re: Chris Blair is terrible calling baseball

There are 300 pitches in a game & 54 outs. I’m glad he gets a few right

No he isn’t

A very basic explanation on what he does poorly;

You can hear the crack of the bat & the crowd react, but what he explains is A) either delayed or B) does not jive with the other audible clues going on in the back round.

Like you can very clearly tell something different is going on just by the background noise. Watching video highlights at a later time confirms this.

I grew up on radio baseball

You might be a casual listener

Nothing wrong w that

Blair is better at other sports

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Hawthorne was only good at basketball

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I agree 100% although he did seem to tail off towards the end. But yes initially he was excellent.

People complaining about accuracy with Blair must never have heard Hawthorne do football.

“There goes Hester up the middle for about 6 or 7 yards… good run there.”

A few seconds later.

“Alright now it’s 2nd and 9 at the Tigers 26…”

Hawthorne was terrible, dudes just ODing on nostalgia in this thread

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But what I asked for was an example of where what he described is not what happened on the field. And you seemingly cannot provide one.

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You just agreed with what I said. I don’t write down examples & I do everything possible to not listen to him.

According to moscona, it was Allevas idea to have him do all sports, despite not having much experience in baseball. His best sport is basketball so I know he can follow the action & articulate. He just likely doesn’t have the experience reps to explain baseball game flow well

When Hawthorne was calling LSU games, people bitched about him CONSTANTLY. Far more than people do about Blair now.

It’s telling that every defense of Hawthorne is basically in essence yeah he fricked up constantly but he was a committed homer

And everyone also forgets how insufferably negative he was during the final years

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On that play Doug said, and this is a quote, "I would have bet my house that that was a home run"

So if there's an issue with them judging balls, it might be the angle they're set at in Hoover. Remember there's a ton of media from different teams there so they're probably cramming them wherever they can fit them

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It was the 9th with 2 on and LSU down 1. This wasn’t a misread on one swing in the middle of the game.

It is basically THE cardinal sin when doing radio. To make the listener think the ball was gone and it’s not.

If you can’t see then the call should reflect that.

I think he knew it was bad and the next two calls reflected it. And I think Doug threw him a bone by saying he would have bet his house.