me a break. You have got to be kidding. Someone gets hit and you're celebrating like you caught the ball. What a joke." The best part is that he said all of this with the same amount of umph he had when Bruce hit the HR last year to win the division. An inning later, Soto misses a foul ball by a couple of inches. Despite the fact that Soto had to navigate around the Reds on-deck circle, including bats and pine tar sticks, TB says, "Come on. You have to make that play." This is what I say to that ... Drew "Strike Out" Stubbs should have made that routine catch in CF. He lost it in the sun and the Cubs scored. TB said nothing, just like he said nothing yesterday when the Reds made three errors. I know he's frustrated that the Reds just aren't very good, but there's no need to be unprofessional. The moral of the story: TB is the biggest joke in town.
I am officially crushed. I just learned that TB does football play-by-play for the Big 10 Network. For those of you that don't know this, I am a HUGE Nebraska fan and I'm not sure if I will be able to handle him disrespecting Corn Nation. Seriously, the guy can't get things right about the Reds (a team he has been around forever) how can we expect him to get anything right about a team that will be new to him? Luckily, the Huskers have six games on channels that aren't TB affiliated, and I can only hope that TB's love for Jim Tressel means he will be stuck with OSU games.
The goods news is that the series with the Cubs is over (after Chicago took 2 of 3), so I won't have to listen to TB if I don't want to for awhile. The bad news is that the Reds and Cubs still have 6 games this season. Sigh.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
I'm not sure how much more I can take.
This is my official plea to the Cincinnati Reds to please hire someone to check TB's "facts." I'm seriously considering quitting the blog because I can't stand listening to him. The Reds are playing the Cubs this weekend and I really think that TB is at his worst when the Cubs are playing. Am I more sensitive to the Cubs? Sure, but they are also the team I know the most about, so his "facts" about the Cubs (or the Reds when they are playing the Cubs) really get to me. Sometimes, I truly think TB is watching a different game than the one he is calling.
Big Z is on the mound today for the Cubs. After he walks Votto and Phillips in the first, Z stands on the mound and stares at Soto. He is saying nothing and doing nothing but prepping for the next pitch. TB says, "Zambrano looks like a bull loading up on steam." Sure, Z has had some temper issues in the past, but how does a guy standing on the mound doing absolutely nothing constitute a "bull loading up on steam?" Let's talk about a bull ... Cueto gives up a homer to Z in the 3rd. As Z is trotting around the bases, Cueto is pacing and yelling into his glove. TB says nothing about this. I guess pacing and yelling is calm in Cincinnati ... I'll remember this the next time I head to Kroger.
Earlier in the broadcast, TB says that Cueto's 1.88 ERA is the lowest in the majors. Shockingly, TB is incorrect. Jared Weaver's ERA is currently 1.78. After Cueto is chased in the 4th (he did have a 12.27 ERA today), TB says, "In his 16 starts this year, no one has pitched better than Johnny Cueto." You know me, I'm going to check the stats to see if he's right. I looked at the first 16 starts of some other pitchers in the league. When you compare Cueto's 16 starts to the first 16 of guys like Halladay, Weaver, Verlander, Beckett, Jurjjens, A. Sanchez, Sabathia, Price, Hamels, Garcia, Kennedy and Cain, Cueto's stats are not as good. Sure his ERA of 1.88 is good, but after 16 games, Weaver's was 1.65. All of the other pitchers also pitched more innings during their first 16 starts, had less walks, more strikeouts and better overall records in those 16 starts. Cueto plays for the Reds, therefore he is the best (no matter what the stats say).
While discussing the Reds schedule for the rest of the month, TB says, "The Reds won't play a team with a winning record." Two things: One - The Reds don't have a winning record. Two - The Reds play the Phillies at the end of the month. I believe the best record in all of baseball at 73-39 constitutes playing a team with a winning record.
This is another thing I don't get - the Reds commit 3 errors in today's game. The Cubs commit 0, yet TB finds it necessary to discuss all of the errors Castro has committed at short. Just goes to show you (once again) that he just can't acknowledge the Reds aren't the best. Here's an interesting fact for TB, the Reds are now closer to 5th place in the division than they are to 2nd!
Nice win today Cubbies! Let's go for the sweep tomorrow and make it 8 in a row!
