tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post3481052407725404796..comments2024-03-28T13:44:09.103-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: It was time to go a long time agonight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-7365993942127425772013-03-28T20:27:36.530-04:002013-03-28T20:27:36.530-04:00Yup. McCarver was great as a Mets announcer! He al...Yup. McCarver was great as a Mets announcer! He always had stories and fun facts about seemingly everything. Then, he went to announcing Yankee games and became a typical Yankees fan. Any time the Yankees lost or made an error, there was an excuse behind it or it wasn't right or whatever. Thenhe went to FOX and became even worse.(...Joe)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07085104711886709037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-53060240241552656232013-03-28T07:21:14.774-04:002013-03-28T07:21:14.774-04:00I always thought it funny that both Yankees and Re...I always thought it funny that both Yankees and Red Sox fans hated him for favoring the other team in his broadcasts when they faced each other.MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01621278770959088614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-82067530565496961462013-03-28T04:27:33.072-04:002013-03-28T04:27:33.072-04:00Couldn't have been happier to see that news to...Couldn't have been happier to see that news today. The sad thing is, though, McCarver's work today is mostly a product of FOX's game of the week/playoff package baseball. As in, they decide to pretend that whatever game you're watching is the most important thing that you've ever seen and also that you've never watched ball-based games before.<br /><br />When I first subscribed to the MLB Extra Innings package in 2007, it provided me with my first experience of hearing out-of-market regional game broadcasts. I got to hear Joe Buck do Cardinals game for FSN Midwest as he was on his way out, just doing a dozen or so games a year. Even though he was pretty much "big timing" his local team by that point, I was astonished at how entertaining he was when the bright FOX spotlights were off. I had never been a fan of his work until then, but it swayed me a bit.<br /><br />I guess I can only hope that pre-FOX, regional broadcast McCarver offered something. He's only made my ears bleed, though.maddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08493650721714521989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-80457542257682714642013-03-28T00:11:04.939-04:002013-03-28T00:11:04.939-04:00I'm announcing I'm giving up blogging. So...I'm announcing I'm giving up blogging. Sometime in the future. Let the farewell tour begin. <br /><br />Seriously though, even though I'm not a fan, it's got to be tough to give up the game you've been involved with since you were a kid. I won't miss hearing him on the games (whenever they did a Rangers game, I turned down the sound and listened to the local radio guys anyway). Play at the Platehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-43185080438067854522013-03-27T23:51:16.187-04:002013-03-27T23:51:16.187-04:00McCarver doesn't really bother me, I don't...McCarver doesn't really bother me, I don't know why. I think it's because the announcers are white noise to me, unless they are really good. Or maybe I don't care enough about his announcing to dislike him. Probably that.Swing And A Pop-uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15366868132258608938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-44747064415515103932013-03-27T22:40:48.194-04:002013-03-27T22:40:48.194-04:00The farewell tour is exactly why he announced it n...The farewell tour is exactly why he announced it now. He wants the accolades and buttkissing.He's the anti-Barry Sanders.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896780361855961353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-79200252846849159452013-03-27T21:55:41.877-04:002013-03-27T21:55:41.877-04:00I think you hit the nail on the head with the Deio...I think you hit the nail on the head with the Deion comment. For whatever reason, ever since that happened it was hard for me to view him as anything but a cranky, stuck up, old man who thought he was too good for today's players. For whatever reason, that incident made him look bad too alot of people.<br /><br />I actually disliked him less (still disliked him, just less) the last year or two. Not sure why. Maybe I'm becoming a cranky old man myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-3506462724452827752013-03-27T21:07:15.693-04:002013-03-27T21:07:15.693-04:00Good riddanceGood riddanceWes Moore the former JBFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04681962216668777549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-59740651378833881112013-03-27T20:37:52.632-04:002013-03-27T20:37:52.632-04:00Here is Chicago, Harry Caray is revered like a sai...Here is Chicago, Harry Caray is revered like a saint. The sad part is for the last years with the Cubs, the guy was an absolute joke. Which is sad. Find a copy of "When It Was a Game" and you will hear a bit of Caray when he was a quality broadcaster instead of the pathetic shell that he was at the end.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07327762951824430870noreply@blogger.com