It's the sport that has long been the worst served by the TV coverage of its postseason though, John Smoltz, Harold Reynolds, late era Tim McCarver, etc. This wasn't true way back in the day and watching playoff baseball on TV was indeed peak sports awesome, now it's often awesome with a constant undercurrent of irritation at its presentation, heh. Especially if it's the team you've followed all year, it is really frustrating how uninformed and often flat-out wrong the announcers generally are (David Cone current major exception, he is consistently fantastic, also I really like Ryan Rowland-Smith for SEA games).
That's kind of the way it used to be done back in the 70s. NBC would pair Curt Gowdy or Joe Garagiola with a home team announcer from whatever team was hosting that game. I'd be for it but for the fact that I cannot STAND any of the Rays announcers. But since I always root for them to suffer as quick a (playoff) death as possible and often listen to games with the sound off, it wouldn't matter even if the cursed Rays made a deep run.It's the sport that has long been the worst served by the TV coverage of its postseason though, John Smoltz, Harold Reynolds, late era Tim McCarver, etc. This wasn't true way back in the day and watching playoff baseball on TV was indeed peak sports awesome, now it's often awesome with a constant undercurrent of irritation at its presentation, heh. Especially if it's the team you've followed all year, it is really frustrating how uninformed and often flat-out wrong the announcers generally are (David Cone current major exception, he is consistently fantastic, also I really like Ryan Rowland-Smith for SEA games).
Anyway my dream is three man booths of a play by play guy and one color guy from each of the two teams playing, so much more informed and also maybe good arguments sometimes, multiple informed perspectives, maybe even a little trash-talking.
But yes my DVR is set for four games a day, I think I am rooting for ATL over BAL, sub-90 win teams shouldn't be playoff eligible IMO (and conversely all 90 win teams should get in, a cut line like in golf) which leaves very few options this year.
A straight line number like 90 seems arbitrary to meIt's the sport that has long been the worst served by the TV coverage of its postseason though, John Smoltz, Harold Reynolds, late era Tim McCarver, etc. This wasn't true way back in the day and watching playoff baseball on TV was indeed peak sports awesome, now it's often awesome with a constant undercurrent of irritation at its presentation, heh. Especially if it's the team you've followed all year, it is really frustrating how uninformed and often flat-out wrong the announcers generally are (David Cone current major exception, he is consistently fantastic, also I really like Ryan Rowland-Smith for SEA games).
Anyway my dream is three man booths of a play by play guy and one color guy from each of the two teams playing, so much more informed and also maybe good arguments sometimes, multiple informed perspectives, maybe even a little trash-talking.
But yes my DVR is set for four games a day, I think I am rooting for ATL over BAL, sub-90 win teams shouldn't be playoff eligible IMO (and conversely all 90 win teams should get in, a cut line like in golf) which leaves very few options this year.
One of their alternate jerseys. Maybe they had a good record with it like the Sox and the yellow jerseys?
So many injuries on the Rays, some of the kids coming up don't have a lot of power.
