I'll stipulate up front that, as a Dodger fan, anything the Giants do short of losing 100 games in a season is anathema to me.
That said, while I agree with the assessment that there's a huge East Coast bias and that West Coast fans see a lot more baseball, I can't agree that this year's Series will pay off in added recognition for either the Giants or Rangers. There was so little national interest in the games -- and, from the little I saw, it was not a very interesting one -- that the basic unfamiliarity with both teams will continue. (This would probably apply to any team west of the Mississippi, by the way. Since ESPN seems to think only three or four teams play baseball, this could probably read "west of the Hudson," but that would exclude their beloved Phillies.) And for that tired old canard about Dodger fans arriving late and leaving early, let me say that I've seen ballgames in every part of this country, and guess what?, fans for every team arrive late and leave early. If I had a dollar for every Giant game I've been to where nearby fans arrived, drunk as skunks, in the bottom of the 4th and left following the seventh inning stretch, I'd have enough dough to buy a competent roster for the Dodgers. --Dave Sikula On Nov 3, 3:10 am, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > >> unknown teams meet. If the Giants and/or Rangers return to the > >> postseason next year, people will know them and be more likely to root > >> for or against them. > > > Right - but the reason these teams were relatively unknown to most of the > > nation is the east coast media bias that puts the big-population centered > > eastern teams on national television, and in SportsCenter rotation, more > > than teams out west. > > Did people know the Phillies and Rays better a couple years ago? > > > Also I suppose, many of our games our on while many of > > the eastern time zone is asleep. On the west coast, I never got to sleep > > without knowing the final score of every game in the majors leagues, and I > > can watch any game I have access to without going into heavy sleep debt. > > That's why I think that, contrary to popular opinion, west coast fans are > > actually more knowledgeable than east coast fans - we see more games. > > That makes sense for serious fans, and everyplace has its share of > good and bad, serious and casual fans. And the concept of Sunday > morning football that David mentioned is as odd to us back east as the > idea of late night events must be out west. I've heard often enough > about Dodger fans arriving early and leaving late to believe there's > some truth to the reports, though. That's not to say that every fan on > the west coast acts that way, but there is the sense, rightly or > wrongly, that in locales where going to the beach is a convenient > alternative to going to the ballpark, fans are on average more casual. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
