Saturday, February 3, 2007

The MLB On FOX: Making You Dumber By the Week

Some off-hockey stuff, and because I had no where else to whine about this and Wyshynski's never on AIM on weekends and no one else but the people who read this will listen to this rant:

How retarded is MLB On Fox?

First of all, how often is a game in HD? Baseball is even slower to adapt than the NHL!

Secondly, it's not a national TV package if you air 26 weeks of coverage, 2-3 games regionally each week, and don't include 7 teams at all (Baltimore, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Tampa, Toronto, Kansas City, Pittsburgh).

Third, dropping one game and moving every telecast to 3:55 PM on Saturdays. Three-Fifty-Five. I do not want to watch a ball game at 3:55!

Here's the schedule, as I point out stupidities along the way

(NOTE: ALL GAMES START AT 3:55 P.M. ET, Pre-game at 3:30 P.M. ET, TWIB airs at 3)

April 7
NYM vs. ATL
MIN vs. CWS
LAD vs. SF

April 14
HOU vs. PHI
LAA vs. BOS
TEX vs. SEA

April 21
NYY vs. BOS
STL vs. CHC

April 28
BOS vs. NYY
CHC vs. STL (This is not a mistake)

May 5
CWS vs. LAA
PHI vs. SF
SEA vs. NYY

May 12
DET vs. MIN
CHC vs. PHI
LAA vs. TEX

May 19
NYY vs. NYM
CWS vs. CHC (Only 1 game in both series will air on Fox this year)

May 26
BOS vs. TEX
CHC vs. LAD
PHI vs. ATL

June 2
NYY vs. BOS (Were up to 3 on the BOS-Yanks count)
STL vs. HOU

June 9
NYM vs. DET
HOU vs. CWS
OAK vs. SF

June 16
SF vs. BOS
LAA vs. LAD
DET vs. PHI

June 23
NYY vs. SF
PHI vs. STL
HOU vs. TEX

June 30
NYM vs. PHI
MIN vs. DET
COL vs. HOU

July 7
LAA vs. NYY
ATL vs. SD
MIN vs. CWS

July 14
HOU vs. CHC
STL vs. PHI
LAD vs. SF

July 21
NYM vs. LAD
CWS vs. BOS
COL vs. WSH

July 28
SD vs. HOU
DET vs. LAA
ATL vs. ARZ

August 4
NYM vs. CHC
LAA vs. OAK
COL vs. ATL

August 11
LAD vs. STL
OAK vs. DET
SD vs. CIN

August 18
DET vs. NYY
STL vs. CHC (Up to 3 times for this game)

August 25
LAD vs. NYM
BOS vs. CWS

September 1
NYM vs. ATL
DET vs. OAK
TEX vs. LAA

September 8
MIN vs. CWS
LAD vs. SF
FLA vs. PHI

September 15
NYY vs. BOS (4th Time)
CHC vs. STL (4th Time)
TEX vs. OAK

September 22 & 29 are flex scheduling dates.

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