Fox and the World Series: a "Fuck You" in three paragraphs

[WilliamPitt]

I really have to say I think it's great that Fox has taken time to profit off of "honoring" America's veterans during these World Series games, seeing as how Fox News worked so hard to feed so many thousands of soldiers into the meat grinders of Iraq and Afghanistan...again, for profit.

You really want to honor our veterans, Fox? Send Rupert Murdoch and the rest of his henchmen out to home plate, have them get on their knees, and let them beg for forgiveness from the shades of the men and women who can't do something so simple as watch a baseball game because they're dead in wars your network promoted as if they were a fucking game show.

Fuck you sideways, Fox. The only thing you honor is ratings, and I will literally thank God out loud the day Major League Baseball un-fucks itself and finds another network for these great games. The troops deserve far, far better than the saccharine bullshit "honor" Fox is peddling.

[gopiscrap]

1. I couldn't have said it better myself.

[arcane1]

2. I both hate baseball and love this post.

[Aldo Leopold]

12. +0.75

(I'm with you. I just forgot to take my Levitra today.)

[BlueStreak]

53. + ?

I'm not sure if I like that or not.

[BlueJazz]

3. I agree. I'll be glad when someone ..(insert some really nasty, scary shit here)

Fox has done everything it can to destroy this society.

[Missn-Hitch]

9. You wouldn't happen to be a Bill Burr fan?

[BlueJazz]

15. Never heard of him...but did look him up on google.

Sounds like an interesting person.

[pangaia]

4. Plus the camera work absolutely SUCKS!

Close up of batter's face, close up of pitcher's face...zoooomm in, "Oh I am soooo good with the zoom crank."
Close up of batter's face, close up of pitcher's face Close up of batter's face, close up of pitcher's face. Where the fuck are the fielders playing?? Close up of somebody spitting in the dugout. Zoooom in on Big Papi's zits.
Line drive down the right field line.. OOPPS missed..close up of the little white ball.. WHERE ARE THE RUNNERS???

Close up of Holliday on third. But, but..., close up of pitcher's face.
Fuck Fox.


But, GO CARDS!!

[GP6971]

5. Plus their

announcers suck. Good riddance to McCarver after this year

[adirondacker]

8. They're absolutely fucking TERRIBLE! It's almost unwatchable. nt

[Hubert Flottz]

22. Same with all of the FOX football coverage.

FOX totally blows covering the entire ballgame, to be able to squeeze in the same commercials 20 times per each and every game. What's happening on the sidelines? FOX don't care as long as Flow the "Progressive" insurance geek and the GEICO Lizard get their 2 cents in, between every play and 40 times with every timeout. They come back from the commercials after the time out and go to what's going on in some other games around the country, that you could care less about. That wouldn't be so bad, but your team, who was 1st and goal on the other team's two yard line when they cut away, has now been backed up to their own two and getting ready to punt and they cut away to tell you about your pimples and blackheads and some wonderful new designer beer, that in reality, tastes like stale shit. The guys calling the games, don't know a punt from a bunt, but they are workin' cheap. FOX's sports coverage, is as fucked up as a barrel of football bats!

Even if FOX had great sports coverage, their news network would still blow.

[adirondacker]

28. It's like watching an infomercial. I would turn the mute button on, but the cameramen

/ videographers are just as bad as others have pointed out. I think I'll try radio for sound and put up with watching the crappy video coverage of fox for the next game. It's truly pathetic.

I guess this is what to expect from something brought to us by Pudweiser and Skank of America.

[Hubert Flottz]

31. What really sucks, is how you are charged so much for cable TV

and it's as polluted with commercials, even more so than TV was back when you got it free on an antenna.

Half of the cable content involves buying something that you don't want. Why aren't the republicans/teabillies, all pissed off about that?

[adirondacker]

38. I'm watching fox via antenna (1 of 3 channels I get in my location). I cut the cable

about 5 years ago for the very same reasons you have stated and haven't regretted it. Progress smogress, television has been on a decline for the last 30 years with the exception of image quality.

The internet is the Last saving grace of "public" airwaves left in this country. I hope it lasts for a while longer...

