Today, on the 2nd last day of the regular baseball season, Fox Sports has decided to show the Chicago Cubs / Cincinnatti Reds match-up as its national game. A few days ago, when Chicago was battling Milwaukee for the AL Central crown, that decision would've seemed reasonable. Today, the day after Chicago clinched the AL Central (and with Cincinnatti continuing to be out of the playoff picture, as they have been for weeks) it looks absolutely insane!
Other choices for Fox to have shown:
San Diego at Milwaukee, where the Padres are still trying to catch Arizona for the AL West title, or to lock up the Wildcard spot.
Washington at Philadelphia, where the Phillies have a 1-game lead in the AL East, after supplanting the Mets last night.
Florida at NY Mets, where the Mets are trying to get back into 1st in the AL East, or at least grab the Wildcard spot.
All three of those other matches are going on this afternoon, with the first two listed being at exactly the same start time as the Chi/Cin game! How in the world did Fox decide to show anyone the (completely meaningless) Cubs game, when they could be watching the Padres or Phillies? And that completely irrelevant game is on not only the regular Fox affiliate that we get, but also the West Coast one! Someone at the top of the sports division of that 'network' needs to be seriously fired... and fired now!
And yes, these are after all the same buffoons who decided to not show the final Drive episodes!
[Update: Less than five minutes after I posted this, the Fox commentator came on between innings and announced they'd be going to the Phillies game instead! I suspect the thousands of angry phone calls and e-mails they must've received during the first inning of the Cubs game might've had something to do with them coming to their senses!]
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