Phillies fans not playing Tom McCarthy's game

• Phillies fans feel entitled to a broadcaster who's at least not against them.

(TheGoodPhight.com): "He's (McCarthy) been anything but a fan, and his history as a bonafide Mets fan bares that out. Still, one could almost stand him if he didn't trample over something sacred to Phillies fans... ...Then he decided to do just that. Back to that second inning call: McCarthy, still marveling at the strength of one Elijah Dukes,

• muttered a line so insane it boggled the mind of many a Phillies fans. The line? Let me quote it verbatim:

• "That was Mike Piazza territory!"

Mike Piazza territory (tm). Seriously. Seriously? SERIOUSLY?! To call Ashburn Alley, named after one Richie 'Whitey' Ashburn, MIKE PIAZZA TERRITORY is like a dagger straight to the heart. It's hardly worth mentioning Piazza barely played at Citizens' Bank Park, nailling just two homers as a visiting New York Met."...

• A commenter adds:

"He’s intolerable. I don’t want a blatant homer—but I damn sure don’t want a Phillies announcer who gets much more geeked up when something crappy happens than when something great happens. He’s also just a lousy announcer:

• talks way too much,

• adds no insight, and

• consistently offers painfully lame transitions

from some dumb thing he’s blabbing about to the action on the field."...4/27/09, 'Time to Fire Tom McCarthy,' from TheGoodPhight.com

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