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Project Insomnia

Project Insomnia is many things, but in this context it is simply a "braindump" of whatever I happen to be thinking/reading/watching/doing at the moment. Parental guidance suggested.

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Why Fox Sports Sucks, part MCLXMIV

From The Register: Fox deceives millions during national pastime
As Fox came back from a commercial break in the bottom half of the third inning, many viewers caught sight of a very long, flashy banner draped over an equally ostentatious advertisement picturing a yellow Corvette. The banner read HHRYA.com with the letters done in pseudo Asian design - clearly the work of professionals. However, the Fox Sports broadcasters Joe Buck and Tim McCarver played off the ad like it was the work of a goofy sports fan, dangling his banner in the hopes of securing a moment of TV glory.

Here's the chatter as Fox panned across the outfield and then held on the supposed fan's sign for between 10 and 20 seconds.

"Welcome back to Detroit," Buck said. "A lot of banners and signs around the ballpark. No surprise there. Somebody just unfurled a big banner behind left field."

You'll love the next bit, as Buck devolves into a second grader.

Read the rest; it's just disgusting. Buck and McCarver are already among the absolute worst baseball telecasters, and now they've abandoned any semblance of dignity or allegiance to the game. I've come to dread Giants Saturday day games, because one or two out of four they are part of the "Fox Sports Saturday baseball package"... which means, usually, Buck and McCarver instead of Kruk and Kuip or Jon Miller or Greg Papa or even Dave Fleming. Most of the time I end up turning off the TV and listening to the radio instead, since I never did solve the DirecTV-vs-radio delay problem.
|| Andrew, 7:28 PM || ||

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