tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post1103465027763472609..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Reporting from the Cactus LeagueBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14690535153477496782010-03-17T00:03:04.170-07:002010-03-17T00:03:04.170-07:00I was in LA for the past five days and caught a li...I was in LA for the past five days and caught a little bit of the Dodger games as I channel surfed my way through the night. I wondered if you might have been one of the announcers, Ken, but not once did they identify themselves. I didn't expect it during the middle of an inning, but I thought it would make sense to do it after a commercial break. Is there a rule about how many times you need to remind people who's in the booth?Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70108780615292202412010-03-16T17:05:48.191-07:002010-03-16T17:05:48.191-07:00Actually, Cormac McCarthy IS pulpy and melodramati...Actually, Cormac McCarthy IS pulpy and melodramatic. So is Nicholas Sparks, but nobody takes him very seriously.Matt Pattonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68644057355431464372010-03-16T16:55:37.854-07:002010-03-16T16:55:37.854-07:00Thanks for the travelogue. It confirms that I neve...Thanks for the travelogue. It confirms that I never want to visit Arizona or its poorer, step sister, New Mexico.<br /><br />What a dump?<br /><br />wv: Inessi - plural form of incest.bevonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20533367462052395972010-03-15T15:32:03.810-07:002010-03-15T15:32:03.810-07:00Nicholas Sparks slams Cormac McCarthy for being to...Nicholas Sparks slams Cormac McCarthy for being too "pulpy" and "melodramtic". Oh, the irony.<br /><br />http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-03-11-lastsong11_CV_N.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-73883398609991704642010-03-15T15:05:08.390-07:002010-03-15T15:05:08.390-07:00Next spring come on up to the Buffalo Chip Saloon ...Next spring come on up to the Buffalo Chip Saloon in Cave Creek. We have REAL bull riding.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09594217324065074394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17678981100351713792010-03-15T14:40:48.786-07:002010-03-15T14:40:48.786-07:00Ken,
Try the Tilted Kilt in...Tempe? Anyway, wait...Ken,<br />Try the Tilted Kilt in...Tempe? Anyway, waitresses in mini kilts. And the food ain't bad.<br /><br />What do you think of G.A. making the Dodgers?Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281721944804657201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12943889544378302622010-03-15T10:19:38.549-07:002010-03-15T10:19:38.549-07:00The Dodgers look bright this year. It is encouragi...The Dodgers look bright this year. It is encouraging to see all the young talent with Withrow and such on the spring training roster ready to come up. I enjoy seeing the Dodgers on Prime Ticket more this year and wish that more Dodgers radio coverage on KABC was possible. I am sick of the fact that the angels have their 24 hour angel radio and the Dodgers don't. GO DODGERSBig Paulynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58404050963176690762010-03-15T07:42:20.499-07:002010-03-15T07:42:20.499-07:00I would have appreciated not having the line up re...I would have appreciated not having the line up read to me. <br /><br />It's a litle pet peeve of mine in television these days (the Dennis Leary Ford Truck commercials being the worst offenders), but I hate the presumption of illiteracy that goes along with an announcer reading aloud what is on the screen. There! Off my chest!<br /><br />Exception: The Top 10 List.<br /><br />Is there a reason that an official statistician for the Dodgers can't be nearby during a broadcast?Charles H. Bryanhttp://twitter.com/charleshbryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64159003933888871532010-03-15T04:12:31.579-07:002010-03-15T04:12:31.579-07:00Great post! And thanks for referencing Skeezix --...Great post! And thanks for referencing Skeezix -- my grandmother used to call me that...<br /><br />I used to work for an NBC affiliate in New England and would occasionally have to go out with the crew to do a U Maine Hockey game. My job on those occasions was "Font Coordinator": I had to prepare all the stats and interesting talking points for the Chyron operator. Then, during the game I had to watch the monitors and let the operator know who scored or who was penalized and what the penalty was. being a San Diego kid, I knew virtually nothing about hockey. The goals were easy: just need a jersey number. But the penalties were impossible for me. And over the course of 4 games, I missed all but one: two players collided mid-ice, one got up, grabbed the other by the collar and threw him back down on the ice. The whistle sounded. "I would call that 'Fighting.'" And indeed it was.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657326965491389493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32013365942223466282010-03-15T00:20:44.864-07:002010-03-15T00:20:44.864-07:00In case you didn't know it, FSW re-ran the Do...In case you didn't know it, FSW re-ran the Dodger broadcast that you did on Wednesday night. I caught a couple of innings. You really didn't sound that bad. Hey, it's spring training for the announcers too!Jeffrey Leonardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8361869444157838222010-03-14T22:02:11.856-07:002010-03-14T22:02:11.856-07:00Maybe it's a little early for a Friday questio...Maybe it's a little early for a Friday question but, here goes. A few days ago you posted a story about some spring training radio experiences that didn't go so well, and then today you kind of topped them. Although the two posts are obviously unrelated if they were in a book it would be pretty obvious foreshadowing. My question is when writing a TV series over the long haul did you ever find that you had inadvertently foreshadowed a plot line? Just wondering cause watching some of the reruns of cheers there seem to be plots that make reference to things characters said to each other in much earlier episodes that I wouldn't expect the audience to remember. Watching in reruns and seeing the episodes back to back to back it seems obvious in some cases but it seems like going to a lot of trouble when the episodes would have originally aired six or seven weeks apart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62541168613306510482010-03-14T21:40:11.814-07:002010-03-14T21:40:11.814-07:00I caught that game in progress on MLB network last...I caught that game in progress on MLB network last week. You said something about the complications of scoring the game, I thought you were just complaining til they detailed the craziness. It's hard enough to follow it all much less enhance the proceedings with commentary, you shouldn't feel responsible - it's like an actor victimized by a bad script he he he<br />I just stumbled onto your blog, have been a big fan of your and your colleagues' TV work. Raised on Honeymooners in NY area, I remember every line on those shows like classic songs. Thanks for the glimpse at that bizarre Gleason flop and his classic, straight-up handling of it all. Love to buy you a pop when you come to SF ...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09342081434967520506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17805398291629189612010-03-14T21:19:57.918-07:002010-03-14T21:19:57.918-07:00I only caught the first ten minutes of the telecas...I only caught the first ten minutes of the telecast before going to work. Your opening line really amusingly captured how meaningless most of the game was actually going to be. And if you did screw up as bad as you say, I can't imagine more than a few thousand people saw it. It's Spring Training. Even the announcers have got to practice to get up to speed before the season starts.Simon H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62265101040046764682010-03-14T19:30:36.642-07:002010-03-14T19:30:36.642-07:00“How could they screw that up? Isn’t baseball like...“How could they screw that up? Isn’t baseball like the only thing they do?”<br /><br />Hilarious, Annie.Max Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706524941272103444noreply@blogger.com