Um, no.
He wasn't warned not to return to the mound, so this doesn't apply and the pitcher is immediately removed.
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Um, no.
He wasn't warned not to return to the mound, so this doesn't apply and the pitcher is immediately removed.
Braves increase lead to 7 games over Mets and Phillies.
Thank you so kindly for beating the Padres. Someone had to do it.
No problem. We were three outs away from making it a sweep, but somebody got a real good hit off of Billy Wagner last night, and the game went to 12 innings, and then they put Kris Medlen in (who is seriously overworked) and then we lost. 
But 2/3 is still good. We've only lost one series since May 10.
But 2/3 is still good. We've only lost one series since May 10.
^ I had to watch that whole fucking game with the Royals broadcasters. 
Have those people ever heard of being objective? In terms of being an apologist for the team, they're as bad as WGN.
I mean, what other team's broadcasters would have a poll for people to text in their "Most Hated" guy on the other team? You wouldn't see Michael Kay (Yankees) or Gary Cohen (Mets) pull that kind of crap. Now those guys have class.
Have those people ever heard of being objective? In terms of being an apologist for the team, they're as bad as WGN. I mean, what other team's broadcasters would have a poll for people to text in their "Most Hated" guy on the other team? You wouldn't see Michael Kay (Yankees) or Gary Cohen (Mets) pull that kind of crap. Now those guys have class.
Objective sportscasters are boring. Joe Simpson, Chip Caray, John Smoltz, and Ernie (uh whatshisface) are some of the biggest homers ever.
And you have to admit, that if that poll came up during a Royals/Red Sox game, you would think it was funny. And I also seriously doubt the guys calling the game get to pick the polls. It's usually some stat guy in a corner eating nachos.
And you have to admit, that if that poll came up during a Royals/Red Sox game, you would think it was funny. And I also seriously doubt the guys calling the game get to pick the polls. It's usually some stat guy in a corner eating nachos.
^ No, because I wouldn't be *watching* a Royals/Redsox game. 
seriously though, it just seemed like a bit of a cheap shot. I doubt even NESN would do that during a Sox/Yankees game. And those broadcasters I mentioned (M. Kay and G. Cohen) *are* objective. I mean, they announce just a bit louder if the Yankees or Mets get a hit or HR or whatever, but you wouldn't see them flat-out calling the other team the devil or anything like that.
seriously though, it just seemed like a bit of a cheap shot. I doubt even NESN would do that during a Sox/Yankees game. And those broadcasters I mentioned (M. Kay and G. Cohen) *are* objective. I mean, they announce just a bit louder if the Yankees or Mets get a hit or HR or whatever, but you wouldn't see them flat-out calling the other team the devil or anything like that.
Anytime the Mets come to town, they always get called the Dirty Rotten NY Mets.
^ Yeah, well, the Mets have been stomped on by the Braves with regularity over the years, so that's no surprise.
Giants are leading the NL Wild Card Race. Who would have thunk that.
^ I had to watch that whole fucking game with the Royals broadcasters.
I mean, what other team's broadcasters would have a poll for people to text in their "Most Hated" guy on the other team? You wouldn't see Michael Kay (Yankees) or Gary Cohen (Mets) pull that kind of crap. Now those guys have class.
Michael Kay? Michael Kay?! Not a homer?!!
^ I had to watch that whole fucking game with the Royals broadcasters.
I mean, what other team's broadcasters would have a poll for people to text in their "Most Hated" guy on the other team? You wouldn't see Michael Kay (Yankees) or Gary Cohen (Mets) pull that kind of crap. Now those guys have class.
Michael Kay? Michael Kay?! Not a homer?!!
Yeah, I'm sorry. Are you SERIOUSLY trying to call out broadcasters for not being objective, but you regularly watch Yankees games without an issue?
After listening to Suzyn "of all the dramatic things" Waldman, "an A-bomb from A-Rod", and the douchebag songs Sterling starts singing like "the Grandy-man can" after granderson hit a homerun to win a game? Or how UNFAIR it was when the bugs were on Joba in Cleveland in the playoffs, and how that was entirely the reason, even though the OTHER team had to pitch in the same conditions?
Not sure if I've HEARD a bigger group of homers than the YES network trots out on a nightly basis. It's ok to say you didn't like hearing it from the opposite side, but you can't call someone out on not being objective when you regularly enjoy the biggest collection of douchebags in the game. they rival some of the Fox and ESPN baseball crew on how bad they are. Although, to be honest, I'd rather have Scooter the Baseball (damn you, Fox!) call the game than Sterling and Waldman...
