On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:39 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > McCarver was once a top TV analyst - back in the Reagan administration. > He > > hasn't been for a long time now. > > McCarver knows baseball, which is what you want in a color > commentator. I think the problem is that he has been at it so long > that we already know what he thinks about everything and he isn't > bringing anything new. Everything he says sounds like something you > heard before and it's because you have at some point over the years. > If FOX had a rotation of announce teams (and it makes no economic > sense for them to do so) McCarver would be a lot less grating. > The Cardinals were my second favorite team when I was a little kid; I still get a kick out of hearing TM tell one of his 5 Bob Gibson stories (that is probably why I like Joe Morgan's work than so many on this list - in middle school the Reds were my second favorite team; I followed the ABD model of Anybody But the Dodgers if the Giants were not in contention). And there is something to what you are saying about aversion through repetition. But it is also true that, with repetition, he has gotten lazy, and seems to rely more on his pre-game production interviews with managers and players than his own analysis of prior games or game video (I doubt he watches much video in preparation for most games, though I have to hope the World Series is an exception). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
