The MLB All Star Game will played tonight at Yankee Stadium. It's been 31 years since the All Stars met in the South Bronx and it'll be the final time as the wrecking ball will also be making an appearance, soon. I read an article which expects the TV ratings to be low for the game's broadcast. Well, uh, yeah! If you make enough dumb decisions, your ratings will suffer! I can see the network and MLB "suits" getting together and deciding how late the actual game should start. How many commercials can we air before the first pitch? How many $400,000/:30 commercials can we air between each half inning. How much pre game hype can we squeeze into the broadcast?
Make no mistake, I love baseball. Yes, FOX and MLB should make money. But, guys, can you do it without making the game suffer. When the game suffers, so do the ratings. Low ratings mean that you'll have to air even more commercials to make the profit you used to make when more people watched the game - at an earlier time - with fewer commercials. Maybe you can get some better announcers, next year. Buck & McCarver should be emceeing 4-H fairs and auctions. If the fans can choose the starting lineups, maybe they should also choose the game's announcers! Have you guys ever heard Pat Hughes and Ron Santo? These guys are baseball. Check them out. We can even pretend that it was your idea to have them call the game!
