Everybody has his or her pet peeves. I have many. One of them that has been really bugging me lately is when a catcher sets his glove up for the pitch in a different location than where the pitch actually goes, and ends up out of the ballpark. Then you have the egotastic play-by-play guy freeze frame moments before the dinger, whip out his pen, and start writing all over your television screen, all while attempting to impress the listening audience into thinking this sort of expertise is why he got his job.
If I were a sportscaster, I would do the opposite of this. Instead of pointing out when a pitcher threw a ball in a location different from where the catcher desired, I would wait for a home run that occurred after the pitcher threw it at his glove and berate the living hell out of him. Similarly, if the catcher had his glove low and outside but the pitcher goes high and tide, you better believe I’m praising that thrower to Heaven!
I just don’t get why announcers do this. Like the catcher <em>knows </em>this is where the pitcher has to put it. The facts that this occurrence happens about once a week leads me to believe the catcher is generally wrong.
Anyways, sorry for this meaningless rambling, I’ve just been so frustrated and needed to rant to somebody. To make up for it, the beautiful Erin Andrews.