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  • Tyking
    Rookie
    • Aug 2003
    • 183

    #1

    The bad commentary thread

    I can't believe how big a step back the commentary took this year. The rest of the game is great, don't get me wrong, but we've gone from a game that I would deliberately listen to, to one that I practically have to mute.

    Just experienced a common example - my opposing pitcher gets injured and is taken out of the game.

    Vasgersian: And... oh boy, we touched on this at the start of the broadcast... (no, he didn't)

    After the new pitcher's first pitch:

    Hudler: And I'm still scratching my head... why do you let a pitcher throw one pitch in an inning and then take him out? (because he was injured...)

    After the second pitch:

    Campbell: And kind of surprising they'd make a move here with the shutout going (he was INJURED).

    Not to mention my personal anti-favourite - after the first walk you draw IN EVERY GAME, the pitching coach comes to the mound (stupid enough) and Hudler treats us to his voice-cracked "quit walkin' guys, let's go!"

    I figure there's a plethora of bad commentary out there I haven't even heard yet. Here are a few more I'm sure others cringe at:

    Hudler: (cracked voice) Why ya swingin at the first pitch and helpin' the guy out?

    Hudler: I'm swingin at that one up here, that's right there.

    Campbell: We'll take a look at this one from field level... he held up in time but that one's in there for strike three (not annoying on its own, but because this is played after EVERY CHECK SWING STRIKEOUT).

    Hudler: And he's already given up two walks in the inning... (usually said when a pitcher has only given up one walk)

    Campbell: And with the loss here, these guys will fall to two games under .500 (said every time you're trailing in a game, regardless of whether you'll actually fall to two under .500)

    Campbell: And he picks up save #x of the year (always the wrong number).

    I think a lot of the stupidity comes from the fact that they've scripted Hudler as a colour commentator who thinks the players can hear him... when no real colour commentator tries to talk to the players.

    That and the general inaccuracy of a lot of the commentary too. And Vasgersian questioning the umps on every other pitch (no real play by play man does that so often).
  • SoxChamp
    MVP
    • Apr 2005
    • 2579

    #2
    Re: The bad commentary thread

    Originally posted by Tyking

    Hudler: And he's already given up two walks in the inning... (usually said when a pitcher has only given up one walk)
    I hear that one every single game.

    And today, I heard Campbell say in the 9th that the closer was "looking for his 3rd save of the season". On the next pitch, the game ends. Camp then says that the pitcher did a nice job in "recording his 5th save of the year".

    I agree with you. It's bad. Lots of mistakes.
    It's only a video game.

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    • Mr. Franchise
      WAT
      • Nov 2008
      • 2311

      #3
      Re: The bad commentary thread

      I hate when they talk about umpires bad calls. That NEVER happens in real life. If it did a lot of people would be fired.
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      • Tyking
        Rookie
        • Aug 2003
        • 183

        #4
        Re: The bad commentary thread

        Just had another fun moment. First pitch made by opposing closer, Hudler notes he could get his first save of the season. Second pitch, Campbell notes the same thing. You'd think they'd build against this kind of silly repetition.

        Not to mention the Marlins just got a combined no-hitter against me (starter was injured in the 6th) and the commentary acts like it was just another game. Sigh.

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        • SoxChamp
          MVP
          • Apr 2005
          • 2579

          #5
          Re: The bad commentary thread

          I've also played a game where the starting pitcher is absolutely shelled the first two innings for 5 runs. In the third, he retires them in order and Matty V says (paraphrasing) that he's been "in control of this one from the start". Oh really?
          It's only a video game.

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          • dave_sz
            Pro
            • Mar 2005
            • 575

            #6
            Re: The bad commentary thread

            I just can't fathom how so many people swear the commentary is so great in this game. There's tons and tons of lines. I only played RTTS so I never heard these lines. I'm now playing franchise and nothing new has been said yet...

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            • jim416
              Banned
              • Feb 2003
              • 10606

              #7
              Re: The bad commentary thread

              Originally posted by dave_sz
              I just can't fathom how so many people swear the commentary is so great in this game. There's tons and tons of lines. I only played RTTS so I never heard these lines. I'm now playing franchise and nothing new has been said yet...
              I don't see "how so many people swear" the commentary is so great. Don't know where that comes from. I think most people agree Matt does a really good job, Dave needs reworked and Rex needs to go. That's the consensus I'm hearing. Heck, I've completely turned the commentary off in all my games Rex is so annoying, but I'm not hearing all the praise you seem to infer.

