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re: Chris Blair call
Posted on 5/25/24 at 8:42 pm to Tiger Ryno
Posted on 5/25/24 at 8:42 pm to Tiger Ryno
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Incredible call of Jack hunt walking it off for the lady tiger softball Chinese bandits.
Exactly. Hawthorne and Blair are different announcers. Blair at least gets the right call, and he's had some pretty great calls.
Hawthorne would have told everyone that Milazzo hit the game winner last night. I grew up listening to Hawthorne, and will always remember some of those calls, but every game winning HR call sounded the same with Jim.
"HOMERUN!!!! TIGERS WIN!!!!"
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Posted on 5/25/24 at 8:43 pm to Cowboyfan89
Blair had a skirt on today
Posted on 5/25/24 at 8:48 pm to LSUMaverick
He likes to harp on stats like "6th homerun of the year" and what not when thats not really important in the moment at all. Did it for tommy whites walk off in omaha last year as well.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 8:52 pm to NewMoneyTrash
But can he pronounce names correctly?
Posted on 5/25/24 at 8:52 pm to NewMoneyTrash
I'll say his Tommy White CWS call was pretty great.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 8:54 pm to NewMoneyTrash
I know it may seem blasphemous but Blair is a much better announcer than Hawthorn. Hawthorn was emotional but his facts were typically very shaky.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 8:55 pm to josh336
All by his lonesome
Posted on 5/25/24 at 8:56 pm to OvertheDwayneBowe
I did enjoy how brazenly disgusted he was by the clown show umpire nonsense
Posted on 5/25/24 at 8:57 pm to NewMoneyTrash
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He likes to harp on stats like "6th homerun of the year" and what not when thats not really important in the moment at all.
I mean, did anyone expect Milam to hit a HR right there? It's not like it was White or Jones up there. Hitting what was only his 6th homerun of the year right there--to win the game--is big. He's not a HR hitter, but he did it right there.
To me, someone who appreciates stats, that made it even bigger. That's not a guy I expected to win a game on a HR.
Besides, what is arguably Hawthorne's most iconic call, the Warren Morris HR, includes him pointing out that it's Warren's first homerun of the year...
Posted on 5/25/24 at 9:03 pm to tigerfan84
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All by his lonesome
I was disappointed when someone shared the video of it and Doug Thompson wasn't there to run off after the HR...
Him running off on the Tanks HR against Wake last year was amazing (and also a great call from Blair).
Posted on 5/25/24 at 9:03 pm to patchesohoulihan_007
5:09:30 is the call
id love to see it overlayed with the video to see at what point he finally realizes it was a HR.
I knew about that bat with about 95% certainty
id love to see it overlayed with the video to see at what point he finally realizes it was a HR.
I knew about that bat with about 95% certainty
Posted on 5/25/24 at 9:07 pm to Lester Earl
I don't think many of us expected Milam to crush it. He's hit a lot of deep shots that end up getting caught before the warning track.
Bottom line is Blair is not fit for baseball commentating. Keep him on football and LSU Athletics history podcasts.
Bottom line is Blair is not fit for baseball commentating. Keep him on football and LSU Athletics history podcasts.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 9:09 pm to BilbeauTBaggins
I think his power stopped being "sneaky" a few weeks ago. He's hit a few no-doubters since that. The pitcher left that ball up and he tattooed it, with a ton of back spin. Ball was very clearly going far
Posted on 5/25/24 at 9:17 pm to LSUMaverick
My lord that was terrible
Posted on 5/25/24 at 9:20 pm to Run DMC
Harry carry had horrendous calls on HRs and balls he thought were HR that weren't even close quite often in the latter part of his career but he built enough trust with his audience being a bud man and cub fan that he got lots of grace.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 9:25 pm to Tiger Ryno
What a great call by Blair! He built the momentum from the swing and hit the crescendo when the ball left the ballpark. A classic call. Thanks for sharing. You wanted him to sound surprised, because all of us were surprised as well, including the TV announcers. A classic call from a new LSU legend. Thanks Chris Blair. We are proud of you. You let the hit take the stage and didn't clutter it up with a bad overlay of announcing
Posted on 5/25/24 at 9:27 pm to NewMoneyTrash
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He likes to harp on stats like "6th homerun of the year" and what not when thats not really important in the moment at all. Did it for tommy whites walk off in omaha last year as well.
A 1000 times this
Posted on 5/25/24 at 9:45 pm to LSUMJ
Blair grew up in Kentucky.
I think his call of Milam's HR was excellent. Blair is far superior to Hawthorne in every sport, IMO.
I think his call of Milam's HR was excellent. Blair is far superior to Hawthorne in every sport, IMO.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 9:47 pm to LSUMaverick
I promise you Milam and Jay were already celebrating together before any of the listeners knew what happened.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 9:50 pm to Pintail
This. I was listening in the radio and it literally sounded like a pop fly. He made a fly ball to the warning track sound like a 450 foot hr yesterday
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