I don't know what anyone else thinks about ESPN that reads this, but I can't stand that peice of shit station anymore. Really they don't cover shit outside of the Yankee, Red Sox, Lakers, Cowboys, Patriots, the NFL Draft, LeBron, Tigers, and the Cubs. They don't care about Jr. getting close to 600 as much as they care about Manny getting close to 500 homers. I mean I know they are the biggest markets, but there are people out there who care about other teams. They Yankees have their own FUCKIN station. Is it Red Sox Nation or Yankees Country???? I could care less, I really don't give a SHIT. They are all morons on that station. They let go the only good on-air personality, Harold Reynolds because some broad decided to complain about sexual harrasment and got him fired and then dropped the file. I mean really they show about 40 minutes of Yankees, Red Sox, and Tigers highlights. I am even goin to stick up for the Cubs (This has to be a first). They won in extras last night and are the third to last story on Baseball Tonight, 42 minutes in, but they did get about 10 minutes worth of coverage because of their 10,000th win-yet they haven't won a WS in 100. The Astros vs. Reds last night was the 2nd to last story with 1.5 minutes dedicated to them, and that was even with Jr. hitting number 597. We have scored 30 runs in 3 games (before this afternoons game). On another note about the Draft coverage-they had NFL Live all through Feb., March, and every day this month. Do they really need that much coverage when Baseball Tonight only started a few days before ST and yet NFL Live was still goin on. I guess I started getting fed up with it after the Tejada shit. I knew it was always dedicated to the East, but I guess I have never seen it soo much till then when I started getting pissed off at how bad their journalism is. I mean I could get on there right now before I graduate and show the Mother Fuckers on there how to run a show. Fox has much better all around coverage, but it is only on once a night for 30 minutes so if you miss it you are out of luck. They had breaking news for about 4 hours on Pacman Jones getting traded to the Cowboys. Who gives a Fuck? The guy is a fuckin criminal and it is a breaking story. They cut away from the Yankees vs Sox game last night to show the trade and show a clip about the draft the next day-nothing about Jr.
About a week ago they had to put a thing on the bottom line that says Joba Chamberlain is leaving the team for a few days to visit with his father. While it was a serious matter no doubt, it didn't warrant espn puttin it on SC because other players in the league have that happen to them also. Then later in that week they had a story about what Hank Steinbrenner said about Joba. He wanted him in the starting rotation. Who gives a flyin fuck.... I don't at all, I am not doubting his ability it is just a non-story and has no business being on SC. Just because the President of the team says something it should be on I guess. The Astros did get some coverage last week though, but it was all about the Tejada crap. It is a non-story and shitty journalism and I don't think that reporter will get very many more interviews from baseball players after doin that to one of their own. I did see something interesting about that show. They said Tejada's real last name was Tejeda. Well, if that is the case why did they spell his dad's name Tejada? Where I come from my last name is spelled the same way as my fathers. So either they did something to make him look like shit, or there was a spelling mistake when filling out the Birth Certificate, or it could have been espn fucked up and they were more worried about gettign the story out instead of checking their work.
I know they are a private company and are allowed to show whatever the hell they want, but if they want other people to keep watching they need to start showing more coverage of other teams in other markets. They are the monopoly of sports and control the sports highlights. The fans of espn (mostly Yankees and Red Sox fans) say we should stop our bitching and we should just watch our local news outlets. We all want to see other teams as well, but not have Yankees and Red Sox shoved in our faces. ESPN is wipping the Nut Smunt off of Beckett and Jeter.
All the people think they know what they are talkin about on there. There is a page on espn.com about who are the most feared hitters in the league. Why I don't doubt that Pujols and Arod are two of the most feared ones, Berkman is NOT mentioned ONCE. And further on down the page you see Peter Gammons (Here is a definision of who Peter Gammons is) talk about how Roy O might be willing to waive his no-trade clause in the summer. I wonder how the fuck he knows this shit. He is just pullin shit out of his ass. He probably thinks they are goin to go to the Red Sox for Coco Crisp or Sean Casey. He probably thinks we are goin to trade Berkman, Lee, and Tejada since we are out of the race according to a lot of people and apperently we suck. The Article.
This weekend I am goin to watch a whole show of SC a couple of times and take count of how much coverage it is goin to be given to each sport and team. The NHL and the NBA are in the playoff so they deserve the most coverage. The NFL Draft is Saturday so that should be a big story on there as well since it has been a big one for the last 2 months. But I am puttin my money on it: Jr. hits number 600 he will have less than 2 minutes more coverage than a Yankee or Red Sox game. Some fans have even told me that Manny's 500 is more important because it will assure him a lock to the HOF. That may be, but there are only 5 people who have hit 600 homers. There are 23 who have hit 500 or more. Which one is more impressive?
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