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MLB on FOX, 5/25/13

bmfc1 May 23 2013 11:36 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 23 2013 12:54 PM

See if you are in the FOX viewing area for the Mets-Braves game on Saturday night. That's right--it's a night game, 7:15 start. MLB on FOX 5/25 Pregame: Matt Vasgersian, Harold Reynolds & Cliff Floyd St. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers- Joe Buck, Tim McCarver and Ken Rosenthal 32% OF MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Denver, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Memphis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, San Diego, St. Louis, Tulsa. Atlanta Braves at New York Mets - Justin Kutcher and Tom Verducci 25% OF MARKETS INCLUDE: Atlanta, Birmingham, Buffalo, Charlotte, Greensboro, Greenville, Hartford, Jacksonville, Knoxville, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Raleigh, Tampa. Miami Marlins at Chicago White Sox- Thomm Brennaman and Eric Karros 14% OF MARKETS INCLUDE: Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Fort Myers, Miami, Minneapolis, West Palm Beach. Oakland A’s at Houston Astros- Rick Waltz and Mitch Williams 12% OF MARKETS INCLUDE: Austin, Dallas, Houston, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Francisco, Seattle. Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals Tom McCarthy and Bill Ripken 12% OF MARKETS INCLUDE: Baltimore, Boston, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Providence, Richmond, Washington. http://www.the506.com/temp11.html Those of us in the "DMV" (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia) will not get the game. Because it's on FOX, the game is blacked out on mlb.tv and Extra Innings (this changes in 2014). FOX cares so little about baseball that it has Ashton Kutcher's brother calling the game! He's not but I've never heard of the guy. He has worked baseball games as a statistician so when Kenny said that he couldn't make it, perhaps Justin said "I'd do it" and now he is calling a primetime game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Kutcher. Joining Justin is a magazine writer. It used to be an honor to work a televised sporting event on a national network, but now anyone can do it! Sunday's game is on ESPN (this is the game that necessitated the move of Banner Day) so Gary, Keith, Ron and Guys! get two days off.

Ceetar May 23 2013 11:52 AM Re: MLB on FOX, 5/25/13

bmfc1 wrote: Sunday's game is on ESPN (this is the game that necessitated the move of Banner Day) so Gary, Keith, Ron and Guys! get two days off. and off today. Wonder if they should just have scrubs do tomorrow and take the 4 days off.

bmfc1 May 23 2013 11:54 AM Re: MLB on FOX, 5/25/13

Gary missed yesterday so if he takes off tomorrow, he gets a little break from the Mets.

G-Fafif May 23 2013 12:03 PM Re: MLB on FOX, 5/25/13

A chance to listen to Justin before one instinctively turns down the sound on him. The interviewer suffers from that wanna-be disease of talking way too fucking much by way of asking a question before giving his guest a chance.

Benjamin Grimm May 23 2013 12:18 PM Re: MLB on FOX, 5/25/13

G-Fafif wrote: The interviewer suffers from that wanna-be disease of talking way too fucking much by way of asking a question before giving his guest a chance. That's a pet peeve of mine. I remember noticing that WFAN hosts were widely guilty of that, especially Francesa and Russo. I was reminded of that last week when my daughter was watching Teen Nick Countdown and Nick Cannon was asking a question of some cute young female singer, and instead of just asking the damn question, he went into a lengthy explanation of why he was asking the question and how his interest in her answer related to his own experiences. It was maddening.

Frayed Knot May 23 2013 12:24 PM Re: MLB on FOX, 5/25/13

Political folks are often guilty of that too. They ask questions with these ridiculously long preambles that sound designed more to impress their colleagues than actually get a coherent or usable answer.

Ceetar May 23 2013 12:29 PM Re: MLB on FOX, 5/25/13

I think a lot of these people, particularly some of the ones mentioned, think it's their show. The 'guest' is just a teaser to get you to watch/listen to them. Francesa wants you to hear what he has to say, a guest is just a useful topic. Politicians, especially when using planted/prepared questions, really just want to talk at you.

Frayed Knot May 23 2013 12:33 PM Re: MLB on FOX, 5/25/13

I'm not even talking about the politicians so much as about the political reporters. White House press conferences often become a one-upsmanship contest among the correspondents.

Ceetar May 23 2013 12:39 PM Re: MLB on FOX, 5/25/13

Frayed Knot wrote: I'm not even talking about the politicians so much as about the political reporters. White House press conferences often become a one-upsmanship contest among the correspondents. blurring the line between reporter and analyst?