TBS Really Knows How To Enhance Its Baseball Coverage
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Thanks to Ian from Sox and Dawgs for sending these videos along, as they show the hard-hitting work that TBS is doing with the ALCS. First, a Craig Sager sideline report on what really matters in the game: how much gum Terry Francona chews.
There may actually be a reason he goes through that much, but it requires a bit more inquiry: did Tito chew tobacco back in the day?
And second, this Bon Jovi theme they're using has gone way too far now.
The Be Flats, everybody!
Labels: Boston Red Sox, Cal Ripken, Craig Sager, Dennis Eckersley, Ernie Johnson, Harold Reynolds, MLB, MLB Playoffs, Tampa Bay Rays, TBS Baseball
7 Comments:
His father's nickname when he played was Tito and it's been passed down to the Red Sox skipper for at as long as he's been in Boston maybe even longer.
You don't really hear him called Terry Francona too much at all.
I know this clip will be seen again...on Inside the NBA
He does it as a replacement for the chew he used to use.
Not true--he actually intertwines the chew into the gum and chews both at the same time. Disgusting, but true.
He used to chew. At the beginning of last season he quit, he started this gum chewing thing then when he made a bet with Brad Mills (his bench coach) that he could go the whole season. He did used to wrap up his red man with the bubble gum but not it's just straight gum.
Actually, red man and double bubble is quite delicious.
Why must each playoff have a theme song? I find this Bon Jovi song to be as annoying as the plethora of Rank TV ads.
Those were both horrible. I'm glad Cal saved some dignity by clearly pretending to sing.
But I wanna know when Francona's name suddenly became "Tito" since I never heard it before last night. And it wasn't like they replaced Terry with it, but they used it more than they ever would have said his first name otherwise.
So annoying.