Happy Opening Day Kids!
While I know all about the concept of appealing to the bigger market, something that should be an unwritten rule but is about as textbook as it gets, its opening day! Can’t the major baseball networks disguise their partisanship slightly?
We all watch the games and have more than likely played in an umpired game, in both cases all you want from an umpire is consistency. I feel the same way about non-team-affiliated TV networks. Just be consistent. Talk a bit more about the team you favor, but emote equally. If you whine about one pitchers strike zone or a punch-out, if the tables turn, please whine again.
Celebrating one strike-three call three inches off the plate and chastising a wide strike call against the other team shouldn’t be accepted on a national network.
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