So I'm watching the All-Star Game and President Obama is in the broadcast booth. He asks the inevitable question--why has the American League been so dominant for the past 12 years in All Star Game play? Joe Buck points to Tim McCarver, who then opens his mouth and farts out one of the dumbest statements I've ever heard from the broadcast booth:
"Because of the DH."
He must have immediately realized that there is no DH in NL parks, because he quickly mumbled that even in NL parks the lineups are better or something like that. Notwithstanding the fact that in AL parks, the NL would also get a DH, I can't even begin to think about how senile you have to be to think that's the reason for 12 straight AL wins.
Incidentally, the second dumbest (or if not dumbest, most poorly timed) statement I've ever heard from the broadcast booth was also from Tim McCarver, who during the 2005 World Series was commenting on Brad Lidge's shaky outing in the NLCS (when he gave up a home run to Albert Pujols that still hasn't landed yet) and declaring "I don't think that [bad] taste is still there" literally a split second before he grooved a pitch that Scott Podsednik, of all people, knocked out of the park.
BONUS TIM MCCARVER COVERAGE:
I'm not sure if Tim meant to say that Shane Victorino is the only current position player in the majors from Hawaii or the only position player, ever, but he'd be wrong on both counts. Benny Agbayani was a position player from Hawaii, and so is active catcher Kurt Suzuki.
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