FIRE JOE MORGAN: Tim McCarver thinks slow men should not get on base

Tim McCarver thinks slow men should not get on base

As usual, Mark Bellhorn brings out the worst in bad sports commentators.

In today's Sox-O's game, Tim McCarver mentioned that Bellhorn walks or strikes out 46.2% of the time. Yes, he mentioned the two-tenths of one percent.

He went on to say, "On-base percentage? How about contact percentage?!"

And then a great line: "I only care about on-base percentage if you can run. If you can't run, I could care less about on-base percentage."

I think we can extrapolate from that statement that if Tim McCarver were managing a player like David Ortiz, he would recommend that David just make an out every time he comes up.

Labels: contact percentage, mark bellhorn, obp, tim mccarver

posted by Junior # 2:02 PM

Comments:

Wow. Simultaneous sports criticism criticism.

# posted by

Junior : 7/09/2005 2:15 PM

Solid work guys. You just beat me to it.
Also worth mentioning was Joe Buck's segue between OBP and McCarver's steadfast ignorance of OBP.

Buck: Of course, you'd rather eat a plate of lima beans than talk about OBP.

This is tantamount to one carpenter saying to another "Of course, you would rather cause yourself voluntary displeasure than use a hammer."

McCarver has also tried today to coin the terms "positionating" and "World Championship Series," and I hate him.

# posted by

Coach : 7/09/2005 2:33 PM

wow, that comment about not caring about OBP unless youre fast might be one of the dumbest things ive ever read before.

barry bonds is a real idiot for drawing all those walks and getting on base so much

# posted by

dave : 7/12/2005 7:56 PM

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