Timmy!

I was watching the World Series game the other night, and it was all well and good. But for the first seven innings or so, I just had this nagging feeling that something was missing; that something wasn’t quite right. Finally, it came to me. I had no idea if Brett Myers was a good bowler or not. I had to know. Luckily, Tim McCarver came to the rescue.

Did you know that Brett Myers is the best bowler on the Phillies?! He rolled a 298! A 298! Even Ryan Howard, an avid bowler, says that Myers is the best! Wow!

Thanks, Tim. Thank you.

Now, I know that these little factoids and anectdotes are common, and sometimes spice up a broadcast, but Tim layed it on a bit thick. He went on, and on, and on. He went through two batters talking about how Brett Myers rolled a 298, a little screen graphic popped up that also told us that Brett Myers rolled a 298, and helpfully noted that 300 is the best you can possibly score. To make it even worse, McCarver kept trying to make all these wordplays and double entendres. It was as if he just then realized: “Hey! In bowling there’s a thing called a strike…and in baseball there’s a thing called a strike! And Brett Myers is pretty good at both of those things!”

You know how in the Madden games, Madden would say something like: “That guy played basketball in college, just a real athlete, and that helped him on that play”? And it would come up like 30 times a game and make you regret ever buying the game? That’s what listening to Tim McCarver was like on Saturday night.

I had to mute the TV a couple times just to keep from breaking it.

I think it’s about time for McCarver to hang ‘em up.