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[fearlesstemp]

I don't know if it's because I grow so attached to the Mets announcers over the regular season (I still really miss Fran Healy), but I can't stand the Fox announcers, Joe Buck and Tim McCarver in particular. It is a sentiment shared by my family, and getting ready to watch the ALCS, my brother and I had the following convo:

LittleJimmyAllGrownUp: Joe Buck should be FIRED.

FearlessTemp: Joe Buck should be fired out of a CANNON.

LJAGU: Joe Buck should be fired out of a cannon AIMED AT TIM MCCARVER.

FT: You win.

I am rooting for Oakland in the ALCS, half because I loved the book Moneyball, half because Detroit has too many pitchers I don't want the Mets to meet.

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Yes!

[1crowdedhour.livejournal.com]

Fox Sports announcers are horrid but Buck and McCarver are the worst of a bad lot. I suppose there's no way to put a radio play-by-play on and mute the sound on the tv, is there? That's what works best. (Plus, the television broadcast is on a very short delay, so the radio announcers seem psychic!)

Re: Yes!

[fearlesstemp.livejournal.com]

I have done the radio/TV a couple of times - it's like getting an audio feed from the future, which is pretty funny but a little confusing at times. We may end up doing that tomorrow night, because after tonight, I don't think we can handle more Buck 'n McCarver. How do they get these jobs? They're so unfunny and self-important and full of incredibly obvious insights.

I don't know if I will survive October!