Did any of you catch it last night?

Apologies to Colorado residents.

No show with Tim McCarver can ever be the greatest anything. I'm not a Boston fan, but it was fun to see the Red Sox eviscerate the Rockies with surgical precision. As always, however (and the real reason we should be discussing the Series at all), Fox's broadcast was horrible, including missed plays, incessant Taco Bell huckstering (the faked "hidden audio" conversation about how tasty Taco Bell is was the worst), ridiculous camera closeups, and the network's hideously amateurish announcing team (including the worthless sideline reporters and the ignorant studio commentators). During last night's game, Joe Buck mentioned that the Red Sox's only home run (to that point) had been the first batter of the first game. Five seconds later, McCarver repeated the exact same point, for no other reason than he believes that, for every second he remains quiet, a puppy dies.

Considering I've never met a baseball fan who enjoys the Buck/McCarver team, it's amazing Fox keeps them on.

Heh. No worries :).

I clicked on this thread which was entitled "The FOX network's greatest show ever" but have not found any reference to HERMAN'S HEAD. I am understandably confused.

That WAS an embarassing little moment, but I took it as both guys looking at the same factoid, and McCarver (I hate him, too) just not listening to Buck. I've always maintained that the national coverage should include a broadcaster from the local/regional market. I would have killed to hear Jerry Remy in the booth.

And at the very least, I didn;t have to put up with TBS's Jose Mota.

Everybody knows Fox's greatest show ever is MR. PRESIDENT!

I agree, and so did the networks once upon a time. I have the 1975 World Series on DVD, when NBC used Red Sox announcer Ned Martin in the booth with Curt Gowdy, Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek during games at Fenway Park and the Reds' Marty Brennaman in Cincinnati.

Of course, if Joe Buck and Tim McCarver were as talented as Gowdy, Kubek and Garagiola, it probably wouldn't matter if Fox used any local announcing talent.

I'm a die-hard baseball fan but I was underwhelmed and under-entertained by this year's World Series so much so that I didn't really watch the broadcasts much. 'Twas an anti-climax to an otherwise interesting season and LCS.

I personally find Joe Buck to be a top-notch broadcaster. Perhaps this has to do with me growing up in St. Louis with his dad (Hall of Fame broadcaster, Jack Buck) calling the Cardinal games and I'm being sentimental. Tim McCarver (who I think does more good than bad) also has some endearing Cardinal connections. But Joe Buck seems to have learned a lot from Dad and holds a broadcast together well. :(

I do find Fox's baseball broadcasts to be overly souped-up. It's like they've listened to too many focus groups made up of people that find baseball uninteresting. For example, I can tell they juice the sound effects from time to time. Like giving the crack of a bat that extra pop. It wasn't until I first heard the crack of a bat on a swing-and-a-miss that I suspected something must be afoot. I won't even start on all the Fox promotions and ad placements.

Apart from some painful audio problems early on, I was pleasantly surprised with TBS' broadcasts, particularly the post-game show. Anytime you have Baseball Good Guys like Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn (with high baseball IQs) providing commentary, that's good stuff.

Now, it's time for baseball withdrawal, which usually lasts until about April.