The Series

This year's World Series had the lowest TV ratings for a WS ever. It's to be expected though. Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are HORRIBLE at the mic. I honestly can't listen to them speak...Buck's voice just goes on and on...blah blah..and noone ever knows what McCarver is talking about. And I don't like a cartoon baseball to tell me what a certain type of pitch does. I also don't like the fact that Fox uses the Series as a blatant advertisement for anything and everything non-baseball. Bernie Mac. Bernie Mac. Bernie Mac. House. Bones. Bones. House. After seeing all of those advertisements, I still don't know when those shows come on. Don't tell me that the ratings were due to the teams playing. Oswalt, Clemens, Biggio, Konerko, Garland, Garcia, the list goes on. The Astros and White Sox were loaded with all-star calibur talent. So why were the ratings low? The way the game was marketed. You had a team that hadn't won a Series since 1917. Where were the pre-Series specials on the White Sox? Where was all the hype that surrounded the Red Sox in 2004? Come on Fox, the ratings are there; you just have to go get them.

Swept

So the Padres lost. 7-4 to the Cards. I can't say that I wasn't expecting this but I really hoped for a win. I was really excited about the game...going back to Petco..the rowdy fans...then the game began. I promptly turned off the tv when we got down 7-zip early. Woody should have never started the game. The only thing he did right was pitch the first strike of the game. After that, the downward spiral began. 5 runs in 1.2 innings? At least we scored 4. That just doesn't take away the fact that there are no Padres games for almost 6 months.