seawolf17

Looks like #56 for Switzer.

Extras. Give me 22 innings, Yankees and Red Sox. And then I don't even care who wins.

That was a hilarious thread that kept getting better and better the further it got. Brilliant work all around.

I want Adam Dunn.

Quick! Trade them!

And the Padres turn to little-used backup infielder Josh Wilson to pitch the top of the 18th in a tie game.

Somehow, my first post got lost in the ether... but the Padres scored five times in the ninth, capped by a David Eckstein 3-run homer to send it to extras -- going to the bottom of the 17th now.

And they're going to the 17th in San Diego, Padres 6, D-Backs 6. It looks like it's going to be Chad Gaudin for the duration for the Pads, but the Snakes have a few arms left.

Screw that. I want Nick Johnson too, and Cristian Guzman until Reyes gets back. They can have Ryan Church back.

Your record would be seven. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1969/B05040HOU1969.htm FIELDING - DP: 7. Menke-Morgan-Blefary, Rader-Morgan-Blefary, Menke-Morgan-Blefary, Morgan-Blefary, Menke-Blefary, Blefary-Menke, Morgan-Menke-Blefary. edit: by six different guys (Ron Hunt hit into two)

I like how that commercial rhymes "neck broke" with "crash you didn't provoke." This team has suck tonight.

News flash: David Wright has arrived safely at third base.

Yeah, just let Takahashi hit. No sense actually trying to win the game, Jerry.

That's four double plays in four innings for the Nats, the latest thanks to the aforementioned head-up-ass baserunning as Emil Brown passes a retreating Luis Castillo on the bases, then Castillo gets thrown out doubling back to second. It was just ugly. And now Dukes homers and it's Worst Team In Baseball 4, Mets 0.

How many times does he want to get thrown out at third base in one night? Fucking hell, David.

See? Just like that. 3-1 good guys. Now we hope a little hit like that gets him started.

David wants to hit this ball into next week. Just a single, David.

They're celebrating National Donut Day by putting up donuts.

Fartinez with the bases loaded. Come on, Fernando. Get primordial.

Okay, Gary, this would be the time to jack the crap out of one. (Unless they're going to switch him for a lefty here as they bring in MacDougal.)

Ooh, and just like that! Nice!

Tim Redding can haz double play?

Does that mean we can have Endy Chavez and Mike Carp back?

I spent a year ... 1996 ... simulcasting the Yankee games for WHTK in Rochester. All I had to do was sit in a modified closet, plugging in local commercials every two innings or so, every night, all summer long. DREADFUL. (Maybe that's why his voice sends me into paroxysms of pain.)

="John Cougar Lunchbucket":1hx5pd0s]Hey, wait a second. I love John Sterling.[/quote:1hx5pd0s] Dammit, JCL. I told you not to let Steve borrow your password. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 03 2009 01:30 PM Re: Catch Phrases vs. Signature Calls ="Centerfield"] What is the difference between a catch phrase and a signature call? Contrivance-- or maybe more to the point, apparent contrivance-- plays into it to an extent, I think. It's like the difference between showy, "good" writing and great writing-- catchphrases call attention to themselves (and the user), where a well-delivered-- and, ironically, well-crafted-- signature call just kinda is. Think pop music. A good pop hook is sugary, and sticks in your head... and maybe eventually makes you want to suck on a gun (think Britney Spears). A great pop hook seems so natural, it almost sounds like something you thought of once, long ago; you may tire of it for a while, but you come back to it eventually (think "Wild Thing"). It's eternal. To me, a catchphrase is a pop song-- alternately enjoyable and execrable-- and Scully, Marv Albert, et. al. are almost like Dylan. holychicken Jun 03 2009 01:32 PM Saying Matsui hit an A-bomb = pure gold. metirish Jun 03 2009 01:33 PM I do like when Cohen gives the double "outta here" for "big" home runs or walk off home runs....then finishes it with " the ballgame is over". SteveJRogers Jun 03 2009 01:36 PM Listen to Cohen do a non Met homer call, he will still say "Its outta here." Maybe less enthusiam, and if it is a 4th inning homer to increase an already huge lead in the middle of July, Cohen will also not put the same emphasis on the call as if it was a walk off, World Series clinching one. John Sterling on the other hand, does act as if the Yankees just clinched their 27th title with every MFY homer. And "Put it in the books" is not much different than "Stay tuned for the happy recap" no? And again Rose will not have the same gusto with an win in July as compared with a dramatic October game. Thats the difference between having signature calls and schtick catch phrases. John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 03 2009 01:47 PM ="seawolf17"]="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]Hey, wait a second. I love John Sterling. Dammit, JCL. I told you not to let Steve borrow your password. No, I'm kind of serious. He couldn't be any more of a pompous cheeseball, and as such is a perfect match for the team that employs him. But beyond his overwrought catch phrases and mangled calls -- a few turn up on the internet now and then but he screws up a play or three every night -- I actually do enjoy his calls. He's got a good radio voice, and his routine has a nice slow rythym. MFS62 Jun 03 2009 02:04 PM I used to like Sterling when he broadcast the Nets games. (because I rooted for them) But then I got tired of him when he started giving every player a nickname. Dr. J had already been in use for Julius Erving. But when he came up with names like Mr. K for Larry Kenon, it got to be a bit too much. But there is one call that he was the first to use - "downtown" for a three point shot. Marv Albert adopted it, and it has become known as one of Marv's signature calls. Too bad. John deserves his props for that one. Later seawolf17 Jun 03 2009 02:17 PM I spent a year ... 1996 ... simulcasting the Yankee games for WHTK in Rochester. All I had to do was sit in a modified closet, plugging in local commercials every two innings or so, every night, all summer long. DREADFUL. (Maybe that's why his voice sends me into paroxysms of pain.) G-Fafif Jun 03 2009 02:27 PM Cohen lets the calls come to him. Sterling lunges for them and chokes to them to within an inch of their life. Howie veered that way at first when he came to TV. Way too much "Put a circle around it!" and "That's a goner!" He toned it down and was better off for it. "Put it in the books!" is a nice bow on a Mets win. Sterling was irritating doing the Braves long before the Braves were irritating. metirish Jun 03 2009 02:30 PM I think Sterling from the little I hear of him is good because he's so bad , good for me because I get to laugh at his team. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 03 2009 02:32 PM ="John Cougar Lunchbucket"] But beyond his overwrought catch phrases and mangled calls -- a few turn up on the internet now and then but he screws up a play or three every night -- I actually do enjoy his calls. He's got a good radio voice, and his routine has a nice slow rythym. And except for the missed free throws, I think Shaq's a fantastic free throw shooter. Seriously, almost everything is overwrought-- you can smell the strain through the radio. Except when I'm in the mood for so-bad-it's-good, or REALLY craving baseball when on the road, I am hurling on Sterling. TheOldMole Jun 03 2009 03:52 PM Vin Scully is a great announcer, but that doesn't mean all catch phrases are bad. "Put it in the books" and "happy recap" mean "Mets" to me. Perhaps the worst catch phrase ever, except it was endearing because it was a signature of one of the greatest announcers ever, was Marty Glickman's, for the Knicks -- "It's good...like Nedicks!"