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John Kruk is a moron

Not that we already don't know John Kruk is an east coast biased baseball analyst, but even this stupidity I do not expect from him or anyone else from ESPN.  John Kruk actually said the Yankees are the best baserunning team in MLB better than the Angels and the Phillies.  Thank God Buck Showalter is there to set him straight.  So check out this ESPN here his reasoning for this here is the link: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/notebook?page=bbtn if you scroll down a little bit it will say running game over a video link.

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Who is the most biased ESPN analyst that you cannot stand?
John Kruk
51 votes
Karl Ravech
11 votes
Steve Phillips
52 votes
Peter Gammons
55 votes
All of the above
71 votes

240 votes | Poll has closed

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All those guys grew up in the east.

So it’s probably ingrained in them. They probably didn’t even know there was baseball teams on the west coast when they were kids.

It’d be nice if ESPN hired a guy who grew up out here or knows out here at least.

Buck Foston!

by Monkeyspanked on Oct 14, 2009 3:45 PM PDT reply actions  

Hey look, I just saw a pig fly overhead at that suggestion....there he goes!

:-D

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on Oct 14, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Did it fly over a blue moon?

"Figgins' OBP is still over 40!" -Steve Physioc

by Figgi4life on Oct 14, 2009 6:32 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions  

Both!

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on Oct 14, 2009 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

Missing option
  • All of the above

Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch

by red floyd on Oct 14, 2009 4:08 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

yes

I want to vote again for every single one.

RIP #34

by linkbruin on Oct 14, 2009 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Thanks, Red, I kept looking and looking for that one.

Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.

by AlanFalcon on Oct 14, 2009 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think you are being a tad bit sensitive.

He said they were the best team going, not best base running team.

Play Wood already. Willits sucks.

by hauldog on Oct 14, 2009 4:24 PM PDT reply actions  

John Kruk just did a thing on Sportscenter

He was previewing the CS matchups. In his analysis of the Angels and Yankees, he only talked about Yankees. Several of them. No mention of the Angels even as a team. And he also talked about the worries of the World Series for the Yankees as if it was a foregone conclusion. I really don’t know why I watch anymore. No substantive value, and MLB Network is so much better. I like PTI on espn, and that’s really about it.

RIP #34

by linkbruin on Oct 14, 2009 4:37 PM PDT reply actions  

Thats why I like Buck.

he didnt jump on the angels bandwagon this year, he has liked them in past years. I hate Kruky because of his gay ass mullet back in the day, let alone his shitty imput on a daily basis.

They want power, We want respect...

by SenorChuckles on Oct 14, 2009 4:44 PM PDT reply actions  

John Kruk sounds like a guy ...

that watches to much ESPN to get all of his sports information. That he then turns around to make it sound like fact to people that he thinks likes him for his knowledgeable mind.

by eyespy on Oct 14, 2009 5:19 PM PDT reply actions  

I know many people that just watch ESPN

and try to make themselves sound like they are the “experts.”

They want power, We want respect...

by SenorChuckles on Oct 14, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Woot, thanks.

Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.

by AlanFalcon on Oct 14, 2009 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

i dont know about that....

Yes, Joe Morgan isn’t exactly my favorite color commentary guy, but he has always offered praise to the Angels 2002 run. He said we played the game the way it should be played. I respect him for that.

by UpStream15 on Oct 15, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Buster Olney?

Chili Davis - the closest thing the MLB got to a real life Pedro Cerrano.

by NW angels Fan on Oct 14, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not a huge fan of Kruk

But Steve Phillips is the biggest moron at ESPN. It has nothing to do with his bias (I actually think he’s had good things to say about the Angels) just that almost everything out of his mouth is complete garbage (even the nice things about the Angels are off base). How that man ever became a GM is remarkable.

I feel the need, the need...for speed!

by Gorbachav5 on Oct 14, 2009 5:56 PM PDT reply actions  

The east coast bias - ESPN Yankee - Sox bias talk all the time

is like a big pot of beans that can be reheated over and over, always tastes the same, and the farts from consuming it always smell like shit.

