NLDS IST - Cincinnati v SF

[Gwreck]

Cozart walk. Votto single. Tying run at the plate for a fourth consecutive inning. Last chance here for Cincinnati...

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

2 on tying runs on for Bruce

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

This Bruce-Romo showdown is the "I'm Your Captain" of at-bats. It won;t end!

[Gwreck]

Epic turn at bat for Bruce. Has fouled 8 pitches off, now full count.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: This Bruce-Romo showdown is the "I'm Your Captain" of at-bats. It won;t end!

We need Bochy shirtless and sweaty on top of the dugout.

[Gwreck]

Gets him on pitch #12. Now down to Scott Rolen.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Berman screws up another call. Had no idea the outfielder the ball was hit to.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Chris Berman is to radio play-by-play what Stephen Hawking is to radio play-by-play.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Rolen whiffs, Giants advance.

[bmfc1]

Swan Swan H wrote: Chris Berman is to radio play-by-play what Stephen Hawking is to radio play-by-play.

What's pathetic is that ESPN replaced Gary Cohen with Berman.

[Frayed Knot]

Berman screws up another call. Had no idea the outfielder the ball was hit to.

The only name he could come up with was the Bengals safety but he wasn't sure if that was right so he held off blurting anything out.

bmfc1 wrote: What's pathetic is that ESPN replaced Gary Cohen with Berman.

The bottom line is that Berman is ESPN's 800 pound gorilla (almost literally - in both senses) meaning that he gets to choose what he wants to do and all other peons must get out of the way. Broadcasting skill and knowledge of baseball don't enter into the equation.
Plus he's a SF Giants fan so naturally he chooses that one.

AND ... Berman's partner in their 12 hour weekly football-hype/pre-game show Tom Jackson just happened to show up to the broadcast booth during one of the games in Cincy. What are the odds?!?
So ESPN got to use an ESPN broadcast property to promote another ESPN upcoming event. How convenient is that?!?

[Frayed Knot]

I was kind of rooting for Cincy here, but I'm starting to get the idea that Mat Latos is a bit of an ass so it was kind of cool to see him as Posey went deep.
When some big 6' 7" dude has a bunch of douchey tattoos and you keep hear him being described as "still maturing" and "really intense" you get the opinion that all that is mostly announcer speak for something that rhymes with 'glass bowl'

[HahnSolo]

Something I didn't know and learned from last week's SI:

Melky Cabrera would have been eligible after SF played their fifth postseason game (game 1 LCS), but team management told him he wasn't welcome. I really wasn't aware how the postseason fit into the 50-game suspension, but I guess I know now.