tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post8029391985655771693..comments2024-03-29T04:32:39.897-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: G24: Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 4allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-40614433115011061582018-04-27T06:19:00.183-07:002018-04-27T06:19:00.183-07:00Jim: Very interesting. I can't stand Buck Mart...Jim: Very interesting. I can't stand Buck Martinez's voice/accent and the next insightful thing Tabler says will be the first. But I should perhaps try the opposing feed during other games. Last night, Castiglione made an embarrassingly large number of mistakes, like incorrectly stating what had happened to the previous batter or in the last inning. Plus, he and Neverett seem to get the location of every third or fourth pitch wrong. allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-47410941726949452182018-04-27T05:59:05.147-07:002018-04-27T05:59:05.147-07:00I’m sure that would just prove to him the fallacy ...I’m sure that would just prove to him the fallacy of ERA. PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279507361287395034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-33429684750420118772018-04-27T05:57:51.831-07:002018-04-27T05:57:51.831-07:00Due to MLB-TV's blackout policy, I was forced ...Due to MLB-TV's blackout policy, I was forced to watch the Blue Jays feed for the 3 games. (Blue Jays "territory" is all 3.8 million square miles of Canada). Normally this leads me to muting the telecast and listening to Sox radio on the phone, but I learned that Dan Shulman was in the booth for the Jays. Normally it's Buck Martinez and Pat Tabler, both all-star gasbags. But I knew from past experience that Buck actually defers to Dan and keeps his mouth mostly shut. The result was 3 nights of irritation-free pbp from the booth. Informed commentary on both teams, a bare minimum of in-booth promos (mostly Rogers shit), absolutely no shots of the booth, no guests in the booth and minimal cheer-leading for the home team. There were actual moments of complete silence during pitcher "stalling" episodes. In short, the 3+ hours relatively flew by. The only spontaneous swearing outbursts from me were Red Sox play related.<br /> The notion that O'Brien is somehow a "pro" broadcaster is corporate propaganda.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10275164807141705059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-29000633891193207612018-04-26T15:42:58.216-07:002018-04-26T15:42:58.216-07:00Today on "Let's Turn Dave O'Brien'...Today on "Let's Turn Dave O'Brien's Mind Into Knots":<br /><br />C. Sale: 1-1, 1.86<br />Estrada: 2-1, 5.32<br /><br />M. Tanaka: 3-2, 4.97<br />S. Manaea: 3-2, 1.23<br /><br />Dylan Bundy: 1-2, 1.42<br />Brent Suter: 1-2, 5.68<br />allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-37055013474367034262018-04-26T11:37:03.334-07:002018-04-26T11:37:03.334-07:00Speier tweets that the Red Sox have struck out 10+...Speier tweets that the Red Sox have struck out 10+ times in four straight games, which ties the team record. <br />The dates are all since 2010:<br />July 26-30, 2010<br />July 10-17, 2011<br />August 6-9, 2012<br />April 15-18, 2013<br />August 23-26, 2014<br />August 31-September 3, 2014<br />April 21-25, 2018allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.com