Comments on: ALDS Coverage: TBS, C.B., and the Boston Offense Fail in Game One

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:18:52 +0000

Does the sound of the crowd seem excessively muted in the TBS games too?

A HUGE part of the fun of watching baseball games is hearing the chants of a crowd or the roaring after a home run. It helps build up energy. Its a strange complaint but I really think its true.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:17:38 +0000

I enjoyed the part in tonight’s game about Nick Swisher. About how he was primarily a DH and 1B with the White Sox and hadn’t been asked to play the outfield much for a few years, until the Yankees put him in RF. You know, the Nick Swisher who spent more time in the outfield than anywhere else the last few years, only playing more 1B in 2005-2006. He was Chicago’s primary CF last year. He did play a lot of 1B when Konerko was injured, but the guy was primarily an OF and didn’t even DH once for Chicago. I thought his being asked to man CF regularly had been pretty well discussed last year…. Apparently not in TBS circles…

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:35:22 +0000

TBS is bush league. Baseball announcing in general is bush league. Just mute the game and enjoy music or listening to it on the radio.

By: Samuel Lingle

Samuel Lingle — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:29:05 +0000

At least ESPN has great quality in the broadcast itself if not in the announcing.

TBS is a complete and utter joke. Nothing they do is of any quality even close to subpar, and they are not even doing the bare minimum that should be expected of broadcasting a baseball game – actually broadcasting the damn game!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:18:15 +0000

TBS has been atrocious in all ways. But my pet peeve is when there is a homerun they light up all the bases on the graphic like the bases were loaded even if its a solo shot.

By: Seideberg

Seideberg — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:59:32 +0000

I don’t know if you guys have noticed it, but nearly all of the television broadcasters in baseball are atrocious. It’s just one of those things.

By: Joe R

Joe R — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:10:15 +0000

That wasn’t directed at you, it was a general statement meant as a joke.

By: SMS_Mike

SMS_Mike — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:48:48 +0000

I was comparing one egregiously bad call at first base with a more famous egregiously bad call at first base, as an attempt at some humor.

If you somehow interpreted that to mean I’m one of those losers who can’t get past a blown call from a game 25 years ago, well, I’m glad I don’t live in your reality.

By: Joe R

Joe R — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:23:07 +0000

TBS is out to pass FOX and ESPN as the worst station for baseball. They’re doing a great job at it.

By: Nick Smith

Nick Smith — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:44:38 +0000

I know the Eck has a long term contract with TBS but I haven’t heard him doing any games so far this postseason. A shame, since he became one of my favorites when Remy was out this year. They’re wasting him if they’re only using him as a studio analyst.

Not sure if anyone else saw this, but I was watching one of the games on Wednesday (can’t remember which one) and the TBS feed just cut out for a solid couple of minutes. I don’t understand how these guys are such amateurs — they’ve been doing a game of the week for two years now and this is their third postseason. Not to mention decades of Braves games.