I can guarantee that FOX execs probably wanted to kill Aaron Boone and Steve Bartman for contributing to the demise of a possible Cubs/Red Sox World Series. At the time both were known for their long time drought without a WS and both teams helped to contribute to strong league championships series in the ratings.

I know its fun to speculate now, but I don’t think predicting that it would have been the highest rated World Series of all time on television. 44 million is a lot of viewers with all the channels on television these days but if anything could have done it, the Cubs/Red Sox were the best chance they have ever had to do it.

After winning in ’04 and ’07 the appeal of the Red Sox would probably not be as high as it was in 2003.

Yanks in 6.

I hate the Red Sox so much, that I wish they could have lost MORE painfully.

The weird thing about TBS is Dick Stockton who has been calling the Cards/Dodgers series works with FOX Sports for both MLB and NFL. Chip Carey use to work as the FOX Sports MLB studio host.

However, the telecast is produced to ignore the feature. The camera angle will often switch away as soon as the pitch is complete. You have a fraction of a second to see where the ball went, as it only shows during the center field camera view.

Bad form, indeed.

I, for one, am ready to get up, open the window, and scream: “I’m mad as (forum filter) and I’m not going to take it any more!” I recommend other HD TBS viewers do the same.

Overall, the announcers are less than inspiring. I’m looking forward to an end of beisbol on TBS. The broadcast production leaves a less than post season feel, but rather, one of a network desperate for ratings in a crowded marketplace.

P.S. There are some bad umpires out there.

Whoever broadcasts the WS between will hit gold if it’s between the Dodgers and Yankees, what with the peripheral mini-dramas. To many people it still smells like a intra-city series.

GO ANGELS!!!

After you take your well-deserved time off for having swept of course.