[pangaia]

36. Unwatchable is right.

I can't afford TBS so I watched the ALCS and now the WS on fucking fux.
Last night at about 11:40 in the 8th inning I finally just got fed up. The constant never-ending closeups were hurting my eyes so I turned it off and went to bed.
These people have shit for brains when it comes to baseball...(I know, everything else too. But I only watch baseball and the Buffalo Bills. :&gt )

[murielm99]

14. Twice they did not get shots of the runner going from third to home.

We had to see it on the replay.

Furthermore, I hate sports blathering. They do enough of it before and after the games. It is mostly just ignorant gasbaggery, and I seldom learn anything. But now they have to blather during the games, too? Did you see that, TWICE. they did not do play-by-play on hits, because they were blathering with sidelined players? We had to see and hear about those on the replays, too.

And that final obstruction call? The camera should have gone straight to third base. My husband saw it right away, but I only saw a bit of it, and had to catch that on replay, too. Also, it could have been explained better. I thought it was a fair call, but they did not do their jobs discussing it.

They suck.

[FailureToCommunicate]

17. Agreed that FOX coverage sucks, but disagree about the final calls...

The home plate umpire is supposed to watch the play in front of him, which was clearly a tag out... but he motions safe!

We was robbed.

Oh well, it's only a game.

[Skeeter Barnes]

21. He motioned safe because interference had already been ruled at third base.

The runner was automatically allowed to advance. They made the right call. Nobody was robbed.

[FailureToCommunicate]

48. Base umpires are supposed to watch their own plate for each tag, not look off in

another direction to back up another umps ruling. That could have happened after the play ended. The runner was clearly tagged out by Salty...
Besides, the home plate umpire had gotten too many strike calls wrong (seven when we stopped counting) ALL in Cardinals favor.
Was he biased? Yes.
Did it throw the game? Yes.
Was we robbed? YES.

(As we are Sox fans, we cannot be expected to be rational about some things. However, I DID say that it is "only a game&quot

[Ranchemp.]

50. True, and he was watching the base when Craig slid in,

but DeMuth had already been informed by Joyce that the obstruction rule was being applied, DeMuth was looking towards 3rd base when Middlebrook obstructed Craig and saw Joyce give the sign, he called him safe because once the obstruction call had been made, the play was dead.

Here's the video, you can clearly see that DeMuth was watching Craig and Salty.

DeMuth didn't make the obstruction call, Joyce did and every umpire there agreed that it was the correct call.

And judging by the comments I've seen on the sports page, even the majority of Sox fans agree it was a good call.

[aggiesal]

62. "once the obstruction call had been made, the play was dead"

NOT TRUE

As a baseball umpire, once obstruction is called the ball is still live.
When the play is complete a judgment is made based on the obstruction
called. If the home plate umpire makes an out call then the runner is out.
So the home plate umpire immediate looked at the 3rd base umpire to
confirm his ruling.

In the umpires judgment if the runner would have scored without the obstruction
the runner is awarded the extra base. If on the other hand the runner is out by a
mile, the umpires would call an out on the runner (This happened to Miguel Tejada
in Boston during the playoffs a few years back).

In last nights play, the runner thrown out at the plate was a close call, so the obstruction
obviously hindered the runner from scoring legitimately. In the umpires judgment
if the obstruction had not occurred the runner would have scored.

The umpires absolutely made the correct call.

[Ranchemp.]

52. It all comes down to the fact that Salty made a shitty throw to 3rd,

a throw he shouldn't have made, every player, from little league to major league, knows that you don't throw to third with 2 out, bottom of the 9th, tie game, the chances of the ball getting away because of a shitty throw or the runner sliding can cost you the game.

Salty should have held on to the ball, Pete Kozma was coming up and he hadn't been hitting well at all.

[Skeeter Barnes]

61. What makes you think they aren't supposed to watch the play elsewhere on the field?

You do remember all the other umps overruling the call at second base in a previous game, right? When Kozma clearly dropped the ball, the other umps were watching and they did the right thing by overruling the second base umpire. Should they not have been watching that play? Should they have only watched what was happening at their own base? Did you criticize them for looking at the play at second base and overruling a bad call?

