Okay, I'm really pissed off right now. Let me tell you why. It is partially because the Red Sox are losing 8-6 to the Tampa Bay Rays in Game Two of the ALCS. But mostly it is because of the terrible baseball coverage on TBS.
Actually, it's not really TBS; it's you, Chip Caray. I decided to give you a second chance after last year when you practically had an orgasm every time the Yankees got a hit in the ALDS against Cleveland. But I can't be quiet anymore.
I'm a diehard Red Sox fan, and I'm a little upset over the way you're calling this game. Let's compare your home run calls between the Rays and the Red Sox:
Pedroia's home run: A high flyball to left field. Pedroia homers to the first row. The Red Sox take the lead.
B.J. Upton's home run in the same inning: Upton hits a deep drive to left field!!!!!! It's gone!!!!!! B.J. Upton absolutely crushed that ball and the Rays are right back in the series!!!!!!! YOU JUST CAN'T KEEP THE RAYS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, those weren't the exact words, but you get my point. Another good example would be in the first inning when Carlos Pena doubled. You said something to the effect of, "The Rays are back in this series!!!!!!!!!!!" This is on a two-out double. In the first inning. With the Rays trailing by two.
I don't care if you root for the Rays, Chip. Just let someone who is not a diehard fan call the game. Then you can sit in the stands and ring your little cowbell with your pink Scott Kazmir jersey on. So I guess what I'm asking is that you leave your job. You don't need the money. In fact, I will pay you not to call baseball games anymore.
Do some soul-searching and think about what you really want to do. Do you want to keep rooting from the announcer's booth for whatever team you choose, or do you want to be in the stands with the rest of the fans?
It's your choice, but remember that if the Red Sox win the series, it would be pretty embarrassing for you to cry in the booth. Remember that it's just a game. Please try to control your voice and your bowels for the remainder of the series.
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about 1 month ago
I was just about to write this article myself, I couldn't agree more, I've spent the last two series yelling at the announcers on TBS rather than enjoying the games. Why can't all of the playoff games be on Fox?
The one that was killing us tonight was Upton's homer in the third. After the very bland call for the laser beam Pedroia the Destroia put over the wall, Upton gets something like "A DEEP FLY BALL HIT HARD INTO THE DARK OF THE NIGHT!!!! THAT BALL IS OUTTA HERE!!!"
Dark of the night? You're playing in a flipping dome!
about 1 month ago
Thank you for writing this article. I thought I was the only one who was hearing this crap from Chip Caray and Buck Martinez!!!!Ron Darling is the only good analyst out of the three, but Caray is awful. He is just bitter because his Cubbies choked again this year and he is sick of the Sox dominating baseball. Very catchy headline, keep up the good work! Go Red Sox!!
from about 1 month ago
Yeah I forgot that Buck totally loves the Rays too. I don't get why we got the same crappy announcers that we had from the first round. Normally, stupid announcers don't bother me, but they really have in this postseason.
about 1 month ago
Couldnt agree more on the horrible coverage but going to FOX would be no better. God article though I would have to call a fan of the Red Sox out for criticizing the Rays fans for their "pink jerseys"
from about 1 month ago
Yeah that wasn't really supposed to be a critique of Rays fans, it was more the fact that I could definitely picture Chip Caray wearing a pink baseball jersey.
about 1 month ago
Still better than Dick Stockton.
about 1 month ago
Man I totally agree with your article. Listening to the TBS announcers has got to be one of the worst things baseball could do. Sure some of these guys are former players and sportswriters but there is no emotion. Look at Mark Grace for the D-backs. Worst announcer ever.
about 1 month ago
First of all, B/R is no place for blog-like rambling. Second of all, TBS has done a lot better this year. I agree that last year was absolutely terrible, but I think that they have stepped it up.
from about 1 month ago
I apologize for any offense my "blog-like rambling" may have caused you. As for the second part of your statement, I respectfully disagree.
about 1 month ago
I think... As much as Chip Caray sucks at his job, that calling him a "sad-excuse for a human being" in the poll is rather out of bounds.
