NewMexiKen watched the Phillies-Dodgers game before turning to the debate. Even in the first half-hour or so I grew tired of Tim McCarver and Joe Buck going on and on about how Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels was high in the strike zone, blah, blah, yadda, yadda, yadda.
Imagine my pleasant surprise to tune back in more than 90 minutes later in the 7th inning and see Hamels still pitching, beating the Dodgers 5-1.
Every year about this time, I pay a visit here:
http://www.shutuptimmccarver.com/
Yup. Necessary.
When they bore me, then I begin to listen for idiotic things McCarver says. It’s like a bingo game (and shooting fish in a barrel).
McCarver is 67 today.
Why do the networks (and the presidential debates) keep these guys around so long?
John Madden 72. Brent Musburger 69. Dick Enberg 73. Verne Lundquist 68. Marv Albert 67. Jim Lehrer 74. Bob Schieffer 71. Tom Brokaw 68. Charles Gibson 65. Even Al Michaels will be 64 next month.
The median age in the U.S. is 36.7 — 35.4 for men, 38.1 for women.