Whitey Was a Prophet: McCarver's Outstayed his Usefulness

Hugging Harold Reynolds posted 4/19/2008 from huggingharoldreynolds.blogspot.com [flag]

I personally loath Tim McCarver more than any other personality broadcasting today. While Joe Morgan and others garner a lot of guff, McCarver, more than any other announcer, has continually irked me for years . When Fox aired the clip of McCarver and Richie Ashburn broadcasting the 1980 NLCS, I couldn't help but snicker at Whitey's not-so-subtle jab at McCarver. [link]

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Seamhead1967 posted 4/19/2008 from seamheads.com

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Hot Foot found this 4/19/2008 on mets.lohudblogs.com

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The Nationals Enquirer found this 4/19/2008 on dcbb.blogspot.com

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The Mighty Quinn Media Machine found this 4/19/2008 on ap.google.com

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TheRopolitansDOTcom posted 4/20/2008 from theropolitans.com

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