{"id":33367,"date":"2020-07-24T02:24:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T23:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mlb-and-the-media-delivering-distractions-and-virtual-silliness\/"},"modified":"2020-07-24T02:24:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T23:24:00","slug":"mlb-and-the-media-delivering-distractions-and-virtual-silliness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mlb-and-the-media-delivering-distractions-and-virtual-silliness\/","title":{"rendered":"#MLB and the media delivering distractions and virtual silliness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be24f0bf5d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be24f0bf5d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mlb-and-the-media-delivering-distractions-and-virtual-silliness\/#More_boring_baseball_is_on_the_way\" >More boring baseball is on the way<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mlb-and-the-media-delivering-distractions-and-virtual-silliness\/#Morning_duo_lay_%E2%80%98Boom_on_a_caller_for_no_reason\" >Morning duo lay \u2018Boom\u2019 on a caller for no reason<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#MLB and the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> delivering distractions and virtual silliness<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        Anyone hear anything about a virus going around? <\/p>\n<p>Stop! We get it! We\u2019ve gotten it since March. Everything has changed. So stop treating us as idiots. But that\u2019s too much to ask. <\/p>\n<p>Fox\u2019s MLB telecasts will include stands filled with \u201cvirtual fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Fox sports exec Brad Zager told colleague Andrew Marchand, \u201cIt is not like we are trying to make people feel like there is a crowd there. We are trying to make them feel that in the normal pitch-by-pitch, shot-by-shot baseball it is what they are used to. We aren\u2019t trying to fool anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OK, then why bother? Why add another artificial distraction? Why not throw in a couple of jugglers? Better yet, rent some Super Bowl pole dancing video from Roger Goodell! <\/p>\n<p>We know there are no fans there! We don\u2019t need cardboard cutouts, out-of-sync piped-in artificial crowd noise \u2014 though a laugh track might work \u2014 and split-screen remotes to show announcers talking Zoom from elsewhere. We\u2019ve been watching TV in that last format the past 18 weeks. <\/p>\n<p>Now, more than ever, we don\u2019t want to watch a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> only to be distracted by additives or excesses. We\u2019re tired of ESPN-like anything-but-the-game \u201ccoverage.\u201d Even if this is the first MLB season played exclusively for TV and gambling money, it still would be better watched as a baseball game and not a television show. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16023717\"><img alt=\"Fox will be using virtual fans during broadcasts this season.\" data- data- height=\"441\" width=\"662\"><\/img><figcaption><span>Fox will be using virtual fans during broadcasts this season.<\/span><span>Fox<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Predictably, the pandemic preseason games that included the Mets and Yankees begged ridicule, especially as it related to Yankees home games <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earing as \u201cnormal\u201d given no one was seated in the best seats, a shameless unremedied consistency since the new Stadium opened in 2009. <\/p>\n<p>Readers even borrowed from Yankees management\u2019s preposterous claim that the empty seats belong to those watching the game on big-screen TVs in the luxury dining room. Yes, they spent tens of thousands of dollars on the best tickets, every year, then <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> to the Stadium to watch the games on TV! <\/p>\n<p>But the Yanks seem proud of their sustained greed, even when their fans see their empty-by-health decree stadium as a standard visual. What a thing for a world famous franchise to now be immediately recognized! <\/p>\n<p>But 11 years in and the Yankees clearly don\u2019t care to solve this. And the baseball broadcasters and sports media pretend we can\u2019t see what we can\u2019t miss. <\/p>\n<p>The Mets presented ridicule on a cardboard platter with those personalized $86 cardboard cutouts. Naturally, readers asked if the buyers are charged game-by-game tack-on \u201cticket convenience fees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Questions included Patrick Kennedy\u2019s: \u201cWhen it rains, will the cardboard cut ups assemble beneath shelter until things clear up?