I'll peek in on the game if I have time this evening. It's going to be an uphill battle for the both the Dodgers and Tigers.
I will make this one post to say congrats to the Cards. I'll be rooting for them in the WS
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5-0 St. Louis in the 5th ....
Looks like the Tigers will move to 8 pm if this holds up.![]()
I thought an old school man like you would want Saturday afternoon baseball in October.
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Well, those who yearned for new blood in the NL have to wait another year- it's been essentially Phillies/Giants/Cardinals 6 years running.
In 2006 when TBS signed its contract to take over most of the MLB Postseason, it was coming in at a time when ESPN and Fox were reducing their commitments. ESPN was starting its big $1 billion/year contract with Monday Night Football. Fox which was wrapping up its contract airing 3-6 League Division Series games, both LCS and the World Series, wanted to cut back on the interruptions to its primetime schedule.
In came TBS which took all tiebreaking games, all of the League Division Series and one League Championship Series. As this was happening, TBS would end its long-time relationship with the Atlanta MLB team in 2007 and begin a 26 regular season game Sunday afternoon schedule the following year. And while TBS would continue its baseball tradition, it would become a national baseball channel instead focusing on one team.
TBS began with exclusive coverage of the League Division Series and one League Championship Series. In 2012, Turner picked up the new Wild Card play-in games while giving two LDS games to MLB Network.
With Turner Sports' current contract ending as the National League Championship Series winds down, it will continue carrying the MLB, but with a reduced regular season schedule (13 games), one Wild Card Game alternating leagues with ESPN, two League Division Series again alternating leagues this time with Fox Sports 1 and one League Championship Series alternating with Fox as its has done since 2007.
TBS tried some things like the Hot Corner, an online companion to live action. It got over a million views during the time it was streamed in 2007, but it never ran again. It transitioned to Postseason.TV which allowed fans to see alternate angles and hear the TBS calls, but not the actual feeds.
There were some good things about TBS' coverage and some bad things. And when they were bad, they were REALLY bad.
Let's take a look at some of the aspects of TBS' MLB Posteason coverage.