Tim McCarver is either a genius or an annoyance, depending on your point of view. For some, he’s a keen analyst, for others, he just one of those ex-player blowhards with whom the modern rarely finds favor. He’s been accused of trying to make the game too “deep inside,” although there are plenty of fans who like that sort of thing.
One of my favorite McCarver axoims, which I repeat often: You think long, you think wrong.
McCarver is a real renaissance man. Not only is he an broadcaster and author…
- Oh, Baby, I Love It!
- Tim McCarver’s Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans: Understanding and Interpreting the Game So You Can Watch It Like a Pro.
This was one of several books that came out in the last decade or so that almost seems designed to make th reader feel inferior, that no matter what he or she thought about they game before, he or she was only scratching the surface.
he’s also a recording artist!
Tim McCarver Sings Selections from The Great American Songbook
How does he sound? That, too, is a matter of opinion that I will leave to you. You can hear samples here.
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I really resent the comment about how Tim McCarver’s Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans makes fans feel inferior. It was designed to do the opposite and make fans appreciate the game more by understanding it better–it never takes a superior tone and in fact Tim admits he’s not the last word and for the newly enlightened reader to go off and form their own opinions about strategy. The great reviews and the reaction of readers told us that that we did our job well because we got hundreds of thank-you letters. And the book is still in print. As for McCarver’s analyst skills–before we met I was a fan because he completely changed the role of the analyst, there had never been anyone before who had viewers thinking along with the game. He changed baseball broadcasting. Now it’s fashionable to take pot shots at him, but nobody prepares a viewer for what might happen and explains what happened better. Of course I’m biased, but as Maury Allen kept telling me, he should be in the Hall of Fame.
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