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[Guest ScarletKnight41]

My favorite moment - Gary and Ron explaining to Keith the mathematical formula by which the Magic Number is derived.

[metsmarathon]

i like any time keith needs white out to fix his scorecard.

[MFS62]

metsmarathon wrote: i like any time keith needs white out to fix his scorecard.

I think it was Red Barber (after an official scorer changed his ruling) who I first heard say "That's why they put erasers on pencils".

Later

[metirish]

Tim Teuful is in the studio tonight.

[Elster88]

]To the overriding point, Gary Cohen is the acknowledged flagship voice of the New York Mets.

Was.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Was?

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

I miss Gary, Keith and Ron already.

[Frayed Knot]

Hey fat, bald guy w/the cell phone hanging behind the desk window for the last five minutes ... no one's impressed.

[metsmarathon]

i hate when the local news talks to local sports fans prior to playoff games.

yeah, they're all mets fans, but they're freekin' idiots.

i'm glad sny doesnt do that.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Was?

I'd like to hear an answer to this one.

[stevejrogers]

Edgy DC wrote: ="Yancy Street Gang"]Was? I'd like to hear an answer to this one.

Not to speak for Elster, but I think the point is that TV announcers are generally not considered "The Voice..." of the team, and that title is reserved for the radio broadcasters.

Hence the apporpriate current "Voice of the Mets" is Howie Rose

"Put THAT in your books!"

There is more of a connection with radio broadcasters than there are with TV guys. Of course there are exceptions (Ralphie Boy) but generally its the Word Picture Artists who fans (of all sports, not just baseball) have a strong affiliation for as oppossed to the TV guys

[G-Fafif]

SteveJRogers wrote: ="Edgy DC"] ="Yancy Street Gang"]Was? I'd like to hear an answer to this one. Not to speak for Elster, but I think the point is that TV announcers are generally not considered "The Voice..." of the team, and that title is reserved for the radio broadcasters. Hence the apporpriate current "Voice of the Mets" is Howie Rose "Put THAT in your books!" There is more of a connection with radio broadcasters than there are with TV guys. Of course there are exceptions (Ralphie Boy) but generally its the Word Picture Artists who fans (of all sports, not just baseball) have a strong affiliation for as oppossed to the TV guys

As a rule, I'd agree, but in practice, no. Gary Cohen's 17 seasons on the radio plus his new PBP role on approximately 150 televised games puts him front and center. In that sense, Gary has an opportunity to maintain his status far more than any of his recent TV predecessors have. He's on cable, he's on over the air.

I love Howie Rose but I don't think he transcends the broadcasts in nearly the way Cohen does. Just because he has the radio job doesn't mean he is The Voice. My sense is if you ask a hundred Mets fans to "quick, name the Mets announcer," the answer will more often than not come back as Gary Cohen.

That could change over time as Howie logs more radio hours and if his calls become famous (if he gets a postseason walkoff homer to his credit, for example or gets to call the last out of the World Series...an out we'd want to put in the books, of course) and if Gary working TV becomes wallpaper. But I doubt Cohen cedes that territory.

It's the announcer who makes The Voice, not the job.

[Centerfield]

="Frayed Knot"]Hey fat, bald guy w/the cell phone hanging behind the desk window for the last five minutes ... no one's impressed.

That fat bald guy obliterated the old record for waving at the camera while talking on the cell phone. No joking, he must have been there for thirty minutes. They cut to highlights, then Grady Little's press conference, then Willie, then Glavine, and when they cut back to the studio, he was still there.

His idiocy was eclipsed only by the morons who chanted "Yankees Suck" behind Gary and Ron.

[metirish]

So what did you guys think about Tim Teuful in the studio last night?,I swear several times he made some weird faces into the camera and his eyes several times lit up like someone was shining a bright light on him, probably nerves.

