re: is there a Jim Hawthorne sticky-worthy announcement?

I'm pretty sure he knows the basic rules brah. Everyone makes mistakes.

I would love to hsve Hannigriff and Coogan for home games and Cholly and Franquez on the road

I think everybody seemed to get upset after the Shortstop for Southern Miss came in and struck out a batter and went 0-2 before the game winning hit on the next batter.

If that is the case, what would you guys who are bashing him rather him have done? Should he just announce that they struckout without some sense of disgust that our players last night could not hit a position player with zero collegiate pitching experience? I would imagine that when that happened last night most true tiger fans were pretty irritated and I like the fact that we have an announcer that lives and dies with every game, including a weeknight game.

I'll agree that lately in the last two years Jim has gotten a little more down when doing some of the games. But lets be honest, who of us wasn't a bit upset the last two years watching the LSU football team. And who wouldn't have gotten a little jaded when watching our basketball team start out 0-14 in the SEC this year. I appreciate Hawthorne for being a true fan and bringing that enthusiasm to the microphone.

I do, like everybody else, sometimes get upset when he makes mistakes on the technical aspects of the announcing and I wish that was something that he could fix. But at the same time, you can't have everything and I'd rather a die hard tiger fan on the radio who occasionally messes up than somebody that sits there stoically.

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guess you missed the game last wknd where he argued Charlie for 10 minutes that the UGA run should have counted even though we clearly made the out at 3rd base before the run crossed the plate (bc it was not a force or some shite

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charlie even said that lsu got a break and that the georgia player had crossed the plate before the out was recorded.i know jh makes mistakes and gets emotional but remember he is a die hard fan like most of us.and further more every announcer makes mistakes on tv and the radio.

I hope to be calling him the best LSU announcer in history REAL SOON!!!

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he is a die hard fan

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It drives me nuts when he switches w/ Charlie during the middle innings and then tries to do color while he's eating. Shouldn't that be rule #1 for an announcer?, don't eat on the air.

First off I like Hawthorne and don't want to see him go but I would like it if he killed the doom and gloom act. He is the ultimate negatiger and all he does is add fuel to the fire of other negatigers. He is a good announcer, but I would like to see less of the "We have no hope. The sky is falling." Chicken little act.