Even More Weekend Frivolity: Balls, Strikes, and Camera Angles
“Baseball is so much harder to televise than the other sports because it is a game of angles.” — Tim McCarver.
Tim McCarver was a major league catcher for many years and he’s been a major league announcer for just short of forever. He never shuts up, and some of the things he says even make sense.
If baseball is a game of angles, as he says, then the folks who sign Tim McCarver’s paycheck have been getting it all wrong. Here’s the story, as told by Slate’s Greg Hanlon.
Comments
Consider the “angle” that Chief Justice Roberts uses in his judicial role that he compares to that of the umpire in deciding cases before the Supreme Court. Perhaps at times he applies the rules of Horsheshoes: “Close enough decides” e.g., 5-4.
Posted by: Shag from Brookline | June 29, 2009 07:43 AM
The Ricci case: Close enough - 5-4 - wins again.
Posted by: Shag from Brookline | June 30, 2009 06:30 AM