[soupcan]

You know who I saw at the game on Wednesday? Remember the old lady who had seats in the front row behind the plate who wore a straw hat and had those Mets christmas tree ornament earrings? She would do that rolling thing with her arms to try and distract the pitcher and she was in every single TV shot ofrom the centerfield camera?

When the Mets put the extra 10 rows of blue seats in behind the plate her seats went from front row to 11th row.

She was there on Wednesday wearing her hat and earrings but no arm -rolling.

There's an '86/'06 parallel.

[Willets Point]

I always wondered what happened to her.

[metirish]

Has anyone seen the usual sign guy,the one that goes to every home game during the season.....

[soupcan]

metirish wrote: So what did you guys think about Tim Teuful in the studio last night?,I swear several times he made some weird faces into the camera and his eyes several times lit up like someone was shining a bright light on him, probably nerves.

Watched him after I got home last night. He creeped me out a bit.

[soupcan]

metirish wrote: Has anyone seen the usual sign guy,the one that goes to every home game during the season.....

We have a sign guy?

[Guest cooby]

soupcan wrote: You know who I saw at the game on Wednesday? Remember the old lady who had seats in the front row behind the plate who wore a straw hat and had those Mets christmas tree ornament earrings? She would do that rolling thing with her arms to try and distract the pitcher and she was in every single TV shot ofrom the centerfield camera? When the Mets put the extra 10 rows of blue seats in behind the plate her seats went from front row to 11th row. She was there on Wednesday wearing her hat and earrings but no arm -rolling. There's an '86/'06 parallel.

Is it stilol the same seat?

[soupcan]

I think it is the same seat. Just ten rows of 'new' seats in front of her.

[metirish]

]We have a sign guy?

Yeah he's down the first baseline at every game .

[Guest cooby]

She must really be old now. But then again, she was probably 40 then and we all just thought she was old.


Building in front of her was just mean! They should have left her have the front row anyway. I always wondered where she went.

[soupcan]

metirish wrote: ]We have a sign guy? Yeah he's down the first baseline at every game .

That explains it. I can't see down the line from my seats.

But I don't recall ever seeing a sign guy on TV. That chickadee with the painted logo face (awesome job on that by the way) had some signs the past 2 games though.

[metirish]

You mean Cheryl Baren of Jericho, Long Island?



SNY show that sign guy every game...he's kinda stocky with a beard,wears a cap......probably late 30's early 40's....

[Guest Rotblatt]

metirish wrote: Has anyone seen the usual sign guy,the one that goes to every home game during the season.....

I saw him in Game 1--towards the end of the game, he was ducking behind in our row. I couldn't quite make out the sign, but it may have read, "Mets Win!"

[soupcan]

metirish wrote: You mean Cheryl Baren of Jericho, Long Island?

Um, yeah I guess so.

(Edgy - we have an assistant for you for 'Wifey Watch')

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Why was Todd Zeile in the booth with Gary and Ron after the game last night? I like Zeile, and he is from SoCal, but why didn't they have Keith if they were going to have a third man?

Also, for the first time all season, I enjoyed the fact that SNY has MFY highlights. Their coverage of the meltdown in Detroit was outstanding

[metsmarathon]

i'm gonna treat this as a generic "discuss MLB television content" thread for a sec...

the other day i was listening to tim mccarver and joe buck do the cards / pads game, and they were talking about albert pujols for a bit.

and tim, in his infinite wisdom, refered to him as "prince albert"

now, two things that struck me...

one, i've never heard of pujols be referred to as "prince" and had thought that his consensus nickname was "fat" or "phat" - however the intended spelling is.

and two. "prince albert" really? if timmy's just coining that on his own, does he not know what painful sounding (i wouldnt know), and only slightly inappropriate for broadcast tv, a thing it is? or was somebody funning poor timmy without his knowledge, and he repeated the joke that was on him? or did he just hear "prince albert" somewhere once, had forgotten the meaning and never looked it up on urban dictionary, and decided to pull it out of his bag of tricks for the national broadcast?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think he has no idea that there is a connotation other than Victoria's husband.