Posted By:
Andrew ParksJohn -
One mistake two or three years ago and a poll you took on a Pirates board has drawn this hatred for Mccarver? Remind me never to get on your bad side...wow.
Also - I never watch baseball hardly at all anymore. I hear people say these things about McCarver and whenever I watch the play-offs I listen for things that these people say with respect to him. One thing people say is that he never admits he is wrong, as some of you just either said or implied.
Well, I was watching Game one of the World Series this year and fifteen minutes into the broadcast, McCarver APOLOGIZED FOR MAKING A MISTAKE!
And that just kinda shot down that theory.
Also if you read his book you will read where he explains why broadcasters make certain mistakes in the booth. He says it is very difficult to see in the booth because they do not have the TV screen that we have and they basically have to call the action as they see it on the field.
McCarver is the most knowledgable broadcaster I have ever heard. I love it when he calls a game.