Annual repost-Fox rules for playoffs
George Grapman
Never, ever show the same shot for more than ten seconds.
Miss at least part of the pitchers delivery because you are showing
managers nostrils or Fox celebrities.
At least once each game miss the start of an inning and pretend that
you did not miss out.
Show routine plays over and over while missing live play.
Make post season records interchangeable with World Series records.
Clutter the screen with graphics so we can't see how the fielders are
positioned.
Show replays of routine plays that cause you to miss live action.
On Sunday if a Fox NFL game runs late extend the pre-game (or the
post-game football) show until it is over. More important for viewers in
two small markets to see all of their football game then to make them
miss the start of baseball.
Lie about starting time. Remember,7:30 ET really means 7:50 after
commercials and the Zelasco bimbo ( she can never be forgiven for her
treatment of Ernie Harwell).
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The Dave©
> On Sunday if a Fox NFL game runs late extend the pre-game (or the
> post-game football) show until it is over. More important for viewers
> in two small markets to see all of their football game then to make
> them miss the start of baseball.
One word: "Heidi".
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James Farrar
>> George Grapman wrote:
>> On Sunday if a Fox NFL game runs late extend the pre-game (or the
>> post-game football) show until it is over. More important for viewers
>> in two small markets to see all of their football game then to make
>> them miss the start of baseball.
>
>One word: "Heidi".
Which was not a live event.
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Steve Cutchen
Grapman <sfge...@paccbell.net> wrote:
Never show the replay of an inning-ending controversial play. The
purpose of Fox Baseball is to show commercials. The game is just bait.
Be sure to propegate all the the typical Fox incorrect and stoopid rule
interpretations.
Remember to let that little shit baseball puppet dude teach me about
important stuff like brush-back pitches. And stuff.
They may be gone, but MLB is all about the Yankees and Red Sox. So be
sure to spend a lot of time talking about them.
Doctor Awesome
<james.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Which was not a live event.
Nevertheless because of it, it's in the NFL's broadcast contract that
any network that carries a NFL game must carry it until its
conclusion. That's one thing you can't blame on Fox.
sfb
that FOX values the NFL more than the MLB as Buck did football Sunday
instead of baseball.
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George Grapman
They could continue to carry the game in those teams markets while the
rest of us watch baseball.
Tarkus
> Doctor Awesome wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:19:29 +0100, James Farrar
>> <james.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Which was not a live event.
>>
>> Nevertheless because of it, it's in the NFL's broadcast contract that
>> any network that carries a NFL game must carry it until its
>> conclusion. That's one thing you can't blame on Fox.
>
> They could continue to carry the game in those teams markets while the
> rest of us watch baseball.
Was it a national game, or only broadcast in specific markets?
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George Grapman
> On 10/11/2005 9:36:09 AM, George Grapman wrote:
>
>> Doctor Awesome wrote:
>>> On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:19:29 +0100, James Farrar
>>> <james.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Which was not a live event.
>>> Nevertheless because of it, it's in the NFL's broadcast contract that
>>> any network that carries a NFL game must carry it until its
>>> conclusion. That's one thing you can't blame on Fox.
>> They could continue to carry the game in those teams markets while the
>> rest of us watch baseball.
>
> Was it a national game, or only broadcast in specific markets?
On Sunday Fox waited until Washington/Denver was over . That was a
regional game.
NFN Smith
> In article <m5I2f.295$dO2...@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>, George
> Grapman <sfge...@paccbell.net> wrote:
>
>
>> Never, ever show the same shot for more than ten seconds.
Never use any panoramic shots, except when the batter hits a fly ball.
Always use the narrowest camera angle possible.
>> Miss at least part of the pitchers delivery because you are showing
>>managers nostrils or Fox celebrities.
Remember, Fox thinks the game is boring. Thus, if you miss a pitch, it
isn't important. If there's something important that does happen,
they'll show replays.
>> At least once each game miss the start of an inning and pretend that
>>you did not miss out.
Repeat after me: "Baseball is boring"...
>> Show routine plays over and over while missing live play.
Repeat after me: "Baseball is boring"...
>> Make post season records interchangeable with World Series records.
See thread titled "Overuse of "post season career" stats"
>> Clutter the screen with graphics so we can't see how the fielders are
>>positioned.
Clutter the screen with graphics, period. Remember that there's no
action in showing positioning. Repeat after me: "Baseball is boring"...
>> Show replays of routine plays that cause you to miss live action.
Repeat after me: "Baseball is boring"...
>> On Sunday if a Fox NFL game runs late extend the pre-game (or the
>>post-game football) show until it is over. More important for viewers in
>>two small markets to see all of their football game then to make them
>>miss the start of baseball.
Annoying, yes, but as noted elsewhere, this is determined by Fox's
contractual commitments to the NFL, which were there before they started
doing baseball.
>> Lie about starting time. Remember,7:30 ET really means 7:50 after
>>commercials and the Zelasco bimbo ( she can never be forgiven for her
>>treatment of Ernie Harwell).
All Fox cares about is telling you what time the broadcast starts. When
the game actually starts is irrelevant -- what matters most is that your
TV is turned on and tuned to Fox.
> Never show the replay of an inning-ending controversial play. The
> purpose of Fox Baseball is to show commercials. The game is just bait.
But that's the purpose of both commercial television and radio. The
content is merely there as a hook to deliver viewers/listeners to the
advertisers.
>
> They may be gone, but MLB is all about the Yankees and Red Sox. So be
> sure to spend a lot of time talking about them.
ESPN is just as bad, if not worse.
Also, never show any live action from the home plate camera.
Smith
The Dave©
> <james.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Which was not a live event.
>
> Nevertheless because of it, it's in the NFL's broadcast contract that
> any network that carries a NFL game must carry it until its
> conclusion. That's one thing you can't blame on Fox.
Exactly. That one incident, for good or for bad, affects our viewing
habits today.
Realto Margarino
"NFN Smith" <worldo...@sacbeemail.com> wrote in message
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> Remember, Fox thinks the game is boring. Thus, if you miss a pitch, it
> isn't important. If there's something important that does happen, they'll
> show replays.
No. Fox just wants to make their telecast more interesting than the other
networks. They did the same with hockey when they put trails on the pucks.
And they revolutionized the way the NFL is broadcast.
If you don't like the broadcasters, turn the sound down.
Stop bitching about announcers. It's the playoffs, for gawd's sake.
cordially, as always,
rm
George Grapman
the screen with graphics.
James Farrar
<worldo...@sacbeemail.com> wrote:
>Steve Cutchen wrote:
>> Never show the replay of an inning-ending controversial play. The
>> purpose of Fox Baseball is to show commercials. The game is just bait.
>
>But that's the purpose of both commercial television and radio. The
>content is merely there as a hook to deliver viewers/listeners to the
>advertisers.
From the advertisers' POV, perhaps.
From the viewers' POV, the commercials exist to fund the programming
where no other source of funding is available.
George Grapman
see them.
George Grapman
Today, even with rabbit ears the video is a few seconds behind the
radio. Only choice is to hit mute.
James Allen
Have as many meaningless in-game interviews as possible (that the
managers actually consent to interviews _during a freaking game_
boggles the mind)
Linger way too long at various people in the crowd (owners, gm's,
players' wives, etc.)
Graphics are great, but nothing beats the music and swooshing that
accompanies it.
Tom MacIntyre
<sfge...@paccbell.net> wrote:
>
>
> Today, even with rabbit ears the video is a few seconds behind the
>radio. Only choice is to hit mute.
...or get an audio delay device...
Tom