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ast season, tim mccarver said this in a game broadcast, might have been in the playoffs
"When you lead off an inning with a home run, you have a greater chance of scoring multiple runs that inning than if you do leading off with a walk."
WOW!!!
that was as revealing a comment as I have ever heard..........akin to when tenac saying he doesnt like to read
I think he was responding to the thought that a homerun tends to end a rally, whereas baserunners rattle the pitcher toward giving up more than one run even if none have scored yet.
If you go into the bottom of the 9th down by 2 or 3 and you get a leadoff HR, it tends to feel like..well..thats it..we had our big blast, we're not gonna win. When you lead off with a walk the feeling is ok..here we go..the hitter knows we need him to have a productive AB and the pitcher is feeling the pressure so he's tighter.
His point was that it's silly to think that way. The way he phrased it made him sound like an idiot though. I know everybody loves to rag on the guy, and his uninsightful insights can be monotonous and condescending, but he's a lot better than many other guys.
If you get the mlb.com package and try watching games, the worst I saw were KC. (I have Gordon and Butler on my keeper team so I saw these guys a lot.) They were just painful. Milwaukee's crew wasn't too much better.
Vin Scully is crazy awesome and possibly the least homer guy out of any local broadcaster.
Locally, I always liked Kay. Suzyn Waldman is unlistenable. Sterling is a showman which is nice when the Yanks are doing well, but he can get whiny when they're slumping. I actually like the Bastin crew also. I forget who it is..Rich Gedmen..umm...caniglieri..I dont remember. They seemed relatively intelligent and entertaining.
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