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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Baseball’s postseason going down in flames
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
And now for the Tuesday Countdown:
10: I believe in karma. I believe in playoffs starting before 10 p.m. I believe this baseball postseason going down in flames is just what the sport deserves.
9: I know. It’s not baseball’s fault it’s raining in Philadelphia. But it is the owners’ fault for so completely selling out to television for the short-term bucks that it starts World Series games at 8:30 p.m. in the East. It is baseball’s fault for starting Game 3 after a 90-minute rain delay, which caused a 1:45 a.m. finish - and won’t that be great for ratings. Baseball has lost a generation. When this deal with Fox is over, it’ll be a wonder if any major network touches this product.
8: Final piece of evidence: I was in Philadelphia Saturday night/Sunday morning. I walked out to the parking lot in the fifth inning. Saw a few dads and sons walking to their cars. The score was 2-1 in a World Series game — and they were leaving.
7: Grady Jackson tested positive? For what — Cool Whip?
6: Seriously, the man’s a some-400 pound nosetackle. He is thundering blubber. The only thing that constitutes “performance-enhancing” substance for Jackson is the entire right side of the menu. The thought of him on steroids doesn’t jibe with the reflection in the mirror.
5: Ty Willingham has resigned at Washington. If you’re the Seattle Seahawks, you don’t stop Jim Mora from pursuing that job. You let him use your copy machine for his resume, and then drive him to the front gate.
4: If Urban Meyer doesn’t want anybody to make a big deal of Georgia’s touchdown celebration last year, why was he quoted in his book, saying: “It will forever be in the mind of Urban Meyer and in the mind of our football team. We’ll handle it and it’s going to be a big deal”?
3: Nice recap by our Mike Knobler on the Thrashers’ attendance problems. But Don Waddell avoided stating the obvious: Season-ticket sales have plummeted because of years of losing. The team can’t get walkup sales because all except the same group of 3,500 hardcore fans don’t feel there’s a compelling reason to go. Bottom line: Even in tough economic times, people will invest to watch a product worth watching. And by the way, whoever has been counting those crowds either needs new glasses or fewer hallucinogens.
2: The Hawks won 37 games last year. Bodog, an online sportsbook, just released their over/under for wins this year: 36 1/2. Somebody’s not feeling the love.
1: It’s raining again in Philly. What are Fox’s World Series promos tonight? “Watch Game 5! Inning Six! At midnight!”
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