LuvTheNats Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 Is it me...or does it really sound like Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are pulling for Boston? Buck is basically swooning over Manny and Beckett.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 No its not just you www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Actually McCarver usually tends to go the other way, especially when they play the Yankees. I was in a restaurant watching until just very recently so I'm not sure about tonight... but Buck tends to be pretty good at staying down the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I would guess it's due to these two having covered a lot more Red Sox games over the past few years than the Indians...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkwing Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 On a related topic....Just got home from work and turned on the familiar tones of the Buck/McCarver show. Relating their competence to TBS (and considering all the complaints about same), all I can say is:"I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 On a related topic....Just got home from work and turned on the familiar tones of the Buck/McCarver show. Relating their competence to TBS (and considering all the complaints about same), all I can say is:"I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet."I've always thought Buck is pretty good. Not the best, but pretty good -- McCarver is absolutely terrible, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I can't stand FOX constantly trying to shove Joe Buck down everyone's throat. He adds nothing, has random bouts of self-righteous indignation, and is probably the most annoying sportscaster currently employed on a National level. Off The Top Rope: A Pro Wrestling Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsox Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 McCarver definitely goes for the Yankees a lot. I would tend to agree with hedley about a possible explanation for this game, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Is it me...or does it really sound like Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are pulling for Boston? Buck is basically swooning over Manny and Beckett....Cleveland fans would agree but then they think that about any announcing team. I was working so I enjoyed the clearly biased Indians radio broadcast with Tom Hamilton and Mike Hegan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 The way the game went, can you really say you "enjoyed" it, even with the more listenable announcers? Off The Top Rope: A Pro Wrestling Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 The way the game went, can you really say you "enjoyed" it, even with the more listenable announcers?It's a figure of speech, and I quit listening when it got to 5-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxmet Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Not only that, but I cannot stand Jeanne Zelasko either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Oh she is very irritating www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Fox doesn't have a Red Sox bias... it's analysis is fair and balanced... I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 The sound effects are already getting on my nerves www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 The sound effects are already getting on my nervesThe sound effects are at the bottom of a long list of irritating things about this broadcast...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid_17 Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 isnt it all because an Indians-Rockies or Indians-Diamondbacks World Series would have a nielsen rating of like 0.3? Both NL teams wont draw anybody but at least if the Sox are in it somebody will be watching. Maybe the announcers get a bonus or something if ratings are high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning River Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 I usually feel that they are biased at the beginning. I feel it then swings to whatever direction the game goes. It's not because they (the announcers) want better ratings, though. The Network sure does. It's simply that the Yankees ans Red Sox are storied franchises with a lot of history. Game 1, The Indians gave them nothing to talk about. Beckett was pitching well, Sabathia sucked and walked everybody. Oritiz and Manny were on base 10-10 times!!! I was even like "Holy Crap!!" What good would they say about the Tribe at that point? Game 2, I think they announcers were better. Tribe took the lead... they gushed. Sizemore hit a HR... they gushed like a girl. Sox get back to back HRs and re-gain the lead.... they REALLY gushed. When it got late the game I think they pumped up both relief pitching staffs. They gave Papelbon credit and the Tribe's Jensen Lewis some big ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Both FOX and TBS are doing poor jobs airing these games -- however I find TBS too be much better than FOX. Good luck catching signs from the catcher before any pitch... I don't think I've seen a single one on FOX.I'll wait until the World Series when RSN picks up the MLB International feed and shows a game without 135 camera switches between every pitch (there are times they show close-ups of every single player on the field between pitches... or of course the classic "show a bunch of close-ups of fans, that's what people want to see... they want to watch people watching baseball") --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 or of course the classic "show a bunch of close-ups of fans, that's what people want to see... they want to watch people watching baseball"Hey, it's a voyeuristic world we live in... I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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