(03-29-2017 09:42 AM)Eagleholic Wrote:  Last night, when Wallner came in to pitch in the 9th and JC Keys entered the game in CF, Cox said that the move putting Keys in CF would allow Wallner to move back to CF if he needed to be replaced on the mound. Cox is good for 2 or 3 statements in every baseball game that make absolutely no sense.

But there are other instances where you can learn a lot about the lingo of the game. I remember one game where his call went something like this... "Keating bloops one out into left center field. It one hops the wall and Keating is in with a standup double." It was here that I learned that bloop hits can one hop the wall. In the past, I had always considered them to be Texas Leaguers or very shallow pop ups that are caught on the infield or just clear the infield for a base hit.

It was also fun (and quite frustrating at the same time) listening to him trying to figure out what happened on that interference play at Trustmark Park vs msu.

To have called baseball games for so long, I am amazed at the finer parts of the game that Cox has little or no understanding about. That said, I do try to cut him some slack since he has no color commentator and has to fill up the air space all by himself.

He recently said, "that was a foul ball, it hit the plate", as the ball dribbled towards the pitcher. I just kinda shook my head. It hit the batter is why it was foul.