Comments on: Is baseball afraid of competing with football? http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/10/13/is-baseball-afraid-of-competing-with-football/ Sports journilist, author, blogger Thu, 27 May 2010 00:57:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lost Time Is Not Found Again: Oct. 14, 2009 | MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/10/13/is-baseball-afraid-of-competing-with-football/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Lost Time Is Not Found Again: Oct. 14, 2009 | MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:00:08 +0000 http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/?p=168#comment-68 [...] But on playoff scheduling, baseball is timid. If the game has endured such a renaissance that Selig had been crowing about since the 1990’s, why not test it out and let it stand on its own against football? Baseball interest is legit and deep-rooted.  An old sportswriting colleague once said if somehow gambling could be banned, football would shrivel and die.” – George Castle [...] [...] But on playoff scheduling, baseball is timid. If the game has endured such a renaissance that Selig had been crowing about since the 1990’s, why not test it out and let it stand on its own against football? Baseball interest is legit and deep-rooted.  An old sportswriting colleague once said if somehow gambling could be banned, football would shrivel and die.” – George Castle [...]

]]> By: D12: Vlad Guerrero enjoys the calm before the ALCS storm | Sports News Images and Videos http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/10/13/is-baseball-afraid-of-competing-with-football/comment-page-1/#comment-67 D12: Vlad Guerrero enjoys the calm before the ALCS storm | Sports News Images and Videos Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:52:34 +0000 http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/?p=168#comment-67 [...] NLCS rotation. Yahoo! Sports 11. Should baseball yield to football when scheduling the playoffs? True Slant 12. Finally, what were A-Rod and Jeter thinking when they took this photo? SI Vault Share and [...] [...] NLCS rotation. Yahoo! Sports 11. Should baseball yield to football when scheduling the playoffs? True Slant 12. Finally, what were A-Rod and Jeter thinking when they took this photo? SI Vault Share and [...]

]]> By: D12: Vlad Guerrero enjoys the calm before the ALCS storm http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/10/13/is-baseball-afraid-of-competing-with-football/comment-page-1/#comment-66 D12: Vlad Guerrero enjoys the calm before the ALCS storm Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:35:12 +0000 http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/?p=168#comment-66 [...] NLCS rotation. Yahoo! Sports 11. Should baseball yield to football when scheduling the playoffs? True Slant 12. Finally, what were A-Rod and Jeter thinking when they took this photo? SI [...] [...] NLCS rotation. Yahoo! Sports 11. Should baseball yield to football when scheduling the playoffs? True Slant 12. Finally, what were A-Rod and Jeter thinking when they took this photo? SI [...]

]]> By: George Castle http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/10/13/is-baseball-afraid-of-competing-with-football/comment-page-1/#comment-64 George Castle Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:23:04 +0000 http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/?p=168#comment-64 What's wrong with the mix of day and night games like they had in the Seventies? The TV audience is fractured up in so many pieces, so why not try to put some of it back together on a weekend afternoon? Sports fans are more likely to be watching compared to Saturday night. What’s wrong with the mix of day and night games like they had in the Seventies? The TV audience is fractured up in so many pieces, so why not try to put some of it back together on a weekend afternoon? Sports fans are more likely to be watching compared to Saturday night.

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]]> By: stushea http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/2009/10/13/is-baseball-afraid-of-competing-with-football/comment-page-1/#comment-61 stushea Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:59:15 +0000 http://trueslant.com/georgecastle/?p=168#comment-61 Baseball's not afraid of going against football. The TV networks' advertisers are afraid of going against football. And, yes, baseball will always take the coward's way out, because they let football get ahead. Joe Buck did a chat on ESPN today where he hemmed and hawed about this very issue. He said he "gets it," because he has kids, but that it's all up to the networks, and that if the networks thought it'd be financially feasible, they'd do it. Baseball’s not afraid of going against football. The TV networks’ advertisers are afraid of going against football. And, yes, baseball will always take the coward’s way out, because they let football get ahead.

Joe Buck did a chat on ESPN today where he hemmed and hawed about this very issue. He said he “gets it,” because he has kids, but that it’s all up to the networks, and that if the networks thought it’d be financially feasible, they’d do it.

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