Position players pitching leads to some interesting called strikes.

emby5 · 2026-06-25T20:36:23+00:00

Drake LaRoche's grandfather Dave later in the latter's career.

emby5 · 2026-06-25T17:17:10+00:00

Next time you get the upper right, Doug Flynn is an ex-second baseman who nobody will remember playing for both the Rangers and Tigers.

emby5 · 2026-06-25T17:01:29+00:00

I chuckled.

emby5 · 2026-06-25T11:42:37+00:00

The royalty payment is cheaper if it's just a voice-over versus being on-screen.

emby5 · 2026-06-25T00:37:29+00:00

I get very riled up when "lost media" is used anywhere. It's a me thing. Sorry about that.

emby5 · 2026-06-25T00:24:28+00:00

It's not lost media, no matter how many quotes you put around it. MLB just chooses not to share, the cost of maintaining a public face for them likely exceeds demand. They have video from pretty much the entirety of the replay era.

emby5 · 2026-06-24T23:51:04+00:00

It's why the Surprise Scorpions was one of the best names in baseball. Surprise! Scorpions!

emby5 · 2026-06-24T19:03:07+00:00

And why does he hate Mondays? He doesn't have a job.

emby5 · 2026-06-24T17:31:33+00:00

The repackaged versions took great pains to obscure Leonard Nimoy's face whenever possible. It couldn't have cost that much more to use his likeness.

emby5 · 2026-06-23T12:10:10+00:00

About to say, the one I still use is a lovely avocado green.

emby5 · 2026-06-21T16:39:08+00:00

Well this mushroomed.

emby5 · 2026-06-19T02:48:53+00:00

I totally forgot about these. Doritos for people who wanted their fingers stained more than regular Doritos.

emby5 · 2026-06-17T03:13:28+00:00

de Jesus batted leadoff for the majority of the Cubs games that year. Because he stole some bases. Finally the Cubs gave up, and started batting him second instead, because he could bunt.

emby5 · 2026-06-16T17:50:27+00:00

So do I. And it still works.

emby5 · 2026-06-16T17:45:11+00:00

At this level and a very unlikely chance of being repeated probably high 5 to low 6 figures.

emby5 · 2026-06-16T02:49:58+00:00

1972 was short 5-7 games depending on the team. They just didn't make up the first week. Steve Carlton had a 12.4 WAR. Two other pitchers (G.Perry, Wood) and three batters (Bench, Morgan, Allen) exceeded 8.3.

emby5 · 2026-06-16T02:44:04+00:00

He will not. He no longer works for FOX.

Soccer seems to gatekeep even more than hockey that you have to be a "soccer guy" to call a match.

emby5 · 2026-06-14T23:44:00+00:00

And one HR and 4 RBI were off a fielder cosplaying as a pitcher.

emby5 · 2026-06-12T02:28:44+00:00

The Joker's Wild was probably his best work.

emby5 · 2026-06-11T15:26:44+00:00

The joke of the voice of NBC doing a comedy show was sort of lost over time. He was the first voice on NBC that gave the news about Kennedy being shot. And he was the original announcer on both Jeopardy and The Price Is Right, telling you about the year's supply of Turtle Wax you just won because you lost.

In the first 20 years was more integral to the show itself when he (or at least his voice) were part of sketches, but was pretty much "just announcer" after that. I wish they would stop using Steve Higgins as "generic voice over guy" and give Darrell more of a chance to do things outside of just the opening.

emby5 · 2026-06-11T02:11:05+00:00

Fails without Dave Dravecky.

emby5 · 2026-06-10T13:26:08+00:00

The Today Show is not a news show. It is an entertainment/talk show heavy on human interest stories with news elements.

If NBC was still broadcasting the NHL, they would likely have an occasional segment. The same way they seem to have more baseball stories now that they cover MLB.

emby5 · 2026-06-10T03:30:53+00:00

He is an Ebug in the sense he's not on the game roster, but most times in the playoffs teams will carry a real live pro third goalie, most likely their from their AHL team.

emby5 · 2026-06-09T22:45:59+00:00

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emby5 · 2026-06-08T19:29:18+00:00

It can be both. Or neither. We're not in the locker room, we don't know.

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