I Wonder

by BobbyO on Apr 20, 2007 10:49 PM EDT

I wonder what it would have taken for the Yankees and Red Sox to have NOT led off BBTN tonight? Another no-hitter? perfect game? 27 up, 27 K's?

I understand that it was a pretty thrilling finish, but do they have to talk about that game for 25 minutes of 40 minute show? I know I'm preaching to the choir, but goodness gracious, it's just absurd.

I really think that the Brennaman Report (with the game recap and the scores from other games) gives more equitable treatment than BBTN. Why don't they just call it what it really is: Yankees and Red Sox Tonight.

Sorry... I just had to vent somewhere. I don't really expect anyone to comment on this diary, though I know most of you feel the same way.

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There are 30 teams in baseball.

The Yankees and Red Sox make up 28 of them.

by Geki on Apr 20, 2007 10:54 PM EDT reply actions

Don't forget....

The Mets & Angels are also part of the club. I haven't watched a Fox game of the week in who knows how long, and I LOVE baseball in HD.

by jch24 on Apr 20, 2007 10:55 PM EDT reply actions

Angels?

ESPN doesn't care about anything west of the Mississippi except Barry Bonds. Mets and Cubs make up the other two teams.

by Geki on Apr 20, 2007 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions

They've been showing them more

in the last couple of years, since they won the WS. Also, I think they figured out that LA is the #2 media market.

by jch24 on Apr 20, 2007 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Angels

The Angels represent "the minority." So they'll show they Saux and Yanks and Mets half the time, and the Angels and A's the rest of the time. That's equal treatment for NESPN.

by Brian B on Apr 20, 2007 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions

FWIW...

...a lot of Yankees fans despise BBTN. They see it as being heavily anti-Yankee and biased toward the Sox.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named "Bubba"?

by BubbaFan on Apr 20, 2007 11:05 PM EDT reply actions

well they must have missed...

the 15 minute man-love session for A-Rod just now

"if you love the reds so much, why don't you marry them?"

by BobbyO on Apr 20, 2007 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions

To be fair

I think he's fake, and a prima donna , but what he's doing is amazing. He's about to blow Poo Holes' April records out of the water.

by jch24 on Apr 20, 2007 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Bubba

You and I may be the only Yankee fans on this site. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

I grew up in Cincy and went to school in Boston. Was a Sox fan in the 90s (before you could pick the Reds up on the internet, which I discovered in '98, I was forced to adopt a local team that didn't compete with the Reds). By 2000, I lived in Maryland but was still getting constant AL East coverage by ESPN and local O's coverage. At that point, I couldn't take the "underdog" Red Sox bitching anymore.

I probably would never have been a Yankee fan if it weren't for being a Sox fan first.

by Brian B on Apr 20, 2007 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions

Yankee's Fans...

Ugh...

We're wanted men, we'll strike again...but first let's have a beer!

by chandrathan on Apr 20, 2007 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm no Yankee fan...

But I sure as hell like them more than the Sox (though I like the Sox' player's better -- Manny cracks me up.)

by Geki on Apr 21, 2007 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Being a Yankee fan..

is like walking into a casino and cheering for the house

by sonant1 on Apr 21, 2007 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions

And we get more of the same crap next weekend

As they play at Bankee Stadium. Once again, they are FOK$ Saturday game of the week, just like they were today. And just like today, the other game next week is the Chub$-Deadbirds.

I load FOK$.

I load the Bankees.

Blessed be Baseball

by Daedalus on Apr 21, 2007 10:52 PM EDT reply actions