Fox Sports, Your idicoy And Incompetence Is Beyond All Human comprehension!

The BBQ Pit
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I just watched the American League Championship Series Game 5. Anaheim won 13-5. this is Anaheim’s first pennant in their history. Not that I am a particular fan of Anaheim, but certainly of baseball in and of itself. But,

At the end of the eighth inning (played at Anaheim, so Minnesota bats in the top iof th 9th, and Anaheim doesn’t have to bat in the bottom of the 9th if leading) Fox sports went to

COMMERCIALS TOTALING 15 STRAIGHT CONSECUTIVE MINUTES IN A ROW WITHOUT AN INTERVENING PERIOD OF BASEBALL!

When coverage was resumed, Minnesotas had two outs and the batter had a 2-1 count. The batter flied out and Anaheim won the pennant.

I don’t think further explanation is needed.

Are these people brain dead?

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So did you watch? Then FoxSports succeeded. Their job is not to deliver entertainment to viewers, but viewers to advertisers.

And, yes, that does suck big time.

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True, it’s little understood that the product of the networks is not their programming, but their audience. They are selling YOU to their sponsors.

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Was this on your local Fox Sports Net affiliate?

I watched it local in Minnesota, (well semi-local, on channel 9, the local Fox station, not the cable Fox Sports), and I got the entire inning. In fact, we had just the opposite (unless I wan’t playing attention) no commercial break between bootom-8 and top-9. We saw the pitcher walking in from the dugout and everything.

-Myron

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It was the worst coverage ever! I mean, sure, I knew we (anaheim) had the game wrapped up, but dangit I’ve waited 30-something years for this. I wanted to see the locker room celebration and the presentation afterwards. I’m surprised they didn’t cut to commericial during the interview with Kenedy.

(I was watching the local fox network, not fox sports) GRUMBLE!

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As long as either Steve Lyons or Kevin Kennedy is on the screen or talking, I am unable to watch the broadcast. Those guys are horrible.

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Idicoy?

That’s probably one word you don’t want to misspell. :slight_smile:

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They were just bitter that their Yankees weren’t playing.

“If the Yankees can’t play, then you can’t watch this game in peace!! Especially you Anaheim losers!! BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!”

:queues more commercials to block out post-game player interviews:

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sx633, where are you located? The Man Who gives us a hint about how it may have worked. In my market, during those 15 minutes FOX TV network went to the beginning of the SL/SF game. It still would be kind of daft to somehow work things out so you’re blacked out of both games at the same time…

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Idicoy!!

See it’s catching!! In my humble defense I was so livid my fingers couldn’t see straight.

Watched on Detroit affiliate. No SF-SL game during the 15 minutes either.