\u201d No, they will be issued cardboard umbrellas. <\/p>\n<p>Another asks if the $5 Subway foot-longs advertised at Citi Field will still cost $14 but taste like cardboard?<\/p>\n<p>This fan-less season presents a great opportunity for TV to show the game, the whole game and nothing but the game. There\u2019s nothing else to show! <\/p>\n<p>But though we might see it that way, the chances of it being seen that way remain zero. <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_boring_baseball_is_on_the_way\"><\/span>More boring baseball is on the way<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Didn\u2019t see anything in preseason games to indicate interest in curing what last year so badly afflicted MLB. Looks as if this season again will be a home run-or-strikeout slog. Even with this new extra-innings rule of starting with a runner on second, I didn\u2019t see anyone working on bunting or shortening up to make contact on 0-2 and 1-2 pitches. <\/p>\n<p>In fact, MLB Network has resumed its assault on modesty and sportsmanship with its latest instructional for kids on how to flip your bat then pose long before you know you\u2019ve hit a home run. Winding up on first instead of third is fun! <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unfathomable that adults working for MLB are trying to exploit baseball \u2014 a team game \u2014 to turn kids into conceited creeps. Next week: How to jog into double plays. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>Gee, the Washington Football Team. That should reduce some of the confusion. <\/p>\n<p>TV still treats golf audiences as fools with its transparent Tiger Woods treatment. Saturday, after three rounds, CBS listed Woods in first place \u2014 among those 3-over and 12 back! <\/p>\n<p>My advice for those NFL\u2019s Washington team employees accused of sexual misconduct is to hire Louis Farrakhan. He\u2019s very influential and, to applause, declared, \u201cWhen a Sister says, \u2018No,\u2019 she really means \u2018Yes!\u2019 \u201d He certainly sounds supportive of sexual assault. Of course, his hate-filled ignorance is ignored by his NFL, NBA, BLM and female political supporters. <\/p>\n<p>Follow the TV money: First the Mets eliminated Saturday afternoon games, now no scheduled games on local over-the-air-TV, cable only, no Ch. 11. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>LeBron James will open the NBA season with the singing of the Red Chinese national anthem. Translated, it begins, \u201cOne nation, under Nike \u2026\u201d <\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>Reader Jack Shoemaker on the NCAA\u2019s decision that major college football teams can claim two automatic victories over canceled games against paid-to-lose teams: \u201cIs the reverse true? Can Bowling Green now claim it lost nail-biters to an Alabama and a Clemson?\u201d Sure! Who can forget! <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Morning_duo_lay_%E2%80%98Boom_on_a_caller_for_no_reason\"><\/span>Morning duo lay \u2018Boom\u2019 on a caller for no reason<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>WFAN\u2019s Boomer Esiason and Gregg Giannotti have met every modern requisite of a morning radio drive team. They\u2019re smug, crude, cruel and rude. <\/p>\n<p>Monday, a man who sounded elderly and slightly impaired, called to discuss the close of Sunday\u2019s PGA tournament. He reminded all that had winner Jon Rahm signed for the wrong score, he\u2019d have been disqualified. He smartly noted such rulings have been made off tips from TV viewers. <\/p>\n<p>The man got off to a struggling start as, with many callers, he didn\u2019t know if he was yet on the air. Giannotti seized that to belittle the man and never cease. Then, disallowing the man to speak, he was yanked from the air. Giannotti then declared the man \u201ca douche.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>And how did Weekday Boomer respond to that classlessness? He laughed. Couple of champs. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>If, at 8 years old, you gave the same answer as famous thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert on NBC on Saturday, you may have been sent to your room. <\/p>\n<p>Before and after Baffert\u2019s heavy favorite, Authentic, won the Haskell Stakes at Monmouth, NBC interrupted its 90-minute worship service of Baffert to ask about a 15-day suspension he\u2019d just been issued for two horses that had won their races in Arkansas for a total of $336,600, but were then drug-tested to be way over the limit on the pain-killer lidocaine. <\/p>\n<p>Baffert explained that his assistant, Jimmy Barnes, was wearing a lidocaine patch for a bad back, and somehow the lidocaine must have made its way, in abundance, into the systems of the two horses. 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