Rick Dempsey's Hyperbole-of-the-Night

[CA-ORIOLE]

Everyone give a bow to Rick Dempsey. Like him or not.

[Ruzious]

Everyone give a bow to Rick Dempsey. Like him or not.

The same people who made fun of him earlier in this thread will rationalize away any reason to give him credit.

[Gurgi]

Dempsey also said he was going to almost singlehandly bring the Orioles the 83 series. I didnt belive one of the three dwarves could actually do it. But guess what. Dempsey was the man. and the man on the highest stage a baseball player can play at. Dempsey didnt choke.

Verlander might be able to save choking men with balls to the chest. One guy who wont need it is Dempsey.

What random crap was I writing this day? Wow.

[weams]

Yes. His quote earlier in the year was that he needed one very minor tweak and he would hit 60 homers.

Rick Dempsey needs to start a 900 number psychic line.

[Gurgi]

Everyone give a bow to Rick Dempsey. Like him or not.

Yeah Dempsey is looking like a genius right now.................LOL. Who would of ever thought?

[barnanimal]

Great bump...

[waroriole]

Ha, this thread is awesome. That's why they play the games.

[Malike]

I hope you're exaggerating for effect. Because there's ZERO reason to think that a 26-year-old with a .776 career OPS and a 5:1 K:BB ratio is going to OPS 1.500 over any extended period. Babe Ruth never had a season within 150 points of Davis' OPS over the past week. On the other hand, David Newhan once OPS'd 1.500 over a week (happened to be his first week with the Orioles).

Perfect example of why one should not use absolutes like zero.

[Tx Oriole]

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

All fans our team or use we. It is being fans.

[Tx Oriole]

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

Sounds like you just want to pill on. I don't even like Dempsey but don't pick

something as innocent as that is pilling on. IMO

[Grt 2BA FL Gator]

I was gonna bump this.. GREAT BUMP!

[The Wedge]

Sounds like you just want to pill on. I don't even like Dempsey but don't pick

something as innocent as that is pilling on. IMO

I'm not PILING on. It's my honest perspective. I don't like broadcasters using "we." I'm not alone, either, but its obviously a personal preference. You see it as innocent, I see it as an indicator that he's ill-suited for broadcast. Piling on would be more like commenting about the clothes he wears or something utterly insignificant to how he does his job as an analyst.

Also, yes, props to Dempsey...of course the obvious counter is the broken clock argument.

[blid]

I wish Dempsey's comments on Brad Bergesen had turned out to be as prescient.

[The Wedge]

I wish Dempsey's comments on Brad Bergesen had turned out to be as prescient.

I still wonder if it was because he got beaned with that comebacker. Maybe it was just massive coincidence but still.

[tinamodotti]

If you won a WS MVP for a team, you've earned the right to refer to them as "we" in any and every context.