Comments on: It's going to be a looooong postseason on TBS

By: Night Sweat

Night Sweat — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:44:55 +0000

There usually obviously a lot to know about this. I think you produced some really points in Features also. Preserve working, fine job!

By: Andy in Braves territory

Andy in Braves territory — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:12:10 +0000

Having listened to Chip Caray call many Braves games on TBS back in the day, sometimes even in tandem with Skip, his hilariously dry-humored father, I am always annoyed by how over-the-top he is with everything.
If only Skip were still with us, I’d say give us the old TBS tandem of him and Pete Van Weiren over Chip/Darling or Buck/McCarver any day.

By: Josh in DC

Josh in DC — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:14:28 +0000

Chip Caray has no idea what any statistics means. None. He’ll say things like, “Mauer’s been intentionally walked 11 times this year,” and then make NO mention of whether that’s a lot or a little or if it even leads the team.
I would guess that at least once per half inning, Caray says something that BEGS for a follow-up — calls someone a hard-thrower, or very difficult to strikeout — and NEVER brings ANYthing to back it up.
As far as Chip Caray is concerned, these games are being played in Lake Woebegone: All the players are above average. And all the managers are geniuses who deserve a lot of credit for what they accomplished this year despite facing a ton of adversity.

By: Church of the Perpetually Outraged

Church of the Perpetually Outraged — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:43:06 +0000

Some of my friends in college might have, but I assure you it was not to discuss a baseball game

Which, while entertaining in its own right, almost makes one pine for Buck and McCarver

Umm, never in a million years!

By: CG Hudson

CG Hudson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:20:41 +0000

My personal fave; his referring to Porcello’s ability to “blaze the baseball”. Has anyone in the entire history of humanity ever uttered that phrase like that before Chip did last night? I think not.

By: George

George — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:08:29 +0000

I’ll pine for Joe Buck, but not for McCarver … that man NEVER stops talking.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:13:21 +0000

Don’t worry, by the end of play today you’ll have forgotten all about Chip Caray and instead you’ll be plotting a series of horrible accidents to befall George Lopez and whoever at TBS thought that he should not only get a late night talk show, but that it was worthy of more attention than anything since, well, Frank Caliendo’s TBS show…

By: Andy L

Andy L — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:07:31 +0000

I agree with everything you said, and I was watching when he made the “Base hit!” call. I didn’t think that much of it at the time, because I guess I was thinking about what it would be like if I called a game – I might make the same error. But then I remembered – Carey has done play by play for baseball games for a long time. What is his deal? Did his vocabulary shrink? Did he lose his ability to wait for a ball to hit the ground?
Or is he a playoff choker?