marlinfan Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Damn no more MLB on Fox theme. 1997 | 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brinkeguthrie Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 ok, maybe i am clueless.what's OLN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFoA Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 ok, maybe i am clueless.what's OLN? OLN = Outdoor Life Network. They do the NHL, and they don't do a bad job at it, but they don't do a good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Whoever mentioned it: I'd love to see Bob Uecker do national games, I'm surprised he hasn't been doing the World Series. Either Fox is dumb or Mr. Baseball just doesn't wanna do it. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrdevil Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Whoever mentioned it: I'd love to see Bob Uecker do national games, I'm surprised he hasn't been doing the World Series. Either Fox is dumb or Mr. Baseball just doesn't wanna do it. If NBC gets the games he might be the play by play for the "second team" and might be part of the World Series broadcast along with Costas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmackman Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Whoever mentioned it: I'd love to see Bob Uecker do national games, I'm surprised he hasn't been doing the World Series. Either Fox is dumb or Mr. Baseball just doesn't wanna do it. If NBC gets the games he might be the play by play for the "second team" and might be part of the World Series broadcast along with Costas. I said it b/c whether he is Bob Uecker or Harry Doyle he's absolutely perfect for the job! Uecker is humorous and knowledgable. That's a combination it seems nobody else has anymore. When I'm in Milwaukee, I turn of the TV sound and turn on the radio to listen to Brewers games because of Bob Uecker. "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be eaten. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you'd better be running." - Unknown | Check out my articles on jerseys at Bacon Sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Yea I agree Uecker was good I dont know why he never really got a chance to do National Games. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonBlue Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Attn MLB: LCS games belong on free tv...if they're not, you are dumb. What's next, the world series on OLN.Speaking of OLN, getting the NHL for them was genius. That, and combined with maybe another property, could get OLN the distribution they need to challenge the soulless entity that is ESPN. "I did absolutely nothing and it was everything I thought it could be." -Peter Gibbons RIP Demitra #38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Good. Joe Buck doesn't hide his pom-poms when he does Cardinals games, and the same can be said for McCarver when it comes to New York or St. Louis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Name Here Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 As long as Bob Costas works there, I hope NBC never gets back into baseball. A little bird tells me that ABC is planning on devoting Saturday night to sports. Next year, they're going to start with college football. In 2007, they might try Saturday Night Baseball or, if you prefer, Baseball Night in America. FOX wants badly to unload the Division Series. The new deal might see ABC airing a couple of these games. This same bird tells me that baseball wants to expand the DS to best-of-seven. Of course, I found out that the NHL was going to NBC when the rest of the world did, so it's not like I'm an insider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Speaking of OLN, getting the NHL for them was genius. I think bottom-of-the-barrel ratings would tell you otherwise. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Name Here Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 The ratings are quite good for OLN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 The ratings are quite good for OLN. You got a source for that information?ESPN's average rating for hockey was 0.47 - pretty bad. According to this blog, OLN's rating is about half of the ESPN number:LinkAlso check out this little ditty and read the "Bad News" section: Link #2 Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfan1400 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 As long as Bob Costas works there, I hope NBC never gets back into baseball. A little bird tells me that ABC is planning on devoting Saturday night to sports. Next year, they're going to start with college football. In 2007, they might try Saturday Night Baseball or, if you prefer, Baseball Night in America. FOX wants badly to unload the Division Series. The new deal might see ABC airing a couple of these games. This same bird tells me that baseball wants to expand the DS to best-of-seven. Of course, I found out that the NHL was going to NBC when the rest of the world did, so it's not like I'm an insider.I heard ESPN signed a BBBIIIIIGGGGG $$$$$$$$$$$ contract for 8 yrs. withMajor League Baseball to air their games til 2013. If ABC locks up therights for MLB,their sports catalouge would consist of College Football+B'ballNBA hoops,NASCAR,the British Open,some golf,figure skating and baseball.Their announcing team would be as follows:1.Al Michaels,Tim McCarver,Jim Palmer2.Brent Musburger,Harold Reynolds3.Gary Thorne,Rick Sutcliffe4.Sean McDonough,Tony GwynnThe ABC baseball studio team would consist of :Chris Berman,Rob Dibble,and Peter GammonsI'm done for today.The End. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockchalk Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I don't think Fox wants any part of baseball for a few years after this debacle. I wouldn't be surprised if this contract is just for a couple years or so to decide which direction MLB wants to go with their broadcasts. Do they want to split between networks like they always did in the past, or go back to a single network? The most logical thing is that they sign with ABC for 2-3 years, and split the first round of the playoffs with the Disney networks, then ABC gets both LCS and the World Series (since they don't have conflicts with MNF anymore). If ratings are too poor the first year, switch one LCS to ESPN, so you can show another exciting installment of The Bachelor:Bangkok I've decided to give up hope for all sports teams I follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj32 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Yea I agree Uecker was good I dont know why he never really got a chance to do National Games. Uecker actually did national games for ABC when that network took over the Monday Night Baseball contract from NBC in the late 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sec19Row53 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 [snip]The ABC baseball studio team would consist of :Chris Berman,Rob Dibble,and Peter Gammons[/snip] Except that Dibble doesn't work in the ABC family any longer - he's with Fox Sports. It's where I sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANBC Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I think there needs to be more hockey on TV, and maybe FOX will pick that up in baseball's place? That would be awesome. What I remember of NHL on FOX, it was pretty good. NBC and FOX for the NHL? That would be great.Anyways, I'm glad FOX is gone from the MLB, Buck really started to get on my nerves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Damn no more MLB on Fox theme. You could still hear it on games your local FSN station carries.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huskyfan82 Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Tony Gwynn is the head coach of the San Diego State baseball team. I don't think he'd leave them to go to ABC.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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