re: Hawthorne should not be the LSU baseball announcer

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(and John Ferguson)

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He was doing a LSU Basketball ball game one time and when the ref. made the traveling call(The motion of his hands). John said, "Illegal Procedure."

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Jordy

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Um NO!

Hawthorne has a great radio voice......To add to the initial list

The ground ball to Didier that was ruled an error......The ball was hit hard and it popped up and hit Didier in the chest, Hawthorne thought it should be a hit and he and Hanagriff argued about it. Hawthorne insisted it was too hard a play to make and Hanagriff said simply(and sounding exasperated)..."not if Didier lifts his glove up to catch it." It was actually funny to hear Hanagriff dismiss Hawthorne's argument like that.

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I remember listening to John Ferguson when he was getting old and, as much as I hated to admit it back then, I knew when it was time for him to move on.

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Yeah, kinda like Cholly Mac, time has been kind to John Ferguson's legacy.

I first started listening to him in 1973 and he probably did LSU games for at least another decade after that.

I can remember my brother and I as kids laughing at some of the un-intentionally funny stuff he'd say. Great voice though. Fond memories. He used to do the SEC Basketball game of the week with Joe Dean too back in the day.

He did a one year stint of play-by-play with the Saints in the early 90's I think it was. It was truly painful and sad to listen to.

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I'm still sticking with Canevari as Jim's successor.

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Huh?

I have always been a big fan of Hawthorne but it really was pissing me off listening to him argue with Hanagriff about the ball to Dean being fair or foul. I was just like Hawthorne please just shutup your making an arse of yourself.....He is getting worse with his perception of where balls are hit as well..."swung on and thats hit well to left field. left fielder going back and looking up and makes the catch on the track."...only when watching it on tv the left fielder was nowhere near the track...

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."swung on and thats hit well to left field. left fielder going back and looking up and makes the catch on the track.".

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Or, "Watkins draws a bead on it..........and watches it go over the fence for a homerun."

Notice how many times when JH is on the radio he says, "Will you look at that!?!"

Uh...no, Jim. I can't look at that. I'm listening on the radio.....

Ford should not be allowed anywhere around LSU broadcasts. HE IS HORRIBLE. Has absolutely no in depth knowledge of Footbal and Basketball, just reads stat sheets and score updates. Heard him interview one of the coaches before gametime - was totally embarrased for the coach having to deal with that douche.

Even worse than making mistakes and not knowing anything about the game is the fact that he basically complains about having to be there so long. I'm sure he had a great time last night with the late start and long game.

Also, he and Hanagriff both do a poor job of describing what kind of pitch was thrown. Saying it was right down the middle when it was actually on the corner, saying it was a fastball when it was actually an offspeed pitch, etc. I never listen to them while I'm at the game but you notice a lot when watching on Geauxzone.

And last but not least a few weeks ago they were both wondering/complaining about an umpire walking the ball out to the pitcher after a foul tip instead of throwing it. They went on and on about it, but they didn't realize he was doing it out of common courtesy because the catcher got hit in the nuts.

Im just waiting for his patented put it in the book remark... "swung on. long fly ball to left field you can write it down and put it in the book. wait! shite he caught that? well look at that!"