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2nd place is a big record?
« on: May 17, 2006, 12:07:30 am »
It's a big number, for sure, but a record? Um, OK.

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It's not that much about you, Milo, and the call on Aaron's HR wasn't all that impressive.
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Re: 2nd place is a big record?
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2006, 12:03:44 pm »
No, it's not second place, it's uh..all time for left handed hitters.  See?  That's a big record when you think of it, right?  I mean, certainly there's a reason why ESPN and the rest of the media monkeys have been following Barry around all season...and it's not just hype!  It's, uh...ah...a momentous moment!  And controversial!  And, ooh...look at those shiny things!
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Re: 2nd place is a big record?
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2006, 12:08:55 pm »
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No, it's not second place, it's uh..all time for left handed hitters.  See?  That's a big record when you think of it, right?  I mean, certainly there's a reason why ESPN and the rest of the media monkeys have been following Barry around all season...and it's not just hype!  It's, uh...ah...a momentous moment!  And controversial!  And, ooh...look at those shiny things!


With this in mind, how come there weren't coded balls for when Biggio was closing in on the lead-off homer record?
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Re: 2nd place is a big record?
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2006, 12:52:41 pm »
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It's not that much about you, Milo, and the call on Aaron's HR wasn't all that impressive.



Is Milo saying that it IS about him?  This just seems like the media latching on to anything they can while Barry is stuck on 713.  Jayson Stark had a similar story on ESPN.com yesterday, and I didn't sense Milo's ego while reading it either.  True, Milo's call of Aaron's 714 wasn't anything terribly special, but I think it got the job done and is certainly one of the most replayed calls in baseball history.  I'd rather have an ordinary call of a historic moment than some prefabricated poetic nonsense.
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Re: 2nd place is a big record?
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2006, 01:09:07 pm »
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I'd rather have an ordinary call of a historic moment than some prefabricated poetic nonsense.


The call of Tweet's 62nd comes to mind.  Scripted melodramatic  crapola.  Want to say it was Chip Caray, not sure though.
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Re: 2nd place is a big record?
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2006, 01:12:43 pm »
It was Jack Buck, on the radio.
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Re: 2nd place is a big record?
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2006, 01:20:26 pm »
Shoulda said the TV call.
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Re: 2nd place is a big record?
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2006, 01:23:49 pm »
Joe Buck.
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Re: 2nd place is a big record?
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2006, 01:34:18 pm »
Ahhh...got the broadcaster progeny mixed up.  Thanks.
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Re: 2nd place is a big record?
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2006, 01:37:36 pm »
Just so's you know, I don't walk around with shit like that in my head. I found  this.
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Re: 2nd place is a big record?
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2006, 01:38:00 pm »
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Joe Buck.



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I don't really have a problem with that one, the "touching first" part certainly could not have been scripted.  It reminds me a little of one of my favorite calls, Tom Cheek during the Joe Carter HR: "Touch em all, Joe, you'll never hit a bigger homerun in your life!"

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Re: 2nd place is a big record?
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2006, 01:50:29 pm »
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I don't really have a problem with that


I don't either, liked let the celebration happen without talking over it.

That's not the call I had in mind originally.  No idea which one I was thinking of.  Par for the course.
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