Attention, Alanis: Isn't it ironic, doncha think? MLB Network moves into Keith's old Secaucus digs

[Berry Cool]

A Network to Satisfy the Appetite of Baseball-Hungry Fans

Major League Baseball does not believe there is enough baseball on television.

Not on local and regional TV. Not on Fox, ESPN, TBS or MLB.com.

It wants ubiquity, a 24/7 home, so it is building its own cable channel, the MLB Network, in Secaucus, N.J., with opening day scheduled for Jan. 1...

...“We want to be the authentic home of baseball,” said Tony Petitti, the president of the new network...Petitti spoke during a tour of the network’s building in an industrial park, the former MSNBC studio where Keith Olbermann fulminated and tossed crumpled paper. Baseball had expected to make Secaucus a temporary stop until a proposed building in Harlem was ready. But the real estate deal in Harlem is dormant, if not altogether dead....

...The architectural plans for the facility look lavish, with two enormous studios (one is designed to look like a ballpark).

...The roster of commentators is expected to include Harold Reynolds and Al Leiter, but one of Petitti’s tasks will be to hire someone to be the undisputed voice of the network...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/sports/baseball/03sandomir.html?_r=2&ref=media&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

What can I say? It's much more ironic than rain on your wedding day, which is just a bummer.

This sounds like it would be Keith's dream job. They could even play the "Welcome Back, Kotter" theme song as he came back in the door. And he could say "You know, this is the second time they've played that song in this building for me."

Too much. :rofl: