> But, to get back to my original, more TV-related point, the Giants really > have been overlooked by the national media this year, and especially Fox > Sports. By any objective standard, this team is on the short list of best > NL World Series teams in the history of MLB.
Uh, no. Even if I felt like doing the research, most of this list wouldn't be interested, but I think the Giants just got hot enough at the right time. > The only other time a World Series winner came back from > two consecutive three game to one deficits, winning 6 elimination games in > a row, was the 1985 KC Royals; it has never been done by an NL team. Not coincidentally, 1985 was the first season a team could come back from two 3-1 deficits. From 1969-84, the LCS were best-of-5, and there were only the occasional one or three game tiebreakers before that. > ... And only five other teams in the history of National League have ever > won two World Series in three years (Cubs in 1907-08; NY Giants in > 1921-22; Cardinals (1942-44; 44-46); LA Dodgers (1963-65); Reds (1975-76); > SF Giants (2010-12). I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest that the 21st century Giants are the only one of those teams who had one starting position player in common between their two champions. That's not exactly a juggernaut. And while I may look back in a few years and appreciate the pitching more, right now I'm not convinced it's better than Philly's, or Detroit's. Please don't misunderstand. The Giants earned their championship, and you have every right to celebrate it. But when we talk about great teams of all time, I don't think these Giants are in the discussion. TV-related, I'm still impressed by how bad a job Fox manages to do after all these years. They're so impressed by their technical capabilities that they refuse to consider that most of those capabilities add nothing to the broadcast. For every useful shot of Pence's bat breaking and hitting the ball again, there are too many replays of routine pitches or shots of uninteresting signs in the stands. -- 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
