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Running 2017 MLB regular season thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by HanSenSE, Apr 1, 2017.

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  1. cjericho

    cjericho Well-Known Member

    Joey Styles should call the HR derby

     
    cjericho, Jul 11, 2017
    #1849
  2. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    There's an interesting dynamic at play with ESPN's baseball coverage. Shulman is stepping back from Sunday coverage, and, when the leader of the pack steps away, the rest of the crew vies for "top dog" status. It's not necessarily mean-spirited (although it can be), it's more like stepping into a vacuum.

    Karl Ravech told someone (Deitsch, maybe?) that he wants the job, and he certainly was auditioning last night. The analysts were much more involved, too. They really stepped all over each other. Some of that might be the looser nature of the event itself, but Berman (when he did it) and Shulman (when he's on) are the authoritative voices who control the show. It will be interesting to see how this evolves.
     
    Elliotte Friedman, Jul 11, 2017
    #1850
  3. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    I haven't minded Tex the few times I have heard him but he was just another voice trying to shout to get a word in edgewise last night.
     
    Huggy, Jul 11, 2017
    #1851
  4. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

    I was not a fan of Berman but thought it was nice that Ravech paid homage with one "back, back, back" then Mendoza screeched all over the top of it reacting to the home run.
     
    MTM, Jul 11, 2017
    #1852
  5. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    I noticed that too, I don't mind her too much on Sunday nights (as Elliotte noted, Shulman runs the show there, for now, anyway) but she went all Vickie Guerrero - to use a rasslin' analogy - over the Home Run Derby.
     
    Huggy, Jul 11, 2017
    #1853
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  6. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

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    Spartan Squad, Jul 11, 2017
    #1854
  7. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    Charlie Blackmon said it best about Judge.

    “He’s so quiet and simple that he looks like a contact hitter trapped in an ogre’s body,” the Rockies’ Charlie Blackmon said. “I don’t know that the game has ever seen a power like that.”
     
    Chef2, Jul 11, 2017
    #1855
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  8. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    I didn't mind the mini-commercials on the split screen during the player time-out and time between the regular round and bonus time. Better than a five-minute block of commercials between every guy.
     
    Della9250, Jul 11, 2017
    #1856
  9. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    From what I watched last night, Mendoza was bad -- and that's kind of odd, because she's pretty good on Sunday Night Baseball.
     
    KYSportsWriter, Jul 11, 2017
    #1857
  10. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    It would be fun to have Joey Styles team up with Gus Johnson to call a Big 12 football game.
     
    Batman, Jul 11, 2017
    #1858
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  11. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    I wanna see Scherzer v Judge
     
    Chef2, Jul 11, 2017
    #1859
  12. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    After seeing 96-98, you're not hitting 88 slider on the plate.
     
    Chef2, Jul 11, 2017
    #1860
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