ChiefD
Footballguy
LeFebvre is a hidden gem. He is twice as good on radio.
And the way he ####s with Hudler is pure entertainment. They really are a good crew. Thanks for noticing.
I’m also a big fan of Benetti. Really solid.
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***Official - Major League Baseball 2023 Season Thread: Royals Officially Eliminated From The Playoffs *** (1 Viewer)
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And the way he ####s with Hudler is pure entertainment. They really are a good crew. Thanks for noticing.
I’m also a big fan of Benetti. Really solid.
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
Love Benetti. He’s fantastic and might be even better doing college bball. We are lucky.
ChiefD
Footballguy
A cool Ryan Lefebvre story:
So the voice of the Royals for years on radio has been Denny Matthews. He’s in the hall of fame and still calls a fair number of games every year.
During the World Series run in 2015 Ryan and Denny were in the radio booth together. The standard practice is they trade off innings. So each guy will do a couple if innings and then switch off. Denny always leads off the broadcast and finishes off the last inning.
In 2015 that last inning was Denny’s. He gave up the mike to Ryan for two reasons:
1. Denny had called the last Royals World Series win in 1985
2. He wanted Ryan to have that privilege this time around so his voice would be in the Royals archives for eternity.
Pure class.
So the voice of the Royals for years on radio has been Denny Matthews. He’s in the hall of fame and still calls a fair number of games every year.
During the World Series run in 2015 Ryan and Denny were in the radio booth together. The standard practice is they trade off innings. So each guy will do a couple if innings and then switch off. Denny always leads off the broadcast and finishes off the last inning.
In 2015 that last inning was Denny’s. He gave up the mike to Ryan for two reasons:
1. Denny had called the last Royals World Series win in 1985
2. He wanted Ryan to have that privilege this time around so his voice would be in the Royals archives for eternity.
Pure class.
MindCrime
Footballguy
I need to track some of these broadcast suggestions so I can check them out. As a Mets fan, I am so spoiled with Gary Cohen/Keith Hernandez/Ron Darling on tv and Howie Rose on radio. It makes me cringe when we are on national tv because I know the broadcast will be sub-par.
Suggestions so far-
White Sox (Stone/Bennetti)
Royals (Hudson/ Lefebvre)
any more? And are the above tv or radio?
Suggestions so far-
White Sox (Stone/Bennetti)
Royals (Hudson/ Lefebvre)
any more? And are the above tv or radio?
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Ron Swanson
Footballguy
I love the Astros duo of Todd Kalas and Geoff Blum. But that may also be Stockholm syndrome since I watch so many games.
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
otb_lifer
Footballguy
... and that includes his friggin' family
i have loooong loathed the pathetic Muttsies, but their Kiner/Nelson/Murphy booth of the 70s/early 80s was absolute GOLD, Jerry ... Gold!
let's just say you could tell that the beer was flowing like wine
heckmanm
Footballguy
Regarding length of games, I think I saw a study on 538 a while back where they determined that a big factor was the number of pitches per out was way up. One big factor in that was teams reducing the amount of foul territory to add more seating (i.e., 
). More foul pop-ups going into the stands, and batters actually working more on fouling off pitches (which is less risky due to the stands being closer).
eta - link (article from 2019)
). More foul pop-ups going into the stands, and batters actually working more on fouling off pitches (which is less risky due to the stands being closer).eta - link (article from 2019)
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falguy
Inconceivable!
Is this the "see ya!" guy? He's been their pbp guy for a while. I hate his homerun call.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
I was at the Yanks Orioles game last night that had the walk off walk in extra innings. Froze our asses off.
All I wanted to say was I HATE Rizzo or whoever the dude is who has the obscenely long and drawn out pre bat ritual. He averages about 18 seconds just to get ready.
ETA - It was NOT Rizzo - It Was Joey Gallo.
All I wanted to say was I HATE Rizzo or whoever the dude is who has the obscenely long and drawn out pre bat ritual. He averages about 18 seconds just to get ready.
ETA - It was NOT Rizzo - It Was Joey Gallo.
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ChiefD
Footballguy
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
The “see ya!” guy is John Sterling and he sounds like John O’Hurley crossed with laughing gas. He was even more insufferable when A-Rod was a Yankee, as his HR call for him was “An A-Bomb from A-Rod!”
Capella
CAPELLODINHO
Shouldn’t be allowed.
the PCL placed time restrictions starting last night. Shaved 40 minutes off each game. Bring it to MLB right now.
Man In The Box
Footballguy
Cameron Maybin. It’s his second game. Not joking.Watching the Yankees/Orioles game on the YES network. Who is the analyst for this game? This guy is a total moron.
First day on the mike?
ChiefD
Footballguy
Wow. He is really bad. He sounds nervous as heck. Hope he can get better. Always liked him as a player.
Sterling is the radio broadcaster. He is talking about Michael Kay, who does the tv play-by-play. Kay and Arod are doing an alternate broadcast on ESPN for Sunday night baseball (ala Manning cast).
