ESPN's ALCS picks.
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ESPN's ALCS picks.
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They're Using Reverse Mojo!!!!111
I think they all picked the Yanks to win the ALDS too.
That could be the only logical explanation.Originally Posted by PinstripePride
we're dooooomed!
Bring tea for the Tillerman; Steak for the son; Wine for the woman who made the rain come; Seagulls sing your hearts away; 'Cause while the sinners sin, the children play ...
they did, hopefully their luck holds again
My love for Olney just increased.
Lance Berkman is a Yankee!! Finally a Rice U. guy on the team!
Yes yes let's ignore page2. This surely proves it. You're so objectif SubwayFanatic.
Slaughter Is The Best Medicine
-=2009=WORLD=CHAMPIONS=-
FIRE JETER
No sweep? Idiots.
Auction League: Bitches Brew - 2006, 2007, 2008 Champs
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This is a pretty positive cartoon from Page2 as well...
2010 = #28
Watching SportsCenter this morning, The Lead on the bottom line said "Angels look to avenge Game 1 loss, tie ALCS." I bet if the Angels had won Game 1 the headline would be "Angels look to head to Los Angeles up 2-0 on the Yankees."
Buster is a Yankee fan...I like reading what he has to say about baseball
I saw this in the reader comments to the ESPN.com article by Jerry Crasnick on last night's game:
"Typical ESPN article. The Angels throw the game away and the article is all about the Yankees achievement."
Bias is where you look for it.
I can't complain but sometimes I still do. - Joe Walsh
who cares
David
I know what kind of pitcher Whitey was and kind of person he is. It makes me feel proud to be a Yankee. We're keeping this in the family. (On breaking Whitey's PS consecutive scoreless innings)
What a joke. If they weren't so biased, they'd all be predicting sweeps.
Actually, Buster grew up a huge Dodgers fan.
I don't see why you are so upset with ESPN's bias against the Yankees or Joe Morgan's similar bias or anyone else' sports bias.
Hey you and I and most people here are very biased towards the Yankees. If we are biased, and we are, why can't we allow others to be biased?
Andy
Yogi is a National Treasure. Let's put him in a National Hall of Fame. The man has no peers.
Probably b/c the play-by-play/reporters make a living from this and they are supposed to be neutral. We are fans, who follow our teams for leisure.
Dumb & Dumber
Hey, I was brought up on Mel Allen and later Phil Rizzutto. Tell me that they weren't biased and we loved it.
When Red Barber and later Vince Sculley were Dodger announcers they were certainly biased and their fans loved. Reporters have always had biases wether they are paid by a team or supposedly independant. They all have biases, and that goes for every sport.
Yogi is a National Treasure. Let's put him in a National Hall of Fame. The man has no peers.
National sports broadcasters shouldn't be biased. They are broadcasting for a diverse audience, one that includes passionate fans for each competing team, and lots of fans who are neutral. Rooting for one team or the other would affect the quality of the broadcast.
A team broadcaster is a different animal. His or her audience is biased and wants a sympathetic broadcaster who, at the very least, likes their team. No fan wants any broadcaster, local team or national, to give a biased account of the game. If your team is playing poorly - you want the broadcaster to note it. If a player on the other team makes a great catch, you want it accurately called. As long as an announcer details the game action accurately, there is nothing wrong, IMO, with said annouoncer having a rooting interest in the team he or she is covering. One thing I like about John Sterling is that he will kill The Yankees as a whole, or individual players, for poor performances, or bonehead plays, yet he roots for The Yankees. You can tell he is a Yankee fan. (Too bad he is terrible at calling plays - not because of bias - more because ineptness.)
National broadcasters, at the very least, should state their bias up front, if they have one. For instance, Joe Buck could say, "I was raised a Cardinal fan." and then begin the broadcast. And under no circumstances should they be rooting for either team or competitor to win.
What most of us object to is uneven reporting. I've heard Tim McCarver for years and he always seems to favor the other team. I don't say that about every one. I happen to think Ron Darling was very fair. I also happen to think Joe Morgan has become surprisingly fair. The fact that he still thinks no one can touch The Big Red Machine is a flaw for which listeners can compensate. Joe Buck - he just likes to make smug remarks about anyone and anything he can think of. He and McCarver are the worst.
We dont talk and analyze on a national level. They should be held to a higher standard of partiality because it is their job and people rely on their information. We do not and should not have that burden.
But they were local broadcasters, not national ones. Their is a very significant difference there even if you do wish to acknowledge it and then ignore it.
A simple way to solve the national broadcaster issue is have one announcer from each team call the game together, than we would have nothing to talk/complain about.
Dumb & Dumber
Yeah, things like this bother me too but then I realize that if they didn't view it this way, what would be the headline? Would this draw any attention:
"As expected, Yanks win"
See what I'm sayin'? Once the Yanks win, they'll praise them as they should. But for now, they're going to openly "root" for the underdog because it's the better story. It's false hope, but it's still the better story.
Shiver me timbers!!! That's a fun article.
Let the kids play.
The 5th inning home run wasn't off Kazmir as the article states.
It continues!
Whatever the result may be, I don't think this is going 7 games.
I got mine in blazing copper.
7 games is a safe bet, no one goes out on a limb.
Dumb & Dumber
This is the first time I'm hoping Neyer is right.
The loser now will be later to win...
