Fox Sports

As much as I hate ESPN right now, nothing gets my blood boiling like watching a baseball broadcast with Tim McCarver.

Unfortunately, the Mets and Dodgers were on Fox today, and as much as I hate McCarver, I just can't seem to mute him. His idiocy is almost mesmerizing. He didn't disappoint today:

"This year, 39 percent of all lead-off walks eventually scored. That's almost 40 percent!"

Thanks for doing the math for me, Tim.

"Just think where the Mets would be without John Maine and Oliver Perez."

Oh, you mean "where would [baseball team] be without [best pitcher] and [second best pitcher]?"

The fact that McCarver felt that this utterance was worth the two seconds of air time implies such an outstanding lack of understanding of the game of baseball that I don't even know where to begin.

Oh really?! You think the Mets would be a worse team without their two best pitchers? Hey Tim, did you ever think about where the Mets would be if the entire team had to play the whole season with 30-pound weights strapped to their legs? Or how about where the Mets would be if they weren't allowed to use gloves in the field?

God.

Also, Fox just took us away from coverage of this game so that I could watch Barry Bonds get intentionally walked. Fuck Fox. Fuck Tim McCarver.