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jake

@savepercentage.bsky.social

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guy from connecticut. play-by-play announcer. emo kid in his late 20s. lowercase letter enthusiast. currently trying to write a book.

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jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 5h

just learned this guy punted for his high school team

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 6h

out there looking like our 21st president

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 6h

this cat got the chester arthur

Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 14h

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

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DrawPlayDave @thedrawplay.com · 7h

THE CHIEFS HAVE WON

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 8h

love brandon gaudin from the braves for many but not all of the same reasons, i just wish he worked with a better color man

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 8h

every box checks off: great in the big moments, knows the sport, knows history, good analyst he works well with, and most importantly that very few younger announcers have: just a little bit snarky at his own team sometimes

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 8h

i'll say that you should seek out an angels broadcast at some time next year. preferably one where the o's aren't playing. randazzo/gubicza are appointment viewing to me though randazzo has a national job that affects his schedule

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 8h

buffalo curse of the teams are no longer (never?) allowed to be good at the same time

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 9h

the yelly guy i enjoy today is brian anderson. except it's not yelling as much as "says a lot of words when he's excited". same goes for wayne randazzo who is probably the gold standard of local TV baseball broadcasting to me right now

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 9h

i remember reading a book, might have been the glory of their times, an ex-player lamented "players don't catch the ball anymore. the glove catches it."

if that is the book i'm referencing, well, it was published when brooks robinson and willie mays were in the league

Chris Towers is in Offseason Mode @cptowers.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve noticed a few catchers using these oversized mitts you used to see when knuckleballers were on the mound more often. Anyone written about it?

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 9h

i don't like how he works with smoltz, i don't like that every moment has to have a deeper personal meaning, i don't like the
"seeking" of signature calls (a generational thing probably), i don't like the things he's said about broadcasting itself even though they don't translate to how he operates

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 9h

oh i have plenty to criticize about him. i just see the "boring" line enough to make me wonder what i'm even hearing

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 9h

i think what i said was maybe partially in reference to another comment in the thread

i'm glad you said that because. like. when most people say that they mean the more level/flat announcers and i think that's a risky game to play

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 9h

i understand many complaints about davis but i cannot fathom "doesn't yell enough" being one of them. did i blink one day and suddenly everyone else became aaron goldsmith?

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 9h

i love that the 91 braves had a platoon at first base and both of them threw left-handed

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 15h

you don't fire your coach midseason in the NFL if you still think you can make the playoffs. but god, it's hard to see this team winning 8 non-packers games for the rest of the season

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 15h

anyone who doesn't do exactly this when playing MLB the show is unethical

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 19h

listening to the NFL game on radio with a british PxP guy calling the game and one thing i've noticed is he will always refer to the teams by their full names. always "denver broncos" and "new york jets". never by just their nickname or just their location

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Rudy @coveysburner.bsky.social · 1d

Cubs weren’t in fact able to win it for Charlie. Devastating.

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 1d

🍺🍺🍺

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 1d

they won

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 1d

going 0-82 would be really funny

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 1d

williams college women's soccer uses "church" by t-pain as their intro song so they're gonna win today

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 2d

in any other context but the mariners something being named "humpy the salmon" would actually frighten me

jake @savepercentage.bsky.social · 2d

YO NO SOY MARINERO

YO NO SOY MARINERO, SOY CAPITÁN