Joe Simpson’s Saturday Night Rant

[Bluedevilruss]

Chips response to a dodger fan on twitter made it worse. Defended Joe and told them to “lighten up”. Dear lord.

[WaitingFor2017]

Chips response to a dodger fan on twitter made it worse. Defended Joe and told them to “lighten up”. Dear lord.

Chip does go out of his way to defend Joe. I understand why he does it, but in a situation like this, Chip should've just ignored his social media that mentioned this conversation.

[weso1]

I agree with Joe. This is also why I'm against sliding/diving. Uniforms need to be clean and pristine at all times.

[CyYoung31]

Someone says something I don’t agree with, so he must be “dumb.” Very tolerant of you to insult a man’s intellect, especially one that you’ve likely never met.

But Joe is a dummy.

[Southcack77]

I doubt anything happens, people forget Chip Caray got fired by Turner and rehired by PeachtreeTV or maybe it wasn't until we went to a regional network Chip was back.

Pretty sure the Braves left Turner and chip stayed on to do Turner national broadcasts but took so much heat for not doing a great job that he was sent back to Braves regional broadcasts.

[clvclv]

The whole mess is obviously ridiculous, but does point out the fact that the vast majority of people these types of things *iss off are those who feel they owe nothing to anybody.

Have a little respect for those who came before you - we can all guarantee you you wouldn't have a chance to succeed without them. More than a few people from the Trump-era (including Donnie himself) could benefit from doing so. Nobody expects you to kiss their *sses, just treat them as you'd like to be treated.

[jpx7]

I agree with Joe. This is also why I'm against sliding/diving. Uniforms need to be clean and pristine at all times.

Yep. Can’t wait till the games really are all played on calculator, so we can keep the uniforms on mannequins.

[jpx7]

Someone says something I don’t agree with, so he must be “dumb.” Very tolerant of you to insult a man’s intellect, especially one that you’ve likely never met.

But seriously: Joe Simpson is the ****ing worst.

[SJ24]

Chip deleted his Twitter.

Lol.

[Chipper]

Chip deleted his Twitter.

Lol.

If we all deleted twitter and facebook the world would be a better place.

[Julio3000]

Joe really should hang up the mic. He seems to hate everything about baseball as it’s currently constituted.

[The Chosen One]

Pretty sure the Braves left Turner and chip stayed on to do Turner national broadcasts but took so much heat for not doing a great job that he was sent back to Braves regional broadcasts.

Chip and Joe's contracts with Turner carried over, even though the Braves were dropped from Turner's package.

If Turner still did all for LDS series then Joe would still be working one of them. But the broadcasting rights went to Fox and TBS alternating NL and AL every year.

[BeanieAntics]

Someone says something I don’t agree with, so he must be “dumb.” Very tolerant of you to insult a man’s intellect, especially one that you’ve likely never met.

I think we have a large enough sample on Joe Simpson's mental capacity to know that he isn't exactly the sharpest guy in the world. He says things all the time that are demonstrably false.

[rico43]

It reminded me of the late Ron Santo making fun of the Cubs using pink bats when the cancer awareness project first began. A few years later, Rick Dempsey ridiculed a pitcher for wearing a pink glove. Unlike Chip, his broadcast partner threw him under the bus on the air by pointing out the pitcher's mother died of cancer and it was in her memory.

[The Chosen One]

It reminded me of the late Ron Santo making fun of the Cubs using pink bats when the cancer awareness project first began. A few years later, Rick Dempsey ridiculed a pitcher for wearing a pink glove. Unlike Chip, his broadcast partner threw him under the bus on the air by pointing out the pitcher's mother died of cancer and it was in her memory.

The problem is Chip knows he himself isnt a very good announcer. So he doesnt wanna step on Veteran Joe's toes because Fox probably gets tons of complaints about both.

I think they've consistently been Awful Announcing's worst ranked booth pair of all MLB regional teams for many years if not near the bottom of the pile.

Chip also knows he pretty much has this job for life thanks to Skip being so closely tied to the Braves fans. It's his job to keep unless he majorly screws it up.

[jpx7]

It reminded me of the late Ron Santo making fun of the Cubs using pink bats when the cancer awareness project first began. A few years later, Rick Dempsey ridiculed a pitcher for wearing a pink glove. Unlike Chip, his broadcast partner threw him under the bus on the air by pointing out the pitcher's mother died of cancer and it was in her memory.

I’d have a lot more respect for Chip if he’d have thrown Joe under the bus on-air.

[Acuña’s Bat Flip]

The problem is Chip knows he himself isnt a very good announcer. So he doesnt wanna step on Veteran Joe's toes because Fox probably gets tons of complaints about both.

I think they've consistently been Awful Announcing's worst ranked booth pair of all MLB regional teams for many years if not near the bottom of the pile.

Chip also knows he pretty much has this job for life thanks to Skip being so closely tied to the Braves fans. It's his job to keep unless he majorly screws it up.

I remember Bob Carpenter calling college sports 20-25 years ago but I'd take Chip and Joe over he and that little annoying F.P. fellow.

[sturg33]

The apology culture rages on.

I don't agree with the Simpson's complaints... but in no way did it need an official apology.

But that is where we are now

[The Chosen One]

The apology culture rages on.

I don't agree with the Simpson's complaints... but in no way did it need an official apology.

But that is where we are now

I think it's because someone told ole Joke Simpson he was chastising the Dodgers for wearing shirts promoting a charity for Breast Cancer. He probably then felt like a douche for going on his "back in my day" rant without having all the facts and apologized.

[Carp]

The apology culture rages on.

I don't agree with the Simpson's complaints... but in no way did it need an official apology.

But that is where we are now

It was a pretty big story for something so trivial. Can't imagine people in the Braves organization or Fox sports were happy with it.