On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 7:19 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. >
I watched the whole game last night and it was the first time in years that I didn't get up and walk out in disgust at the telecast. While it was true that they were pimping Rivera, he was the only player they were pimping. In previous years there would be 3 or 4 players who would get all the attention even to the point of ignoring the ongoing game. Once they showed Rivera taking practice throws in the bullpen during the top of the eighth there was no more suspense as to when he would pitch and the TV team did a good job of not trying to build up pretend tension. > > 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. > Let's not overlook the possibility that it was MLB who thought it was a good idea to bring Diamond in to sing. -- -- 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.
