This is what drives me NUTZ about the Angels relief the past couple years--and quite frankly any teams relief that does this. They come in and walk the first batter they see to start the inning which is pretty much the worst thing you can do. Or we'll bring in a lefty/lefty match up after the righty just got the first out for a strike, then the LEFTY walks the batter. Absurd.
I'd argue in a case where they got a hit you're in better shape as a pitcher because you probably threw less pitches!
I don't know but can we cut it out immediately? Honestly I can't decide if him or Harold Reynolds are worse. At least Tim would shut up every once in a while!
I don't remember that, but that is a very nice memory to have. I do remember it was a friggin BATTLE from Speiz though, it seemed liked the at-bat kept going when he was down in the count, fouling off everything he didn't like.
Might I say that is probably the ONLY prediction he ever had right in all my years of listening to him, and I'm glad he was. There were so many instances where he'd predict a pitch type, or what a batter or fielder was going to do, or should have done, and he was just blatantly wrong. And 9/10 times I'd be screaming "No they shouldn't have you idiot!" thinking to myself or bullshitting with my dad WHY they did the exact opposite of what McCarver wrongly commentated. Anywhoo, yeah, glad to get that off my chest. I'll have to watch that part with Speizio some time.
By the way, did you guys know the entire every game of the 2002 World Series in its completion is on YouTube? Just so ya know.