The 2009 Pregame Picks Winner and Iron Man of Halos Heaven.com

by 44FAN on Oct 14, 2009 6:24 PM PDT reply actions  

All of the above

they should stick to football.

by Kartane on Oct 14, 2009 6:36 PM PDT reply actions  

+1

They want power, We want respect...

by SenorChuckles on Oct 14, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Good Lord, is that Kruk?

Didn’t he own a mirror?

THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!

by opiejeanne on Oct 15, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

Chris Farley

Play Wood already. Willits sucks.

by hauldog on Oct 16, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

remember this incident:

probably it scarred him for life…haha

Because when I think of Boris Diaw, I think of Beethoven and the age of Romanticism....

by shaqfor3 on Oct 14, 2009 7:22 PM PDT reply actions  

WATCH MLB TONIGHT!

No bias and better analysts who actually played at a very high level and still can articulate cohesive thoughts and insight into the game. Watching ESPN coverage on the ALCS reads like “Jeter, A-Rod, Rivera, Pettite, Posada Texeira, Sabathia, Burnett, Swisher, Penny Lane and the Bronx Bombers lead by Joe Girardi vs the faceless angels”.

The only way the Angels will get respect is to kill the creamers like they did the Sox and either kill the defending champs or our cross county rival (and maybe on that day Jim Rome will realize there really are two teams in SoCal). Then they have to repeat.

by jackdon on Oct 14, 2009 8:04 PM PDT reply actions  

I do like Harold Reynolds.....

talking about Aybar now. Man he does have a hell of an arm.

Well, sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch! You just shot an unarmed man!.......Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend. – Will Munny

by pslakerfan on Oct 14, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not everyone that picks the Yankees is biased.

They should be favored, they have home advantage, they had a better record, etc….

Well, sir, you are a cowardly son of a bitch! You just shot an unarmed man!.......Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend. – Will Munny

by pslakerfan on Oct 15, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

I will concede the home field. I will not concede the better record.

Overall, the Yankees won only 6 games more than the Halos. But they got to do this in the AL East, where there were two teams available (Baltimore and Toronto) who were busy coughing up a combined 94 losses inside their own division.

Meanwhile, the Halos played in the AL West. I know what you are thinking, but know this: in 2009 the AL West was a combined .546 winning percentage against the AL East, which was .454 against the AL West.

You too can be a baseball media analyst! Just don't allow your need to be wrong in public to get in the way of your ignorance.

by Stirrups on Oct 15, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jim Rome...

has a big ego.

They want power, We want respect...

by SenorChuckles on Oct 14, 2009 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

You are wrong on Rome

I listen to him every day. He talks a lot of Halos. Hell Hunter is on the show today. He loves the Angels

Play Wood already. Willits sucks.

by hauldog on Oct 15, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions  

And to think

before I had the internet, my options for sports coverage were ESPN, sports talk radio, LA Times/OC Register, and the local news. And outside the register, Halo coverage was essentially non-existant. God, how the hell was I able to stay a fan for so long? Really makes me appreciate being able to come to a place like HH.

by dmhead on Oct 14, 2009 11:56 PM PDT reply actions  

Kruk is just dumb

I don’t think he’s smart enough to be biased. The guy has a hard enough time carrying one thought through to the end of a sentence. He’s harmless. You have to have teeth in order to bite.

by Suboptimal on Oct 15, 2009 9:30 PM PDT reply actions  

john Kruk never knew baserunning

from his days as a player to now the man is hardly an expert on running. About the only time he runs now is to the freezer for a beer during commercials

Soccer is for people to small and wussy for real football
Yankees and Red Sox ...buying your way into playoffs every year

by angryandy on Oct 16, 2009 6:18 AM PDT reply actions  

beer slushies?

He freezes his beer? For that, the man is sheer genius.

I love this team.

by Downing Rules on Oct 16, 2009 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

John Kruk is a total...

I bet that was said a lot in his school days

Soccer is for people to small and wussy for real football
Yankees and Red Sox ...buying your way into playoffs every year

by angryandy on Oct 17, 2009 10:51 PM PDT reply actions  

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