Serious Darius Bagfelt Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I imagine Dierdorf and Tim McCarver sitting somewhere quiet having a couple beers, bitching about young people everywhere. Possibly cutting a duet album together based on the success of this solo one: http://www.amazon.com/McCarver-Sings-Selections-American-Songbook/dp/B002OJGGH6 The Most Helpful Customer Reviews for that CD are brilliant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 The selected quotes from the customer reviews cracked me up the most. “His version of "This Will Be My Shining Hour" is destined to be a classic and would bring even Zeuss himself to tears. ” # 1 McCarver fan| 2 reviewers made a similar statement “To pre-order a copy of this disk is to give yourself an incomparable sensory gift. ” Free M. Roloff| 1 reviewer made a similar statement “That's the only thing that could make the CD more annoying. ” J. Walters| 1 reviewer made a similar statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 LOL Tim Lincecum might have a bionic arm, but surely Tim McCarver has a bionic throat, delivering just a stunningly gutty performance that's not afraid to celebrate music the traditional way with hard vocal work that just sings the songs *right*. As Tim McCarver is fond of saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words," and in the process of listening to an entire great American songbook, your brain will take you away to anywhere between three and seven pictures, idylls and reveries that tap into the collective unconscious memory of what it meant to walk amidst eden. Each song is delivered with what I can only describe as a kind of calm-eyed beauty that seems to recursively calm the process of singing the song itself. Indeed, Tim McCarver is so supremely convinced of the sublimity of his own delivery and interpretation that perhaps even Tim McCarver would say that Tim McCarver has gotten to Tim McCarver. Slight disappointment that this album does not include the rumored covers of Brandon Arroyo's songs, nor does McCarver follow his broadcast partner and Natalie Cole's lead and do a duet with his own dead father, but easily the quality of what remains overshadows that shame. This offering presents a real change-up from the rest of Tim McCarver's career. Well, they call change-ups like that "cement mixers," so don't let it throw you a curve. Bear down and take it in stride, and soon it'll have you trying to "sing" for the fences. This is a musical feast fit for a Jeter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 If you get the chance, watch the new HBO documentary "Sport in America". it is one of those HBO documentaries where it is mostly people talking about their experience. This one talks about the impact sports have had in terms of the memories, the players, the inspiration from people who experienced it live or with their family. Some really great stories from people talking about people like Jim Abbot, a couple people including Summer Sanders talking about running the Boston Marathon during the bombing, a funny story about one of the painted up crazies in Oakland and how he met his wife on first date going to a game, and much more. Real fun to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 If you get the chance, watch the new HBO documentary "Sport in America". it is one of those HBO documentaries where it is mostly people talking about their experience. This one talks about the impact sports have had in terms of the memories, the players, the inspiration from people who experienced it live or with their family. Some really great stories from people talking about people like Jim Abbot, a couple people including Summer Sanders talking about running the Boston Marathon during the bombing, a funny story about one of the painted up crazies in Oakland and how he met his wife on first date going to a game, and much more. Real fun to watch It really is quite good - I watched a screener of it last week. Reading the synopsis, I expected people sitting there saying "remember :moment:? THAT WAS AWESOME!" Instead, it was more about the gravity of the moment, like Curt Menefee talking about Aaron breaking Ruth's record as a black child living in Atlanta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Will Ferrell (d/b/a Ron Burgundy) was supposed to be an anchor on Sportscenter tonight, but that has been cancelled. http://www.avclub.com/article/espns-sportscenter-is-now-one-of-the-only-places-y-106267?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:1:Default Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Can't blame ESPN on that one. Let's just hope it gets rescheduled. The Ron Burgundy Sportscenter tryout from the time of the first movie is supremely funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 If you get the chance, watch the new HBO documentary "Sport in America". it is one of those HBO documentaries where it is mostly people talking about their experience. This one talks about the impact sports have had in terms of the memories, the players, the inspiration from people who experienced it live or with their family. Some really great stories from people talking about people like Jim Abbot, a couple people including Summer Sanders talking about running the Boston Marathon during the bombing, a funny story about one of the painted up crazies in Oakland and how he met his wife on first date going to a game, and much more. Real fun to watch Oh, Summer Sanders, still a special prurient place in my heart. --- Speaking of HBO, they just starting filming for the New Years Day game 24/7 with the leafs and wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I never even thought that the painted up Raiders fans could even speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Oh, Summer Sanders, still a special prurient place in my heart. Based on her time at Nickelodeon, I am assuming you have had dreams involving Summer Sanders and slime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Both the Figure It Out and NBA inside stuff Summer Sanders were appealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 His slime is even green to fit the 90's motif. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I feel so hipsterish towards Summer Sanders right now I LOVED HER BEFORE ANY OF YOU!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 I feel so hipsterish towards Summer Sanders right now I LOVED HER BEFORE ANY OF YOU!!! When she was a collegiate swimmer? Or before that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I fell in love with her when I was just a boy apprentice and a mysterious messenger bade me visit a demented old lady with white hair who lived in a bizarre dusty gilded house. There was a girl there named Summer and the old lady told me to fall in love with her and I did. We played cards and I fought with a noble boy and she kissed me on the cheek. But it was not to be. I was as trapped by my new-found desire and ambition as she was by her benefactress. Years later after I had made and lost my own fortune and made a new one in Egypt, I met her again. This time she was apprenticed to a demented old man with red hair who lived in a bizarre gilded old skyscraper. I couldn't save her from that fate any more than she had been able to save me from mine. Some day, I must believe, there will be a time when no shadow will be between us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Isn't that the plot from Angels in the Outfield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Hattrick Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I'm tempted to steal that for my signature. A much smaller size of course. EDIT: Eeek! That last sentence could make my pic comment go horribly wrong. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Curt Schilling is replacing Orel Hershiser in the booth for the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball Games. Schilling and Kruk is possibly the worst combo I have ever heard of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I love Schilling in the studio. Not sure he'll fare in the booth. Related: I believe this is the fifth straight season with a change in the Sunday Night Baseball booth. Wrote a column about it last year, but forget the exact number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Sports doesn't have/need a YouTube thread, but this is kind of awesome. Reddit presents: When Sports Stars Get Mad http://youtu.be/uQTATWUtvHQ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 What I learned from that is that I need to know more about John Sitton. I can't stop reciting his bit...and I keep doing it in the voice of Alan Ford. It's the funnest thing...especially the last bit: "An' you....see me in the mornin'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Lebatard, and Jones look they give to each other(or maybe off camera to a director) is absolutely priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 A nice refresher on the multifaceted lameness of ESPN most of the time in the last year. http://deadspin.com/deadspin-2013-the-year-in-espn-being-weird-horny-and-1486623380 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Bomani is taking Peter King down a peg on twitter right now. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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