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pan6467 · 07-20-2004, 09:36 AM

So I'm listening for the first time on the radio to a Tribe game, and Tom Hamilton kept getting all sexual, making homosexual and just sexual overtones, when giving play by play. I had to keep checking to make sure I wasn't listening to some Stern clone. There's no sex in baseball.

Here's some examples (if I can even bring myself to typing the obscenities) of what he said:

Omar truly likes being behind Lawton, he seems to watch for more balls in that position.

Omar tends to swing more often in that front spot.

Casey Blake has 3 balls and nowhere to go with them.

(How does Hamilton know how many balls Blake has, and isn't that a private thing?)

Ronnie Belliard has been carrying a big stick of late, people laughed when we signed him last winter saying he wouldn't get anywhere.

Martinez in the crouch waits for Sabbathia's delivery.... and it goes in hard and fast, what a ball.

Omar dives left and grabs hold of that ball, but bobbles it, he just doesn't let balls go, he must have been too excited there, thinking what he was going to do with it before he grabbed that ball.

Travis Hafner has a very weird stance at home but it allows him to get to more balls and swing better.

(How does Hamilton know what these guys do at home unless they have orgies, and why do I as a listener care?)

Belliard is leading the league with 2 baggers.

(How does Hamilton know Belliard has 2 bags, and how does he know there are others that do?)

And there were more but...... I'm too upset over how the announcing ruined the game.

I must be off, as I am writing letters to my congressman, my senators, the President, the FCC, CC and MLB over Hamilton's lewd comments.

07-20-2004, 09:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Sexual comments by baseball announcers must end. So I'm listening for the first time on the radio to a Tribe game, and Tom Hamilton kept getting all sexual, making homosexual and just sexual overtones, when giving play by play. I had to keep checking to make sure I wasn't listening to some Stern clone. There's no sex in baseball. Here's some examples (if I can even bring myself to typing the obscenities) of what he said: Omar truly likes being behind Lawton, he seems to watch for more balls in that position. Omar tends to swing more often in that front spot. Casey Blake has 3 balls and nowhere to go with them. (How does Hamilton know how many balls Blake has, and isn't that a private thing?) Ronnie Belliard has been carrying a big stick of late, people laughed when we signed him last winter saying he wouldn't get anywhere. Martinez in the crouch waits for Sabbathia's delivery.... and it goes in hard and fast, what a ball. Omar dives left and grabs hold of that ball, but bobbles it, he just doesn't let balls go, he must have been too excited there, thinking what he was going to do with it before he grabbed that ball. Travis Hafner has a very weird stance at home but it allows him to get to more balls and swing better. (How does Hamilton know what these guys do at home unless they have orgies, and why do I as a listener care?) Belliard is leading the league with 2 baggers. (How does Hamilton know Belliard has 2 bags, and how does he know there are others that do?) And there were more but...... I'm too upset over how the announcing ruined the game. I must be off, as I am writing letters to my congressman, my senators, the President, the FCC, CC and MLB over Hamilton's lewd comments. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?" Last edited by pan6467; 07-20-2004 at 09:40 AM..