2019 WS - Nationals vs. Astros - Gamethread

jon abbey

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He is worse the more games you hear him do for the same team, he repeats the same single thing every time a specific player comes up.
 

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I don’t think his actual analysis is THAT bad, but he talks waaay too much for a baseball color guy.
I don't have a problem with his analysis. But he talks too much, he misuses and mispronounces words, and he makes Orsillo look very charismatic. I'd kill for Eck or Darling.
 

Al Zarilla

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I'm more tired of the Joe Buck standard ball in play delivery: "Thaaats...a ground ball to first." "Thaaat's...hit to center field." "Thaaaat's a ball in the dirt."
Was that the thaaat’s you meant? Yeah, he’s tiresome. There are so many better announcers who are tied to teams and never get to broadcast a postseason game.
 

jon abbey

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Not sure of the specifics of the announcer mention, but it is true that the Verlander in the WS narrative is stupid. He's had six career starts before tonight and two of them were in his rookie year in 2006.
 

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I'm more tired of the Joe Buck standard ball in play delivery: "Thaaats...a ground ball to first." "Thaaat's...hit to center field." "Thaaaat's a ball in the dirt."
He's always setting up his calls in a corny way too.

"...and when he got traded to Washington he wasnt sure how it was going to work out."

*Batter gets a hit*

"That's gonna work out for him just fine with a ringing single to left to get the third inning started."
 

Plympton91

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Is nobody going to mention that Robles didn't actually swing at the last one?
Astros rules.

I don’t think I’ve ever been more bored by baseball than I have this fall.

I’m almost watching only because it’s a tradition.

These games are excruciatingly bad.
 

jon abbey

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Astros rules.

I don’t think I’ve ever been more bored by baseball than I have this fall.

I’m almost watching only because it’s a tradition.

These games are excruciatingly bad.
Heh, no they're not, you're just to the point in life where you only care about your team, which is fine, but don't make it something it's not.

Someone was asking about the best comparison to Soto, I think it's actually Yordan Alvarez.