Sunday, October 19, 2008

Let's Bring Up Some Stat That Has Nothing To Do With What's Happening In the Game

This during an exciting-so-far ALCS Game 7 on TBS (Chip Caray, Ron Darling, and Buck Martinez are your announcers):

5th inning: The Rays take a 2-1 lead on a Rocco Baldelli single with nobody out. Chip's witty observation:

"And how big are two-out hits in this series?"

Recap: Baldelli's hit came with no one out.

The ten seconds of silence from the other announcers was wonderful.

As the graphic used to say when going to commercial on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson: "More to Come."

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Saturday, October 4, 2008

David Aldridge Is Geographically-Challenged

Game 3 of the NL division series, Philadelphia Phillies at Milwaukee Brewers, 2nd inning, broadcast on TBS. David Aldridge, talking about the number of sporting events happening in Wisconsin this weekend:

"About an hour north of here, in Madison, the University of Wisconsin Badgers host Ohio State tonight."

So I guess Illinois is west of Wisconsin?

Moral of this story: don't let David Aldridge be the navigator on your road trip.

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