You keep going back to the play at the plate as if it means something but it doesn't. It might as well have never happened. He tagged a runner that was already awarded home plate. Do you seriously not understand that or are you that much of a homer that you refuse to acknowledge what actually happened?

And the claims of the umpire being biased is bush league whining. You know what threw the game? Salty chucking the ball into left field.

[Ranchemp.]

40. He ruled safe because 3rd base umpire Jim Joyce had already signaled

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that there was obstruction by Middlebrook.

[FailureToCommunicate]

49. Yes, that is what they TOLD us happened. However, see my reasons in post above...

(reply #48)

[Skeeter Barnes]

24. I hate those interviews. There is action on the field and they disregard it entirely

to talk to some guy in the dugout.

[Eleanors38]

35. They cover the championship game like it was pre-season...

Talking with some celeb or fan while the pitcher is (presumably, since you can't see it) is in wind up. I'm waiting for a close-up of the batter when he looses a brown stream that blurs the image.

[KoKo]

41. Agree, they don't show the field...it's the boring coverage you point out...

[Iggo]

43. Thank you!

Fuck close-ups!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

6. I listen to the radio coverage

every bit as enjoyable. Plus radio is a good fit for baseball............

[CanSocDem]

33. That's right.

On radio the announcers 'are forced' to watch the game and not get caught up in their own mindless blabbering.....

TV on mute, radio on high.


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[MyNameGoesHere]

7. I don't like them

Maybe as a vet those tributes, no matter who broadcasts it always make me feel uncomfortable. Or maybe it makes me feel unclean. I don't know I just have to turn it off when it comes on. Maybe if I was a draftee I would feel different, but I enlisted and never wanted or expected anything, including "praise" in return. It just is iky and I don't like it.

[WillyT]

10. You Saw That Too... Was So Fucking Mad... I Couldn't Post About It...

Which... in hind-sight...

Is pretty fucking weird.

[Rebellious Republican]

11. Well, I have been trying to refrain from this video, I have....

overused it! But what the fuck, a tribute to the 1 percenters that have fed off this lamb for to long.

Non sibi sed patriae is a Latin phrase meaning "Not for self, but for country". The phrase is inscribed over the chapel doors at the United States Naval Academy and some war memorials.

[Boomerproud]

13. Spot on as always, Mr. Pitt.

Crappy ending to tonites game BTW.

[Enthusiast]

16. Kicked and Recommended! nt

[msanthrope]

18. The World Series isn't the same without Bob Costas. That said, that was one helluva 9th, eh Pitt?

This Yankee fan is very happy. Obstruction!!!!

[elzenmahn]

19. K&R, and...

…this can be extended to any sporting event that Faux hosts - like the Super Bowl or the Stanley Cup.

[Bluzmann57]

42. Well Faux doesn't do the Stanley Cup

NBC does, but the thing is, all networks are pushing the "honor our returning vets" meme. Imo it's to the detriment of others who are not veterans because they are being discriminated against.

[frylock]

20. wow. knr..

Beautifully stated.

[Crewleader]

23. And F Bank of America too.

I didn't like that umpire at home plate William. Oh well there's always tomorrow! Goodnight friend and DU.

[Hubert Flottz]

32. Hi Crewleader!

GTSY posting.

[Crewleader]

37. Hi Hubert Flottz

I was up too late my friend, makes me cranky!


http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018505255

[daleanime]

25. Amen....

I don't care who is playing, if the game is no Fox its not on my box.

[NealK]

26. K&R

Well said.

[ReRe]

27. K&R

A POX on FOX!

[oh08dem]

29. I hate Joe Buck and Tim McCarver -- I think most can agree

on that no matter where your politics are ....

Every big sporting event should have Bob Costas doing play-by-play it should be a law or something, especially baseball.

[TexasTowelie]

30. I thought this was going to rip on Fox Sports

because they cut from the Texas Tech - Oklahoma football game in the fourth quarter while the Sooners were up 28-24 to switch to the World Series coverage.

[CatholicEdHead]

60. Regular Season is so much better on Fox Sports North

when you get to playoffs, TBS is tolerable, but Fox Network TV is horrible.

Maybe for the playoffs if they switched between the two sets of local Fox Sports Network announcers it would be more entertaining. In this case the Red Sox local guys in Boston and the Fox Sports Missouri local guys in St Louis.

