I lost it when I turned on Fox Saturday Baseball this afternoon and heard TB's voice. I cried (yes, it was fake) but it still caused my dog Wesley to go into a bit of a frenzy. I know I keep repeating myself, but he is just awful, and I just can't understand why he has a broadcasting gig, let alone a national broadcasting gig.
During today's game on Fox, he continues to ramble on and on and on about how great the Reds are, but can't even acknowledge a good play by the Cubbies (i.e. Ramirez's outstanding diving catch to take away an extra base hit). Don't get me wrong, I think the Reds are good, but my opinion doesn't matter as I'm not paid to be an unbiased broadcaster. When I'm listening to a game, I want to hear the play-by-play with occasional commentary. With TB, you get occasional play-by-play (which is often times incorrect) with A LOT of commentary, which is really just him blabbering about how the Reds are better than whatever team they are playing that day.
Here are a few things from today's game:
1. While explaining the sign on the Wrigley rooftops, TB said the AC stands for "Another Championship." Wrong. It actually stands for Anno Catuli, which translates into "In the Year of the Cubs." Props to my friend Elise for pointing this out.
2. While discussing the starting pitchers of today's game, TB said, "After last year, you have to put Arroyo up in the company of guys like Halladay, Sabathia and Lincecum." Ok, maybe Arroyo has won 15 games in each of the past few seasons, but seriously? The stats tell a different story ... and also show that Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright, Tim Hudson, John Lester, David Price, Justin Verlander and Ubaldo Jimenez (to name a few), all had better year's than Arroyo. I'm not saying Arroyo is bad, I'm just saying that just because he's plays for the Reds, doesn't mean he is one of the best. If you were choosing your fantasy team, would you choose Arroyo before any of these guys?
3. "Jay Bruce should have won a Gold Glove last year." Is this the same Jay Bruce that made an error on a routine pop fly in the NLDS against Philly? Although I might agree with TB that Gold Gloves should be given to a left fielder, center fielder and right fielder (instead of just to "outfielders"), it isn't the way it works, and if it did, the Gold Glove could have easily gone to Ethier or Francoeur. Pence didn't have too bad of a season either. And by the way TB, Marlon Byrd's defensive numbers last year were pretty much identical to Bruce's ... do you think he was screwed out of the award as well? Of course not ... because Byrd doesn't play for the Reds.
Perhaps the most irritating thing from today's broadcast was TB's inability to say anything positive about the Cubs. I get it, he's a Reds announcer (which is why he shouldn't have done the game today), and he was also let go of by the Cubbies in the 90's when they chose Chip Carey to announce the games instead of him. Hold a grudge much, TB? But seriously, he couldn't even acknowledge that it was a good play when power-hitting Pena surprised everyone and laid down a 2-strike bunt for a single. Nor could he say anything besides a grunting "Yes" when his sidekick Tim McCarver acknowledged that awesome defensive play by Ramirez. If it would have been a Reds player that did either of the two, he'd still be talking about it.
Chicago didn't want you and you've found your home in the Nati. Time to move on, TB.
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