I’ve mentioned in the past that I have a mix of love and hate for ESPN. Things became a bit brighter with the announcement of Stephen a Smith’s departure (my least favorite ESPN personality). And then I got to hear Skip Bayless (my second least favorite ESPN personality) get chastised by Mike Missanelli last week. Recently I [...]
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February 17, 2009
An Inconvenient Ad Placement
This evening I stopped by the ESPN MLB page to check the headlines. I was looking to see if Ken Griffey Jr had officially signed with the Braves yet.
I noticed a humorous connection between the first headline and a prominent ad on the page.
Notice that the top headline in the upper right corner reads “A-Rod [...]
June 14, 2008
Baseball Tonight Exegesis
“Fill thine horn with oil . . . and go” is ESPN Baseball Tonight host Steve Berthiaume’s unique catchphrase. In a previous post I briefly declared my appreciation for it. I’ve noticed that people end up on my blog while searching for the meaning of the phrase, so I thought I would discuss it.
The phrase is [...]
June 6, 2008
The Baseball Draft: Ballplayers and a Troubling Lower Half
I watched a few minutes of the ESPN coverage of the MLB draft yesterday afternoon. After every pick Steve Phillips would say of the draftee: “He’s a ballplayer.” You’re kidding? He plays ball? You mean the Devil Rays didn’t just draft an electrical engineer from Tulane who starred on the chess team? He was a member of the [...]
May 30, 2008
ESPN: It’s a Love/Hate Relationship
One of my favorite television channels is ESPN (and I consider ESPN2 the same channel). Despite this, there are some things about ESPN that really bother me. Here is a breakdown of the five best and worst things about the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network:
The 5 Best Things about ESPN
Baseball Tonight. At the end of the day this program is wonderful. Highlights, commentary, and John [...]
