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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:07 AM
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Scooter. Must. Die.
Scooter, for those of you fortunate enough to have not seen this atrocity, is this small animated baseball that Fox uses to show how pitches move. "A curveball breaks down and away from a right-handed batter." Not such a bad idea, right?

Well, no, except that it's done in that special Fox way that annoys the living hell out of anyone with half a functioning brain. It has the most annoying voice you could imagine, complete with all the sound effects that you just can't get enough of during the game </sarcasm>.

I hate that damn thing. Somebody, please get MLB away from Fox.
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Scooter24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:58 AM
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1. phew...
thanks for clearing that up..lol :P
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:00 AM
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2. I could have been talking about Lewis Libby
:D
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:00 AM
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3. If you don't know what a curveball or fastball is
You shouldn't be watching baseball. End of story.
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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:43 AM
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5. my roommate likes scooter..
he says he wouldn't know what any of those pitches were if not for Scooter. Of course, he has been living in an alcohol induced stupor for most of his adult life, and is going through his "wonder years" in his late 30's. I usually just ignore him when he says stupid shit like that.
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:57 AM
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6. Hey, he could be president...
Probably a good idea to ignore him. :)
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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:40 AM
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4. i posted the same thing several months ago..
I wish someone would take a fungo bat to Scooter.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:58 AM
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7. YEAH! Now you know how Canada felt with that stupid glowing puck
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:59 AM
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8. the CGI First Down and Scrimmage markers are okay-
but that blue dot they started putting on the puck during hockey games a few years backm is ridiculous.
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:06 PM
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9. The tracer was a wretched idea.
I'm not a hockey fan, but if it's on in the background or something, it's hard to watch, with the zippy blue line.

I do like the first-down marker, though. Maybe because it's not moving.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:11 PM
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10. At first, I thought you meant the Muppet
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:12 PM
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11. It would be much better if it were a muppet.
As it is, it's just stupid.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:12 PM
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12. He was already beaten to death by a mob of Kermit hardliners
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:12 PM
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13. One of the announcers actually conversed with Scooter last night
He thanked him for showing how a curve ball works.
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:26 PM
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15. Except that it's not actually a curveball
What he's describing is more of a slurve - a proper curveball breaks almost straight downward - if you were looking at a clock, from 12 o'clock to about 6. I'd rather hear announcers just call those 'breaking balls', but that's another debate entirely.

:)
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:15 PM
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14. "Mussina, due to timing, has not won a ring with the Yankees yet"
-Joe Buck last night.

Buck and McCarver openly root for the Yankees. See Mussina has won a ring with the Yanks "yet" because

THEY HAVEN'T WON THE SERIES IN THE LAST THREE YEARS!!!

It has nothing to do with "timing".

Sorry off subject but God does that annoy me.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:30 PM
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16. Scooter should leave when
McCarver goes.

Which should be yesterday.
What a fuckin tool.
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:46 PM
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17. was too distracted by McCarver's inane comments
to notice the little ball you mention...it is probably more likable than McCarver...

I HATE that SOB...

theProdigal
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:47 PM
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18. how the fuck does that guy still have a job?
He is such a worthless piece of shit.

PS: I don't like him much.
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:57 PM
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19. i can tell you don't care for him
should we start a McCarver "Hate" Club? What a complete and utter moron. I always figured that a baseball color-man would know something about baseball...but he is just...well...ARRRGGGHHHHH!!!

And his hair sucks, too. Worst color job since Reagan...

theProdigal
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:00 PM
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20. I would join
Captain Obvious is the worst announcer on TV. Worse than Berman, even.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:01 PM
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21. Yes - a McCarver hate club is in order.
Thank GOD that other guy (name escapes me) has some intelligent thoughts (not Buck, the other guy...)
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:02 PM
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22. The other guy last night was Al Leiter n/t
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:03 PM
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23. McCarver chimed in...oh yes
no doubt
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