Al Michaels Reflects On Working With Tim McCarver | 02/17/23

Al Michaels joins the Dan Patrick Show and discusses what it was like to work with the late broadcaster Tim McCarver as well as what he learned from working with him

[@hankrowell3345]

Excellent interview with Al about the legendary Tim McCarver!!!

[@brendaporter457]

Al Michaels is a true legend. No one covers sports better than him.

[@chaddalrymple4834]

Al is the best ever. I wish Al and Steve Stone (I think Steve is the best MLB analyst ever) could have done more games together.

[@juanortuno565]

The memory on this man is off the charts.

[@RobHoughton]

Tim took me from loving baseball to LOVING baseball. The intricacies, the intrigue and strategy of the game that he introduced in his commentary were eye-opening and have remained with me through the years. Also, his kind soul and respectful nature was a treasure to behold. I am saddened by his passing and will relish my experience of him.

[@dzanier]

He was excellent.

[@boatbound3300]

I hope Al lives forever

[@ThePhenomm]

As a Mets fan growing up in the 80’s watching WWOR TV this is how I learn baseball he was the best announcer as far as describing baseball Rest In Paradise Tim

[@dzanier]

He was superb. I loved him.

[@frankkiser5861]

Yup grew up watching him & Ralph Kiner call Mets games. Great memories. He was one of the best.

[@richiebee1984]

ME ASLO!! WWOR-TV METS GAMES GROWING UP!!

[@johnglenn30csardas]

And he had a great voice for baseball. A twang with a big vocabulary. I played serious youth ball and loved his sophisticated analyses. He set the bar for a long time, especially in the pre-analytics age.

[@mmaranta785]

I loved Tim McCarver. So knowledgeable and enjoyable to watch baseball when he was on the show.

[@long-time-first-time]

I grew up listening to Tim McCarver call Mets games and I absolutely loved his broadcasts. Listening to Al Michaels describe Tim's modus operandi for calling games makes me want to go back and binge a lot of those games from the 80s and 90s. What a career. Rest easy, Tim.

[@mikemcgonegal1616]

I remember when Tim played for the Phillies, he would come up to the broadcast booth during rain delays, and let loose with his stories. I enjoyed that so much!

[@Lava1964]

That was a good comparison to Tony Kubek. Both of those fellows knew the game inside out.

[@ORagnar]

RIP Tim... I never saw you play, but you were great as a broadcaster. .o0

[@Romans219]

Much respect and honor for Tim McCarver. May you Rest in Peace sir!

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

Old enough to remember Tim's career as a catcher. I was also a fan of his broadcasting career 🙏🏾

[@tammytam1392]

Just heartbroken. He seem like such a lovely man. Condolences to his family and anybody who loved him💔RIP🙏

[@jamesdodge5508]

Al.....we love U!!!!!😚

[@Bentom86]

I don’t think there has ever been enough said about how amazing of a broadcaster Tim McCarver was & sure enough, Al said it at 5:00 mark..he really was the Madden of baseball. He was much more than the basic former player-turned-analyst, but a skilled teacher of his game. No matter if it was a Mets or Phillies game for a local audience or the World Series for a global one, Tim was the exact same & never mailed it in. He deserved more respect & appreciation than he was given.

[@luacreskid]

I can still hear Tim agreeing with Al with his patented, "Uh, ha" then adding his own analysis. He was one of the best, for sure. Thanks fro bringing Al on and talking about his experiences.

[@anthonyadamo5614]

That’s amazing

[@henry20008]

Tim was a treasure for sure

[@squirehobbs6754]

My Cardinals batting helmet had that "15 McCarver" on it, Gibson to McCarver my all time battery.

[@johnschaefer2238]

Gibson was having some control problems during 1start. McCarver goes to the mound and Gibson says to McCarver “What are you doing here? The only thing you know about pitching is that you can’t hit it!” With that and without saying a word turned around and made his way back behind the plate.

[@oldblue7837]

I remember listening to Cards games on radio when I was a kid. Being from the suburbs of Memphis, McCarver was our hero. One off season Blasingame, Hicks and McCarver were signing baseballs at a downtown department store and mom took me and my brother down to get a ball signed. Still got it after 50 or so years. Loved him on Fox sports towards the end of his broadcast time. I can't remember the year he did world series with Vince Scully. A fine pair. We made several family trips to St. Louis to see the Cards. Twice in old Sportsman park. One double header Daddy was tired and we left a tied game early. McCarver hit a grandslam to win it in the 9th. We heard the crowd but didn't know what happened til we got to the car and turned radio on.

[@brianoneill7186]

McCarver never did a WS with Vin Scully(Al Michaels on ABC, Jack Buck and Sean McDonough on CBS, Joe Buck on Fox).

[@oldblue7837]

@@brianoneill7186 Well, just because I remember it sure doesn't mean it really happened. A lot of things I remember never happened.

[@michaelholman517minKC]

Michaels, Palmer, and McCarver were the best three man baseball booth ever. Their voices are voices from my childhood.

[@myleswoods8544]

Tim was exceptional.

[@jamesanthony5681]

Michaels, Palmer and McCarver were great, and what a relief it must have been for Al to be told that Tim was going to replace Howard Cosell. Cosell hated baseball and thought it was too dull, as he wrote in one of his books.

[@cdcubs8727]

Al is the best! Should be in the MLB HOF!

[@audieconrad8995]

As good as McCarver was in the booth, he caught Bob Gibson and Steve Carlton. That sums it up for me.

[@N1120A]

"The only thing you know about pitching is that you can't hit it." Bob Gibson to Tim McCarver.

[@TL2354]

Does it?

