Thorne Won’t Be Guarding Borders Anytime Soon

Awful Announcing found this 3/27/2008 on www.sportsbybrooks.com [flag]

During Wednesday morning’s Boston-Oakland tilt in Tokyo, ESPN thoughtfully took the time to promote another of its televised events: Saturday’s Civil Rights Game against the White Sox and Mets. Steve Phillips made a compelling argument after the Civil Rights Game promo for the progress of minorities in baseball in the last half-century or so: You need to a flashplayer ... [link]

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So Apparently The Canseco-Giambi Mixup Wasn't Only Gary Thorne's Error In Japan
Published 3/27/2008 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
... was by far the most confused and lost I've ever seen an announcer. I was wrong. Who would have guessed that the same announcer, in the same exact game, would best himself. Ladies and gentleman.....Gary Thorne via SbB.... ...

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