So Arizona put the Yankees in their place as losers. Their swagger and attitude got to be a bit annoying - especially that Jeter character. Thankfully, there will be no more baseball, especially baseball on Fox. They had to be the worst ever. From Tim McCarver's poor color analysis, to the dumb questions of the on-field reporter. The fact that they questioned the decision to keep Schilling in was even raised by Kris, who doesn't have the best grasp of baseball strategy. It must have been seven times in the next two innings. But, now that the Diamondbacks won, you won't hear him talking about it again. (Thank God.)
There's also another thing about sports on TV that is really starting to get to me. You watch the commercials, and then when you get back to the game, they remind you who is sponsoring the game. It was bad enough to see the commercials for the hundredth time, but then they have to tell the companies' ads you just saw. It happens not only in baseball, but in football as well. (It probably happens in basketball, too. I just haven't watched any yet.) And now, every game summary stat, or pitcher change, or line-up introduction is sponsored. The networks have no shame in taking money. It really has gotten to be less about the sport, and more about how much money they can make. It's no wonder (p)A(y)-Rod is making $25 million. Let's see, Fox overspends to get the televising contract, realize they need an announcer, find washed-up McCarver, and then they spend way too much for him, and then to break even, the have to get every part of their broadcast sponsored. It's no wonder that the "Loser Bowl" (0-4 Dallas & Washington on Monday night-10/15) out attracted Game 5 of NY/Oakland: nobody cares about baseball when given the choice. Peter Gammons said this morning (or last night) that he finds it hard to believe because of the World Series that just was, why there would ever be contraction talk? Um, let's see, way overpaid players, an infinitely long season, an average 4,000 attendance in Montreal, no-one willing to build the twins a ball park, and a player lock-out that the league still hasn't recovered from, are just some of the issues that have contributed to a decline in interest in baseball. Wake up and stop smelling your paycheck, Peter! Baseball just isn't "America's Pastime" anymore, plain an simple. Everyone's in it for the money, and not for the game.