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re: LSU needs to let Hawthorne focus on basketball
Posted on 2/27/11 at 3:37 pm to Mickey Goldmill
Posted on 2/27/11 at 3:37 pm to Mickey Goldmill
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I just listen to enjoy the game.
How can this be done when I can't tell what's happening by listening to Hawthorne? Seriously.
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Posted on 2/27/11 at 3:55 pm to Maximus
1st Hawthorne thread of the season! 
I say leave him be. It's really fun waiting to see what he's gonna frick up next.
Swing & miss for called strike 3? That's comic gold
I say leave him be. It's really fun waiting to see what he's gonna frick up next.
Swing & miss for called strike 3? That's comic gold
Posted on 2/27/11 at 3:58 pm to Honkus
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Swing & miss for called strike 3? That's comic gold
Yes, he said this!
I was at the game but having a cold one in the club and I heard it. My dad and I laughed big time--like you said, comic gold.
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:03 pm to Klingler7
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Deal with it ! Jimmy is good people.
This.
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:06 pm to Maximus
quote:On the post game show today when JH was giving the line up on this week's coming events on the LSU network he finished by saying, "And next Saturday the men's basketball team finishes the regular season with their final game in Alex Box Stadium."
LSU needs to let Hawthorne focus on basketball
Maybe that will give us a chance to win.....
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:09 pm to Kim Jong Ir
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I think his major problem is his vision. I don't think he sees well enough to call baseball.
there are times when he'll argue with hanegriff about certain rules in baseball. i feel bad for hanegriff sometimes because hawthorne will never admit he's wrong
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:11 pm to lsufball19
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I think his major problem is his vision. I don't think he sees well enough to call baseball.
there are times when he'll argue with hanegriff about certain rules in baseball. i feel bad for hanegriff sometimes because hawthorne will never admit he's wrong
I didn't say it was his ONLY problem!
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:13 pm to Maximus
It was 8th inning, HC down 15-3 when they hit a home run. The fans clapped for them.
Hawthorne was amazed. He compared it to fans in tiger stadium cheering for the other team if they opened the game with a runback for a touchdown.
The man is crazy. How can you compare an insignificant home run at the end of the game to a runback for a touchdown on the first play of a football game?
Hawthorne was amazed. He compared it to fans in tiger stadium cheering for the other team if they opened the game with a runback for a touchdown.
The man is crazy. How can you compare an insignificant home run at the end of the game to a runback for a touchdown on the first play of a football game?
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:14 pm to Kim Jong Ir
Nice, I probably would have spit out my drink if I woulda heard this live, but I left my radio @ the house today...
ETA: gonna have to sig quote that one, thx MMM
ETA: gonna have to sig quote that one, thx MMM
This post was edited on 2/27/11 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:18 pm to LSU Tigerhead
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Hawthorne was amazed. He compared it to fans in tiger stadium cheering for the other team if they opened the game with a runback for a touchdown.
Some rantard made that exact point the other day in a thread about LSU baseball fans.
Jim, are you reading this?!?
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:19 pm to Honkus
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ETA: gonna have to sig quote that one, thx MMM
No problem, but I might need to borrow it every so often.
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:23 pm to MondayMorningMarch
I'm sure he'll serve up some more "Jim'isms" this week
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:30 pm to Honkus
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Jim Hawthorne is 87 years old. Let him be. He will be calling games for another 25 years per his contract. Deal with it ! Jimmy is good people.
There are alot of good people who arent calling LSU games are running up huge hotel spankavision bills on road trips and charging them to the LSU Athletic Dept. Good people is much less a characteristic needed for the LSU broadcaster than actually being able to call a game correctly. I dont know who Jim has pictures of but he obviously doesnt keep his job on merit or ability!
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:30 pm to Honkus
He did one today:
"Runner on first, here's the pitch. The bunt is down and it's a perfect bunt... the throw is to second base just in time for the out."
I was totally confused until I realized what he really meant was that the throw went to first base with the second baseman covering the bag.
"Runner on first, here's the pitch. The bunt is down and it's a perfect bunt... the throw is to second base just in time for the out."
I was totally confused until I realized what he really meant was that the throw went to first base with the second baseman covering the bag.
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:34 pm to Rudy40
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Jim Hawthorne is 87 years old. Let him be. He will be calling games for another 25 years per his contract. Deal with it ! Jimmy is good people.
:sarcasm:
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:47 pm to lsufball19
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Not to mention that he consistently calls the wrong pitch
Did you hear him today trying to explain the HC pitcher's "breakin ball"? He said something like "that thing just broke away from the batter which is unusual because from the lefthander it normally breaks in to the right handed batter". So apparently he was trying to describe some kind of magic, video game type screwball pitch.
It was actually just a changeup.
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:50 pm to AlxTgr
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Hawthorne is god
Posted on 2/27/11 at 4:56 pm to Zach
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He did one today:
"Runner on first, here's the pitch. The bunt is down and it's a perfect bunt... the throw is to second base just in time for the out."
I was totally confused until I realized what he really meant was that the throw went to first base with the second baseman covering the
Missed that onePosted on 2/27/11 at 4:59 pm to ehidal1
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He did one today:
"Runner on first, here's the pitch. The bunt is down and it's a perfect bunt... the throw is to second base just in time for the out."
I was totally confused until I realized what he really meant was that the throw went to first base with the second baseman covering the
Missed that one
I heard it but I knew what he was trying to say since I had the video going. He was on a bit of a roll today.
Posted on 2/27/11 at 5:03 pm to Pedro
The issue is nothing personal. Jim just can't describe a game well enough. I have listened him call baseball, football, and basketball in the last 3 years. It is impossible to know exactly what is happening when he calls a game. And, add to that the fact that he has become extremely negative and bitter the last several years.
It is embarrassing that we have a championship caliber baseball and football team and a junior high caliber announcer.
Jim may have once been great. But, that doesn't mean he still is. And, some of you being Tiger fans for 50 years doesn't make him a good announcer either. He's a great Tiger who should have hung it up 5 years ago.
It is embarrassing that we have a championship caliber baseball and football team and a junior high caliber announcer.
Jim may have once been great. But, that doesn't mean he still is. And, some of you being Tiger fans for 50 years doesn't make him a good announcer either. He's a great Tiger who should have hung it up 5 years ago.
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