Tonight I was driving in from a long day at work and flipped it over to 1620 AM to see how the Ags were doing.  And they beat the crap out of the Baylor Bears 12-7... interesting score huh?  Anyways, the thing that stood out to me the most and pretty much stands out to everyone is Dave South calling the game.  He's been the "voice of the Aggies" for who knows how long but it's been way too long.  The A&M athletic department is working it's butt off to be one of the best in the nation but this fool will hold us back.  After the big Louisville win in Kentucky "The Pulse" with Doug Gottlieb on ESPN radio played some of his calls on national radio and it was embarrasing. I had to hope that everyone in the country thought he was a Louisville announcer.  So back to what started this rant.  One of his calls was on a play with runners on first and second with two outs.   The batter hit a shot down the line and it went sort of like this.
[Dave South]And ________ hits a grounder towards third and ________ can't get there it's down the line in the outfield and one run will score and two runs will score. Says something else... wait did he? THEY THREW HIM OUT AT HOME! ONLY ONE RUN SCORES! FELTNER THREW HIM OUT ON A ONE HOPPER! Actually Feltner was cut off by Hicks and he  thew out the runner.
Come on Dave is it that hard to follow the action and report it as it happens or were you trying to figure out when you'd fit in your next Slovacek Sausage spot?
So this got me to thinking... what would it be like if Dave made a call of some of the most memorable sports moments in history.

[Dallas vs Pittsburgh 1979 Superbowl]
Rocket Roger under center looking down the line.  Takes the snap.... looking, looking, loooking... wide open in the endzone CAUGHT! and dropped. Billy Joe Dupree was wide open in the endzone and it went in and out of his hands... Who? Jackie who? Jackie Smith? That was Jackie? Well I stand corrected that was Jackie Smith who took his concentration off the ball and dropped it.  One thing I can tell you folks is that you'll never drop a hot sausage link from Slovacek Sausage out of Snook, TX.

[Game 6 2003 NLCS]
And that's how I got the nickname Dave "goin down" South... so back to the game. Luis Castillo at the plate and Kenny Lofton on second.  I mean Juan "pistol" Pierre, the old Double P or P.P.  Prior is pitching a beauty with only 3 hits given up in the game.  Prior has a great future if he can just stay healthy and he would stay healthy if he works out at the super slow zone. My buddy Turbeyville works out at the super slow zone and that means it's gotta work. So looks like some commotion in the crowd and Castillo fouls it off into the left field seats.  And Alou looks like he's mad about something. I don't really know why the ball was clearly foul. So back to the action... well the people in the stands seem to be angry about something. Well who knows...and a wild pitch from Prior (oblivous to what happened).

These are just a couple of examples I thought of but there will be more later including other professions for Dave. But until then make the most out of supporting the Ags and listening to Dave by playing the Dave South Drinking Game.

 

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