Yeah I don't know, he really seems to make some emotional calls for one team and not the other, I heard it last year. I haven't really listened intently to the last two games, sort of just had it on and drowned it out with other things.
from about 1 month ago
Yeah that was intended to be a joke, I guess maybe you're right it is a little out of bounds. Obviously, I don't really think that he's a sad excuse for a human being, I just think he's a horrible baseball announcer. Its kinda funny that that option is has gotten 35.3% of the votes as I'm writing this.
about 1 month ago
I wonder if it is only Red Sox fans who feel this way. I was watching the game with a chat feature and some people were saying the same thing...I actually like Martinez, but maybe that's because he does the local broadcast with the Orioles and I'm used to him....I will say that the tbs hot corner is rather silly. Having the playoffs on Fox gives more fans a chance to watch the games and in that sense it's a shame that its on TBS.
about 1 month ago
TBS is horrible. As a cubs fan, not only did I have to endure my team choking, but I also had to listen to Dick Stockton. The guys knows nothing, botched names every time he had a chance, gave us nothing useful. He would never shut up so I can try to enjoy the game. Let real baseball people work the games.
And regarding Chip Carray, I hated him when he covered the Cubs too. Thats a corporate guy who is only in the business because grand dad and pop got him the job.
about 1 month ago
Beyond the fact that the announcing is horrible - yes even Darling too - the overall coverage is not good especially compared to FOX. One big pet peeve that I have and I don't know if this is the announcers fault or the producers fault but TBS does a horrible job of letting you know when someone is warming up in the bullpen and even when a pitching change is made they don't tell you the new pitcher until after the commercial. They rarely discuss strategy except when they think there should be a bunt and they don't know the teams. Ron Darling may be a good broadcaster but he covers the Mets and therefore does not see many AL games which leads to dumb comments like calling Okajima a situational lefty when that is not true - Lopez is the Red Sox situational lefty and not OKie. I mean Caray even messed up on the Red Sox playoff roster a couple of times.
about 1 month ago
Great article, but it seems that the TBS crew is Anti-Sox, rather than Pro anyone--as they did the same things during the Sox/Angels series...
Never thought I would say I want it back on Fox, as McCarver and Buck are pretty bad....but UGH..
Go Sox!
Christine E
www.bostonredthoughts.com
about 1 month ago
wow... you are a baby... turn down the sound and listen to the radio whiner.
about 1 month ago
So.. was Chip Caray excited enough for you last night when he called the Boston home run?
I'm just saying, I didn't notice anything like you were talking about. Sounded perfectly jubilant for a Red Sox home run and win as he did for the Rays.
from about 1 month ago
I have to admit that I haven't noticed it as much over the last three games. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that the first two games were in St. Pete, and he was kind of playing to the home crowd. Maybe it had to do with the fact that the Rays beating the Red Sox would be the most exciting outcome of the series. If this is the case, the new most exciting outcome would be the Red Sox winning so maybe he becomes pro-Red Sox.
about 1 month ago
Chip Caray and his band of idiots shouldn't be allowed back on TV ever again after last night. These doucebags started talking in great detail about the Rays-Phillies World Series matchup in the top of the 7th. The top of the 7th!!!! Understandably the game & series appeared to be over at the time to an amatuer sports watcher but the TBS announcers should have never shown this much disrespect for a team considering they're the defending champs who have overcome a series deficit like this before. TBS should be stripped of all future telecasts.
about 1 month ago
TBS is a minor league network covering a major league playoff series. Fox stinks too. However, this team of idiots is clueless. I, too, have grown tired of listening to the one-sided coverage. Of course, I do prefer coverage of some kind...unlike the first inning of the 6th game tonight, when this Mickey Mouse network doesn't have enough redundancy to guarantee that they can fulfill their contract with MLB and actually cover the game on TV. Instead viewers had to scramble online and to the radio to find out what was happening. A little power outage in Atlanta and no one in America can see the only MLB baseball being played. I hope they lose the right to carry such an important series after this outrageous SNAFU!
about 1 month ago
I apologize to Chip Caray for singling him out. He is not the only terrible thing about TBS, he is just one of the many terrible things about TBS. I was beyond enraged by their inability to cover the first inning tonight. Maybe MLB should sell the television rights to a channel that doesn't have technical difficulties because of a blackout in a city where the game isn't even being played, like my local public access station.
And Kathy I agree that TBS is a minor league network, they're attempting to put themselves in the big league in several ways:
1. Attempting to "broadcast" MLB playoff games
2. Bombarding us with commercials for their original series that I would never watch in a million years
3. Buying up the rights to reruns of popular shows like the Office
Lastly, the Steve Harvey Show? Wtf?
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