Tim McCarver, All-Star Catcher Thiab Hall Of Fame Broadcaster, Tuag Thaum 81

Nws yog thaum ntxov hauv lawv txoj haujlwm tshaj tawm cov kis las, txawm hais tias Bob Costas twb muaj ob peb xyoos dhau los ntawm nws txoj siv sia thaum nws tau ua ke nrog Tim McCarver hu rau kev ua si ntawm California Angels thiab Boston Red Sox thaum Lub Rau Hli 14, 1980 hauv Anaheim.

Costas tau hais hauv kev xam phaj hnub Friday tias "Yuav qhia koj ntev npaum li cas nws tau dhau los, (qws) Carew nyiag lub hauv paus thiab Yaz (Carl Yastrzemski) ntaus lub tsev khiav hauv qhov kev ua si," Costas tau hais hauv kev xam phaj hnub Friday.

Tab sis txawm hais tias yog ib tus neeg tshiab tom qab lub mic, McCarver muaj kev paub txog kev txawj ntse thiab kev paub ntaus pob ntaus pob los ntawm 21-xyoo kev ua haujlwm loj-pab pawg, ib qho uas tau nthuav tawm xyoo 1959 txog 1980 nrog plaub pawg, thiab uas suav nrog kev yeej ob lub Ntiaj Teb Series rings nrog St. . Louis Cardinals thaum nws ua haujlwm rau Hall of Fame pitchers Bob Gibson thiab Steve Carlton.

McCarver, uas tau tuag rau hnub Thursday ntawm 81, yog tus neeg ncaws pob tsawg kawg uas tau hloov pauv los ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tau ua tiav mus rau lub hnub qub TV tom qab dai nws cov spikes. Pib nrog Phillies hauv zos tshaj tawm hauv xyoo 1980 - thiab ob peb lub network ua si nws tau ua nrog Costas tib lub xyoo - McCarver tau kos tawm Hall of Fame tshaj tawm txoj haujlwm thiab tau ua khub nrog txhua tus los ntawm Ralph Kiner mus rau Joe Buck.

“Qee tus neeg muaj ib lossis ob lub zog. (McCarver's) daim ntawv qhia muaj ntau cov khoom xyaw hauv nws, " Costas hais. "Nws kev tshaj tawm muaj kev ntxhib los mos rau nws. Ib yam uas feem ntau saib tsis taus tab sis tseem ceeb heev - Tim yog cov neeg tuaj saib zoo. Yog tias tus neeg hauv lub rooj muag khoom nrog nws hais ib yam dab tsi funny, McCarver luag. Thiab nws muaj qhov txawv txav, kis mob luag. "

Yug hauv Memphis thaum Lub Kaum Hli 16, 1941, McCarver tau kos npe nrog Cardinals tawm ntawm tsev kawm theem siab rau qhov uas yog $ 75,000. Nws ua nws Cardinals debut hauv 1959 thiab tau los ua lub club pib catcher thoob plaws feem ntau ntawm 1960s. Nws yog ob zaug All-Star nrog St.

Tom qab ntawd nws muaj ob lub stints nrog Phillies, thiab thaum kawg los ua Carlton tus kheej catcher thaum lawv yog Phillies teammates nyob rau hauv nruab nrab mus rau lig-'70s. McCarver yog ib feem ntawm pawg xaiv ntawm cov pab koomtes loj uas ua si hauv plaub xyoos sib txawv. Lub Phillies tau kos npe rau nws mus ua si hauv ob peb qhov kev ua si lig hauv 1980 lub caij, lub xyoo lub club yeej nws thawj World Series title. (McCarver tsis yog ib feem ntawm Phillies 'season khiav).

Thaum ntawd, McCarver qhov pivot rau lub rooj muag khoom tshaj tawm tau pib.

Costas tau hais tias McCarver's "kev ua si ua haujlwm tau tshaj tawm xov xwm," thiab hais tias ib qho ntawm cov cim qhia ntawm tus kws tshuaj ntsuam kev ua kis las zoo tshaj plaws yog tias lawv ua rau lwm tus neeg nyob ib puag ncig lawv zoo dua. Costas tau hais tias McCarver muaj qhov zoo li ntawd nyob rau hauv spades.

Costas hais tias, "Tim nyem tau zoo nrog Ralph Kiner (rau Mets games),". "Ralph's virtues yog nws txoj kev paub txog kev ua si, nws tus cwj pwm, nws zaj dab neeg, tab sis kuv xav tias Ralph tau rov ua dua los ntawm Tim nyob hauv lub rooj muag zaub nrog nws. Lawv cov kev sib tham tsis muaj nqi. "

Thaum lub sij hawm nws tau ua ke nrog Joe Buck ntawm Fox hauv xyoo 1996, McCarver yog ib tus kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas ntaus pob hauv baseball, thiab ib tus uas muaj lub siab nyiam rau kev twv ua si ua ntej lawv nthuav tawm ntawm pob zeb diamond. Nws lub npe nrov tshaj plaws tuaj yeem tuaj hauv 2001 Ntiaj Teb Series ntawm Yankees thiab Arizona Diamondbacks.

