Wayne Hagin

[Guest Edgy DC]

And yet, bmfc1's post suggests the hard reality of what's before us. If McCarthy didn't suit, and Robinson didn't, and Hagin doesn't, then what?

A agenda calling for blood would be much more productive if it was transmuted into a HireBrianMcRae.com or HireJoeCook.com or HireCecilyFernandez.com.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Hire Wally Backman?

[Willets Point]

Edgy DC wrote: And yet, bmfc1's post suggests the hard reality of what's before us. If McCarthy didn't suit, and Robinson didn't, and Hagin doesn't, then what?

Hire Edgy & Seawolf as your WFAN team with occasional appearances by Salamander Q to provide counterpoint.

[bmfc1]

Unless Kevin "Guys!" Burkhardt is going to take over, any replacement for Wayne would probably be another out-of-towner who we'd say doesn't get NY--which is what was said about McCarthy and the late Lorn Brown before it was said about Wayne. We're so spoiled by the greatness of Howie, and before that Gary and of course Bob Murphy, that everybody else pales when put by their side.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yabbut, Bob Murphy was from Oklahoma, Mel Allen was from Alabama, etc. Out of towners have a long history of success as NYC sports anchors; it's that Hagin isn't one of them.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I wonder if the Bob Murphy of 1962 arrived today, what would we think of him? Would we welcome him, or would it be like one of those Twilight Zone episodes where our petty xenophobia and paranoia and mistrust would flare up and we'd run him out of town violently for no crime greater than our own misunderstanding, until we gaze at our own refelctions and fall shocked and shamefully into bitter self-realization. Dear God! What have we done?

[Guest Edgy DC]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Yabbut, Bob Murphy was from Oklahoma, Mel Allen was from Alabama, etc. Out of towners have a long history of success as NYC sports anchors; it's that Hagin isn't one of them.

Red Barber and the original Tim McCarver also.

Vin Scully, ironically enough, is widely known for his mellifluous and genteel delivery, and he came from the Bronx.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Not living, breathing and knowing New York sports-- and our Metsies-- rankles a little. But that's petty shit, born of our being spoiled.

The cardinal sin is calling a game in a way that jumbles, rather than clarifies, my picture of what's going on on the field (nevermind the ass-backwards analysis).