20 percent of the reason I don't watch the Derby is because it's stupid. The other 80 is this clown.

MY EARS!!!

I tuned in to watch the Homerun derby, ignored the commentators until I heard "back back back" I turned it off.

Thanks chris, douche.

They need to keep him away from real sporting events and only use him for crap like this.

Just wait until he calls his first Monday Night Football game...

Here's Why Chris Berman Calling An NFL Game Is A Terrible Idea (In Case You Needed A Reminder)

Over the years, ESPN has used the second game of the annual Week 1 Monday Night Football doubleheader as a kind of test kitchen, to see just how much bullshiat American sports fans can tolerate. We've been subjected to Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic, and Mike Ditka, all at once. Twice. And now, as the cherry on the shiat sundae, you get Chris Berman whoopie-farting all over the Chargers/Raiders game ...

In the podcast above, Berman discusses this unique and unexpected opportunity

Holy shiat, I'd rather have a razor blade jammed into my asshole than listen to that. Berman is intolerable even as studio host, even when he's on the mere fringes of a sporting event. Every time Tirico throws to Berman for a halftime preview during MNF, I tear both labrums reaching for the mute button. Now he's gonna throw his gunt around and commandeer the booth for a whole game? Christ, that's the worst.

Remember: U.S. Open Berman is an UNDERSTATED Berman. But working an NFL game, Berman will consider himself on his home turf. He'll feel no need to be modest at all. He'll grab the spotlight and swallow it whole, along with an entire bottle of hydrocodone. Berman truly believes he's an NFL institution, and that means you're going to spend the whole evening being reminded of it. He's gonna make it painfully aware to you that he's doing a game for the very first time, at long last. He's gonna say THEHHHHHH RAYDEEZZZZZZ 900 times. He's gonna suck harder than Leather did. fark you, ESPN. You're heartless.

How can anyone tolerate listening to this guy, much less enjoy doing so?

Geez, rufus-t-firefly -- you do know it's just a game, right?

thegod082: 20 percent of the reason I don't watch the Derby is because it's stupid. The other 80 is this clown.

THIS THIS THIS

rufus-t-firefly: Just wait until he calls his first Monday Night Football game...

Holy shiat, I'd rather have a razor blade jammed into my asshole than listen to that.

Or dozens of razorblades maybe?

rufus-t-firefly: Just wait until he calls his first Monday Night Football game...

Here's Why Chris Berman Calling An NFL Game Is A Terrible Idea (In Case You Needed A Reminder)

Over the years, ESPN has used the second game of the annual Week 1 Monday Night Football doubleheader as a kind of test kitchen, to see just how much bullshiat American sports fans can tolerate. We've been subjected to Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic, and Mike Ditka, all at once. Twice. And now, as the cherry on the shiat sundae, you get Chris Berman whoopie-farting all over the Chargers/Raiders game ...

In the podcast above, Berman discusses this unique and unexpected opportunity

Holy shiat, I'd rather have a razor blade jammed into my asshole than listen to that. Berman is intolerable even as studio host, even when he's on the mere fringes of a sporting event. Every time Tirico throws to Berman for a halftime preview during MNF, I tear both labrums reaching for the mute button. Now he's gonna throw his gunt around and commandeer the booth for a whole game? Christ, that's the worst.

Remember: U.S. Open Berman is an UNDERSTATED Berman. But working an NFL game, Berman will consider himself on his home turf. He'll feel no need to be modest at all. He'll grab the spotlight and swallow it whole, along with an entire bottle of hydrocodone. Berman truly believes he's an NFL institution, and that means you're going to spend the whole evening being reminded of it. He's gonna make it painfully aware to you that he's doing a game for the very first time, at long last. He's gonna say THEHHHHHH RAYDEEZZZZZZ 900 times. He's gonna suck harder than Leather did. fark you, ESPN. You're heartless.

I swear he once wound up announcing a baseball playoff game about 5-10 years ago. If you think he'd be bad at football, imagine his incessant yelling during a game as slow and quiet as baseball.

/Maybe it was a nightmare.

Munchausen: Geez, rufus-t-firefly -- you do know it's just a game, right?

You should be telling that to farking Berman, not anyone who can't stand the assclown.

Say what you will, but I'd still rather listen to him call a game than Joe Buck.

old_toole: I wish that blowhard would just retire already, I used to like to watch the home run derby but I just can't take the a$$hole anymore.

Berman... SHUT THE FARK UP ALREADY

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I outgrew Berman right around the time Tom Mees croaked.

There is no way he said "back" only 79 times. That's less than one per HR if memory serves correct. Sure he didn't say it on every single one, but he said it on a bunch that didn't go out too. I remember a few where he said it about 10 times and then just stopped & carried on the conversation when it landed well short of the warning track.

beerrun: Say what you will, but I'd still rather listen to him call a game than Joe Buck.

This.

I will quote one of the guys I follow on twitter from last night...'we are subjected to Rick Horton and Al Hrobosky every night, a couple hours of Berman is nothing"

edmo: I tuned in late but it wasn't on. Instead there was some talk show with George Brett talking about something or other.

I saw that as well, something about ribs? I admit to not having the sound on though.

That was so annoying I think it gave me cancer.

bluenote13: I will quote one of the guys I follow on twitter from last night...'we are subjected to Rick Horton and Al Hrobosky every night, a couple hours of Berman is nothing"

We ditched pay TV over the winter so to get my Cardinal fix I bought the MLB season audio package for $15....all games by all teams including the playoffs, with home and away broadcasts...since AM reception in our house is total ass. While Shannon isn't great, I'd have paid 10x the amount to never listen to Hrobosky ever again. My concern though is they wind up sticking Horton in the booth if/when Shannon hangs 'em up, at which time I'll simply have to listen to away broadcasts.

Berman was interesting in baseball recap, what with all the middle name nicknaming and all...

...in 1989

I can't stand that farking "whoop" sound he makes all the time. WTF is that?

You know I can't stand the guy when I'd rather listen to Musberger.

I can't help but wonder if he'll say "backbackbackbackbackbackbackbkbkbkbk" every time a QB drops back on a passing play. Or god forbid imagine punts and kickoffs.