Baseball Dummies and Bamboo

After long deliberations, we have finally come to a decision. The choice was difficult, as there were many candidates to choose from. But we have now picked the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball booth as the worst group of current national sports commentators.

It was a close call. How could it be otherwise? Though Joe Buck is good, his FOX Saturday Baseball partner, Tim McCarver, singlehandedly brought that pair into a close second in the worst commentator race. Again, Joe Buck is a good commentator, but listening to Troy Aikman, his pessimistic, critical partner in FOX NFL Sunday, is like having someone stick bamboo under our fingernails.

But the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball group proudly came away with the prize. There are many, many annoying things about that booth. Jon Miller has the strangest inflections in his voice. Everything is new! And exciting! And so-and-so is the Greatest Player! Ever! Joe Morgan wrote a book called "Baseball for Dummies." Enough said. Orel Hershiser is obviously a newbie in the booth, as many of his sentences are rather awkward.

Now, we at Hydra mute, on average, half of each Yankee game on ESPN. We just can't take it for very long. However, to our knowledge, the doofuses have not once said "Reigning World Champions" this year. Last night, Joe Morgan did say that this year's Yankees are not as good as the World Series-winning team of last year, but they're still a "good team." Um, good team? Last time we checked, the Yankees had the best record in baseball.

But the most annoying thing about that booth is the anti-Yankee bias. The pity-party thrown for the Red Sox by the commentators was nauseating. No one felt sorry for the Yankees when they used twelve different starting pitchers a few years ago.

By the way, did anyone notice THE TIE? It's always entertaining to see what Jon Miller is wearing - and if you watched the game last night, you couldn't have missed his unusual wardrobe.

Hydra
6-4-3 double play... Ballgame over! Yankees win! Theeeeeee Yankees win!