This is the state of sports broadcasting in 2012

Brian Wilson hasn't pitched since April, and of course will not pitch again until 2013.  Did that stop FOX from showing him cheering in the dugout 50 goddamn times per game, and even having Erin Andrews do a little piece about him tonight?  Of course not.  Focus group data undoubtedly said PEOPLE LOVE HIM, HIS BEARD IS CRAZY AND HE IS SILLY and so he got like 25 minutes of screen time throughout this series.  I'm not some kind of purist who hates anything done to help drive interest among casual fans.  The 2nd wild card exists for that exact purpose and I'm cool with it.  But Jesus--come on, FOX.  There are like 100 other things you could be showing/talking about.

I hate the Giants and I hate all of you.

Joe Buck needs new comedy writers, by which I mean he needs to stop writing his own jokes

After coming out of commercial during yesterday's Tigers/Rangers game, Joe dropped this winner:

Usually here on FOX, we bring stars of our shows into the booth to promote their work.

And isn't the world of sports better off for their efforts?

We were going to do that with the new hit "Terra Nova,"

OH YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING NEXT

but the brontosaurus couldn't get past stadium security!

This was followed by about 15 seconds of silence from the booth, hopefully during which Terry Francona strangled Buck until some production assistants intervened. Thanks Joe.

Longer post later this week.

Just in Case You Missed The Worst Call in the History of World Series Winning Moments....

Here it is:



Buck's nonentity of a call begins at around 3:30. Who'd have thought a team winning their first World Series in the past 28 years would have been as exciting as a double to left in the first inning of a midseason Padres-Marlins game.

Oh well. At least Buck didn't berate the Phillies players for their "despicable" celebrations.

(watch this soon before MLB takes it down)

By way of contrast, here are acceptable ways to call World Series winners:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6GUnX7qMGk (embedding disabled)