Cov Yankees tau ua rau Game 7 nyob rau hauv qab ntawm cuaj inning hauv Arizona, thiab Yankee tus thawj coj Joe Torre muaj qhov tseem ceeb ze Mariano Rivera ntawm lub mound. Ib qho plaub ncaj ncaj Yankees World Series kev sib tw zoo li qhov xaus ua ntej.

Tab sis Diamondbacks khi cov qhab nia, 2-2, thiab tom qab ntawd thauj cov hauv paus nrog ib qho tawm. Arizona tus Luis Gonzalez, sab laug batter, tawm tsam Rivera, tus sab xis-tus paub txog nws kos npe txiav fastball. Torre muaj qhov infield kos rau qhov ua tau ob npaug hauv av pob.

Gonzalez fouled tawm thawj lub suab.

"Ib qho teeb meem yog Rivera cuam tshuam rau sab laug-handers, thiab cov neeg sab laug tau txais ntau qhov tawg-bat hits rau hauv qhov chaw ntiav, qhov ntiav ntawm qhov chaw tawm. Qhov ntawd yog qhov txaus ntshai ntawm kev coj tus neeg nyob hauv thaj chaw nrog ib tug txiv neej zoo li Rivera ntawm lub roob, ”McCarver tau hais ua ntej Rivera pov nws lub suab thib ob rau Gonzalez.

Qhov seem yog keeb kwm, raws li Gonzalez blooped tawg-bat ib leeg dhau Derek Jeter lub taub hau mus rau hauv qhov chaw ntiav thiab Diamondbacks nqa lub club thawj World Series trophy.

Ua ntej Gonzalez's at-bat, thaum muaj cov neeg sib tw thawj zaug thiab thib ob uas tsis muaj qhov tawm, Arizona's Jay Bell tau tso ib qho kev txi uas Rivera tau ua thiab cuam tshuam rau peb lub hauv paus. Yankees thib peb baseman Scott Brosius ua rau lub zog tawm.

Costas tau hais tias McCarver tau taw qhia sai sai - thaum lub sijhawm rov ua yeeb yaj kiab - tias Tswb tsuas yog ib nrab ntawm txoj kab hauv thawj kab thaum Brosius tau sau thawj zaug tawm ntawm qhov kev sib tw, thiab Brosius tuaj yeem cuam tshuam thawj zaug rau ob qhov kev ua si.

"Rivera sai heev rau peb lub hauv paus uas Brosius yeej muaj kev ua si thaum xub thawj yog nws tawm hauv lub hnab," McCarver hais thaum lub sijhawm '01 telecast. "Tab sis Brosius cov ntsiab lus rau ib qho."

Costas hais tias "Tim qhov kev xav tau tshiab, nws tus cwj pwm yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, thiab nws qhov kev txaus siab ntawm nws tau pom tseeb," Costas hais.

McCarver tau nrog Fox dhau lub caij 2013, thiab tom qab ntawd yog tus kws tshuaj ntsuam xyuas rau Cardinals' network, ua haujlwm txog peb lub kaum os ua si ib lub caij, raws li Baseball Hall of Fame.

Zoo li Costas, McCarver yog tus yeej Ford C. Frick Award, rau qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv kev tshaj tawm. Ob xyoos tom qab nws hu nws qhov kawg Fox baseball game, McCarver tau raug caw tuaj koom Costas ib zaug ntxiv, rau MLB Network telecast ntawm 2015 Cardinals-Padres game ntawm Busch Stadium.

Costas hais tias "Peb yog phooj ywg ntev heev," "Thaum nws tab tom ua rau nws poob qis, kuv nug MLB Network yog tias kuv tuaj yeem ua si nrog nws. Peb tau ua qhov kev ua si Cardinals lub hom phiaj, thiab nws yog seamless rau Tim. Nws zoo li kev sib tham cuaj-inning.

"Tab sis qhov kev ua si kuj muaj ob peb lub tswv yim sib tw rau nws - lawv puas yuav ua qhov no? Lawv yuav tsum ua li ntawd? Thiab McCarver ua tau zoo ntawm qhov ntawd. Nws yuav luag muaj hmoo, qhov kev ua si thiab teeb tsa tau muab ib daim ntaub rau nws ua ntau yam uas nws tau paub, uas ua rau kuv zoo siab, vim txhua yam kuv muaj yog qhov txhaj tshuaj no. Nws coj ntau heev rau nws cov khoom siv tes ua. "