Comments on: FOX Switch Leaves Sox Fans in the Dark

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:15:48 +0000

Split-screen, anyone? Is it that hard? Then replay the start in fullscreen later in the race if you need to. Baffling. I never watch FX so it took me a minute or two to find the freaking channel on Directv.

By: Sports Artist

Sports Artist — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:27:08 +0000

Who calls a Rain Delay when the other Teams Best hitter comes up to the plate with two on and two out and its a one run game. Thats criminal. Icing the kicker in football is one thing but icing the batter for two hours is insane. That stuff doesn’t slide in New York!

By: Bryan Person, BryanPerson.com

Bryan Person, BryanPerson.com — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:59:04 +0000

I was smart enough to switch over to FX as soon as Buck gave the first advanced warning (I think he gave at least or three).

I *was* surprised that Buck never did say, “Viewers watching the baseball game on Fox should switch over to FX now, as the race …” I assumed they had just held the start of the race by a few minutes.

One thing we learned about Fox during the extra-long rain delay: Their studio team (Zelasko, Kennedy, Karros) isn’t built for extended — and unscripted — segments. Leave them to ad-libbing, and we’re left with Karros flip-flopping over whether Papelbon or A-Rod would have the “edge” in the at-bat when the game resumed. Brother.

By: sv

sv — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:30:57 +0000

bullcrap mini mack. fox yet again butchers their coverage. i’ve come to expect it when watching a game on fox they will screw something up usually at an important moment. missing the last out or at least not reminding viewers the switch was taking place was a bit of a shock but par for the course. they are the worst across the board on all sports with the coverage of the game itself. consistanly missing action do to crappy direction. truly a shame that they cover major sporting events.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:22:03 +0000

I wish FOX would just get out of sports altogether. They value the mouthbreathers who will sit and watch cars go around in a circle more than sports fans. Because of FOX all baseball games on Saturday must start after 4:00 PM Eastern time. I know they pay big bucks, but that’s just too much power.

By: Mini-Mack

Mini-Mack — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:03:42 +0000

Relax people, I think the Red Sox have like 191 games left. you’ll get to watch plenty of games. missing the end of 1 isn’t going to kill you.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:52:23 +0000

As I get ready to watch the NASCAR race, without warning or explanation Fox switches to the Yankees Red Sox game. Okay I’m cool with that. The game is almost over and I can listen to the race on the radio. Then in the top of the ninth with a full count Fox switches back to NASCAR.. What the freak. I’m a diehard motorsports fan, but at this point Fox had me involved in the ball game. I was content to wait another couple of minuets for the race. I can only hope someone at Fox is looking for a new job Monday morning

By: Alessandro

Alessandro — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:55:26 +0000

Didn’t they switch back to FOX, though? I could’ve sworn that both FX and FOX were airing the ninth inning simultaneously (which didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me) …

By: duvid

duvid — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:18:44 +0000

It’s all about the commercials and $$$. What would the NASCAR nitwits have done if they missed the first lap of what…100, 200 laps. I was quick on the clicker and switched over for the final out.

By: Ron Newman

Ron Newman — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:27:27 +0000

Which they also didn’t do — by the time they switched over, the race had already begun.