Listening to ESPN Radio for game coverage, and I have two pet peeves to soothe:
Carlos Guillen. Official pronunciation guide says GEE-un. The Play-by-play guy grates my nerves every time he says gu-YEN. AGAIN! Three times! Ugh.
Also, I’d love it if baseball announcers were at least somewhat familiar with the rules. Every slight foul ball that hits the ground is a "foul tip" according to them, they’ve no idea that Professional Baseball has the infield fly rule, and, tonight, they’ve mixed up interference and obstruction. Scott Rolen collided with Brandon Inge at third base, and Rolen was awarded home on the play. Obstruction. Over and over and over they’ve called it "interference." I at least managed to correct the ESPN SportsNation chat guy, Rob Neyer, after HE called it interference, and managed to get him to admit that it was, in fact, obstruction.
