Players your local announcers try to shove down your throat...
 

Here in St. Louis it is Brendan Ryan. He is batting .221, his OPS is .585, Tony LaRussa gets no grief about the pitcher batting eighth because he is that poor of a hitter. Somehow though because he fields a little better than average they act like he is Ozzie Smith and an actual difference maker on this team. He is slurped on at least once a game with some games devoting whole innings to how great he is. (The best two were the explanations after an 0-5 night with like 5 runners left on base why he is so crucial and the time he grounded into an error by the second baseman which won the game and he was carried off the field like a hero) Come to think of it they used to do the same thing with David Eckstein a few years ago. Is the shortstop/useless hitter an announcer staple in other cities also?

Memo to Cardinals: Nights that Pujols and Holliday hit well and Carpenter, Wainwright, and Garcia pitch well we win. Ryan really doesn't play a role in that equation.

I dunno about players. But John Wehner wants to have buttsex with the RBI. That and pitcher/batter matchups.

Used to be Willie Bloomquist until he moved on to KC

Be thankful LaRussa doesn't bat him leadoff.

I'm paraphrasing here. "Prince Fielder has only averaged 1RBI per 15.5 at bats vs lefties".

It's the Chicago Bears coaching staff. How great Marinelli is working with the defense. How great Mike Tice is with the offensive line. How creative Mike Martz is.

All these things suck on the Bears.

Well look on the bright side, at least tonight your quarterback that you guys traded 2 first round picks for out-performed the quarterback that couldn't hack it in Cleveland.

Oh wait...

I don't even blame him. They have a horrible offensive line and not a single quality NFL WR. This organization believes that if you throw a QB out there, he doesn't need any support at all.

Hey, so do the fans. I couldn't believe what I heard on talk radio the day they traded for Cutler -- stuff like "I'm happier today then I would be if I won a Super Bowl" and crap like that.

So true.

Err... I read this thread totally wrong. Whew I was beginning to think you guys took a turn.

In KC lately, it's been Willie Bloomquist.

You stole it right out from under me. :D

Him, the RR running gag about Yuni and his plus hands, and Kendall with his veteran leadership and "runs well for a catcher". Those are the 3 we get crammed down our throat

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Cincy has always had a love affair for the scrappy white guy from Pete Rose to Chris Sabo to Ryan Freel. Play hard and have some sort of social disfunction and you'll be in the hearts of Reds fans forever.

My bigger problem is how Marty Breneman's hate of Adam Dunn led to sending away one of the top ten bats in the NL for peanuts. Dunn never was scrappy enough for Brenneman and his on air comments led to a large portion of the fan base hating Dunn. He never had the scrappiness Cincy wants from it's white guys, and his 380 obp and 40 HRs weren't enough.

I still wish we had his bat in LF.

Imagine the Reds this season with Dunn's bat instead of Gomes' in the lineup. That'd be very scary in the NL.

Yep, and the fielding would be a wash since Gomes is at least as bad as Dunn. Some combination of Votto, Dunn and Rolen in the middle of the lineup would be very nice.

john lannan is an American hero! a shitty pitcher.. but an American hero!

Going back in time (haven't lived in MA for a while), but I remember Celtics announcer Mike Gorman being obsessed with the oddest players (Blue Edwards, Alaa Abdelnaby)

The title of this thread could be "Any backup QB or goalie, any utility IF who hits over .210, any intangibles white guy in the NBA, and any athlete with a famous parent."

I think that'd probably cover about 95% of the guys who will end up on this list.

John Madden: "Brett Favre!"