i fuckin hate mccarver

he drives me crazy

he is so blatantly anti-yankee and its bullshit

i feel like im listening to bobby heenan commentate when he used to stick up for the bad guys

It's funny you say this because all over the Boston area people are screaming abou how pro-Yankees McCarver is and how anti-Boston he is. What was the deal with his "that walk is as good as a home run" thing the other day. The last time I checked a homer was much better, but what do I know?

As a New Yorker with YES, I can vouch for the fact that Michael Kay is the worst fucking announcer in professional sports today. What a fucking imbecile.

I miss the days when the MLB playoffs were on NBC and Bob Costas was at the healm. He is probably the best current announcer.

Plus, NBC did a better job of covering the games than FOX.

Damn FOX.

Oh yeah, and the Yankees ARE the bad guys

You're all failing to realize that Jon Miller is far and away the best baseball commentator in journalism today.

LOL. I don't know if it was McCarver or not, but one of them said that when Beltran walked. I guess they were implying that he he such an outstanding baserunner that if he makes it on base then he's probably going to score. So a homeurn equals a run scored and Betran on 1st base equals a run scored. Which in that particular case proved to be true. Betran stole 2nd,...stole 3rd,...and then scored on Edmonds throwing error.

for me, it's whether or not Buck/McCarver add anything to the broadcast that I didn't already know on my own. usually Buck/McCarver don't but Al Leiter contributes alot of info, IMO

not to Mention McCarver played several years with the Cardinals and Joe Buck followed his dad as St. Louis's announcer at home games....i wonder who they want to win the World Series?

i smell a conflict of interest here

I didn't read this but I watched the game where he said this. I was like WTF? I started to question it when neither of the other 2 commentators corrected him. I think right after he said it I said out loud "since when?".

Joe Buck is much more than mildly retarded.

Agreed. You all should catch a game Rod allen calls for the Tigers. He is unintentionally hilarious. Dude played like 8 games for the 1984 Tigers and acts like he's a HOF'er.

You Sir Are Officially Kicked Out of Tiger Fandom for bashing rod allen.


NEVER. BASH. ROD. ALLEN.


"he was runnin like he stole something"

I wasn't bashing him, I think he's awesome.

"Those are some baaaaaaaad Kittty cats!"

Playing career

Allen was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the sixth round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft. He enjoyed a brief stint with the Seattle Mariners in 1983. He was 23 years old when he made his major league debut on April 7, 1983. He hit .296 in 27 at bats during a 15 game stint as an outfielder and designated hitter with the World Champion Detroit Tigers in 1984. He enjoyed another brief stint in the majors with the Cleveland Indians in 1988. Allen spent the last three years of his playing career with the Hiroshima Carp in Japan's Central League. He hit a pair of home runs against Seibu Lions in the 1991 Japan Series and set a Japanese regular season record with four home runs in four consecutive at bats during his time in the league. He is infamous for charging the mound after Kazuhiko Daimon from the Yokohama Taiyo Whales hit him in the back with a pitch, and subsequently chasing the pitcher across the entire field with both teams' benches in tow. The footage of him charging the mound can be seen here.

Although he is a big fan of the suicide squeeze, Rod never successfully completed one as a player.

Idiosyncrasies

Allen is known to viewers for a variety of idiosyncrasies that liven up his announcing style. For example, he has a very distinctive high-pitched laugh that emerges at exciting moments during games. He also has a group of words and phrases that he uses often, e.g., "special," "nasty," "filthy," "partner," (pronounced "pahdnuh") "stellar," "he buggy-whipped that one", "that's a big league pitch," "elevated", "steady diet," "country strong," "he can play" and "without question." A common type of phrase that he would use during a game might be, "Mario, Bondo's got the filthy stuff today, pahdnuh," "he's serving him a steady diet of filthy breaking balls," or "Baseball is a humbling game pahdnuh." He will also often use his partner's name twice in the same sentence for emphasis. For example, "Mario, I think that Big Red just needs to get some of that fresh air of Tropicana Field, Mario." Another example would be "Mario did you work out today, Mario?" One of Allen's most popular phrases during the 2006 Tigers season was "There you Mr. Shelton!" in reference to Chris Shelton's power. Other favorite phrases include statements such as, "Get down with your bad self," after a home run is hit. Rod also like to refer to fastball as "a piece of cheese". He has been known to refer to Jeremy Bonderman's slider as "Mr. Snappy", Justin Verlander's fastball as "High Octane Cheese" and to Craig Monroe as "Baby Boy." When Joel Zumaya is on the mound, Allen may use commentary such as "it's just not fair" or "best arm in baseball." His playful commentary has led to the creation of the "Rod Allen Drinking Game", a tongue-in-cheek phenomenon among Tigers fans.