Big Z is on the mound today for the Cubs. After he walks Votto and Phillips in the first, Z stands on the mound and stares at Soto. He is saying nothing and doing nothing but prepping for the next pitch. TB says, "Zambrano looks like a bull loading up on steam." Sure, Z has had some temper issues in the past, but how does a guy standing on the mound doing absolutely nothing constitute a "bull loading up on steam?" Let's talk about a bull ... Cueto gives up a homer to Z in the 3rd. As Z is trotting around the bases, Cueto is pacing and yelling into his glove. TB says nothing about this. I guess pacing and yelling is calm in Cincinnati ... I'll remember this the next time I head to Kroger.
Earlier in the broadcast, TB says that Cueto's 1.88 ERA is the lowest in the majors. Shockingly, TB is incorrect. Jared Weaver's ERA is currently 1.78. After Cueto is chased in the 4th (he did have a 12.27 ERA today), TB says, "In his 16 starts this year, no one has pitched better than Johnny Cueto." You know me, I'm going to check the stats to see if he's right. I looked at the first 16 starts of some other pitchers in the league. When you compare Cueto's 16 starts to the first 16 of guys like Halladay, Weaver, Verlander, Beckett, Jurjjens, A. Sanchez, Sabathia, Price, Hamels, Garcia, Kennedy and Cain, Cueto's stats are not as good. Sure his ERA of 1.88 is good, but after 16 games, Weaver's was 1.65. All of the other pitchers also pitched more innings during their first 16 starts, had less walks, more strikeouts and better overall records in those 16 starts. Cueto plays for the Reds, therefore he is the best (no matter what the stats say).
While discussing the Reds schedule for the rest of the month, TB says, "The Reds won't play a team with a winning record." Two things: One - The Reds don't have a winning record. Two - The Reds play the Phillies at the end of the month. I believe the best record in all of baseball at 73-39 constitutes playing a team with a winning record.
This is another thing I don't get - the Reds commit 3 errors in today's game. The Cubs commit 0, yet TB finds it necessary to discuss all of the errors Castro has committed at short. Just goes to show you (once again) that he just can't acknowledge the Reds aren't the best. Here's an interesting fact for TB, the Reds are now closer to 5th place in the division than they are to 2nd!
Nice win today Cubbies! Let's go for the sweep tomorrow and make it 8 in a row!
Friday, August 5, 2011
I thought TB had been fired!
No such luck. TB hasn't done a game in awhile, so I hoped that the Reds had finally realized how bad he was and canned him. Then, I switched over from WGN to FSN-Ohio today and heard his sweet, sweet voice. Ugh.
This isn't going to be a long post. I'd much rather listen to Len and Bob ... BUT as soon as I switched over, TB made one of his usual blunders. While discussing Tony Campana's inside-the-park homer in the 1st, TB said, "It is the first time a player has hit an inside-the-park homer as his first major league home run since Emilio Bonafacio did it in 2009. It's the first time a Cub has done it since 1948. If I would have told you in 1948 that the Cubs' last appearance in a World Series would be 40 years ago, you would have made a lot of money off me." My first response ... HUH? What does that have to do with anything you're talking about? My second response ... The Cubs were in the World Series in 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935 and 1945. Sure, they haven't won since 1908, but in TB's time frame, they've been there 6 times, not zero.
And then he starts talking about the lack of left-handed hitters on the Cubs' roster. He said, "You have DeWitt, Colvin and Campana in the starting line-up today. That's two (left-handed hitters) right there." DeWitt+Campana+Colvin = 3. That's it, I'm switching back to WGN pronto!
This isn't going to be a long post. I'd much rather listen to Len and Bob ... BUT as soon as I switched over, TB made one of his usual blunders. While discussing Tony Campana's inside-the-park homer in the 1st, TB said, "It is the first time a player has hit an inside-the-park homer as his first major league home run since Emilio Bonafacio did it in 2009. It's the first time a Cub has done it since 1948. If I would have told you in 1948 that the Cubs' last appearance in a World Series would be 40 years ago, you would have made a lot of money off me." My first response ... HUH? What does that have to do with anything you're talking about? My second response ... The Cubs were in the World Series in 1910, 1918, 1929, 1932, 1935 and 1945. Sure, they haven't won since 1908, but in TB's time frame, they've been there 6 times, not zero.
And then he starts talking about the lack of left-handed hitters on the Cubs' roster. He said, "You have DeWitt, Colvin and Campana in the starting line-up today. That's two (left-handed hitters) right there." DeWitt+Campana+Colvin = 3. That's it, I'm switching back to WGN pronto!
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