800 million just does not go very far these days...
IMO...SCREW TBS...
They overpaid to get the "exclusive rights" for the NL/AL DS and the NLCS...so no one should feel sorry for 'em. Sure a majority of the country has cable/dish/...etc...but some of the older generation baseball fans do not...and so :finger: TBS for overpaying...in order to send those oldtimers (in local markets) out to a watering hole...
I hate when guys rip network executives for stuff like this
Why not yell at HBO for making old men leave their house to watch Sopranos?
My point is blame Bud Selig not TBSApples 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
Ok i see you are mostly complaining about the studio now, i have no interest ever in a studio show unless its football or Barkley is there thats itCouple 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 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.
Ok i see you are mostly complaining about the studio now, i have no interest ever in a studio show unless its football or Barkley is there thats it
Chuck would be like, the Yankees Suck, Arod Sucks, this series is over period.
Actually Stockton was one of the lead baseball guys on CBS when that network had hardball in 1989.i mean dont put on ernie johnson, craig sager, dick stockton, etc. these guys are nba guys, like i said they don't sound right in a baseball enviroment and it doesn't seem like they are too pleased doing this.
i always get ron darling, keith hernandez, and a third guy that's definitely not him on fsn. Ted's done it a couple times but i've never seen him full time. I only hear Howie on the radio for WFAN also.