# I Shall Now Complain About Local TV Sports Coverage **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 6, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-now-complain-about-local-tv-sports-coverage/71486 "2001-07-06T14:39:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-now-complain-about-local-tv-sports-coverage/71486/1 "2001-07-06T14:39:43Z")
Here on my local cable lineup, in Springfield, Illinois, I have nearly 60 channels. No fewer than **four** of them have rights to broadcast Chicago Cubs games. Last night the Cubs played the Mets. **WGN** was showing its regular Thursday night lineup (a dumb movie). **Fox Sports Midwest** was showing NASCAR updates, blooper reels, and other assorted “filler” programming. **Fox Sports Chicago** was showing the White Sox :rolleyes:. **ESPN** showed Sumo wrestling ( :eek: ) and billiards. So on the one night this year where _nobody_ is broadcasting the Cubs game on TV, what do the Cubs do? They score 14 runs (a handful more than they’ve scored in their past three games _combined_) and win the game, thus protecting their four-game first-place lead over the Astros. And I didn’t get to see one single pitch, one swing of the bat. I’m speechless. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-now-complain-about-local-tv-sports-coverage/71486/2 "2001-07-06T14:53:53Z")
Whoa…there are baseball games outside of Montreal that don’t get televised? And I thought Chicago was a real baseball city! Disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-now-complain-about-local-tv-sports-coverage/71486/3 "2001-07-06T15:06:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rastahomie \* > **Fox Sports Chicago was showing the White Sox :rolleyes:** It was great! The Sox got spanked by the Twins to the tune of 12-2 … but I’m still boycotting baseball, so I didn’t enjoy it at all. And Koskie almost hit for the cycle, but the … no, no, I didn’t enjoy it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-now-complain-about-local-tv-sports-coverage/71486/4 "2001-07-06T19:07:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rastahomie \* > \*\* > **ESPN** showed Sumo wrestling ( :eek: ) and billiards. > \*\* The Sumo was cool, it was Yokozuna vs. Yokozuna when Musashimaru forced an additional, deciding, match by defeating Takanohana to tie the score on the 15th and final day of the Basho. Takanohana defeated Musashimaru in that final match for his 21st Emperor’s Cup! Sumo is fun! I agree, though, that SOMEONE should have broadcast the game. Didja at least get to listen on the radio? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shall-now-complain-about-local-tv-sports-coverage/71486/5 "2001-07-06T20:56:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cheesesteak \* > \*\*Didja at least get to listen on the radio? \*\* Yup, WFMB 1450 AM. God bless Ron Santo and Pat Hughes! 😃