FairWarning
Footballguy
See ya guy is michael Kay
Sterling is the radio play by play with the different HR calls for each player.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Frequently of the “it is high, it is far, it is gone — sorry, it’s off the wall, I thought it was gone” variety.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Bob Uecker on the Brewers home games is one that I enjoy. Jon Miller on the Giants broadcasts good too. Rays have a pretty underrated team. (ETA: Mine are radio suggestions.)
…As an additional note, I love my MLB radio subscription. Sitting outside with a random ballgame on my Bluetooth speaker and a book and beer in hand is a perfect weekend afternoon.
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wikkidpissah
Footballguy
miss me some RemDog...
when he & Eck (who had been a fill-in for yrs) started doing remote-locations together during COVID, their 50yrs of connections to each other (they were in the minors together, even) just flowered, peoplewise & baseballwise. it was the happiest i been w baseball broadcasting since i lived with a transistor @ my ear as a kid.
when he & Eck (who had been a fill-in for yrs) started doing remote-locations together during COVID, their 50yrs of connections to each other (they were in the minors together, even) just flowered, peoplewise & baseballwise. it was the happiest i been w baseball broadcasting since i lived with a transistor @ my ear as a kid.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
20 year old Rōki Sasaki has 17 consecutive perfect innings - a perfect game (19ks) followed by 8 perfect innings (14ks) in his next outing.
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He should really get out of Little League.....those 12 yr olds are really overmatched.
The General
Footballguy
It really is a multi-generational talent we are seeing here. Truly amazing.
If he were doing this in NY would be top of ESPN every start.
Zegras11
Footballguy
exactly.
The only other time I've seen a pitchers stuff so filthy was when I saw Kerry Wood K 20 live on TV
The General
Footballguy
Yep. 75% of the rest of the starters in the league are delicate flowers that need regimented days off, special handling, etc.
On Shohei's off days he hits the hardest home runs and is the fastest guy out there.
Amazing.
Zegras11
Footballguy
only one of his 12k's was a strike. Splitter and slider were just nasty
https://twitter.com/Angels/status/1516968715170062336?s=20&t=Hr9rK3zZpqiKbC0Ko0rHHQ
The General
Footballguy
Shohei is up there with one of my favorite players of all-time, Ichiro. Another guy who could do everything well.
No where near Shohei's pitching of course but he had a cannon and can still bring it almost 50
bryhamm
Footballguy
General Malaise
Poop Lord
bryhamm
Footballguy
General Malaise
Poop Lord
bryhamm said:
Is Eddie Murray (sp) one? I vividly recall him doing some good things in baseball.
General Malaise
Poop Lord
Is Ripken one? I also thought he went yard for 3000 but I more remember him riding around in a car after he broke the iron man streak.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Didn't Clemente do that?
Or maybe he had a triple for his?
Or maybe he had a triple for his?
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bryhamm
Footballguy
Nope.
Nope.
Correct.
Nope. Not sure on the triple, but I believe Ichiro had a triple for his.
bryhamm
Footballguy
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
no homer. i was there.
i was hitchhiking home from Cali cuz i'd been offered been offered a job i wanted back home and i'd gotten a ride thru the nite which ended outside Pittsburgh. i had family there so i went to a mall by the exit and called them, but everybody had left the house for the day. i wanted to see em and needed a good meal so i decided to kill the day in this spanking brand new Monroeville Mall. i got chased out of several shops as a dirty hippie, so i spent most of the day in the public area, the feature of which was an electrically-timed, multi-spout fountain. sat there so long that i memorized the pattern so , with nothing else to do, i started humming Ride of the Valkyries and "conducting" the water as it shot from each jet. got many cheers & made several bucks from admirers before they stopped me.
my auntie got home first and came to pick me up and we got Isaly's. when uncle got home - he was teaching at Pitt, we had watched many Forbes Field games from his office in the Cathedral of Learning - he said i came just in time. Clemente had just gotten his 2999th so we were going to the new stadium to watch his 3000th. Uncle Bob, cousins Rob, Maura & Kathleen piled into the wagon and went to what looked like the emergency spaceship if a bomb hit or sumn. good seats, 1st base side (occasions like this didnt increase ticket sales back then), Clemente comes up third, immediately hits a slapper to the right side, 2nd baseman knocks it down but cant get him in time. We all go nuts til an electric "E" appears on the scoreboard. aw, come on! when he goes 0-4, we console ourselves with the thought that we saw the "real" 3000th.
Saturday, we do a family outing, nothing but updates on the car radio. still no 3000. Sunday morning, auntie makes us a nice breakfast but she can soon tell that uncle & i are vibrating to take one more crack at seeing the 3000th. last game of the year, so this is it. auntie lets us go and we jump for joy like lil kids. #21 comes up and strikes out, and we start to wonder, but the great Clemente hits a gapper 2nd up for the big number. never imagined Roberto Clemente would never be on base again.
50 years ago this fall. i'll never get used to saying things were 50 years ago........
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General Malaise
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