Thursday, October 21, 2004

Society of Elliptical Reasoning welcomes Tim McCarver

The Verbal Jazz Society for Elliptical Reasoning is proud to extend its membership to Fox Sports baseball analyst Tim McCarver.

McCarver is frequently guilty of excessive loquaciousness, but it is the events of the American League Championship Series that have earned McCarver the privilege of being a member of the Society for Elliptical Reasoning. Throughout the Series McCarver frequently excoriated Boston Red Sox fans and media for second guessing Red Sox manager Terry Francona on a few occasions. McCarver even went so far as to emphatically state that Boston fans and media are "wrong!" However, in Game 7 of the ALCS, McCarver spent the entire 7th inning second guessing Francona for bringing in starting pitcher Pedro Martinez. While this was indeed a questionable move, one who second guesses baseball decisions for a living should not call an entire city "wrong!" for doing so.

Welcome to the Society for Elliptical Reasoning, Tim!

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