...Harry Coyle's style is passed down to the next generation of
producers, and we have a far more muted style than what Fox throws up every
Saturday. More stat friendly announcers, and significantly less Tim
McCarver (though far more Bob Costas, and you can take that how you will).
I'll
On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 6:49:44 AM UTC-4, JW wrote:
One thing that struck me watching (the kinescope of) game 7 of the
1960 Series was that there were no replays. By the '70s, I remember
how they'd show Graig Nettles making a play at third half a dozen
times. Now, of course, we get
It depends on which alternate universe you want to play in: does NBC never
lose the baseball contract or do they go after it in 2000 with Fox to keep
what was the status quo?
In the former, Harry Coyle's style is passed down to the next generation of
producers, and we have a far more muted style
But Coyle's production method is infinitely better than anything Fox has
ever done on a baseball broadcast. Fox treats the game itself as secondary
to whatever they want to do in the broadcast (in-game coaching interviews
are Exhibit A). Coyle let the game speak for itself.
I mean, look at how
Let's say that Harry Coyle's style gets passed down to the next group of
directors.
And sooner or later, Fox seems to influence everyone else--probably NBC
would've eventually become Foxified. Even Ebersol gave up on score boxes
eventually. And over in another division, everyone else started
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote:
But Coyle's production method is infinitely better than anything Fox has
ever done on a baseball broadcast. Fox treats the game itself as secondary
to whatever they want to do in the broadcast (in-game coaching interviews
Right - though I try to remind myself that with the Olympics we are not
really dealing with NBC Sports per se, since they are trying to make their
money back from so many non-sports fans. But it it were Fox making a mess
of the Olympics we would at least be able to say: What do you expect,
