nickgutierrez
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Wed Oct-13-04 12:07 AM
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Scooter, for those of you fortunate enough to have not seen this atrocity, is this small animated baseball that Fox uses to show how pitches move. "A curveball breaks down and away from a right-handed batter." Not such a bad idea, right?
Well, no, except that it's done in that special Fox way that annoys the living hell out of anyone with half a functioning brain. It has the most annoying voice you could imagine, complete with all the sound effects that you just can't get enough of during the game </sarcasm>.
I hate that damn thing. Somebody, please get MLB away from Fox.
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Wed Oct-13-04 12:58 AM
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thanks for clearing that up..lol :P
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nickgutierrez
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Wed Oct-13-04 01:00 AM
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2. I could have been talking about Lewis Libby |
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Wed Oct-13-04 01:00 AM
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3. If you don't know what a curveball or fastball is |
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You shouldn't be watching baseball. End of story.
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Wed Oct-13-04 01:43 AM
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5. my roommate likes scooter.. |
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he says he wouldn't know what any of those pitches were if not for Scooter. Of course, he has been living in an alcohol induced stupor for most of his adult life, and is going through his "wonder years" in his late 30's. I usually just ignore him when he says stupid shit like that.
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Wed Oct-13-04 11:57 AM
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6. Hey, he could be president... |
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Probably a good idea to ignore him. :)
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Wed Oct-13-04 01:40 AM
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4. i posted the same thing several months ago.. |
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I wish someone would take a fungo bat to Scooter.
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Wed Oct-13-04 11:58 AM
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7. YEAH! Now you know how Canada felt with that stupid glowing puck |
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Wed Oct-13-04 11:59 AM
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8. the CGI First Down and Scrimmage markers are okay- |
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but that blue dot they started putting on the puck during hockey games a few years backm is ridiculous.
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Wed Oct-13-04 12:06 PM
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9. The tracer was a wretched idea. |
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I'm not a hockey fan, but if it's on in the background or something, it's hard to watch, with the zippy blue line.
I do like the first-down marker, though. Maybe because it's not moving.
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Wed Oct-13-04 12:11 PM
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10. At first, I thought you meant the Muppet |
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Wed Oct-13-04 12:12 PM
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11. It would be much better if it were a muppet. |
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As it is, it's just stupid.
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Wed Oct-13-04 12:12 PM
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12. He was already beaten to death by a mob of Kermit hardliners |
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Wed Oct-13-04 12:12 PM
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13. One of the announcers actually conversed with Scooter last night |
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He thanked him for showing how a curve ball works.
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Wed Oct-13-04 12:26 PM
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15. Except that it's not actually a curveball |
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What he's describing is more of a slurve - a proper curveball breaks almost straight downward - if you were looking at a clock, from 12 o'clock to about 6. I'd rather hear announcers just call those 'breaking balls', but that's another debate entirely.
:)
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Wed Oct-13-04 12:15 PM
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14. "Mussina, due to timing, has not won a ring with the Yankees yet" |
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-Joe Buck last night.
Buck and McCarver openly root for the Yankees. See Mussina has won a ring with the Yanks "yet" because
THEY HAVEN'T WON THE SERIES IN THE LAST THREE YEARS!!!
It has nothing to do with "timing".
Sorry off subject but God does that annoy me.
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Wed Oct-13-04 12:30 PM
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16. Scooter should leave when |
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McCarver goes.
Which should be yesterday. What a fuckin tool.
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Wed Oct-13-04 12:46 PM
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17. was too distracted by McCarver's inane comments |
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to notice the little ball you mention...it is probably more likable than McCarver...
I HATE that SOB...
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Wed Oct-13-04 12:47 PM
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18. how the fuck does that guy still have a job? |
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He is such a worthless piece of shit.
PS: I don't like him much.
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Wed Oct-13-04 12:57 PM
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19. i can tell you don't care for him |
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should we start a McCarver "Hate" Club? What a complete and utter moron. I always figured that a baseball color-man would know something about baseball...but he is just...well...ARRRGGGHHHHH!!!
And his hair sucks, too. Worst color job since Reagan...
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Wed Oct-13-04 01:00 PM
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Captain Obvious is the worst announcer on TV. Worse than Berman, even.
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Wed Oct-13-04 01:01 PM
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21. Yes - a McCarver hate club is in order. |
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Thank GOD that other guy (name escapes me) has some intelligent thoughts (not Buck, the other guy...)
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Wed Oct-13-04 01:02 PM
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22. The other guy last night was Al Leiter n/t |
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Wed Oct-13-04 01:03 PM
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23. McCarver chimed in...oh yes |
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