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Related: About this forumThat All Star Game is getting difficult to stomach
Too much pomp, sanctimony, non-baseball content and other bullshit.
Oh, and too much Joe Buck.
(Buck haters should check this out: http://awfulannouncing.com/2016/joe-bucks-mid-career-makeover-reeks-of-desperation.html)
Dr. Strange
(25,923 posts)Kinda like Nickelback haters?
Auggie
(31,186 posts)Some people actually like Buck, just as they actually like Bob Costas.
Both are loathsome narcissists.
klook
(12,165 posts)Really can't stand the guy. His father was actually a good sports announcer. But Buck the Younger has one of the most obnoxious styles I have ever heard. Everything he says is with the attitude, "Look at me. I'm so cool!"
Auggie
(31,186 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Unless we can wrap it up in five, we will once again be jumping up and down on someone else's field, just like we did in KC, Detroit and Arlington in previous even-numbered years.
Auggie
(31,186 posts)He didn't use that exact term though. He said most if not all the guys are happy just playing the game and being acknowledged.
BTW, during media day someone asked Madison Bumgarner if it was his first time ever in San Diego. His answer was incredibly gracious ... more than mine might have been.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)It's reversible!
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)Oh, you had Cueto. Look how that turned out.
Auggie
(31,186 posts)Belt nearly withdrew himself from the roster but rallied in the afternoon. Cueto acknowledged not having his best stuff. He should have pitched only one inning but Terry Collins left him in.
Kingofalldems
(38,475 posts)'He really sliced that one out there.'
Worst ever.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Even if the shot hadn't been a draw, an errant right-to-left shot is a hook. A slice is left to right. What an ignoramus.
Kingofalldems
(38,475 posts)JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Though I was too busy at the time but had to agree on Joe Buck, cant stand his announcing on NFL on Fox. Too much of him since he does the playoff games and the most televised Fox game of the week.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)Auggie
(31,186 posts)and by vote only.
But I agree ... it's a bad idea.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)I'd obviously rather they just go back to a straight-up exhibition game.
But this halfway shit is bullshit.
You're gonna play it for real? Then play it for real.
Like maybe pick a starting pitcher and let him pitch like a starter, with the intention of going for at least a quality start.
I dunno...
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)You gonna tell Bocce that he can't start MadBum on Sunday?
I would.