This week has been a particularly difficult week with the TV situation.
There was no escaping the sounds and sights of weather alarms standing in treacherous conditions: rain, surging seawater, floating debris, broken trees and wind cracking houses. Urging viewers to evacuate from this life-threatening disaster.
“A live camera alone is not enough. Stand in front of it.”
And then there was the MLB playoffs. The Mets-Phillies series opened with the Phils' Kyle Schwarber hitting a leadoff home run in the first inning.
Fox followed a graphic that was undoubtedly entered into a database, approved for viewing, and posted for national viewing by a bunch of inbred dolts. This became Schwarber's “first home run.” [this] postseason. ”
Considering it was Schwarber's first postseason at-bat (Philadelphia had a first-round bye), the best way to avoid looking ridiculous is to prepare to look ridiculous. Television has not yet learned that there is something in front of us.
But networks, like national politics, have a mysterious ability to put irresponsible people in places of responsibility.
ESPN once again tried to reinvent the flat tire by removing the run, hit, and error graphics from the half-inning cut leading up to commercial. TBS displayed three round yellow dots, one for each out. It's as if you need that third yellow dot to understand that three outs are all (at least for now).
“How many outs are there?” “I'm not sure, but there are at least two.”
Fox's graphics included revelations such as that the batter was “0-for-6, no HR.”
But it's now clear that Rob Manfred's main mission as commissioner is to squeeze every last penny that someone will make way for MLB at the behest of profit-sharing team owners and the MLBPA. is. you? As my uncle would say, “You can eat borscht.”
Manfred's success in placing the word “STRAUSS” in large, prominent letters on all batting helmets should therefore be duly noted and fully appreciated. This means “STRAUSS” will dominate the television viewing of every pitch this postseason. Through the 2027 regular season and postseason.
Strauss is not the maker of batting helmets or the 19th century Viennese waltz. German apparel and accessories company. Other than the stitching, it has nothing to do with baseball.
Anyway, if you can look beyond the excitement over what the Yankees and Mets accomplished — the Mets barely qualified for the wild card — you'll see success in playing good, logical baseball. You can see that it is no longer a necessary condition.
Consider Manfred's extra innings, fantasy as a true runner, deciding 10 percent of regular season games. Still, in the postseason, it plays like good old baseball.
This goes to show that MLB's regular-season overtime rule is just a hollow gimmick that ignores the legitimacy of the results that determine who qualifies for the playoffs.
But come the postseason, MLB is trying to restore credibility to the game that Manfred's automatic runners eliminated.
Of course, pitching itself has become a disgusting joke. Not only is 28 complete games the fewest in MLB history, but is that really that many? — Bob Gibson pitched this season from 1968 to 1969, pitching 28 complete games each year. That was before Tommy John surgery and before Tommy John.
So the accelerated pace of play that is now being established is in order to find just the right pitcher to make fourth and fifth innings starters and other managers who also want to lose on relievers lose games. This is being alleviated by going bullpen shopping. excess. Crapshooting was mistaken for strategy.
And Aaron Boone isn't the only one with his bullpen “all in line” and ready to march. Sunday's Tigers 3, Guardians 0 included nine pitchers. The Padres had 10 that night and the Dodgers had 9 as well. There is no difference between 3 points and 12 points.
On Wednesday, the Yankees beat the Royals 3-2 with 11 pitchers. The Dodgers defeated the Padres 8-0, with 15 different pitchers winning the game.
This postseason included a strange phenomenon that made no sense in itself. After the infielder failed to throw a ground ball, his throw to first base was too late and thrown wildly, allowing second base in a game where only a slugger is expected to turn a double into a single. .
The post-season TV commentary was mostly what we'd expect, delivering thrills that were clearly over-excited, overhyped, and exaggerated to lure viewers who were already watching.
Fox's Adam Amin seems obsessed with Gus Johnson and Kevin Harlan's not-so-secret secret to success. He cries out for live photos that far exceed his on-field accomplishments. But I also think his TV bosses want us to be treated like drug addicts.
The surprise came from the venerable Bob Costas, who has long been a popular truth seeker and truth teller. Costas, in his subdued voice, asked us several times to believe what he said, and not what we saw, that is, what we already knew.
It seemed like he was reprimanding Giancarlo Stanton for failing to run to first base, a habit of his career, but Kostas in the next game seemed to do his best to protect Stanton, explaining that his inability to run was due to a foot injury. I explained that it was because of this.
But Stanton's most serious leg injury was self-inflicted due to his disdain for running first. Stanton attempted to reach second place after jogging on both occasions, but both times he was injured by sliding when he should have arrived standing. In both cases, he got hurt because he stuck with it.
Finally, lesser-known TV attractions, like Roger Goodell's NFL, are “punished” with prime opening times. Thus, the Tigers vs. Indians had three warm starts to the afternoon.
And nothing says Major League Baseball in the postseason like the big red Strauss logo reflecting off every batting helmet in October's natural light. Now stand in the hurricane.
Saleh's Jets didn't win, but that didn't stop their spectacular performance.
robert “Please save your receipt” Saleh You won't get the historical achievements he earned.
Has any NFL head coach (who had the least winning season of the four) had his team better rehearsed as post-play group dancers and flashy handshake artists than Saleh's Jets?
Yes, the Giants, led by manager Brian Daboll, are also challenging the rankings and win-loss groups.
Don't overlook Jets owner Woody Johnson, who works with Roger Goodell's false “good investment” claims to peddle the PSL by allowing scammers out of prison and fake radio and TV advertising campaigns. let's.
The Jets' PSL contract includes my favorite little clause. No matter who represented the Jets in selling this PSL to you, and no matter what claims or promises the Jets made in order to enter into the contract, the terms contained in this contract supersede. It says that it should be ignored.
Big money, bad intentions. Goodell era!
Mets starter Sean Manaea He will be a sensational player who will attract attention in MLB postseason pregames.
He was intelligent, anti-Alonso, clean, funny, charming, thoughtful, respected himself, his family, and the game, and he became a great pitcher.
But who would admit that, let alone a champion? Big Jerk David Ortiz? Liar, disgrace, drug addict Alex Rodriguez?
If Manaea did me dance after every strike, he could make it to the MLB like Snoop Dogg. Now on NBC.
