Chip Caray out at TBS

[Scarey]

<!--quoteo(post=70389:date=Dec 1 2009, 12:41 PM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Dec 1 2009, 12:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=70386:date=Dec 1 2009, 11:25 AM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Dec 1 2009, 11:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Yeah, I just googled it. Apparently he isn't taking his job too seriously. Considering how many guys would kill for that job, it's a good example of why nepotism isn't good business:

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->Richard Sandomir of The New York Times documented a few examples in today's newspaper:

-In the 10th inning of Tuesday's Twins-Tigers play-in game, Caray made this call on Nick Punto's line out to left field, a play that ended with Alexi Casilla doubled up at home plate: "Line drive. Base hit. Caught out there. The runner tags. Throw to the plate. On target. And in time! A double play."

-The next night, during the Twins-Yankees game, Caray misjudged Nick Swisher's fly out to Twins left fielder Delmon Young, at first calling it a hit, then correcting himself, but incorrectly implying that it was anything more than a routine play: "A base -- fly ball, I should say -- out to center field," he said. "That ball was hooking and nearly fell in front of Delmon Young."

More from Sandomir's critique:

[Caray] gave Alex Rodriguez's career statistics but left out 2009; he also erroneously said that after hitting a home run in his first at-bat in May upon returning from hip surgery rehabilitation, "he hasn't stopped hitting since."

He called a passed ball by Jorge Posada his eighth of the year but it was his ninth.
In praising Tigers catcher Gerald Laird on Tuesday, he said that his nearly 42 percent success rate in throwing out runners trying to steal was the best in the American League. But it wasn't.

Caray said that the Twins' Orlando Cabrera had played in past division series for the Yankees, the Angels, the Red Sox and the Rays, then came out of a commercial break, irked and chastened, to say that those were teams he played against. ....

At one point, Caray said that he "firmly believed" that the Yankees gave Manager Joe Girardi No. 27 to motivate the team to its 27th World Series title. But the truth was that Girardi asked for the number. It was all over the news in November 2007.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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sounds like the same kind of shit joe morgan does.
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I'm pretty sure it's the same kinds of things that most play by play guys do.

[Butcher]

Joe Morgan isn't just a horrible announcer -- he's an awful human being. Chip is annoying, but he isn't in the same stratosphere as Morgan.

[veryzer]

i'm gonna go ahead and stand by my kasper/caray comparison. kasper may be slightly better and chip has a better voice, but for the most part, same guy.

[Scarey]

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I think Len knows the game better and knows the game's history a lot more.

[Coldneck]

Agree with Scarey. Len is much more knowledgable. I used to like Chip when he was here, but when he left I started to get annoyed by his calls.

[rok]

<!--quoteo(post=70410:date=Dec 1 2009, 01:21 PM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Dec 1 2009, 01:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=70405:date=Dec 1 2009, 01:42 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Dec 1 2009, 01:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->i'm gonna go ahead and stand by my kasper/caray comparison. kasper may be slightly better and chip has a better voice, but for the most part, same guy.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I think Len knows the game better and knows the game's history a lot more.
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Bingo. And Chip has that annoying announcer voice. You know he doesn't sound like that at home. Len is much more down to earth.

And back to the Morgan/Caray/Buck comparisons. There is a special place in hell for guys like Morgan. As much as some broadcasters annoy me, few ever reach the level of supervillain status in my book. Morgan is in an elite group. Caray will never be in that group.....ever.

[jstraw]

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I think Len knows the game better and knows the game's history a lot more.
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Bingo. And Chip has that annoying announcer voice. You know he doesn't sound like that at home. Len is much more down to earth.

And back to the Morgan/Caray/Buck comparisons. There is a special place in hell for guys like Morgan. As much as some broadcasters annoy me, few ever reach the level of supervillain status in my book. Morgan is in an elite group. Caray will never be in that group.....ever.
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This true. "Banks Boulevard" anyone? Yeesh.

[funkster]

I'm not sure how Kasper and Chip are the same guy....you haven't pointed out any similarities.

[Mikey]

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they are both white

[Clapp]

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"LINE DRIVE BASE HIT... CAUGHT OUT THERE."

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And that happened in two straight games in big situations. But it was the "fisted" that did him in. TBS was torn apart about it all playoffs.

[Dave]

Fisted!

That got really annoying

[Bricklayer]

I've always been annoyed with Chip, he's the biggest dork on TV. I was happy to see him go.

[veryzer]

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to me they have similar styles is all. when kasper came on, i had no interest in him, but the more i listenend to him, the more i realized that he wasn't all that much different than chip. sorry i can't be more specific, they're just the same guy. they are. the differences are small.

i'm not saying that in a bad way. i liked chip and i like kasper.......because they're the same.

[ColoradoCub]

I never realized how bad Chip was until Len came along.

[Dirk]

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to me they have similar styles is all. when kasper came on, i had no interest in him, but the more i listenend to him, the more i realized that he wasn't all that much different than chip. sorry i can't be more specific, they're just the same guy. they are. the differences are small.

i'm not saying that in a bad way. i liked chip and i like kasper.......because they're the same.
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Come to think of it, I've never seen Chip and Len in the same room together.