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PCIntern

(25,554 posts) Sun Oct 27, 2013, 09:06 PM Oct 2013

World Series is impossible to watch on FOX [View all]

Extreme close ups of the players make it impossible to see defensive shifts or base runners prepare for the pitch. Multiple shots of players on deck or in the dugout during a single at-bat are distracting. Players who spit or scratch a lot are given special attention.

But all of this pales to the constant jabbering of Buck (a member of the lucky-sperm club) and McCarver has evolved into a petty mess. Clearly there are pet themes and words for each game which need to be delivered X many times per fifteen minutes. And the intonation: a player hits a double with one out and you'd think he was Bobby Thomson. And more which doesn't merit repeating.

Yuck-and-a-half.

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World Series is impossible to watch on FOX [View all] PCIntern Oct 2013 OP

Baseball needs more Keith Olbermann. JaneyVee Oct 2013 #1

I remember him calling a few of the Yankees' Old Timer's Games. They were awesome. nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #22

Yeah Right. Like we need to see Clay Bucholtz blowing snot rockets between pitches? JeffHead Oct 2013 #2

"Realism". PCIntern Oct 2013 #3

Gillette would never sponsor ANY World Series with the 2013 BoSox. nt longship Oct 2013 #33

It's kind of a guilty pleasure for me to watch football on Fox Hippo_Tron Oct 2013 #4

Or having dugout interviews while live plays are being missed TheCowsCameHome Oct 2013 #5

But but but PCIntern Oct 2013 #7

Some kinda player. . . . . Tansy_Gold Oct 2013 #26

I always watch any game Joe Buck announces with the mute button on n/t stuckinodi Oct 2013 #6

I enjoy watching the World Series with the mute button ChazII Oct 2013 #10

Good Idea. The dude likes to hear himself babble. nt adirondacker Oct 2013 #19

Fuck, not everything is political joeglow3 Oct 2013 #8

Who was talking politics? PCIntern Oct 2013 #9

It isn't a political statement rufus dog Oct 2013 #11

Nothing more irritating than a close up of the ball skipping along green grass.... MADem Oct 2013 #35

These are the same idiots who decided hanging a camera over a racetrack was a good idea jmowreader Oct 2013 #42

Not to mention the radioactive hockey puck KamaAina Oct 2013 #62

How is the OP political? Cali_Democrat Oct 2013 #12

It's that Phillies avatar that indicates a rogue independant in this game. adirondacker Oct 2013 #17

I am sorry that you never heard Ernie Harwell call a game on TV or radio. longship Oct 2013 #34

Or Mel Allen Elwood P Dowd Oct 2013 #39

Yup! You have the idea. nt longship Oct 2013 #43

I happen to be a Sox fan, and would probably MANative Oct 2013 #13

McCarver being a long time Cardinal player, should not be allowed sarcasmo Oct 2013 #14

I listen to the radio coverage Dyedinthewoolliberal Oct 2013 #15

Tend to agree gopiscrap Oct 2013 #16

No problems here pintobean Oct 2013 #18

Baseball is really really a slow game..... Logical Oct 2013 #20

No, there is a lot happening. Each pitch; each swing; each movement on the field - dmr Oct 2013 #41

Nobody's forcing anyone to watch it. groundloop Oct 2013 #45

Maybe because their research shows most viewers don't giveaway crap. Nt Logical Oct 2013 #48

The Series isn't the same without Bob Costas. nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #21

I refuse to watch games called by Joe Schmuck... truebrit71 Oct 2013 #23

I am getting tired of these two.... TheCowsCameHome Oct 2013 #24

I'm waiting for a camera to appear out of the cup of the catcher. Seriously, adirondacker Oct 2013 #25

That would be horribly hilarious! MADem Oct 2013 #36

The Catcher's Cup Cam. adirondacker Oct 2013 #57

I think what you need is Loudly Oct 2013 #27

They just missed the pickoff play that won the game for Boston. How bad is that? nm Elwood P Dowd Oct 2013 #28

After they missed the pickoff at first that ended the game, I thought of your comments yesterday. gristy Oct 2013 #29

I will be more likely to watch when this beard thing passes BlueStreak Oct 2013 #30

"Baseball shouldn't be a reality teevee show" ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2013 #31

Not ironic in the least. BlueStreak Oct 2013 #32

If the beards irritate you, then they are working. They want their opponents discombobulated, MADem Oct 2013 #37

I get that. But if I want to see a freak show BlueStreak Oct 2013 #51

Well, change the channel, then--no one is forcing you to watch the series. MADem Oct 2013 #60

More of a reality TV show than reality TV The2ndWheel Oct 2013 #54

McCarver is retiring this year. Lugnut Oct 2013 #38

Prefer ball games on the radio over tv The Straight Story Oct 2013 #40

We watched on ESPN last night n/t malaise Oct 2013 #44

Those guys need to learn more about the rules also groundloop Oct 2013 #46

I agree: PCIntern Oct 2013 #47

Which base? zipplewrath Oct 2013 #50

Fox sucks for football games too LibertyLover Oct 2013 #49

It's taken "battery hypnosis" and made it even worse . . . hatrack Oct 2013 #52

Baseball is best heard on the radio. MineralMan Oct 2013 #53

Fox makes the Game unwatchable 4Q2u2 Oct 2013 #55

I disagree--Joe Buck is not a member of the lucky sperm club! panader0 Oct 2013 #56

Ummm. he's Jack Buck's son. nt PCIntern Oct 2013 #59

Not that it's much better, BUT Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #58

Our long national nightmare is over this week KamaAina Oct 2013 #61