Every year we have a big tailgate party before & after the last home game of the season. So THIS year, ESPN decides to televise our last home game, changing the start time to a night game.
What is the reasoning here folks. The Cards are tanking, the Astros certainly aren't going anywhere. What good reason could they possibly have for televising our game. Who is going to choose the Cards/Astros over the Sunday night football game. Where is the gdamn ESPN man love for the Yankees/Red Sox THAT night
It was mostly Shannon, but Rooney was agreeing with him the whole time.
Shannon was basically saying it's the commissioner's fault that these games (and the players) get jerked around with the time changes. He doesn't blame TV; he blames Bud for being greedy and letting TV have it's way with him and the league. Players don't get a say in these types of time changes, and it's not fair to them.
He talked about how it makes a difference to the players when you've got a night game before you have to head out of town, as opposed to a day game. The turnaround time is shortened. With a day game, you can get in town and get some decent rest before heading to the ballpark the next day. With a night game, you get in so late you hurry up to get to the hotel, get a little sleep, then have to get to the park again.
He also went on a little rant about the Yankees and Red Sox. He said, "Aren't they playing that day?" (Referring to this coming Sunday night.) Then he said that they ought to just let every Sunday game be a Yankee, Red Sox, Chicago or LA game. Why are they bothering us? He said, "Why are we on?!?!? If they want a small market matchup, I'll give 'em one. Let's see..... Florida and.... Cincinnati. How'd they like that?"
But he finished with a gem: "I'll probably get in trouble for this, and I don't care!" And with that, the inning was over and they went to commercial.
This probably marks the first time in Cardinal fan history that someone has complained about one of our games being moved to to a nationally televised game.
Not to say I don't see where you're coming from...
You could always start an email campaign and urge ESPN to do a heart-tugging expose on the poor, emotionally distraught Red Sox fan who received a nasty autograph from that mean- Sox-hating-Yankee-benchwarmer, Shelley Duncan..... in lieu of the Cards-Stros game.
mikechamp wrote:It was mostly Shannon, but Rooney was agreeing with him the whole time.
Shannon was basically saying it's the commissioner's fault that these games (and the players) get jerked around with the time changes. He doesn't blame TV; he blames Bud for being greedy and letting TV have it's way with him and the league. Players don't get a say in these types of time changes, and it's not fair to them.
He talked about how it makes a difference to the players when you've got a night game before you have to head out of town, as opposed to a day game. The turnaround time is shortened. With a day game, you can get in town and get some decent rest before heading to the ballpark the next day. With a night game, you get in so late you hurry up to get to the hotel, get a little sleep, then have to get to the park again.
He also went on a little rant about the Yankees and Red Sox. He said, "Aren't they playing that day?" (Referring to this coming Sunday night.) Then he said that they ought to just let every Sunday game be a Yankee, Red Sox, Chicago or LA game. Why are they bothering us? He said, "Why are we on?!?!? If they want a small market matchup, I'll give 'em one. Let's see..... Florida and.... Cincinnati. How'd they like that?"
But he finished with a gem: "I'll probably get in trouble for this, and I don't care!" And with that, the inning was over and they went to commercial.
Made my 2007 XM subscription worth it.
I remember Rooney also not referring to ESPN by name, rather calling them "the supposed Worldwide Leader in Sports".
Popeye_Card wrote:I remember Rooney also not referring to ESPN by name, rather calling them "the supposed Worldwide Leader in Sports".
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Ha! Yes, that did happen, too.
In fact, my wife noticed his tone and made a comment about that quip.
Ah, good times around the old radio.
They've been a crotchety old bunch this year and I've loved it. Man, once they get going on the official scorekeeper, they can go on for 2-3 on just that alone.
Popeye_Card wrote:I remember Rooney also not referring to ESPN by name, rather calling them "the supposed Worldwide Leader in Sports".
--P--
Ha! Yes, that did happen, too.
In fact, my wife noticed his tone and made a comment about that quip.
Ah, good times around the old radio.
They've been a crotchety old bunch this year and I've loved it. Man, once they get going on the official scorekeeper, they can go on for 2-3 on just that alone.
Ah, I remember Shannon and Buck during the disastrous seasons in the 1970's. By the end of the season, their broadcasts were stand-up comedy.
