Apples and Oranges...
MLB has ALWAYS had local markets receive the playoff broadcasts on free TV...until now...
The Sopranos was NEVER on free TV...and there is no "local" market for this show...would have a hard time imaging a guy in Montvale arguing that he should get to watch that show for free...lol.
My point is blame Bud Selig not TBS
TBS is in the market to gain eyeballs, if they could get every NFL game would you blame them too?
They got the Baseball package and Kudos to them, but Selig is the one people should be mad at for going Cable as opposed to broadcast television
Couple things...
First, TNT used to have Sunday night football back in the day...Pat Haden was really something in the booth...:missingte
Also, they do not have the cash to get the Sunday Ticket...
Second, I do not care about Cable vs Free TV in a general sense...but when you do what TBS did here...which is tell the fans in Boston, Chicago, Philly, etc...that do not have cable/dishes...that they will ...for the 1st TIME not get to sit at home and watch their home team in the playoffs is asinine. But that is why TBS had to overpay. Their choice if they want to lose money...
But at the very least...I mean at the Minimum...they should have a studio show that was somewhat watchable. Their little circus is the worst pregame show I have ever seen...Hell they should use Barkley in there...
How that network TBS/TNT can have a tremendous NBA studio show...and then put this BS out there is embarrassing for them. I quit watching after Friday's laugh-fest.
I feel bad for the 70 year old Red Sox fan...Rockies fan...Indians fan...etc... that is living on a fixed income...
Cannot afford cable...because of his overpriced pharmaceuticals...or whatever...
And when the Red Sox used to be on cable during the playoffs...well he was able to watch 'em at home...because ESPN allowed fans in their local markets to get those games for free...
This year he had to go to a bar.
Just how I feel about it.
Baseball has some oldtimer fans...and I think its BS.
:lol:
He would be better than anything they have in there now...
Thomas has no opinion...
Ripken is talking about last week...
Ernie is excited about Kobe and if he asked to be traded yet at Lakers camp.
Hard to say that TBS is getting screwed when this is what they are offering baseball fans...
Thankfully they will be forced to stop after the NLCS.
Gary Cohen is the play by play guy on FSN for the Mets. I actually like listening to Darling and Hernandez. Hernandez doesn't pull any punches and is good for having to apologize about something at least once a year.
Robinson is the Mets play by play guy when they are on local TV.
Stockton is versatile in my opinion...I think he does good anouncing for the NFL,NBA and Bases as well...The rest are alright...Curtis Granderson saturday night came off intelligent and seemed sharp in the studio...Unlike Frank who seems to be a little dazed so far...Ripken is decent speaking...
