Barry Larkin faces the nation

He did some work for NBC while he was still playing. Costas got pissed at him because he would never give predictions on the playoff games they were discussing. Larkin said he had to play against those guys and didn’t want to make them mad at him. Why in the hell did he think he was in the studio?

If his work at the CWS is any indication, he has a long way to go until he’s a passable color guy (that’s racist).

surely he doesn’t hold ill will against Castellini and Jocketty and Dusty Baker.

is not the worst. It is a little heavy on Rich Eisen, so if you don’t like him, you might as well not watch. It also benefits from having the huge NFL Films library. Their pre-draft and combine coverage is pretty amazing.

The NHL Netork is the worst ever. It looks like a public access program from Hamilton, Ontario.

I imagine that MLB Network will fall somewhere in the middle. I’m not expecting too much, but since they’re coming to the game so late, hopefully they,ve learned from the other networks. If they can keep Harold Reynolds away from the female interns, they will be ahead of the game.

The NBA made the same mistake as the NFL and Big 10, which alienates most fans and does nothing to meaningfully compete with ESPN’s monopoly on analysis. I don’t catch Baseball Tonight that often anymore, partially because it’s really gone downhill. The broadcasting of classic games will also be a boon (and something ESPN Classic rarely does). I’m excited to watch the MLB network.

but I remember Robby being an ‘old 30’ when he was traded to Baltimore.

but I remember Robby being an ‘old 30’ when he was traded to Baltimore.

The way the NFLN screwed the pooch is the same way the Big 10 network did…by taking programming that was previously free (to consumers, at least) and trying to muscle the cable companies into carrying them on basic tiers while charging exorbitant prices for their programming.

That is in fact what makes the NFL Network sucky. The result is that it’s not available in a lot of markets, and in many where it is available, you don’t actually get the live games, because the cable company didn’t want to shell out the extra for that.

Well, that and their game coverage is substandard compared to network TV coverage. When I’ve seen it, it looks almost like a high school game. But honestly, I’d be willing to forgive that.

This is most assuredly NOT the model the MLBN is following. There has been a lot of ink spilled on this that you can take a look at if you are so inclined, but the Readers DIgest version is that they have made the cable companies partners of a sort with them and so they will debut their network on almost every system across the nation, which puts them miles ahead of NFLN.

Well, I used their “locator” and they don’t look any better than the NFL Network. I’d have to upgrade to satellite or digital to get the MLB Network. Which I am not going to do.

But as long as they don’t take away games that used to be free, I don’t care.

even if you put an nfl, simpsons, or star wars logo on it it’s still a crappy game

not for more than a day or two anyway

Cut my cable bill, and I’d give up those channels. As they point out, it’s not like you can’t watch most of the shows online.

Otherwise, you’d all switch to satellite.

It was interesting, but I didn’t have time to sit and watch it for long.

I looked at the schedule and it looks like they’ll be re-airing some of last year’s playoffs for the next week plus some Red Sox show will get repeated a bunch. They need to hurry up and get more content together.