# ESPN? Get your head out of your ASS!! (very mild)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-get-your-head-out-of-your-ass-very-mild/235498>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 21, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-get-your-head-out-of-your-ass-very-mild/235498 "2004-03-21T02:43:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-get-your-head-out-of-your-ass-very-mild/235498/1 "2004-03-21T02:43:08Z")

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I see that you are broadcasting MLB Spring Training games. For that, you have my heart felt thanks. Thank you, thank you, thank you.  
But…

You have committed what is in my view, a cardnial sin. You have interviewed players in the dugout _ **while action is going on on the field!!!** _

First off, nobody _really \* cares what these guys have to say. And the stuff that we might care about, you don’t ask. Regardless, we want to see_ the game\*. Only \*the game \* matters. Really. If these guys couln’t play _the game_, we would never listen to them at all.

Now, let’s address the questions you actually pre-empt field action for.

J.D. Drew was asked, at length, how it _felt_ to wear a Braves uniforn as opposed to a Cardinals uniform. Jim Edmunds was asked, again, at length, how it _felt_ to take batting practice against his teammate, Woody Williams, and how he did gainst him. Another player, whose name I forget, was asked ABOUT HIS GOLF GAME!!!

NOBODY CARES!

I understand that you have to interview these guys at smoe point, so they can say their practiced baseball cliches. But why do it during the game??? Why not do it before the game? After the game??

All we want to see is _the GAME_!! Why do you torture us so?

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-get-your-head-out-of-your-ass-very-mild/235498/2 "2004-03-21T21:16:06Z")

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Your post would have been so much better if it had just said…

> [@spooje](#):
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> I see that you are broadcasting MLB Spring Training games.

> [@spooje](#):
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> NOBODY CARES!

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**Author:** ![HumanStromboli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@HumanStromboli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HumanStromboli)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/espn-get-your-head-out-of-your-ass-very-mild/235498/3 "2004-03-21T21:44:57Z")

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> [@Really Not All That Bright](#):
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> Your post would have been so much better if it had just said…

And your post would have been so much better if you had just left it at your login name. 😉