What the hell, Houston announcers?

I'm not familiar with their commentators, but their color guy has this to say about Max Ramirez's first home run (35 seconds into the video):

"I saw him play at triple-A last year, year before that and he was uh a pretty good player there. Taken him a little while, but boy he hit the heck outta that ball."

Hmm...Ramirez has never played above double-A, and is 23. Good scouting job!

over 3 years ago jwiscarson 5 comments 1 recs |

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Yeah...

I heard that too and was thinking WTF?

I realize though there are probably quite a few guys named Ramirez so he probably did see someone with that name last year, but it sure as hell wasn’t Max Power.

I really dislike it when a announcer pretends to know what he’s talking about. If you don’t know the kid then just keep your mouth shut.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Jun 26, 2008 2:02 AM CDT reply actions

I don’t know which one made that comment, but it sure does aggrivate me – I hate it when paid announcers blow it on live TV like that, because I know I could do a better job of reading up on, and keeping track of the opposing lineup.

A Lonestar in California

by LSJ on Jun 26, 2008 4:33 AM CDT reply actions

It wasn't an announcer

It was a former player they had in the booth that inning. I wasn’t really paying attention because I hate having to listen to the Astros guys during Rangers games, but I did hear that and it made me laugh.

One petty thing of mine is I hate the way one of the Astros announcers says Kinsler. I don’t know which one it is, but it bugs me.

by Melanie on Jun 26, 2008 1:16 PM CDT reply actions

Was it Joe Morgan?

by jwiscarson on Jun 26, 2008 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions

Other teams announcers...

Having to watch Ranger games with opposing teams broadcasters helps me realize how much I like Josh and Tom. I never really thought our guys were that special until I watched some games against KC and Houston recently. Pleasantly surprised by how much better our guys were.

by BombDiggity on Jul 1, 2008 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions