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Dammit Fox!
« on: October 23, 2005, 09:36:58 pm »
Show the fucking baseball game instead your promos.  Would've been nice to see the Ensberg homerun.
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2005, 11:11:50 pm »
Yeah..and who gives a shit who is in the stands?
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2005, 11:24:17 pm »
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Yeah..and who gives a shit who is in the stands?



FOX does.

They paid good money for those tickets!
Gotta pimp the product.
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2005, 10:46:02 am »
I first I pissed at FOX for trying to squeeze in as much football as they could before the game.  Then I have to see J. Zelasko and those earrings and I realize their pregame show sucks anyway
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2005, 11:21:09 am »
i saw the HR. why didn't you?
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2005, 11:23:16 am »
I saw him rounding first...they were playing that "I live for this promo", came back, and MoBerg was rounding the bases.  Did he hit the first pitch, or did they miss even more than the HR swing?
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2005, 11:24:20 am »
in Austin, the pitch and swing were on TV. i saw both.
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2005, 11:24:34 am »
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i saw the HR. why didn't you?



I didn't see it because they didn't show it.  They were in commercial then cut to Ensberg rounding the bases.  They only showed it on replay.  At least that's how it was in Houston.
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2005, 12:32:38 pm »
Preferential treatment for popes, I suppose.  Fox sucks.
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2005, 12:37:14 pm »
In DC, they came back right as the pitch left the bat.  Just like Ensberg's pop-out during the All-Star Game.
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2005, 12:41:06 pm »
i caught the ball hitting the bat..and it going out..so i saw all but the wind up and the release..i think part of this can be attributed to Buehrle's quick pitching
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2005, 12:43:39 pm »
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i caught the ball hitting the bat..and it going out..so i saw all but the wind up and the release..i think part of this can be attributed to Buehrle's quick pitching



No, 100% of it can be attributed to the idiots at Fox who think it's more important that we see their commercials than the game.  Buehrle and Ensberg didn't run out of the dugout at the end of the previous inning and immediately go to work.  There were warm up pitches, and the umpire had to put the ball in play.  Fox, or whomever, was napping, more concerned with pimping the next "Meet Your New Mommy" show than the World Series game they were broadcasting.
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2005, 12:44:54 pm »
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i caught the ball hitting the bat..and it going out..so i saw all but the wind up and the release..i think part of this can be attributed to Buehrle's quick pitching



I think it can be attributed to Fox trying to squeeze every last cent out of advertisers. I've missed several pitches due to the late return. Show the damn game.
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2005, 12:52:51 pm »
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I think it can be attributed to Fox trying to squeeze every last cent out of advertisers. I've missed several pitches due to the late return. Show the damn game.



Fox says that is EXACTLY why it happened (page about halfway down)  "commercial breaks were increased for Game 2 for most innings to two minutes and 55 seconds."  The Link

Ridiculous.  They want their 5-hour marathons that the AL usually gives them.
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2005, 12:59:51 pm »
i wish they would stop caring so much about ratings and just show the baseball...ratings shouldnt even be a concern when a CHAMPIONSHIP is on the line..
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Re: Dammit Fox!
« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2005, 02:47:53 pm »
Umm, if it's any indication, there's no way baseball is played on a raw, Chicago night if it wasn't all about ratings and the money that comes with it.
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