FIRE JOE MORGAN: No, Tim

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I love it when McCarver, for example, not only gets something wrong, but says something that is the exact opposite of true. That's when it's really special.

# posted by

Unknown : 6/25/2005 5:08 PM

Really blew me away. It was a case of Timmy saying something that you would make a joke about -- "The next thing you know, he's going to say Youkilis and Hillenbrand are exactly the same!"

Then, apropos of nothing, he actually says it.

# posted by

Junior : 6/25/2005 5:36 PM

Postscript:

I believe McCarver also mentioned that the Red Sox traded Hillenbrand away for nothing and that a lot of teams want Shea now.

Actually, the Red Sox traded Hillenbrand for Byung-Hyun Kim, who we all know is a disaster now, but at the time was a 24-year-old pitcher with a 3.26 ERA and 380 strikeouts in 323 innings.

And they really needed bullpen help.

Can't wait for McCarver to work the World Series again.

# posted by

Junior : 6/25/2005 5:47 PM

Postpostscript:

Let's not forget that Hillenbrand later called Theo Epstein a faggot.

# posted by

Junior : 6/25/2005 5:51 PM

I missed the initial comment by McCarver but I did hear Buck late in the game say something like, "You know Tim, you made a good point earlier about Youkilis being similar to Hillenbrand." I was hoping that the comment was made in a very specific way that actually made some sort of sense--maybe something about them both being white right-handed third basemen without tons of power--but I guess not. As little as I expect from McCarver it's still disheartening to know that he compared Youkilis to Hillenbrand in any general way, because as already stated that's pretty much the polar opposite of accurate.

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Justin : 6/27/2005 3:38 AM

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# posted by

Junior : 6/27/2005 12:51 PM

I think the closest McCarver got to substantiating his claim in any way was saying that both Hillenbrand and Youkilis were third basemen.

So in that respect, Rich Garces and Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown are virtually twins, since they both pitch(ed) the baseball.

# posted by

Junior : 6/27/2005 12:53 PM

Tom Brady, Colin Powell, and Flo from TV's "Alice" are eerily similar, because they all wear uniforms.

# posted by

Unknown : 6/29/2005 7:19 PM

FIRE JOE MORGAN

Saturday, June 25, 2005

No, Tim

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