ESPN is more about commentary than reporting the news....
Did anyone else see Kruk's reaction when Bobby Valentine picked the Yankees on Sunday? He gave Valentine a disgusted look and then told him, "I hope somebody hires you soon." If he was kidding, it sure did not come across that way. Strangely enough, that part of BBTN wasn't shown in the later broadcast. Valentine was looking off to the side with a tight-lipped smile, but he was not thrilled with Kruk's comment.
September 28, 2008 - the day the HOF got a wake-up Moose call.
Kruk's reason for picking the Phillies was that the Yankees haven't seen a high powered offense like THIS in the postseason! Crazyness. First of all, the Angels offense offers fewer power threats, but is arguably just as good if not better at scoring runs, and they're at least just a strong depth-wise. Secondly, the exact same thing applies to the Phillies in spades! They faced two comparatively inferior offenses than what the Yankees bring to the table. So how is this the deciding factor tilting things in their favor? /boggle
Bobby Valentine on his worst day >>> Kruk
I saw it, pretty funny and if there was ANY doubt about Kruk there is no more. Then he went on to counter with saying that ... the Phillies are a very "special" team.
I laughed.
#27and still Counting.
!!!! that, plus garden variety bias mojo as all except olney extend it beyond 5 games. i think only buster has it right !!!! cheers
I've been saying this for a long time. Many years ago, during the WS games the lead broadcaster from each team would split the calling of the games and I always felt this was a fair way to do it. I guess FOX and ESPN feel that they have to use their announcers who are under contract to them be the major announcers.
little late on this but I saw it and felt exactly the same way as you.
The tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife.
"He's done it all now....he's one of the greatest players that's ever played this game.'' - Brian Cashman on Alex.
2009 = shutting up the haters. Thanks Arod and CC.
Kruk as a player had his best years when he was with the Phillies, so his homerism really isn't that surprising to me.
However, this incident with Valentine does seem very unprofessional.
Kruk was hilarious on BBTN after game 3. He looked like he was about to explode and made a complete fool out of himself. Very entertaining stuff. He looked and sounded exactly like a drunk fan after their team goes up by 3 runs only to get punched out and ended up losing by 3. Really, really pissed off looking to take it out on the Umps for making a right call.
ESPN at it's best.
#27and still Counting.
I wonder if Kruk has the sand out of his vagina yet.
Javy Vazquez's 2010 non-Cy Young season: 4-10, 7.15 ERA, 140 Ks, 170 IP.
Yeah I just posted about this in the umpire thread. His comments reminded me of one of those malcontents who show up to town hall meetings full of piss and vinegar but no substance to their argument. It's just ranting for the sake of ranting to push an agenda. He sounded like a cranky old drunk fool.
Never left the Betances bandwagon.
Watching the pre-game stuff on MLB network. Feels like this show is a local Philadelphia production. Just watching interviews with Luzinski, Ryan Madson and Brad Lidge. Then a discussion about getting Lidge into a game with Barry Larkin saying, "hopefully it will be in a game where the Phils have a lead late in the game". I don't watch the MLB network all that much but this is a bit tough to take. Now, talking about Joe Blanton's homer last year. In the last 15 minutes, they have not mentioned the Yanks.
It's ok. They'll be talking about them for a few months until Opening Day. =)
They have a lot of time to kill. I didn't see any bias yesterday and actually some praise about the Yanks. They also interviewed Phil Coke yesterday.
Mo on repeating in 2010:
“The question is, do we want to do it? The question is, are we still hungry enough to do it?”
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=461...goryid=2521705
Jim Caple... Really... Did he really have to go there? He asks the translator for the Chinese Broadcasts how to say "Yankees Suck" in I Chinese... what a d-bag... I WANT THE WIN TOMORROW IN THE WORST WAY... just so that ESPN now longer has anything to say beyond "They wonb because of their giant payroll"
In case that link does not take you directly to the clip... I am speaking about the "The World's Eyes are on the World Series" clip...
"In order to find his equal, an Irishman is forced to talk to God."
I know there are others like me who feel the same:
I'm starting to take this hate and bias against the Yankees in stride.
I am fine with the "world" hating on the Yankees. Finally, after we take #27, which will have taken the Yankees 9 years to get, then the whole world can just sit there and "take it" for the entire off-season. I can't wait.
Yeah it irks me a little when they take unnecessary jabs at my Yankees, be it ESPN, MLB network, etc. Jeter is overrated. Jeter's range is limited. Arod and PEDS. Salary, Salary, Salary. Whatever.
If everybody wasn't hating on the Yankees, then the Yankees aren't trying to win. Does anybody hate the Royals as much? Does anybody hate the Pirates as much? So bring on the hate. Bring on the anti-Yankee Bias. IT JUST MEANS WE'RE THAT GOOD.
Cue the "yanks should win b/c of their payroll" cry in about 24 hours
Dumb & Dumber
Well said...I've been getting to that point also. I just remind them that every single team would do it if they could and every fan would want them do it. Can't hate just because the Yankees fans actually go to games regularly and watch them on TV.
Oh I've already seen it ...
"When white belts want to learn jiu jitsu they go to a black belt. When black belts want to learn jiu jitsu they go to John Danaher."
What a ................ing douche bag
"When white belts want to learn jiu jitsu they go to a black belt. When black belts want to learn jiu jitsu they go to John Danaher."
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