I watched part of the Cardinals versus Braves game on ESPN last night, and Joe Morgan was one of the announcers.  Near the end of the game, Scott Rolen stole second off Bob Wickman, and Joe Morgan explained how Rolen had been studying Wickman’s delivery and got a great jump and it wasn’t even close.  But when the replay was shown, it became obvious that Rolen was out at second.  The umpire missed the call, but my point is how Joe Morgan was clearly wrong.  At least this time he acknowledged it after they’d watched the replay a few times.

Here’s another thing Joe Morgan said during a game which sounds crazy to me :

Slow motion makes it look worse than it really is. … It makes it look like he swung farther around than he really did. ~ Joe Morgan, on slow-motion instant replays of a checked-swing

No, the slow motion replay shows what actually happened.  Maybe he doesn’t like it because it reveals he is wrong sometimes.

How can baseball announcers like Joe Morgan and Tim McCarver get away with spouting their incorrect ramblings so many times?  Usually, no one even calls them on it.  Are the other announcers scared of offending them because these guys have so many years of experience?  Regardless of how well they played back when they were players, that doesn’t mean they know what they’re talking about.

It’s one thing if they accidentally get a stat wrong or say the wrong word, but to conduct baseball analysis based on clearly incorrect information is not right.

Lest you think I’m the only one who thinks this stuff, I’ll provide links to websites devoted solely to such things (if you want to read more) : Fire Joe Morgan and Shut Up Tim McCarver.

(BTW, I know this isn’t necessarily funny or random, but it’s my blog and I get to rant once in a while.  🙂  Besides, listening to these characters during a game can be random — because you never know what you’ll hear, and it may be something you’ve never heard before.)

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It is our mission here at Buffet o’ Blog to provide you with fresh, original randomness on a regular basis, free of charge.  It is our good pleasure to do so.  However, some of our regular readers might’ve noticed we recently had a couple of weekdays without posts, which is not normal.  There is a good explanation for this, though.  My work has become really busy, due to numerous crazy-long meetings.  It started Monday with a meeting from 12:30-4:30 (and I took only 10 minutes for lunch, let it be noted).  Tuesday we met in Little Rock (30+ minutes away) from 10:00-4:00, eating lunch during the meeting.  Then Wednesday we met from 9:00-4:30.  So besides sitting through all these meetings, I had some of my other work to take care of, which resulted in overtime.

Some of you may know that there are three writers here on staff, so why didn’t any of them fill in the gap?  Well, to put it succinctly, they’re slackers.  🙂  There is no other explanation available for them.  They both have lots of random ideas, which is why they were chosen to participate in this blog, but it turns out they’re slackers when it comes to preparing posts and sharing their randomness with the world.  That’s okay, though, because it’s their choice.

In the upcoming weeks, it has already been projected that I will have to attend more long meetings and work some overtime, and it is also projected that my sidekicks will continue to be slothful, but don’t worry — I will make the sacrifices necessary to keep providing you, the reader, with premium, original content.

If there are days where there isn’t a new post, feel free to browse the archives.  The old posts are still fresh, because they were created with lots of preservatives and stuff.  You can also participate in the latest free-for-all story.  The more who get involved, the more fun it’ll be.

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Thank you, drive thru…

I’ve had my Nintendo Wii for over a month now, and I’ve finally written my review of it.  I’ll be writing reviews of my games soon, and there is a link there which will pull them all up for you.

A really short summary : it is a LOT of fun!  Everyone who has played it has enjoyed it, even non-gamers.

You can continue reading my Nintendo Wii review at my other blog.

-=< WII WILL ROCK YOU! >=-