NLCS IGT

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Earl Weaver was an old school manager that definitely did not buy into McCarver's theory.

"The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers." - Earl Weaver

I guess Weaver liked walks, as long as they were followed by bombs.

[Guest Edgy DC]

He may not have (though it's not really McCarver's theory), but I don't think there's anything explicitly in conflict there. Leadoff homers and three run homers are different animals.

Weaver had his own school.

McCarver may come off as a dumkupf in the narrative, but he took the time and intellectual curiosity to pursue the question and report that the conventional theory didn't hold water. Even if it seems obvious to you now, it's hard to imaging Joe Morgan doing research and reporting that the numbers explode a good baseball man's position.

[Frayed Knot]

Morgan, even if he were handed the results of the research, would have pronounced it a fallacy derived by those who never played the game.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, and please feel free to read "good baseball man" in quotes or italics or such.

I'm not in love with McCarver, but he can't win.

[Centerfield]

Frayed Knot wrote: Morgan, even if he were handed the results of the research, would have pronounced it a fallacy derived by those who never played the game.

First he would refuse to read the research, and then claim he doesn't need to read it.

[Benjamin Grimm]

He shouldn't be a broadcaster. He should be a politician.