[@vinman2362]

Mcarver signed an autograph for me when I was a kid when he was Phillies catcher and took a minute to chat. Never forgot it 40 yrs later

[@TL2354]

McCarver

[@natemeyer4980]

A pretty good combo to was McCarver and Gibson.

[@davidrice3337]

Loved Tim Mc Carver

[@LBlucher13]

McCarver was what knowledgeable baseball fans want in a color commentator- someone who could point out things they might not know or not have noticed. RIP

[@marksanders1301]

Wow, I wasn't aware that Tim McCarver passed away. This is so sad. I have so many beautiful memories of him calling games for the New York Mets. RIP.

[@TERoss-jk9ny]

Love Al Michaels, grew up with Howard, and my parents hated him, and over time I began to hate him. Tim was a blessing. Fun Fact: Rush Limbaugh and Al Michaels were best friends.

[@TL2354]

Where’s the “fun” part?

[@voiceguy3635]

When--out of the blue--you see a title like this,you wince,knowing another person that was familiar to a lot of people--has left us.Sorry to hear,not only for Tim,but the many greats or near greats who have departed lately.

[@mmaranta785]

Tim caught Bob Gibson and Steve Carlton

[@saifonlawrence2044]

Tim was like hanging out at the game with a friend.

[@drbonesshow1]

McCarver unlike the rest of these sports schlubs was about the game of baseball and not about himself talking about a sport such as baseball. RIP

[@davewilson3113]

In 1982 the Phillies would have Tim and Richie Ashburn do an inning together on their telecast. They were the best in my book.

[@TL2354]

You have a book?

[@MichaelRizzo-f2k]

Loved Mcarver caught Gibson an Carlton

[@wildforthecats661]

McCarver was very good.

[@googoo-gjoob]

Tim McCarver was sooo gooood, i even tolerated Joe Suck in between Tim's pearls.

[@TL2354]

Joe who?

[@PHN-2024]

Does Anyone Know if Deion Sanders has Sent a Bucket of Ice Water to the McCarver Family to be used at Tim’s Funeral?

[@frankkiser5861]

Well even that, he didn't hide he stood there and stood by his opinion "Mcarver's right here" gotta give it to him.

[@davidgabrielsen2139]

2001, seventh game, bottom of the ninth, AZ has the bases loaded, Yankees have Mariano on the mound. Score tied 2-2. Luis Gonzalez at the plate. McCarver says: the yankees have the infield in and against left handers Mo tends to saw them off. What happens next? Mo saws Gonzalez off, ball barely makes it out of the infield dirt, AZ wins. Great call Tim. RIP

[@bdadolph]

How about calling hockey with Ken Dryden?

[@disneydanny2]

"Three person booths are tough" he made it work with him, Frank Gifford and Dan Deirdorff and FOX has made it work with Kevin, Gregg and Mike .

[@HomeAloneGaming1]

He wanted to buy auction quality wines from the company I worked for around 2004 but he refused to pay full price for it...he wanted about $300 discount on a $600 case. He argued with me for 5 minutes about it. Finally, we sold it to him b/c it was Tim McCarver but laughed about how cheap he was and I've re-told this story to everyone I could...

[@jeffthewhiff]

I didn't realize that Mr. McCarver died recently until watching this video and am shocked! He was a very good "color" analyst on baseball and I was disappointed when he retired.

[@jjgreen5206]

Why do all these interviews ask Al about baseball? Or the 1980 Olympics. He’s Al Michaels, and he’s known for Monday Night Football. Why not ask him about football?

[@your_royal_highness]

Tim McCarver robbed my favorite baseball player of a home run….as a catcher. I also remember during the World Series in 2005 his talking about a relief pitcher on the Astros who had given up some key runs in a prior appearance but that he was way past it. The next pitch was hit out of the park for a walk-off win by the White Sox. High larious

[@stardaddyo9]

Cosell was passable when covering boxing. That's it. Putting him on baseball was ridiculous.

[@jefftoons]

McCarver was the most annoying broadcaster I've ever heard. Studied antidotes.

[@bobbowie9350]

Yup. Rip but he stunk

[@michaelmakes1225]

Al & Tim...a combination that never shut up.... headache 🥵

[@michaelmakes1225]

Ha ha..but Tim's interviews were terrific..he was a great host who let the guests shine.

[@bobbowie9350]

Al is great. Tim stunk

[@johnnynephrite6147]

Tim McCarver was simply HORRIBLE. Dude's colon was connected to his mouth.

[@jerko431]

This guy has a grudge with the great Howard cossell. Howard was way more interesting

[@billmacdonald2139]

Cowardly to badmouth cosell who isn't around to defend himself

[@dlarta7265]

he stated fact

[@joebarr725]

There are a lot of bad people throughout history who have died. Can we not speak ill of them?

[@davanmani556]

Howard was drinking too much.

[@patrickmoylan5983]

Tim McCarver was arrogant jerk who during. 1986 world series was openly bias for Mets . I was so happy Deon Sanders called him out during Braves world series against the Blue Jays. McCarver was fraud and most players wanted to hit him. He would been awful manager and McCarver could not hold Madden jock strap.

[@briancastro8310]

Lmaooo Relax

[@8644mec]

He didn't broadcast the 1986 world series buddy. NBC had the series in 1986. Also, as someone else said, relax lol.

[@8644mec]

Also, speaking as someone who pretty much watched every Mets game from the era that McCarver broadcasted.....He was absolutely not biased toward the mets. He was super critical of them when it called for it. One of managements issues with him was that he wasn't biased toward the Mets enough LOL..

[@caryriggs5719]

I enjoyed McCarver. Sad he has passed. Dude your coming off rude and resentful. Just not the time or place.

[@TL2354]

@@caryriggs5719You’re

[@bonanzatime]

What happened? Did he pass away? I enjoyed his show