# Fox. Why are you showing me the Braves? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 19, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600 "2003-07-19T17:17:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/1 "2003-07-19T17:17:32Z")
I can see them anytime I want on TBS. So why are you duplicating coverage? I hate you. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/2 "2003-07-19T17:20:29Z")
AND they’re playing the Mets. Ugh. The promos are trying to play this off like it’s a significant piece in the old rivalry between the Braves and Mets. Give me a break. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/3 "2003-07-19T17:54:22Z")
Because FOX, in their infinite wisdom, has decided that no one could possibly desire to see a team outside their market. I’ve got the Reds today. Um, FOX, there are 29 teams I don’t get to watch every day. How about one of them? On preview, I notice you’re in Virginia. How did you get the Braves? You should be watching the O’s! ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/4 "2003-07-19T17:59:46Z")
I’m going to the game, but it’s not until tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/5 "2003-07-19T18:00:04Z")
Seems like if it isn’t either the Mets or Braves, it’s the Yankees. :rolleyes: I seem to remember some other cities in the country besides New York and Atlanta field a team. Maybe Fox can let those of ubs on the east coast get a look at them once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![pencilpusher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@pencilpusher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pencilpusher)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/6 "2003-07-19T18:00:09Z")
Um… just an observation here but… They are showing them BECAUSE THEY CAN… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/7 "2003-07-19T19:08:56Z")
Maybe they’re showing them because research has shown that those particular teams have more fans outside the general geographic area around the team’s home city than other teams do? I’ve noticed a good number of non-Atlanta based dopers, for example, who root for the Braves (I lived 30 minutes from DC up until this past January), but not a similar number who root for, say, the Twins or the Expos. Granted it’s a small sample, but still. YMMV. I can understand your frustration when the same team is playing on 3 channels … though if it’s the Braves, it _does_ mean I get to choose the best color commentator. Sorry ESPN, but Chip and Don do it for me, though I’d rather Pete van Wieren came back. Those guys had a chemistry about them that Tony Gwynn and Gary Thorne kinda lack. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/8 "2003-07-19T19:11:05Z")
No, I understand why they do it. It’s just frustrating. Although, considering the only other game that’s scheduled today for the same time is Houston at Cincinatti, can’t say I blame them. At least I get to follow Javy Lopez for my fantasy team. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/9 "2003-07-19T19:15:14Z")
Baseball isn’t a regional sport, like hockey is. Baseball fans are interested in pennant races, not just their own team’s games. If I’m a Devil Rays fan, I’m not interested in watching only the TB games, because the team’s not that good. I would, however, be interested in seeing the Athletics versus the Mariners, for example, because it could affect the playoffs. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2003, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/10 "2003-07-20T12:47:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Casey1505 \* > \*\*I seem to remember some other cities in the country besides New York and Atlanta field a team. Maybe Fox can let those of ubs on the east coast get a look at them once in a while. \*\* Yeah! Show me that Padre’s/Brewer Rangers/D Rays double header! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/11 "2003-07-20T14:03:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neurotik \* > \*\*I can see them anytime I want on TBS. So why are you duplicating coverage? I hate you. \*\* You do realize not everybody has cable and gets TBS, right? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/12 "2003-07-20T14:32:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spooje \* > \*\*Yeah! Show me that Padre’s/Brewer Rangers/D Rays double header! \*\* It would certainly beat having the same 3 teams on seemingly every weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/13 "2003-07-20T14:42:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Revtim \* > \*\*You do realize not everybody has cable and gets TBS, right? \*\* I realize it, but I don’t care. This thread is about **me** dammit. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/14 "2003-07-20T18:18:54Z")
Because it was Glavine vs his old team. Supposedly a better story than any other saturday afternoon game. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/15 "2003-07-21T12:42:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by This Year’s Model \* > \*\*On preview, I notice you’re in Virginia. How did you get the Braves? You should be watching the O’s! \*\* No, no one should be watching them. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-why-are-you-showing-me-the-braves/189600/16 "2003-07-21T12:56:03Z")
Bah. I just had to watch the O’s sweep my team. Now I’m taking shit from all my friends out here. Not good times. Stupid Baltimore.