Deadspin: Tim Mccarver

"Do You Think Your Nomination Into The HOF Illegitimizes The HOF?" And Other Awkward Questions For Tim McCarver

Timothy Burke — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:45:00 EST

The media conference call with Tim McCarver that accompanied this morning's announcement of his Hall of Fame award got off to a rocky start (which may have been our fault) when the first question was "What, exactly, is your vendetta against the New York Yankees?" It went downhill from there, especially once someone claiming to be "AJ Dolano from Deadspin" called in (it wasn't our AJ). To his credit McCarver was generally a good sport, if remaining a terrible broadcaster. As the conference call was brought to an early conclusion, he stated: "Criticism doesn't bother me. Never has." More »

To Participate In The 11 A.M. Conference Call With Frick Award Winner Tim McCarver, Dial 1-800-269-4378

Emma Carmichael — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:55:00 EST

Today, sportscaster Tim McCarver was named the winner of the 2012 Ford C. Frick Award in honor of his "broadcasting excellence." The Baseball Hall of Fame is hosting a conference call with the honoree at 11 a.m. ET. To participate, dial 1-800-269-4378 and provide the password: "Frick." You may also have to give your name and list your organization. Have fun! More »

Tim McCarver Is Being Inducted Into Honored By The Baseball Hall Of Fame For His "Broadcasting Excellence"

Dom Cosentino — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:35:00 EST

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The Hall just announced that McCarver is the winner of the 2012 Ford C. Frick Award, which has previously gone to such notable voices as Mel Allen, Ernie Harwell, Vin Scully, Bob Prince, Jack Buck, Harry Caray, and Harry Kalas. McCarver is likely the only one in that club who thinks "strike" is a five-letter word. [Baseball Hall of Fame] More »

A Partial Defense Of Joe Buck And Tim McCarver

Timothy Burke — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:20:53 EDT

"Buck should commentate funerals." "Fire this emotionless prick." "Buck makes Jim Nantz sound like Gus Johnson." "Tired and lame." The criticism of Joe Buck from the Internet peanut gallery is harsh—and even our friends at The Classical used this very space to describe his announcing as "fistful-of-Ambien disinterest." More »

Joe Buck And Tim McCarver Live For The Littlest Things

David Roth — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:21:37 EDT

The Classical launches in November, but the cruel folks behind it love baseball way too much to let the World Series pass without comment. Throughout the series, its writers will do a daily diary for Deadspin. Keep tabs on us @Classical. More »

Tim McCarver Said "Strike" Was A Five-Letter Word, And Proceeded To Spell It Out (Video)

Dom Cosentino — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:10:00 EDT

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Terry Francona Will Replace Tim McCarver On TV For The First Two Games Of The ALCS

Jack Dickey — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:55:00 EDT

Oh, don't you fret! Joe Buck is still involved. [@MLBONFOX] More »

Justin Timberlake At The All-Star Game: Drunk, Sarcastic, Drunk-Sarcastic, Or Just Obnoxious?

Emma Carmichael — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:35:00 EDT

Justin Timberlake has redeemable qualities, doesn't he? He can sing and dance, he is a good SNL host, and he reportedly even has feelings. All this is more than we can say about Joe Buck. So no matter your opinion of the former boy band front-teen, he deserves some credit for agreeing to a live-broadcast television interview last night, and — instead of using that time to promote his new, terrible film — drunkenly making fun of Joe Buck on air for a few minutes. There was some debate on Twitter about Timberlake's intentions last night, but we think that another look in the sober light of day makes them clear. Justin was drunk, and Justin thinks Joe Buck is an idiot. This particular star: He's just like us! More »

Deadspin Classic: And Now A Selection From Tim McCarver's Great American Songbook, Remixed

A.J. Daulerio — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:50:24 EDT

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Tim McCarver spent the evening talking on your television. Now let him sing you to sleep. Originally published Nov. 13, 2009. More »

FC Barcelona Proved They Were The Best Team In All Of Professional Sports Yesterday

Brian Hickey — Sun, 29 May 2011 09:30:00 EDT

Your morning roundup for May 29, the day Roger Ebert inexplicably gave two thumbs down to those who blatantly allowed two eyes to check out two foreign boobs. More »

Happy Belated Birthday Vin Scully, Here's A Great Moment In Live-TV Parachuting History

David Matthews — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:05:00 EST

During that famous Game 6 of the '86 World Series, a Mets fan parachuted onto the field with a "Go Mets" sign and a whole lotta balls. That Vin Scully—who celebrated his 83rd birthday yesterday—made a perfect call is gravy. More »

Silencing Joe Buck And Tim McCarver: A Simple Tech Solution To Our Crappy World Series Announcers

Emma Carmichael — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:30:13 EDT

Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, Fox's World Series broadcast team, will begin inflicting themselves on a national television audience tonight. Thankfully, technology offers recourse that doesn't involve throwing something heavy at the TV: just synch up the broadcast with radio commentary. More »

Tim McCarver: Yankees Front Office Takes After Nazi, Communist Propagandists

Brian Hickey — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:06:00 EDT

Tim McCarver apparently thinks there's a Yankees campaign to remove Joe Torre's Bronx contributions from the annals of history. So, in the fourth inning of Saturday's game against the Rays on Fox, he went all Tim Kampf on viewers. More »

And Now A Selection From Tim McCarver's "Great American Songbook" Remixed

A.J. Daulerio — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:00:40 EST

During the MLB playoffs, Fox baseball analyst extraordinaire Tim McCarver released a CD of him crooning through jaunty Cole Porter-style songs without a smidge of irony. We had grand plans for this. Some fell through, but one miraculously worked out. More »

It's Like Tim McCarver Talking, But To Music!