^ You'd do the same for your precious Red Sox, so how is this any different?
Okay, so Michael Kay gets a bit more excited when the Yankees hit a home run than when the other team does. Big deal. At least he doesn't openly make fun of the other team, or call the Yankees "our team" or "the good guys" (like the WGN broadcasters do), or anything like that. And I wasn't kidding about the poll, either. "Top Ten Most Hated Yankees"? That's REAL objective, there.
And BTW, I don't listen to the radio people. So I would have no idea what Suzyn Waldman or John Sterling say.
Okay, so Michael Kay gets a bit more excited when the Yankees hit a home run than when the other team does. Big deal. At least he doesn't openly make fun of the other team, or call the Yankees "our team" or "the good guys" (like the WGN broadcasters do), or anything like that. And I wasn't kidding about the poll, either. "Top Ten Most Hated Yankees"? That's REAL objective, there.
And BTW, I don't listen to the radio people. So I would have no idea what Suzyn Waldman or John Sterling say.
Honestly, No, and it's kinda lame that you just want to push it off on me rather than address it. Not saying the KC guys aren't bad, although don't really have any experience with them to talk about it one way or the other. All I CAN speak to in that regard is how TERRIBLE the Yankees' announcers are in this regard, so you don't have much leg to stand on there. If you can listen to Kay, or Sterling, without throwing up in your mouth occasionally, you can't call out anyone else for homerism. My "precious Red Sox" announcers would die of embarassment before they'd act like what i hear from the Yankees (or what you describe from KC), so more defensive on your part than germaine to the conversation. They don't have any of the douchebag catch phrases, at least that I'm aware of. Certainly would never start singing like Sterling, or completely losing their shit like Suzyn...
Maybe it's a bit of Sox-tinted glasses on my part, and someone that follows another team can chime in, but I feel that the Red Sox crew (Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo) are a pretty strong team, and that they try to be not blatant homers. I mean, you're catering to your audience, but I don't think they go too overboard on that account. Know Orsillo has been hired by the TBS guys the past couple of seasons to call postseason games (not Sox games), and his calls there seem to be pretty similar to what we get during the season. Of course, listening to Don and Jerry when they're obviously bored with a game is pretty high comedy, but not really part of the discussion...
Maybe it's a bit of Sox-tinted glasses on my part, and someone that follows another team can chime in, but I feel that the Red Sox crew (Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo) are a pretty strong team, and that they try to be not blatant homers. I mean, you're catering to your audience, but I don't think they go too overboard on that account. Know Orsillo has been hired by the TBS guys the past couple of seasons to call postseason games (not Sox games), and his calls there seem to be pretty similar to what we get during the season. Of course, listening to Don and Jerry when they're obviously bored with a game is pretty high comedy, but not really part of the discussion...
Yes, and I was under the impression that's what most people want to hear. Why have someone travel with the team and talk to them every day and analyze and call the game if they're just going to blandly state "that was a foul ball by this guy".
The Yankees win. Other teams that don't hate the Yankees, and you're just going to have to get over that. There's no vast conspiracy to put down the Yankees at every turn. You can't really say that you don't think a Top Ten Hated Red Sox poll on YES wouldn't be funny? It's all in fun. The only reason to hate players is because they're good and constantly beat you.
One of my favorites was a few weeks ago. The Yankees had a game on MLB network, and it was the YES feed, and their poll of the day question was:
Besides the Yankees, which team has the best 1-2 starting punch?
The the other choices were obviously the Mariners (when Cliff Lee was there), the Phillies and someone else. But Im sitting there going, the team with the two rotation starters that have ERAs of 2.40 and 2.70 (Buchholz and Lester respectfully) don't deserve to be on that list? That and the fact that the question was "besides the Yankees..." like of course the Yankees are automatically the best 1-2 punch.
Im sorry but the YES network is full of homers, Kay being one of the worst. Their color guys are actually not that bad, but Kay is a total homer. I love hearing disappointment in his voice when he thinks a ball is out and is caught on the warning track.
As for Sterling and Waldman, those two take idiocy to a higher level on the radio. I'll take Don, Jerry, Joe Costig, and Dave O'Brien any day of the week.
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