Earlier this week, Backman did not agree with an umpires' call which is a normal occurrence in the baseball world. A manager being mic'ed up while doing so though is not an every day thing.
Click Here to listen to this awesome tirade!Matt Butler
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Personal: Single, 24
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Education: Texas State University; Bachelor's in Mass Communication, Electronic Media sequence (2007)
First Radio Job: 89.9 KTSW (Texas State University 2006-2007; AM 1300 "The Zone" (first professional job, 2007-present)Why radio: I decided to go into the sports media field when I was about 4 or 5 years old. For some reason I have been obsessed with sports my whole life. My oldest memory is watching NFL Gameday with Chris Berman when I was four. Now that I look back, I can not believe that the reason why I wanted go into the sports media field is because of Chris Berman (he was the person I'd write about in those "If you could meet one person...etc.". I really thought I would want to have a career on TV, but once I got to college I realized how much better radio is!
I love my job because.... I watch and listen to sports all day! To add to that, our station carries my favorite professional team, the Astros, and of course, the best university in the world, TEXAS.
Jobs other than radio: Office Manager at LUM North America currently. Tile Setter's helper throughout college, 2002-2006. Wrote box scores and line scores at the Austin American Statesman 2006-2008. Umpire at Oak Hill in Southwest Austin from 1998-2007. Pizza Delivery guy at Double Daves and Papa Johns my first year of college.
Sometimes I hate my job because.... I have not attended a Texas football game or a Houston Astros baseball game since I began working here. But, like I said above, I love my job because I watch and listen to sports all day. Also, if missing a game or two is my worse complaint, I think I'll be alright.
Favorite sports memory: To be original, my favorite sports memory is the entire 2005 Texas football season and, of course, the Rose Bowl. Seriously though, having standing-room only tickets to the longest postseason game in MLB history was pretty unforgettable. My buddies, brother and I finally got to sit down in the 15th inning of the 18 inning marathon between the Astros and Braves in the 2005 NLDS.
Sports pet peeves: pitchers who balk, prevent defenses, the BCS, the hypocrisy of the NCAA, flopping, anything Notre Dame, players who think they never commit a foul, the whole one-foot in/two-feet in difference in collegiate and professional football, baseball players who don't hustle to their positions, outs on the basepaths, umpires/refs who think they should become part of the game, Jerry Jones, Terrell Owens, excessive clebrations and unsportsmanlike conduct.
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Friday, April 15, 2011
So This Is What It Sounds Like
Wally Backman was a 14 year MLB veteran and is now the manager for the AA Birmingham Mets.
Earlier this week, Backman did not agree with an umpires' call which is a normal occurrence in the baseball world. A manager being mic'ed up while doing so though is not an every day thing.
Click Here to listen to this awesome tirade!
Earlier this week, Backman did not agree with an umpires' call which is a normal occurrence in the baseball world. A manager being mic'ed up while doing so though is not an every day thing.
Click Here to listen to this awesome tirade!Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Texas Longhorns Pro Day
Today, I grabbed a ton of audio from the Texas Pro Day down at the 40 acres.
Due to time constraints I was only able to visit with a couple players for a minute or so, but that's better than nothing nonetheless.
Click Here to listen to my conversation with former Longhorns cornerback Aaron Williams.
Click Here to listen to former Longhorns wide reciever James Kirkendoll tell me about his workout and NFL hopes.
All of the sound I gathered today can be heard on the Sports Buffet page (link below)
Due to time constraints I was only able to visit with a couple players for a minute or so, but that's better than nothing nonetheless.
Click Here to listen to my conversation with former Longhorns cornerback Aaron Williams.Click Here to listen to former Longhorns wide reciever James Kirkendoll tell me about his workout and NFL hopes.All of the sound I gathered today can be heard on the Sports Buffet page (link below)
Sports Buffet - AM 1300 THE ZONE - The Longhorn Station - Austin ...
www.longhornstation.com/pages/thesportsbuffet.html
Monday, March 28, 2011
Statistical Analysis - NCAA Tourney-style
This year's final four is probably one of the most unexpected combinations of finalists of all-time.
