mreye Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Did anyone else hear him saying, "You can put it on the board...GONE!" ?? What a butcher job. I know. He doesn't spend his time watching Sox games. Hell, I try not to watch them so much anymore. But, if he's gonna try to emulate Hawk, he should at least have the words right. I don't know who it was, but someone else on the broadcast was trying to correct him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Did anyone else hear him saying, "You can put it on the board...GONE!" ?? What a butcher job. I know. He doesn't spend his time watching Sox games. Hell, I try not to watch them so much anymore. But, if he's gonna try to emulate Hawk, he should at least have the words right. I don't know who it was, but someone else on the broadcast was trying to correct him. At least A-Rod picked him up and added a "Yes!" I was really impressed with A-Rod as a commentator, I wouldn't be surprised if he does that after he's done playing, he did a damn good job in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Did anyone else hear him saying, "You can put it on the board...GONE!" ?? What a butcher job. I know. He doesn't spend his time watching Sox games. Hell, I try not to watch them so much anymore. But, if he's gonna try to emulate Hawk, he should at least have the words right. I don't know who it was, but someone else on the broadcast was trying to correct him. At least A-Rod picked him up and added a "Yes!" I was really impressed with A-Rod as a commentator, I wouldn't be surprised if he does that after he's done playing, he did a damn good job in my opinion. A-Rod was good. I doubt he'll have a job when he's done playing though. He'll need some time to spend his money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmookie Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 i was just happy to see berman there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted July 15, 2003 Author Share Posted July 15, 2003 i was just happy to see berman there What is this guy's problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 He mixed the 2 up: You can put it on the board, gone! Back...back...back...yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmookie Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 back,back,back,back,stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elrockinMT Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 I think the problem with many of these announcers are they are so full of bluster and not nearly as informed about issues & trends as they would like to believe. Chris Berman is a leader of the bluster pack in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Irish Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Chris Berman needs to keep his fat head out of anything not dealing with football. Even then he is losing it. His schtick has definately worn off.l Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bighurt52235 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 My two biggest problems with him: 1) All of his stupid nicknames. He has them for almost everyone. Lasat night when he introduced, "Abert 'Winnie the Pooh' jols", I almost threw up. How disrespectful to a hitter of that caliber. 2) When he thinks of things to say as soon as the ball is hit and he knows it's gone, "OHHHH!!!! That one is going all the way to Gary, Indiana!!!!", as the damn thing lands 10 rows up. :puke :puke :puke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 "Oh wow!!!! That's way back.....!" Lands 2 rows up. He's horrible and just uses too many catch phrases. How many times did he have to say "watch out lake michigan, watch out gary indiana" etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted July 15, 2003 Author Share Posted July 15, 2003 Another thing that ticked me off was during the introductions he mentioned something about Pujols winning the triple crown. Then, when they had Jim Edmonds on he was talking to him that it's too early to talk about triple crown and "I'll bet players hate when people talk like that." You just did, you jackass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious PW Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 ESPN would never get rid of Chris Berman though, he is like the Harry Carey of ESPN. Granted his catchphrases get a little tiring, but so does everyone's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 ESPN would never get rid of Chris Berman though, he is like the Harry Carey of ESPN. Granted his catchphrases get a little tiring, but so does everyone's. I really don't mind him on sunday nfl primetime, but he has no right to be doing play by play or anything similar to that. He does come up with some pretty good, creative nicknames, even if they get annoying sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bighurt52235 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Octavio "sshhhh!" Do-tel. Every time he pitches Berman tells about how his kids made that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI1020 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 ESPN would never get rid of Chris Berman though, he is like the Harry Carey of ESPN. Granted his catchphrases get a little tiring, but so does everyone's. Chris Berman in the same breath as Harry Caray? What people consider "good" these days never ceases to amaze me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Octavio "sshhhh!" Do-tel. Every time he pitches Berman tells about how his kids made that up. I hadn't heard that one, but he plays on the same team as Jeff "brownpaper" Bagwell One of the longer ones is C.C. "splish splash i was taking" Sabathia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 I hadn't heard that one, but he plays on the same team as Jeff "brownpaper" Bagwell One of the longer ones is C.C. "splish splash i was taking" Sabathia. ROTFLMAO! Thats funna ass s***! How about: Gary Shef-Field of Dreams? WTF? And why the f*** was he screaming so loud about all the balls that barely clear the fence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious PW Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 I really don't mind him on sunday nfl primetime, but he has no right to be doing play by play or anything similar to that. He does come up with some pretty good, creative nicknames, even if they get annoying sometimes. What do you mean by he doesn't have any right to do play by play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 The only Berman Nickname I ever liked was Andre "Bad Moon" Rison(or however you spell that last name) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 I really don't mind him on sunday nfl primetime, but he has no right to be doing play by play or anything similar to that. He does come up with some pretty good, creative nicknames, even if they get annoying sometimes. What do you mean by he doesn't have any right to do play by play? Because he is absolutely terrible at it...have you listened to the guy do a baseball game? he's absolutely horrible. I mean, he has no flare for the dramatic even in a home run derby. Instead of calling the big shots with some drama, he calls everyone just the same, whether it's 380 or 580 feet. Being at home, i'd expect the commentator to give me some sort of idea where this ball is going to end up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious PW Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Chris Berman in the same breath as Harry Caray? What people consider "good" these days never ceases to amaze me. If you actually read my post, I said Chris Berman is like the Harry Carey of ESPN, popularity wise. I would mention anyone in the same breath as Harry Carey. He should have left the game ten years before he did. He made a mockery of his profession with his drunk incoherent ramblings. I've never liked Harry Carey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted July 15, 2003 Author Share Posted July 15, 2003 If you actually read my post, I said Chris Berman is like the Harry Carey of ESPN, popularity wise. I would mention anyone in the same breath as Harry Carey. He should have left the game ten years before he did. He made a mockery of his profession with his drunk incoherent ramblings. I've never liked Harry Carey. No way! You've got to be kidding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Harry Caray was entertaining to listen to and he made the game fun. Chris Berman uses way too many catch phrases and nicknames and knows little about the game of baseball if you listen to him. He badgers everything into the ground. In a word, annoying. Harry Caray wasn't annoying. I wouldn't compare the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI1020 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 If you actually read my post, I said Chris Berman is like the Harry Carey of ESPN, popularity wise. I would mention anyone in the same breath as Harry Carey. He should have left the game ten years before he did. He made a mockery of his profession with his drunk incoherent ramblings. I've never liked Harry Carey. I never liked Chris Berman or any of the blow dried cliche driven modern sports casters. You're right IMO when you state that Harry stayed too long. In his heyday I put him up there with Mel Allen and Bob Prince as the best play by play announcers in my lifetime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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