What happened to Dave Barnett?

[MeanGreenTexan]

http://deadspin.com/5919477/rangers-announcer-dave-barnett-starts-speaking-nonsense-during-broadcast-claims-go+ahead-run-is-at-fifth-base

Hope Dave is alright...

[yyz28]

Don't know... the tape almost sounds like Chevy Chase doing a bit or something. I hope he's ok.

[Censored by Laurie]

Heard this earlier today on the Musers...I too hope Dave is OK...that said, I'd pay handsomely to see Tom Greive's expression for the thirty seconds after the word "fifth."

[Stan R]

Update on the link provided claims he suffers from severe migraines. If so I can empathize and they have been known to cause me to choose bizzare words in the middle of a sentence as well. Even when taking the proper medication it can cause that.

Feel for him. If that is indeed the case it is a temporary problem only (say a day or 2 max) in my experience and should not be any long term effect.

I'd suggest he address it (explain the condition) and sort of apologize for the confusing comments. Should clear it up. Will be interesting to see how the Rangers organization deals with it.

Edited June 19, 2012 by Stan R

[Quoner]

Heard this earlier today on the Musers...I too hope Dave is OK...that said, I'd pay handsomely to see Tom Greive's expression for the thirty seconds after the word "fifth."

The audio dump out makes me wonder what else he said before they got everything under control. Really hope he is okay.

[Stan R]

Barnett to miss two days due to recurring migraines - rangers press release:

http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120619&content_id=33573020&vkey=news_tex&c_id=tex

[Quoner]

Barnett to miss two days due to recurring migraines - rangers press release:

http://texas.rangers...ws_tex&c_id=tex

He has been missing a lot of calls lately. Hopefully this rest will fix it, but there's been ground rule doubles he has called homeruns and several other headscratchers. Hope he puts his health above everything else. At the very least, Tag should send him some cookies while he is out.

[Green P1]

He has been missing a lot of calls lately. Hopefully this rest will fix it, but there's been ground rule doubles he has called homeruns and several other headscratchers. Hope he puts his health above everything else. At the very least, Tag should send him some cookies while he is out.

Tag's a creature of habit. That table of cookies goes straight into the trash at the bottom of the 8th every night. Always has always will.

[mattmartin817]

The truck didn't cut the mic, Tag started shoving cookies in his mouth to make it stop.

[Rudy]

I heard the audio on the way into work, and I'm worried. I hope it's not a tumor.

[JayDub]

When I heard the Barnett audio...all I could think was "wow, this is not good". To me, the similarities between his rambling & the JetBlue pilot that lost it are chilling. A similar "Good vs. Evil" storyline floating around unchecked in his head.

I'm a Dave Barnett apologist. I think he's good at what he does and is held back by lack of chemistry with Tom. TAG flat layed out on Dave when things when things were obviously not right with him and amplified this whole thing that much more. Of course, that's nothing new...TAG lays out on Dave all the time. That said, I think this could present an opportunity to the Rangers to overhaul the TV booth and fix the mistakes they've made in that regard.

I just wish that someone in the Front Office would concede the fact that Josh Lewin was not the weak link in that pairing, nor is Dave Barnett the weak link in the current pairing. It's Tom Grieve that makes this broadcast booth feel like a minor league broadcast...and the "cookie talk" and obvious contempt for fellow broadcasters & fans alike that needs to end sooner than later.

[UNTcrazy727]

When I heard the Barnett audio...all I could think was "wow, this is not good". To me, the similarities between his rambling & the JetBlue pilot that lost it are chilling. A similar "Good vs. Evil" storyline floating around unchecked in his head.

I'm a Dave Barnett apologist. I think he's good at what he does and is held back by lack of chemistry with Tom. TAG flat layed out on Dave when things when things were obviously not right with him and amplified this whole thing that much more. Of course, that's nothing new...TAG lays out on Dave all the time. That said, I think this could present an opportunity to the Rangers to overhaul the TV booth and fix the mistakes they've made in that regard.

I just wish that someone in the Front Office would concede the fact that Josh Lewin was not the weak link in that pairing, nor is Dave Barnett the weak link in the current pairing. It's Tom Grieve that makes this broadcast booth feel like a minor league broadcast...and the "cookie talk" and obvious contempt for fellow broadcasters & fans alike that needs to end sooner than later.

I've never liked Tag. I agree with what you said about him and how he constantly makes excuses for the Rangers if they're playing poorly. I'd love to see Barnett and Busby in the booth together.

[MeanGreenTexan]

I miss Josh Lewin.

[UNTcrazy727]

I miss Josh Lewin.

He'd do the entire game via twitter if he could.

[Quoner]

Breaking news on Dave: http://rangersblog.d...of-season.html/

Glad he is okay, though; could have been a lot worse.

EDIT: Actually, on second thought, we really don't know if he is or not. i'm just wishing for the best.

Edited July 2, 2012 by Quoner

[UNT90]

Breaking news on Dave: http://rangersblog.d...of-season.html/

Glad he is okay, though; could have been a lot worse.

EDIT: Actually, on second thought, we really don't know if he is or not. i'm just wishing for the best.

Complete guess, but I think this would indicate something worse than migranes.

Hope that isn't the case.

[Green P1]

He'll be on the Hardline at 5:10 today if you wanna hear about his condition from the horse's mouth.

[Quoner]

Thanks for the heads up, GreenP1. A few quotes:

"Every specialist I see has a different slant on things."

"The good news is I feel fine and haven't been having migraines."

[Texas Stranger]

I'm a Dave Barnett apologist. I think he's good at what he does and is held back by lack of chemistry with Tom.

The Periodic Table of Elements couldn't have chemistry with Tom.