Thank goodness that the worst-played, worst-managed, worst-televised, worst-spoken and worst-cluttered playoffs have gone to their maker.
First step: Change the in-game disclaimer from “Any rebroadcast, retransmission or account of this game, without the express written consent of Major League Baseball, is prohibited” to be more realistic, as if anyone would steal what MLB , ESPN, TBS and Fox did to these playoffs.
Consider Fox’s Derek Jeter after Game 1 of the WS when Aaron Boone, as per his six-year force of habit, provided as much aid and comfort to the Dodgers since Benedict Arnold said, “They went that way.” AfterAaron Boone reacts in the dugout after Gavin Lux hits a sacrifice fly during the Yankees’ Game 5 World Series loss.
The rank disrespect Rob Manfred, the Dodgers and Yanks showed for the World Series and The Game wasn’t shocking given that Manfred allowed the Dodgers to turn a Gay Pride Game into a demonstration-by-inviteRapper Ice Cube walks off the field after performing before the Yankees’ Game 2 loss to the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
Why would MLB be so eager to attach the World Series to these two? Who would now watch who had no plans to watch? Would Manfred rap their lyrics to the kids and women in his life? And as relentlessly annoying as were Fox’s overly excitable Joe Davis — as they sang on the old “Patty Duke Show,” “a hot dog makes her lose control” — and John “Spin Rate” Smoltz, whoover 16 hours, Fox provided them lots of garnish in the form of ESPN-like stats designed to recite and feed the hype among the...
Get Off My Infield Lawn: In August, Aaron Boone benched Gleyber Torres for not hustling. And such minimal play was to cease. But as reader Saul Mishaan notes, it not only was resurrected by Torres, the Yanks home-plate posed throughout the postseason. Gleyber Torres celebrates as he rounds the bases on his three-run home run in the Yankees’ Game 4 win.Among the NFL’s most underrated: Ravens’ TE Mark Andrews. Be your own analyst: Watch him every snap until he’s out of frame.
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