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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
First things First
ESPN like other broadcast companies are "in it" for the ratings ONLY. Generally speaking Baseball does not have good TV ratings. Baseball is a Regional sport meaning the Yanks / BOSOX series will have excellent ratings here in the East but what about the rest of the country whereas a football game between the Colts vs. the New England Patriots will have a national Audience.
Therefore, ESPN will print any headline that can "tweak"the fans to get some ratings.
Also, there are no former umpires in the ESPN booth so one will get the kinds of remarks that you see/hear. Let's say you did have former major league baseball umpires present and asked them how did they feel when a manager kicked dirt at them etc.
In a nutshell in major league baseball it's all "part of the Show"
The problem is for us amateurs when managers think they can act like they see on TV.
Pete Booth
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Ron Luciano was once an analyst on network tv.
Problem is with umpires as color men on TV, they cannot tell the aneccdotes that are the funniest, since it is a family event.
Truth be told. Umpires make better story tellers than ex-players.....but have no star power.