1.) If we are forced to watch Joe Buck and that uber-assclown Tim McCarver, at least dress them in suits and ties that don't look like they came from an American Legion thrift sale.
2.) Quit jamming human interest pieces and player profiles into the broadcast so much that you cut into plays already in progress.
3.) Make Jeanne Zelasko broadcast naked.
4.) Make McCarver wear a ball gag.
5.) If I promise to watch "House" and "The O.C." will Fox PLEASE stop making me watch the endless fucking promos?
Mad Dawg
10-25-04, 12:54 AM
I listened to the game on ESPN driving back from the casino tonight, and it was like a sweet dream. Yeah, Joe Morgan is annoying, but the lack of McCarver is just beautiful. Words can't describe. I don't know who at Fox Sports he has compromising photos of, and I'm not sure how young the boy in them is, but they must be doozies.
Preacher
10-25-04, 01:00 AM
Pretty good list.
6.) Show hilites with some speed and talent. It seems they have brought less camera's or an incompetant crew and producer.
Turd Ferguson
10-25-04, 01:02 AM
To me, McCarver is just some douchebag who went to my rival high school. Joe Morgan's O.K., but I still hate how he used that little bitch-ass arm flap motion during at-bats as a distraction so he could steal signs.
El Scorcho
10-25-04, 01:20 AM
YOU'RE RISKING A PATIENT'S LIFE!!!!!
Hiro11
10-25-04, 07:45 AM
I'm a huge Sox fan, but even I admit that the Fox coverage has been very Sox partisan. If I were a Cards fan, I might be a wee bit pissed right now.
Turd Ferguson
10-25-04, 08:02 AM
Originally posted by El Scorcho
YOU'RE RISKING A PATIENT'S LIFE!!!!!
"They" like to talk.
das Monkey
10-25-04, 08:33 AM
I miss the original <i>House</i> promos:
"From the network that brought you <i>24</i> ..."
Really? The very same network? Well, gee, if I liked <i>24</i> I simply must tune in for this!!!
All kidding aside, I will watch it. I mean, Joe Shill from the Hollow Opinion Dispatch said it's the greatest medical drama since the first season of <i>e.r.</i> ... which is his clever way of saying, "it's not crap like current <i>e.r.</i>" Still, that's a bold statement. That makes it better than <i>Providence</i> and <i>Strong Medicine</i>!
I'd like to make my own promo for this. "From the network that brought you <i>Who Wants to Get Kicked in the Nuts?</i> and <i>The World's Littlest Puke-Off</i> ..."
das
Red Dog
10-25-04, 08:55 AM
Originally posted by Turd Ferguson
3.) Make Jeanne Zelasko broadcast naked.
That would be very nice of them.
ChiTownAbs, Inc
10-25-04, 09:04 AM
I hate the 'in game' interviews with coaches.
Richard Malloy
10-25-04, 09:18 AM
Yeah, the during-the-action broadcasts of taped interviews with the managers sucks almost as sloppy and hard as the during-the-action interviews with the, erm, stars of Fox's sitcom lineup.
Bandoman
10-25-04, 09:58 AM
Originally posted by Hiro11
I'm a huge Sox fan, but even I admit that the Fox coverage has been very Sox partisan. If I were a Cards fan, I might be a wee bit pissed right now.
I've actually been enjoying that part. :)
I, for one, could have used more of Jimmy Fallon's Bawstin accent. -ohbfrank- What the hell was Tom Hanks doing hanging out with that loser?
Turd Ferguson
10-25-04, 10:14 AM
Originally posted by Red Dog
That would be very nice of them.
It's the only pregame show you can possibly rub one out during.
elny3680
10-25-04, 11:10 AM
you forgot THE SCOOTER!!!
El Scorcho
10-25-04, 11:25 AM
Less McCarver, more "Sounds from the Game", plz.
I'd love to hear more of the catcher/batter banter that goes on at home plate. And some of the conversations that runners have with the 1st baseman.
Perhaps put a wiretap on the bullpen phone.
Or when managers talk with their starters on the mound.
This is what baseball broadcast needs more of.
Kaiser Soze
10-25-04, 11:25 AM
I really like the animations that they use going to break. Where they have the players name in cursive over the lower third of the screen, show highlights of them hitting, and then play some pop/hip-hop/rock song over it.
I like the camera angle in the dirt too. I think that is a pretty cool angle to get of the batter either striking out, or getting a hit.
I think they have gone a little overboard with all the close-ups of the fans...but the Red Sox are finally in it again, and Sox fans are so emotional that it is probably a pretty accurate depiction.
Cards in 7!
ChiTownAbs, Inc
10-25-04, 11:36 AM
Originally posted by Kaiser Soze
I really like the animations that they use going to break. Where they have the players name in cursive over the lower third of the screen, show highlights of them hitting, and then play some pop/hip-hop/rock song over it.
I like the camera angle in the dirt too. I think that is a pretty cool angle to get of the batter either striking out, or getting a hit.
I think they have gone a little overboard with all the close-ups of the fans...but the Red Sox are finally in it again, and Sox fans are so emotional that it is probably a pretty accurate depiction.
Cards in 7!
Are you a CHICK??
fumanstan
10-25-04, 11:43 AM
I agree about the fan close ups. Don't need to see so many dopey lookin fans. At least during the regular season they'd mostly just show hot ladies.
And naturally the broadcast is favored toward the Sox. East coast bias and all :)
ChiTownAbs, Inc
10-25-04, 11:52 AM
I guarantee you that if the Cubs were in the WS ... they would suck up to the Cubs sob story like there was no tomorrow.
Now if it was Boston/Chicago. Shit, I dunno WHAT they'd do.
aintnosin
10-25-04, 12:04 PM
Originally posted by Hiro11
I'm a huge Sox fan, but even I admit that the Fox coverage has been very Sox partisan. If I were a Cards fan, I might be a wee bit pissed right now. That is kind of funny considering who Joe Buck is related to.
Red Dog
10-25-04, 12:06 PM
Originally posted by aintnosin
That is kind of funny considering who Joe Buck is related to.
And where he works locally and where McCarver played.....
El Scorcho
10-25-04, 12:30 PM
Sox fans deserve it. Especially since McCarver did nothing but verbally suck off the entire Yankee organization for over a week during the ALCS.
Canadian Bacon
10-25-04, 01:00 PM
Originally posted by El Scorcho
Sox fans deserve it. Especially since McCarver did nothing but verbally suck off the entire Yankee organization for over a week during the ALCS. :up: it wasn't quite Duke and Dickie V during the ALCS but it was still a pain hearing McCarver
B.A.
10-25-04, 01:03 PM
I'm a Cards fan and I don't care if the broadcast is biased towards the Sox. Did people expect fair and balanced programming? Of course not.
I'm personally sick of the little box that pops up and tells who is on the mound, at the plate, and who's on first, second and third.
El Scorcho
10-25-04, 02:04 PM
They really should add a box to that thing B.A. is talking about that lists who Affleck brought to the park that night.
B.A.
10-25-04, 02:05 PM
:lol:
MJKTool
10-25-04, 02:08 PM
I could use a little less of Shilling's bloody ankle coverage.
Canadian Bacon
10-25-04, 02:13 PM
Originally posted by MJKTool
I could use a little less of Shilling's bloody ankle coverage. now if they'd cover a player's wife's bloody panties :D
:yack:
El Scorcho
10-25-04, 02:18 PM
Originally posted by Canadian Bacon
now if they'd cover a player's wife's bloody panties :D
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