Sam in Hoffman wrote:
MattInTheCrown wrote:
Bah, for some reason I couldn't edit the above post, but I'll say this much: I grant that Zambrano is a somewhat uncomfortable interview, but he's not half as uncomfortable as any interview involving Cris Carter (if you caught Mike and Mike this morning, you know what I mean), and Carter has the benefit of English being his first language.
Had a morning at home and heard the Carter "interview". I agree it was absolutely brutal. It sounded like M&M considered hitting the dump button during the interminable silences during that chat.
Everything Z did at the end of the interview made up for the rough spots at the beginning.
Since I posted, I was thinking about this; I think they're both awkward interviews for the same reason: they both lack the critical inflection the interviewers rely upon to tell when one thought has been completed. Z, because he's not a native speaker; Carter, because he has poor communication skills.
I agree with you: there's generally a pay-off with Zambrano. There's no such payoff with Carter; he of course tries to rescue the interview with levity, but incredibly, these attempts virtually always fall flat and make the interview even more uncomfortable.
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