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re: Hawthorne's call of Zardon hit
Posted on 4/24/15 at 10:22 am to Nix to Twillie
Posted on 4/24/15 at 10:22 am to Nix to Twillie
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Posted on 4/24/15 at 10:25 am to Topwater Trout
Exactly. Jim doesn't call it any differently than I think through a split-second play. His fault is he tries to be too quick with the call, which like I said, I appreciate over waiting a couple seconds for a vague summary of what happened on the play.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 10:26 am to Topwater Trout
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Go to a game...watch how many people in the crowd stand up on ANY long fly ball. I don't see why anyone ever makes fun of this when they do it themselves. I know I have and have had friends that have yelled "that's gone" numerous times and the ball was caught.
well no shite. but there is a big difference between fans in the stands and the person who is being paid the properly call the game. what a terrible comparison.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 10:30 am to bbap
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but there is a big difference between fans in the stands and the person who is being paid the properly call the game. what a terrible comparison.
bull shite. Any fan of the game reacts with excitement...and announcers are fans as well. Oh let me guess you are probably a fan of Hanagrif and want some excitement less retard calling the game as boring as possible?? his "called strike 3" call is the worst call I have ever heard on the radio
Posted on 4/24/15 at 10:31 am to Topwater Trout
I wouldnt say I'm a "fan" of hannagriff but Jim makes him look like Vin Scully.
there is nothing wrong with showing excitment on a call. In fact it's awesome. And when Hawthorne gets a big play correct he's great at it. But if you get it wrong in the process it's bad radio. No one is perfect, but Jim is wrong about as often as he's right these days. He's just way way past his prime and should have retired a half decade ago.
there is nothing wrong with showing excitment on a call. In fact it's awesome. And when Hawthorne gets a big play correct he's great at it. But if you get it wrong in the process it's bad radio. No one is perfect, but Jim is wrong about as often as he's right these days. He's just way way past his prime and should have retired a half decade ago.
This post was edited on 4/24/15 at 10:37 am
Posted on 4/24/15 at 10:34 am to LSUGrad9295
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Ahh..the Jack Hunt reference. Not that that has been overplayed or anything. Did you think of that all by yourself
The Jack Hunt reference is overplayed yet saying, "Did you think of that all by yourself," isn't?
Posted on 4/24/15 at 10:35 am to bbap
quote:This I agree with.
past his prime
Posted on 4/24/15 at 10:41 am to bbap
I agree he is past his prime...but has earned the right to retire on his own terms. His replacement will make the same errors...I usually overlook slips of the tongue and stuff but I can't wait to call out the new guy when he takes over 
Posted on 4/24/15 at 10:42 am to Topwater Trout
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.I usually overlook slips of the tongue and stuff but I can't wait to call out the new guy when he takes over
If he fricks up as bad as Hawthorne does right now then we've mad a terrible hire.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 12:51 pm to Nix to Twillie
I don't know about you but I didn't immediately think fair and neither did the umpire. I can't wait until the next guy is some monotone jackass and yall have to swallow your tungs.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 12:52 pm to fisherbm1112
If the next guy also sucks that somehow makes us wrong about the current guy sucking?
Posted on 4/24/15 at 12:59 pm to Nix to Twillie
Jesus there is always something for yall to bitch about even after a fantastic finish to a great game.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 1:02 pm to bbap
Jim has been a living legend at LSI for 32 years, and is now 71 years old. I remember in the 80's when we were playing in an SEC Basketball tournament game and the game before us went into overtime and he was scheduled to start his radio broadcast, and with no programming to fill in he decided to do the other game's paly by play and was better than their announcers.
I suggest you give him a BREAK. You slow down a bit when you get older. If your fortunate enough to get there you will see!
I suggest you give him a BREAK. You slow down a bit when you get older. If your fortunate enough to get there you will see!
Posted on 4/24/15 at 1:05 pm to belowmebama
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In his defense the 3rd base Ump seemed a little late on the signal Fair.
Was going to say that as well. It looked like he was going to call if foul, Hell I thought the same thing.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 1:55 pm to nvasil1
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it is foul...FAIR!
Posted on 4/24/15 at 1:59 pm to bbap
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If he fricks up as bad as Hawthorne does right now then we've mad a terrible hire.
Hawthorne is way above average when it comes to college PBP guys.
Him being horrible has been greatly exaggerated on this board. I have listened to him many times and have never heard him say "there is a long foul ball and its caught by the 2nd sacker".
Posted on 4/24/15 at 2:01 pm to Topwater Trout
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Hawthorne is way above average when it comes to college PBP guys.
Difference of opinion. I think he's well below average.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 2:01 pm to Nix to Twillie
The moment I wanted to kill Jim was in the 2012 South Carolina series, second game of the doubleheader. Take it away Jim (scrub to 45:10)
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Homerun that was caught by Rhymes.
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Homerun that was caught by Rhymes.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 2:02 pm to Ethan Martin
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I suggest you give him a BREAK. You slow down a bit when you get older. If your fortunate enough to get there you will see!
Give him a break how? I'm not suing the guy. I'm just stating an opinion. And yes part of the reason he's awful is not his fault as we all get old.
Posted on 4/24/15 at 2:04 pm to Topwater Trout
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Him being horrible has been greatly exaggerated on this board.
He is objectively terrible when it comes to baseball. It's not really a big deal for me anymore, personally, as I've only had to listen to about 5 innings of a game this year and won't have to listen to any going forward. But there's no way you can say he's not terrible at calling baseball games. He doesn't have a strong knowledge of the game, he can't see and he turns into a petulant little girl if the game goes longer than 2 hours.
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