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OT: Tim McCarver Math Heard on WS Telecast Tonight (Re: Hank Aaron)

MooseDogMooseDog Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭
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I think we all agree that Tim McCarver is an idiot and a horrible announcer, but I think he topped himself tonight.

Not an exact quote but something to the effect of "...and the amazing thing about Hank Aaron is that if you take away the 755 home runs, he still has 3771 hits..."

Uh, admittedly I went to Oakland Public Schools, one of the worst school systems in the country, but if I recall basic math, 3771-755 = 3016.

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  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,601 ✭✭✭✭
    He said if you took away all of his HRs he'd still have 3,000 hits, which is true. I don't know what you were listening to.
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cant swear to it, but im pretty sure he said "he'd still have over 3000 hits"
  • ClemazClemaz Posts: 1,422
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  • MooseDogMooseDog Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭
    OK, mea culpa, my bad...guess my OPS education shining through image
  • detroitfan2detroitfan2 Posts: 3,336 ✭✭✭✭
    <<He said if you took away all of his HRs he'd still have 3,000 hits, which is true.>>

    One of my favorite statistics of all-time. That, and the fact that you can take any baseball player in MLB history, add 180 home runs to his career totals, and Hank would still be the all-time leader in total bases. The man was amazing.
  • cravetoppscravetopps Posts: 1,134
    I agree that Tim McCarver is an idiot. I loved the call on the Cook at bat when he said right before Cook bunted for a single...."Cook won't be hitting".

    BTW, if you took away Rose and Cobb's HRs, they would still have over 4000 hits. Here's an interesting list.

    rank name Hits HR Hits-HR
    1 Pete Rose 4256 160 4096
    2 Ty Cobb 4189 117 4072
    3 Tris Speaker 3514 117 3397
    4 Cap Anson 3418 97 3321
    5 Honus Wagner 3415 101 3314
    6 Eddie Collins 3315 47 3268
    7 Nap Lajoie 3242 83 3159
    8 Stan Musial 3630 475 3155
    9 Paul Molitor 3319 234 3085
    10 Paul Waner 3152 113 3039
    11 Hank Aaron 3771 755 3016
    12 Tony Gwynn 3141 135 3006
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  • ClemazClemaz Posts: 1,422
    Cool stuff cravetopps
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  • Carew29Carew29 Posts: 4,025 ✭✭

    I think Tim is writing a book called--"Useless quotes to use at parties!!"
  • stitzenstitzen Posts: 1,771
    McCarver and Buck are absolutely terrible...I don't know how many times McCarver said this about David Ortiz (I heard it at least 3 times):

    'Mariano Rivera says that Ortiz used to have 'holes' inside that you could pitch to....Ortiz doesn't have those 'holes' anymore'.

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