On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 9:44 AM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote:
> It may just be the Yankee fan in me, but I really liked the Mariano's > moment at the bottom of the 8th. For one, I thought running "Enter > Sandman"* over the PA was a nice touch; doubly so since it's CitiField, and > walk-on music for a visiting player is almost unheard of - trust me, this > didn't happen during the Subway Series - so points to the Mets and/or MLB. > I don't know if the players organically came to the decision to stay off > the field during Mariano's walk-on or if that came down from upstairs, but > I thought it was a very classy move and a great show of respect for > arguably the best closer to ever play the game. > > My only complaint is that it felt like maybe the moment ran a little long, > but that could have been because Mariano walked on directly after Neil > Diamond's performance of "Sweet Caroline" (which, honestly, should have > been attached to the 7th Inning Stretch). > > *Yes, "Enter Sandman" is Mariano's normal walk-on music. And hearing Tim > McCarver trying to analyze the chorus is something I'll never unhear. > So, my criticism was not of the solo walk-on by Mariano, which was nice, but of how Fox pimped some kind of Mariano moment for the entire broadcast. I probably fast forwarded through it, but I am sure they had a bumper during one of the commercials saying "stay tuned for a very special Mariano Moment in the 9th inning". Yes, we knew they were going to try to get him to close the game, we knew it would be a cool all-star game moment when he came in, but for the sake of all that is good and holy, please try to just let some of these things unfold somewhat naturally. As it was, it made the fact that they brought him in for the 8th (for obvious reasons) something of a let-down. I was telling my son Leyland should have let Nathan get the first 2 outs in the 8th, bring in Mariano for the last out, and then let him pitch the entire 9th if necessary. Melting Diamond out of his cryo-crypt after the Boston attacks to sing Çaroline in NY was cool. Making us sit through his blood curdling performance one more time was cruel and unusual punishment, but typical of Fox Sports that never met a cheesy moment it would not stretch for in order to reveal its fat and hairy underbelly. > > > On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 12:24:14 AM UTC-4, PGage wrote: >> >> I take backseat to no one in my disdain for Tim McCarver's broadcasting >> since he has been at Fox (in an earlier incarnation he was actually pretty >> good). And I am no fan of his partner young Joe B., though I do not hate >> him nearly as much. But I did enjoy Buck's tribute to McCarver at the end >> of tonight's All-Star broadcast (a show that really tried much too hard for >> a signature moment with Rivera). It looked like they really did surprise >> him on air with that announcement that they were putting his scorecard in >> the Hall of Fame. And the only think that makes McCarver tolerable these >> days is seeing him through the eyes of Joe Buck - that is the kid inside >> Joe Buck who loved baseball and the Cardinals, and was born the year >> McCarver left the Cards the first time, but must have been around 4 or 5 >> the year he came back, and McCarver must be some kind of link for young >> Buck to his father. >> >> Lots of other things I could say that still bug the hell out of me about >> Fox's All Star game coverage, and baseball coverage in general, but that >> was a nice moment. >> > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
