Fisting Chip Caray
America has its first postseason goat, and he is Harry Christopher Caray III, better known as Chip, the nepotistic unemployable who was so bad in Tuesday's tiebreaker that he momentarily made baseball fans forget that the Tigers were totally jobbed.
The reaction against Chip has been universal. According to a survey of Twitter, Chip Caray is ...
... ass
... sucking
... awful
... an awful announcer
... terrible
... just plain terrible
... a TERRIBLE play-by-play man
... such a terrible announcer
... a new level of horrible
... a horrible, terrible announcer
... the WORST
... the nut worst
... the absolute worst
... the worst announcer in baseball
... quite possibly the worst announcer of all time
... the worst piece of shite announcer I have ever heard
... the worst play by play man in the history of history
... the sorriest excuse for a baseball announcer. Period.
... a bad announcer
... such a bad announcer
... hiiiiiiilarious
... such an idiottttttt
... doing a terrrrrible job
... no Harry Caray
... a professional son/grandson
... the child of the more talented Harry Caray
... going through puberty in this inning!
... 11 & at his first live ballgame, still trying to adjust his depth perception & thinking any hard-hit ball is a HR
... talking to the "casual baseball fan"..much like himself
... doing his best John Sterling impression this evening
... a very poor man's Joe Buck
... so bad he makes Joe Buck sound like Gus Johnson
... the white Gus Johnson
... as bad as joe morgan
... as lame as jose Molina's bat!
... is having the kind of playoff game Jake Delhomme had last January
... really pissing me off
... killing me
... driving me up the wall
... making my ears bleed
... dead to me
... already ruining the playoffs for me
... a fool
... an idiot
... a retard
... moron
... total moron
... a fucking idiot
... a real piece of work
... a weird person
... into some freaky stuff
... apparently obsesses with fisting
... back on the "balls being fisted" train
... going to get offered a job by Larry Flynt if he says "fisted" one more time
... an enjoyable October tradition
Wait, come again?
ripping on Chip Caray is becoming an enjoyable October tradition
That's more like it.
Photo via Sussman's Twitter
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