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Toby "Crash" Stevenson???
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:23 am
by rainbowgirl28
I must know the truth... does ANYONE in real life call Toby "Crash"? I have only ever heard Dwight Stones (and now all of the other NBC announcers) call him that.
Toby, Kurt, and a whole bunch of other California people are members of this message board... the truth must be revealed!!
Enlighten us please!
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:48 am
by rainbowgirl28
Oh wait it gets better...
This is from several news articles:
Stevenson, nicknamed The Cat in the Hat because of the fact that he wears a black street hockey safety helmet, got the silver with 5.90m.
LOL
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:47 am
by tim hutzley
that would be pretty funny if Dwight Stones read this.
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 2:02 am
by rainbowgirl28
tim hutzley wrote:that would be pretty funny if Dwight Stones read this.
If I were a TV announcer who wanted to get a feel for what the pole vault community thinks about something, I would read this board
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:02 am
by superchau88
i was wondering the same thing when i was watching the olympics.
the funny thing is, this might be the kind of thing that just might stick on. so i guess from now on we'll be referring to toby as crash stevenson?
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:34 am
by CowtownPV
I have never heard anyone but the announcer call Toby "crash". He wears the helmet to promote safety in the vault not because he crashes.
Dwight
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:44 am
by Bruce Caldwell
tim hutzley wrote:that would be pretty funny if Dwight Stones read this.
Dwight is an endorsee of the ESSX High Jump System and works with us, he has seen the board.
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:16 am
by achtungpv
other errors announced...
"Pavlov cleared 5.8, which was announced as being 4 cm above his PR and then later announced as being 1 cm under his PR", actually his PR is 5.85 from indoors.
"Pavlov is in his first major championships", I guess being the '04 Indoor World Champion doesn't count.
"Stevenson is in his first major championship", I guess the '04 Indoor World Championships doesn't count
"Gibilisco just cleared (5.85) a foot over his season best", actually his best this season was 5.82.
I like Stones a lot as an announcer, but you don't have to invent drama when there's plenty around already.
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:47 am
by rainbowgirl28
superchau88 wrote:so i guess from now on we'll be referring to toby as crash stevenson?
Not unless Toby himself tells us he LIKES the nickname and WANTS use to call him that
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:49 am
by rainbowgirl28
achtungpv wrote:"Stevenson is in his first major championship", I guess the '04 Indoor World Championships doesn't count
Yeah I remember him saying something about Toby having no international experience and I thought the same thing about World Indoors.
At least they didn't call him "the Cat in the Hat" on air
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:08 pm
by Lord of the Poles
Yea, I hate how they're practically trying to force the "Crash" nickname upon us by constantly calling him that... it's stupid...
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:40 pm
by blazerunner121
"crash" never would have come up in my mind. i think of him as "the black helmet" guy.
