Rick Dempsey's Hyperbole-of-the-Night

[Dark Helmet]

And how many times are we going to hear Thorn and Dempsey say More-O...ugh I can't stand hearing these two.

[The Wedge]

I know it is the Os network and that since he played for the Os he has a deep connection but I dislike how he does this as well.

And so does Palmer. Even more of one, he played for only the Orioles, and had a much longer career. You won't catch him casually using "we" like that.

[MauerWithPower]

He just called Encarnacion, "Encarnation".

[The Wedge]

That's how he always says it. He butchers the Latin names.

[spneca]

He just called Encarnacion, "Encarnation".

It's still better than Thorne's "Arncarnacion."

[Crazysilver03]

Haha.

During Hardy's double vs. home run analysis, Dempsey goes "...that has what has made Hardy a better hitter this year..." Compared to what year Rick? Not last.

[Barnaby Graves]

It's still better than Thorne's "Arncarnacion."

That's still better than hearing FP Santangelo say anything at all.

FP here! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GO NATIONALS! Back to you.

[Dark Helmet]

Hardy isn't a number 2 hitter, but buck had to stick him there, and now you have to tip your hat to buck for realizing its worked. Dempsey almost made a point haha.

[bluedog]

Hardy isn't a number 2 hitter, but buck had to stick him there, and now you have to tip your hat to buck for realizing its worked. Dempsey almost made a point haha.

If you take everything that Dempsey says and just automatically presume the opposite to be true, he's amazingly accurate.

[weams]

That's still better than hearing FP Santangelo say anything at all.

FP here! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GO NATIONALS! Back to you.

Thread winner.

[jonesing4pie]

And so does Palmer. Even more of one, he played for only the Orioles, and had a much longer career. You won't catch him casually using "we" like that.

I agree. I was actually going to point that out. He still gets upset and emotional in relation to the team but he keeps his distance while broadcasting much more so than Demper.

[brianod]

Those with their noses in the stat books may guffaw over the comparison. When a color analyst makes a comparison, he's not looking at statistics, he's looking at the actual swing. He's looking at the power and size of the individuals in question. I don't have a problem with it. And, for the record, he didn't compare Davis to the hall of famer Schmidt, he compared him to Schmidt as a rookie. Probably an apt comparison as he mentioned the fact that Schmidt was big strong and his swing was full of holes.

[Malike]

I hate that he says "we" about the team as he does color.

Yet, all over this message board, we as fans, constantly use the same expression about our team. I'm fairly sure none of us has ever played for the Orioles, yet you will constantly see things like we need to win this series, etc. Dempsey has earned the right to say we, while none of us has, but it's maddening when he says it? There are a ton of valid things to get on Rick about, but that sure doesn't seem like one of them, to me.

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[Babypowder]

Meaningless on the power scale. Hamilton is a much better hitter, Davis has real contact issues and hits 400 foot chip shots. Davis can pull slow stuff, but if he could square the hard stuff and really get into it, his distances would be right there. I don't think I've ever seen him really turn on something 95+.

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Chris Davis has gotten into a few balls. Hamilton's longest homer was hit on a breaking ball. As a matter of fact, 4 out of his 6 that were longer than any Davis has hit were on offspeed pitches. Zero were on anything over 90.

[The Wedge]

Yet, all over this message board, we as fans, constantly use the same expression about our team. I'm fairly sure none of us has ever played for the Orioles, yet you will constantly see things like we need to win this series, etc. Dempsey has earned the right to say we, while none of us has, but it's maddening when he says it? There are a ton of valid things to get on Rick about, but that sure doesn't seem like one of them, to me.

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We're fans. Not analysts. He's a paid professional, and only poor ones use we like that.