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As the AP reports, last night's Red Sox-Mets game
became testy in the fifth, when Santana hit Kevin Youkilis on the elbow with a pitch and the players exchanged words.Truth be told, one of the things Youk clearly said was "Sh*t." It was obvious as one read his lips. Ever the helper, Dennis Eckersley, New England Sports Network's color man in the absence of the ailing Jerry Remy, let viewers know exactly what Youkilis had uttered. There was a shocked silence in the booth after the faux pas, and the Eck was decidedly reticent for the rest of the game.
Youkilis said he reacted by saying, "'That hurts.' I was joking around." He also said Santana wasn’t throwing at him. But Santana took it seriously.
(Having said that, I suppose it could have been worse.)
posted by monocle at 5/23/2009 08:12:00 AM
2 Comments:
The Mets announcers were kind enough to inform us that Santana told Youkilis to "take FIRST base." Reading Santana's lips though, I pretty sure he added a couple more syllables. I'll certainly agree that one of the words began with an "f".
And that's the difference between experienced announcers and a neophyte like Eckersley.
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