Barry Petchesky — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:15:00 EDT

Don't wait until tomorrow morning to leave a voicemail for your boss saying you won't be coming in on Tuesday. That's the day Tim McCarver's new album drops. More »

Oddsmakers Like Obama's Chances Of Not Humiliating Himself Tonight

Tommy Craggs — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:30:52 EDT

Bodog is taking prop bets on whether the president will bounce his first pitch at the All-Star Game and thus send his country spiraling into a Depression or something. At present, the moneyline's liking Obama's arm: More »

Hey, That's Not John Mayberry Sr.

Ben Cohen — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:30:00 EDT

John Mayberry Jr. hit his first career home run Saturday, and the Fox crew in Yankee Stadium quickly honed in on his father, former MLB player John Mayberry Sr. Only problem: It wasn't him. Ay, there's the rub. (Also, A-Rod homered and the Yankees won, spoiling the Mayberrys' day.) [Bats] More »

Unfortunately, Tim McCarver Will Not Go To Prison Because Of This

A.J. Daulerio — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:15:44 EST

Weird little story about a moonlighting Fox Sports "stat guy" who illegally used USMS transportation to shuttle around Buck, McCarver and Aikman. [Smoking Gun] More »

Tim McCarver Needs A New Broker

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:45:29 EST

No matter what your opinion is about America's most prominent baseball explainer, you have to feel for Tim McCarver a little bit after hearing this story. He's suing the brokerage house Morgan Keegan & Co, because even though McCarver told them to invest his money in safe, low-risk ventures, they (like everyone else on Wall Street) spent it all on crappy debt investments and lost about one million of his dollars. More »

Why Yes, Tim McCarver Does Have An Opinion About Manny Ramirez

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:00:06 EDT

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The NLCS starts tomorrow ON FOX! We know Joe Buck is amped, but how does Tim McCarver feel about covering the Phillies, the Dodgers, and the story of the moment—i.e., Manny Ramirez Reborn? Well, let's just say Tim should bring some extra towels with him if he decides to head down to the Dodger locker room after the game. More »

Media Approval Ratings: Tim McCarver

Will Leitch — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:05:14 EDT

We're not sure we're going to still be doing these Media Approval Things in October, which is why we have to do Tim McCarver now. Because fans' opinions of McCarver are never more polarized than in October. More »

Tim McCarver Is Bucking Conventional Wisdom

Leitch — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:40:38 EDT

Obviously, the work of Tim McCarver has long been discussed in the most reverential manner. But his whopper from last night has everyone abuzz today. More »

Alex Rodriguez Trying To Steal Jeter's Boyfriends

Leitch — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:00:45 EDT

So everyone's all in love with A-Rod again, considering he's the only thing keeping the frayed Yankees even competitive right now — the Yankees are under .500! Head for the hills! — and he's smacking the ball around every stadium like he just knows it's April. But he's not just trying to help himself on the field; he's also trying to make friends and influence people off it. More »

Fox's Sense Of Humor Superior To That Of ESPN

mjdeadspin — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:25:25 EDT

I haven't made fun of Tim McCarver nearly as much I should, recently. I offer this as an apology, and I applaud the Fox network for letting it go. Some other networks seem to have a problem with poking fun at themselves. More »

TBS Knows Baseball, ESPN Hopes Not To Forget

Leitch — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:15:39 EDT

So we're a day late on this, but we wanted to make sure we had all the details correct. As menacingly pointed out during the All-Star Game, FOX has re-upped for the rights to the World Series, Saturday games and one LCS for the next seven years. For Joe Buck and Tim McCarver haters, this is bad news, but it does assure that some baseball will be on free television for a while, whatever "free" means anymore. (Our stance as always: McCarver makes us cry, and we dislike Buck less than most do, particularly when he's rubbing Todd Zeile's feet.) More »

It's An Honor Just To Be Nominated

Leitch — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:15:26 EST

So, who remembers the Bill Simmons cartoons? Launched, what, a year ago now, the ~~three~~ one-minute tidbits of the life of The Sports Guy were almost universally derided, first by readers, then, ultimately, by Simmons himself. (He called them "a mistake on a lot of levels.") More »

That Taste? It's Veggie Deep Dish

Leitch — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:18:18 EDT

In the best response we've seen yet to FOX broadcaster Tim McCarver's ultimate foot-in-mouth moment last evening, the mad, depraved geniuses at Yard Work put on their miner's helmets to figure out what, exactly, that taste was in Brad Lidge's mouth that McCarver declared "not there." More »

Pick Your Most Hated Announcer

Leitch — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:30:16 EDT

The finals of the great Road From Bristol bracket (non-ESPN edition) has arrived, just in time for FOX's coverage of the two championship series. The final two competitors are both baseball broadcasters, one known for being an unabashed homer, the other bringing more ballast than a war correspondent. More »

Just To Freak You The Hell Out

Leitch — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:04:28 EDT

So, we have to say, if you're trying to get people talking about your alternative weekly, it's difficult to come up with much better than putting this picture on the front page. The Boston Weekly Dig is messing with a lot of Boston frat guy's minds — and New York construction guys — and that's just hysterical, right there. More »

The Most Loathsome Talking Head of Them All

Leitch — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:53:18 EDT

An enterprising young Atlanta Braves blogger, truly a guy after our own hearts, had become exhausted with screaming at his television set every time he turned on ESPN. As a way to rage against the machine, he set up The Road From Bristol, a 64-person bracket meant to resolve, once and for all, who the most loathsome ESPN personality was. His readers voted on each matchup, and the winner turned out to be ... Stuart Scott! Everyone's favorite boo-yaher sneaked past Stephen A. Smith in the Final Four and Skip Bayless in the finals. We only wish Stuart could give Stuart the trophy himself. More »