Game 111 - Belmont at Tennessee

May 6 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, TN
SEC Network

One of my main goals with this site is to show how ridiculous a lot of baseball announcers sound, and that a broadcaster can't just say whatever he/she feels like saying. Here are some examples from Wednesday's game between two in-state rivals, which Tennessee won 7-2:

1. Play-by-play man Bob Kesling on the St. Louis Cardinals: "They always seem to get that three-run home run when they need it."

* St. Louis Cardinals record through May 6: 20-7
* Total three-run HR hit in 2015: 2

So, the St. Louis Cardinals always seem to get almost anything other than a three-run home when they need (it).

2. Color commentator Charlie Puleo on Benito Santiago: "He was a tough out".

Let's start with the fact that Santiago was a career .263/.307/.415 hitter. He was by no means a tough out. In fact, I just looked up the definition of "opposite of tough out" and it's: pretty close to Benito Santiago.

And to say something like that, Puleo, a former pitcher, would've probably had some trouble against Santiago, yes?

I'm sorry, no.

In the four years both players were in the big leagues simultaneously (1986-1989) Santiago faced Puleo 14 times and got exactly one hit (a single). He did hit a sacrifice fly in his first-ever plate appearance against Puleo, so maybe he meant that OUT WAS TOUGH to get? Perhaps the center fielder had a long run to catch the fly ball?

3. Puleo on Bartolo Colon's fastball: "Now, he barely hits the low-80s".

You made that up, Charlie.

Leftovers

We're not done with Kesling, who provided a splendid list of Baseball Phrases.

"Johnny all staff" (said three times)
"There's the brain trust for Belmont"
"They want you to throw it through a wall"
"There's a whole laundry list" (2)
"Six-run home run"

What was that you said, Bob?

"When the opportunity comes, someone can walk through it"