Why ESPN Baseball SUCKS!!!

them say Lou and his White Sox?? They have NO idea what they say

the ‘casual’ baseball fan, who might only watch a few games per season. ‘Baseball for Dummies,’ you might say.’ If I had time earlier today, I would have asked for the over/under for the first ‘1908’ mention.

I caught one @ 70 mins into the broadcast.

And, tonight’s open - shame on that Cubs fan. He’s a loser. If he expects to lose, HE will lose. Always expect to win. It’s a positive mind-set. That guy who was profiled at the start of the telecast, deep down - likes losing. He revels in it. A better example would be Al—he accepts the past, but doesn’t let it hang over him. I try to follow the same type of mind-set.

minus volume!

“Mark DeRosa hasn’t really found a position on this team”

- Joe Morgan

My cousin told me he actually repeated that the basket was the reason for Banks homeruns being so high. Even though he has been repeatedly told the basket was installed in 1970 and Ernie hit all but 14 of his homers before that.

but unavoidable and too juicy for them to pass up. And you forgot about the Barrett vs Annoying Jerk fight. Of course they had to bring it up and show the footage. Atleast they showed the footage. Those blue eyes…...

they were showing inside the dugout while ramirez hit his homerun

but she is hell on wheels to work with, as I have been told. An ego as big as Jim Rome’s.

Can someone confirm to me if Morgan actually said the basket was put in to help Ernie get more homeruns?

Banks Boulevard. I’d never heard the term before.

What pisses me off is the constant repetition of “factoids.” It’s as if they expect viewers to be channel switching so if they repeat something ten times, somebody might catch it.

Hard to believe but there’s almost 300 million in this country living OUTSIDE the Chicago metro area.

Who gives a RATS ASS if the Eastern Seaboard Programming Network or any of these other “national” sports networks harps about the 100 years thing?

Let them yap about things like that, Ozzie and his rats comment and any other crap. The Cubs are doing well. Now it’s time to expand on that 20 games over .500 mark.

Wanna rip? Rip on Morgan continuing to talk about that damned basket where he continues to believe Mr. Cub hit so many HR’s there…

Did anyone catch Morgan saying that the Pierzynski/Barrett play would have had the crowd standing and applauding if it was at home. If I recall, it WAS at US Cellular as Joe could’ve seen by the replay where AJ was wearing the home whites and Barrett the road grays.

Second, when they had their graphic to display the Cubs and Sox “history” they showed a shot of the stadium (Wrigley and Cell respectively) when each team was founded (1876 and 1901 respectively) and a photo. That photo for the Sox was Ozzie holding the WS Trophy during their parade. For the Cubs? A shot of AZ fans holding up 1908 in large balloons. What the frak? We ALL know it’s been 100 years, give it a rest for 5 seconds and find a shot of Ramirez crossing the plate on Friday or any other of this years memorable shots.

Third, I thought the basket fence was installed to keep fans from jumping onto the field after Cubs wins in ‘69/’70?

get in the way of a good story.

It’s excruciating listening to Morgan. It’s all about me, me, me.

Also, they’ve got to lose those silly suits. They look like Len and Bob on 1948 day.

It’s 2008 already. The above mentioned stuff has been replayed in our minds enough. We don’t need to see it on ESPN before their Cubs games. Yesterday’s history; tomorrow’s a mystery; today’s a gift; that’s why they call it the present. The present is pretty good for the Cubs.

Morgan can’t get a fact right - and you are complaining about their - clothing??

I’ve heard it all. You must have misssed the yellow blazers ABC Sports made their announcers wear in the 1970’s.

Ever hear the phrase “cheaper to keep her”?

Joe is “safe” as a broadcaster. He doesn’t say anything controversial, he knows who butters his bread and thus falls in with the company line, and he shows up on time. He happens to know how to string three words together, which for an athlete is like being a Rhodes Scholar. Plus his minority status gives ESPN an image of being politically correct and in accordance with affirmative action.

Now, his arrogance and his habit of talking the game from the perspective of himself and the mid-70s is self-serving and tiresome…to say nothing of his laziness in checking his facts and his desire to inject a racial slant into the proceedings. His blatant disregard of Ryne Sandberg is totally unprofessional and petty. However, these things are not in violation of his employer’s conduct policies and cannot be construed as “detrimental behavior”. He’s like the co-worker of ours who is annoying but can’t be fired because he/she hasn’t done anything wrong.

So, while Joe doesn’t do anything wrong, that’s not to say he automatically “does right” when he calls games. And with Joe, ESPN knows exactly what it’s getting – as opposed to bringing in an unfamiliar outsider.

I truly enjoyed the old-style radio transmissions as I was fly fishing in the wilds of the Smoky Mountains last weekend. No visual baseball for three days as I staulked the wild brookie but the spoken imagery was outstanding. Pat and Ron via XM radio …....”IT”S GOT A CHANCE! .....GONE!” Those two guys are priceless; such a wonderful aspect of the Cubs experience.