According to ESPN's bracket challenge only two of the 5.9 million brackets entered into the contest accurately predicted the final four.
I would assume that those two people are actually a couple, with one of them attending Butler in Indianapolis and the other half of the couple had to attend VCU in Richmond, VA. How the hell else are you going to predict this, not counting some basement-dwelling NCAA tourney freak that literally filled out the 9.2 quintibillion possible bracket combinations. That's a real number by the way and accurate as well.
Just to put some perspective to these final four teams I went back to the KenPom rankings that I posted prior to the tourney to actually see what the odds were for these teams heading into the tournament.
These are some good numbers....
VCU
- had the 56th best chance to make the final four (3 times out of 10,000 tournaments)
- has the 55th best shot to make the championship game (5 out of 100,000)
- has the 54th best chance to win it all (5.2 out of 1,000,000)
- had only a 7.5% chance to make the round of 32
- had only a 1.2% chance to make the Sweet Sixteen
- had only a 0.2 chance to make the Elite Eight (2 out of 1,000)
Butler
- had the 44th best chance to make the final four (1 time out of 100 tournaments)
- tied for the 45th best shot to make the championship game (2 out of 1,000)
- has the 46th best chance to win it all (4 out of 10,000)
- had only a 3.1 chance to make the Elite Eight (3.1 out of 100)
According to ESPN's bracket challenge only two of the 5.9 million brackets entered into the contest accurately predicted the final four.
I would assume that those two people are actually a couple, with one of them attending Butler in Indianapolis and the other half of the couple had to attend VCU in Richmond, VA. How the hell else are you going to predict this, not counting some basement-dwelling NCAA tourney freak that literally filled out the 9.2 quintibillion possible bracket combinations. That's a real number by the way and accurate as well.
Just to put some perspective to these final four teams I went back to the KenPom rankings that I posted prior to the tourney to actually see what the odds were for these teams heading into the tournament.
These are some good numbers....
VCU
- had the 56th best chance to make the final four (3 times out of 10,000 tournaments)
- has the 55th best shot to make the championship game (5 out of 100,000)
- has the 54th best chance to win it all (5.2 out of 1,000,000)
- had only a 7.5% chance to make the round of 32
- had only a 1.2% chance to make the Sweet Sixteen
- had only a 0.2 chance to make the Elite Eight (2 out of 1,000)
Butler
- had the 44th best chance to make the final four (1 time out of 100 tournaments)
- tied for the 45th best shot to make the championship game (2 out of 1,000)
- has the 46th best chance to win it all (4 out of 10,000)
- had only a 3.1 chance to make the Elite Eight (3.1 out of 100)
Monday, March 28, 2011
Big Shark And Kayak
I've never seen a video similar to this one, especially just off of a pier here in America.
Florida kayaker has close encounter with enormous shark
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Serena Commercial Banned
So it looks like this commercial has been banned for TV, but the game which this video is promoting (Topspin 4 2K) is rated E for everybody. I wonder if you can unl;ock certain outfits for Serena....
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Spanish Play-by-play
I understood only 1/100th of this video and still loved every second of it. It sounded like a mixture of the emotion of a soccer broadcast as well as some Gus Johnson-esque March Madness play-by-play.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
My Worst Longhorn Memory - Facebook Feedback
I was truly so sick to my stomach that all I could do was go to sleep so I could try to forget what had happened as soon as possible.
Once I saw this video I had to post it.
The night after this game I actually dreamed that the Longhorns won the game on a Cal/Stanford-esque kick return pulled off by Jordan Shipley. I woke up to head into work actually thinking that Texas won the game. After a few seconds of confusion, I was once again stabbed in the stomach by the reality of the loss.
This would have been pretty cool...
Once I saw this video I had to post it.
The night after this game I actually dreamed that the Longhorns won the game on a Cal/Stanford-esque kick return pulled off by Jordan Shipley. I woke up to head into work actually thinking that Texas won the game. After a few seconds of confusion, I was once again stabbed in the stomach by the reality of the loss.
This would have been pretty cool...
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