[allan01]

34. re:Fox and the World Series: a "Fuck You" in three paragraphs

What kind of example are we setting for our kids with this kind of behavior ? THis post is good but as one poster stated , i cant stand faux noize.

[pasto76]

39. fucking word. Didnt see murdoch shelling out the death benefits during the shut down

it would be so easy for these fucks to put their money where their mouth is.

I know mark cuban mostly from a howard stern interview. The Shark Tank show is usually moderately interesting. He owns a basketball team I think.

what I do know from his stern appearance is that he runs a non profit that pays bills for fallen and wounded veterans. Out of his pocket full of billions. 'how much does that cost?', asks stern. 'I dont know. I dont care. Its the right thing to do', replies cuban.
Cuban could be the grand poobah teabagger for all I care, if he is spending his billions on our troops, he gets some of my gratitude.

you know if either party, any party, would really embrace veterans issues and make it number one job to help us first, they would dominate the political scene for the next decade.

"too easy" - US Army saying

[mopinko]

44. they do this shit at us cellular (the other sox)

and all i can ever think is howard zinn's quote-
there is no flag big enough to cover the stain of an illegal war.

and what a shitty definition of heroism. at the cell, it is always some dude in the military. no cops. no fire fighters, no pit bulls that saved their families from a fire, no moms with 10 kids. no kinds of heroism but military allowed.

yeah, saccharine bullshit is right.

[pangaia]

45. I am so glad others feel the way I do about Fux and baseball.

I posted above about last night's game.
Now I have another fux game to look forward to tonight..with...NO GAME.. just tobacco chewing close ups.

I LOVE baseball, and I know baseball pretty darn well. I do not watch a lot major league baseball during the season but I DO watch the post season.
I prefer minor league ball and I am fortunate enough to have 5 minor league teams within 35- 90 minutes - 3 triple-A - Rochester, Syracuse and Buffalo, and 2 Short Season A teams - Batavia Muckdogs('MY team') and Auburn Doubledays - . PLUS a summer college league 20 minutes away.
When I go to a game I WATCH EVERYTHING-- I don't even want people talking to me. A little obsessive, maybe, but... that's me.
So to have to watch these fuck wads at fox try to broadcast a game is... just really painful. They just have no idea at all what is happening during a game. Clueless.

[ffr]

46. Ditto.

Most people may not notice, but I do. They see only white light coming through, but I see the darker shades.

[emsimon33]

47. Fox is a propaganda channel, not a news or sports channel

That explains it all.

[CFLDem]

51. I was thinking the same thing!

I'm glad I'm not alone.

[gopiscrap]

59. welcome to DU

[locks]

54. Fox and baseball

Same godawful hypocrisy FoxNews spews every day. But our local Fox channel carries some of Fox Sports like the WS and generally does a good job. It's about our best local nightly news channel; obviously Rupert owns it but they tell me FoxNews has no control over them, and they do not broadcast any of those repulsive FOX shows.

We are fortunate that the Rockies are shown on ROOT cable. The announcers are old MLB players, do a great job, and I learn something almost every game. Our big problem, however, is that the Rockies radio broadcast is on KOA, a powerful station that carries the worst of the rightwingers, including Limbaugh and local blowhards. The radio announcer is great though and seldom does interviews with other sportspersons.

[cheapdate]

55. Damn. I'm with you.

[bulloney]

56. Just before the budget shutdown a few weeks ago, Howie Long got an FU from me.

He went on some rant during the NFL pregame show on how terrible it would be if the budget shutdown meant our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan were unable to view NFL football.

I'll bet that Howie never really gave a rip about Iraq and Afghanistan, why we're there and who's responsible for putting us in those messes until someone told him the budget shutdown could affect the troops' access to watching NFL football.

[Crowman1979]

58. Well how about getting them the f*** home in one piece Howie!?!

That would a hell of a better way for them to watch football, you idiot!

[Crowman1979]

57. Hey FAUX and all you other corporate Koch suckers out there! You really want to....

....honor the troops? A good idea would be to STOP TRYING TO FIND NEW WAYS TO GET US KILLED!