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              • SoxChamp
                MVP
                • Apr 2005
                • 2579

                #8
                Re: The bad commentary thread

                Originally posted by dave_sz
                I just can't fathom how so many people swear the commentary is so great in this game. There's tons and tons of lines. I only played RTTS so I never heard these lines. I'm now playing franchise and nothing new has been said yet...
                To me, the past praises came from the fact that their delivery was very natural, especially Matt V. They talk about things that don't normally get talked about in video games. Other announcing teams in other games verge on being robotic, which I never felt The Show was. When they first introduced the new commentary a few years back, it was fantastic. But as this thread has pointed out, there seems to be more mistakes and more repetitive lines this year than ever before.

                But I'm not seeing all this praise you're swearing you see anymore. I guess that's your 2K agenda coming through again.
                Last edited by SoxChamp; 05-10-2009, 01:51 PM.
                It's only a video game.

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                • pfunk880
                  MVP
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 4452

                  #9
                  Re: The bad commentary thread

                  Originally posted by M00T
                  I hate when they talk about umpires bad calls. That NEVER happens in real life. If it did a lot of people would be fired.
                  It definitely happens in real life. Maybe it doesn't happen quite as much on the national broadcasts, but the regional networks with the hometown announcers will certainly say something if they see a call they disagree with.
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                  • jim416
                    Banned
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 10606

                    #10
                    Re: The bad commentary thread

                    Originally posted by pfunk880
                    It definitely happens in real life. Maybe it doesn't happen quite as much on the national broadcasts, but the regional networks with the hometown announcers will certainly say something if they see a call they disagree with.
                    Yeah, listen to Rob Dibble do the Nats games....what a homer he is too.

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                    • SoxChamp
                      MVP
                      • Apr 2005
                      • 2579

                      #11
                      Re: The bad commentary thread

                      Originally posted by pfunk880
                      It definitely happens in real life. Maybe it doesn't happen quite as much on the national broadcasts, but the regional networks with the hometown announcers will certainly say something if they see a call they disagree with.
                      Very true. He's apparently never listened to Reds radio guy Marty Brennamen. He'll attack anyone. He even blasted Cubs fans for being drunken idiots a couple of years back. LOL.

                      It's only a video game.

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                      • spitoon
                        Pro
                        • Apr 2004
                        • 926

                        #12
                        Re: The bad commentary thread

                        There are a few things that are really great about the commentary, but there are more that are not.

                        I understand that repetition is going to be an issue, because it is a video game, and there's only so much they can record. I don't think they can get away from this.

                        Some of the cheesy comments (Rex) could go. There are also several inaccuracies or stuff that's just plain wrong.

                        Quite often when you pitch hit for the pitcher, it still refers to the new batter as the pitcher...and having Dave and Matt say the same thing (and sometime Rex) back to back is bad.

                        I always thought that it would be a good idea to have 'groups' of commentary that are rotated through-out a season. Obviously they could (would need to) record more, and then make 4 groups ( or more). The first group could be used in the first 1/4 of the season, the second group in the next quarter and so on....maybe with a completely new set for playoffs etc...that way the commentary would be completely different from the start of the year to the end of the year, and the repetition would be reduced. For Exhibition games, it could randomly choose which group to use.

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                        • jim416
                          Banned
                          • Feb 2003
                          • 10606

                          #13
                          Re: The bad commentary thread

                          I'm betting there's a change next year. I believe the general consensus here is it's getting stale and needs an update, pure and simple.

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                          • SoxChamp
                            MVP
                            • Apr 2005
                            • 2579

                            #14
                            Re: The bad commentary thread

                            Originally posted by jim416
                            I'm betting there's a change next year. I believe the general consensus here is it's getting stale and needs an update, pure and simple.
                            New player models AND new commentary? Look the hell out!
                            It's only a video game.

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                            • mike75
                              Banned
                              • May 2003
                              • 1731

                              #15
                              Re: The bad commentary thread

                              Originally posted by jim416
                              I don't see "how so many people swear" the commentary is so great. Don't know where that comes from. I think most people agree Matt does a really good job, Dave needs reworked and Rex needs to go. That's the consensus I'm hearing. Heck, I've completely turned the commentary off in all my games Rex is so annoying, but I'm not hearing all the praise you seem to infer.

                              Yep 100% AGREE!

                              I also turn off the commentary its sucks balls!

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