Great moments in Indians broadcasting
From the "What game is he watching" department:
In the eighth inning of Thursday's Indians-Rangers game, Jhonny Peralta hit a drive to center field. Rangers outfielder Kenny Lofton goes back and makes the catch with his back to the infield. After he makes the catch, Indians' TV announcer Matt Underwood says:
"He's out of room! It's out of here!"
Lofton casually tosses the ball into the center field bleachers.
"He caught it! Oh, you've got to be kidding me. I thought it got out of here and Kenny Lofton made the over-the-shoulder catch, just in front of the wall. I've got to see this one again."
Well, obviously.
Labels: MLB
posted by Zach @ 6:51 PM
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1 Comments:
Underwood is no improvement over John Sanders, at least at this point. He seems to have a tendency to jump to conclusions, calling outs, homers, etc. before they happen.
In the lone win over the White Sox this week, Paul Byrd surrendered a bases-loaded single which scored two runs and tied the game at 2-2. Tadahito Iguchi was at first. Underwood's call was something like:
"There's a base hit to right field! Iguchi is going to motor to third! But the White Sox cut into the Tribe's lead, it's now 2-1."
Um ... Matty ... If Iguchi advanced two bases when the bases where loaded and no outs were made, I think that means two runs scored. I mean, unless there's a new way to eliminate baserunners besides outs and scoring runs.
Tom Hamilton's "SWING AND A DRIVE! WAYYYYYY BACK! THIS BALL IS GOING TO BE .... CAUGHT AT THE WALL! OH, I thought it was out of here!" is still the most maddening non-homer homer call. But at least it doesn't happen that often. With Underwood, that kind of stuff happens far more frequently.
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