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KDdidit

Post subject: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:45 pm

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Steve Lepore @stevelepore

Fox and Fox Sports 1 will both televise Game 1 of the NLCS, with FS1 airing a multicast presented by their digital 'Just A Bit Outside' crew

Fox Sports 1 will be the home of Games 1-5 and 7 NLCS and most of the NLDS this season. Fox will air NLCS 1 and 6, entire World Series.

Yes, games 1-5 and 7 of the NLCS will be on Fox Sports 1. Was the The Ocho booked? Imagine if FOX put the NFC championship game on the Fox Sports 1

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Douchebag

Post subject: Re: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:46 pm

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Why is Game 6 so crucial that they had to put it on the regular network?

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America

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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:49 pm

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MLB.TV is the only way to go.

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Kirkwood

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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:49 pm

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They're right.

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Hank Scorpio

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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:50 pm

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Douchebag wrote:

Why is Game 6 so crucial that they had to put it on the regular network?

Stats probably show the highest % of series wins in a 7 game series happens on game 6.

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rogers park bryan

Post subject: Re: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:50 pm

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I wish baseball was more popular.

I still love the playoffs though

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Big Chicagoan

Post subject: Re: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:51 pm

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I have to believe the ratings for these series suck compared to usual programming. That basically means that, unless its a Saturday, Fox would rather have regularly scheduled programming on.

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KDdidit

Post subject: Re: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:55 pm

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America wrote:

MLB.TV is the only way to go.

For the playoffs? MLB.TV was next to useless for that. Shit camera angles and not much else.

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Curious Hair

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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:57 pm

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Well, baseball's finished. It had a good run.

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rogers park bryan

Post subject: Re: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:02 pm

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KDdidit wrote:

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Yes, games 1-5 and 7 of the NLCS will be on Fox Sports 1. Was the The Ocho booked? Imagine if FOX put the NFC championship game on the Fox Sports 1

Game 1 will only be on F1 if its on Sunday night. It might be on Saturday on Fox

Wednesday, Oct. 8: Game 5's-x
NL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES — FOX or FOX Sports 1
Saturday, Oct. 11: Game 1 at higher seed — FOX
Sunday, Oct. 12: Game 1 at higher seed — FS1
Tuesday, Oct. 14: Game 3 at lower seed — FS1
Wednesday, Oct. 15: Game 4 at lower seed — FS1
Thursday, Oct. 16: Game 5 at lower seed — FS1-x
Saturday, Oct. 18: Game 6 at higher seed — FOX-x
Sunday, Oct. 19: Game 7 at higher seed — FS1-x

Obviously they dont want Sunday games. Because of Sunday night football?

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Hawg Ass

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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:03 pm

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rogers park bryan wrote:

KDdidit wrote:

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Yes, games 1-5 and 7 of the NLCS will be on Fox Sports 1. Was the The Ocho booked? Imagine if FOX put the NFC championship game on the Fox Sports 1

I love baseball and it is sad to me that a playoff baseball game will get crushed by a Sunday night football game. But, I have come to expect it.

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Big Chicagoan

Post subject: Re: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:04 pm

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rogers park bryan wrote:

KDdidit wrote:

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Yes, games 1-5 and 7 of the NLCS will be on Fox Sports 1. Was the The Ocho booked? Imagine if FOX put the NFC championship game on the Fox Sports 1

And because their programming on Sunday probably have much better ratings than baseball games.

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Big Chicagoan

Post subject: Re: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

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Hawg Ass wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

KDdidit wrote:

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Yes, games 1-5 and 7 of the NLCS will be on Fox Sports 1. Was the The Ocho booked? Imagine if FOX put the NFC championship game on the Fox Sports 1

I love baseball and it is sad to me that a playoff baseball game will get crushed by a Sunday night football game. But, I have come to expect it.

The only thing that can save baseball, is the Cubs winning the World Series.

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Douchebag

Post subject: Re: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:06 pm

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Big Chicagoan wrote:

And because their programming on Sunday probably have much better ratings than baseball games.

I would be pissed if Bob's Burgers was preempted for some bullshit playoff game.

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Hawg Ass

Post subject: Re: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:10 pm

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BC, if it takes the Cub winning the world series to save it, I say let it die.

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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:11 pm

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Your tv show seems to be on the brink of cancellation JORR!

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Big Chicagoan

Post subject: Re: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:11 pm

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Hawg Ass wrote:

BC, if it takes the Cub winning the world series to save it, I say let it die.

Just saying. If baseball wants ratings, that is all they have left.

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America

Post subject: Re: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:10 pm

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KDdidit wrote:

America wrote:

MLB.TV is the only way to go.

For the playoffs? MLB.TV was next to useless for that. Shit camera angles and not much else.

It's fine. I don't mind. Plus they have the local radio streams on At Bat.

A side note: Why do people care about ratings? Are you concerned with how rich baseball makes billionaires? And isn't it a good thing the MLB doesn't appeal to a general American audience? Because, like, have you seen what most people in this country enjoy? I honestly start sympathizing with the 9/11 hijackers and rooting for ISIS when I think about the average American and what they enjoy.

The best thing that could possibly happen to baseball is to make it unpalatable to Americans. If it does it'll just turn into the out-of-control shitshow of the NFL.

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Curious Hair

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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:32 pm

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I feel that way about hockey but not baseball. I want baseball to be mass-appeal. I thought nothing was supposed to be more universal than baseball. Apparently singing/dancing competitions where contestants are sequentially eliminated by phone voting are.

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KDdidit

Post subject: Re: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:34 pm

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I've had At Bat and MLB.TV for years and the playoff games are a waste on them. This year you may actually get the real broadcast provided you have the cable channel it's showing on.

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good dolphin

Post subject: Re: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:52 am

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I believe Bud was lauded for getting the owners more money by getting playoffs on cable.

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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:57 am

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Can we now definitively close the book on the baseball is more popular than football nonsense?

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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:03 am

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Your tv show seems to be on the brink of cancellation JORR!

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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:31 am

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Fox has been sweeping the MLB under the rug for a few seasons now. Seems they just hung on to the rights so they had something to put on FS1. Don't be surprised if "The Game of the Week" goes on there in a few seasons. #RIPNetworkBaseball

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Scooter

Post subject: Re: MLB and Fox don't care if you watch the NLCS

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:40 pm