Weird Call and Ejection

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by Ump Rube

Thank you for posting this. I was at the game sitting in CF (about 500' away, right at the end of the banner for those of you MNs) and I missed the initial call and then was really confused at what was happening.

Then I went home and tried to catch highlights but I guess MIN vs. CLE doesn't exist in the ESPN realm because they never showed any highlights. 3 hours of SportsCenter, 1.5 of Baseball Tonight, and not a single mention, of the ejection or 11-0, 2-hit shutout that was thrown by Scott Baker. WTF!?!? (Thanks for letting me rant a little bit.)

Sportscenter and Baseball Tonight always cover every single Major League Baseball game. I saw it on both, as well.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Ump Rube

Thank you for posting this. I was at the game sitting in CF (about 500' away, right at the end of the banner for those of you MNs) and I missed the initial call and then was really confused at what was happening.

Then I went home and tried to catch highlights but I guess MIN vs. CLE doesn't exist in the ESPN realm because they never showed any highlights. 3 hours of SportsCenter, 1.5 of Baseball Tonight, and not a single mention, of the ejection or 11-0, 2-hit shutout that was thrown by Scott Baker. WTF!?!? (Thanks for letting me rant a little bit.)

Originally Posted by johnnyg08

not sure what you watched Rube...I saw the highlights that night on espn...baseball tonight though...i don't think sportscenter

Originally Posted by jwwashburn

Sportscenter and Baseball Tonight always cover every single Major League Baseball game. I saw it on both, as well.

Hey Rube, were you paying attention as much watching for the highlights as you were at the ballpark when it happened?

[Ump Rube]

I am not saying that I don't believe you all, it is just that there were multiple people that did not see the highlights, and all were at the game.

Were the highlights that people saw, "live" updates? And if they weren't was it just a short little 1-AB and lower 1/3 score?

And if I might rant a little more...
If this was any Yank or RSox they would have broken in to coverage to show the last inning of a 2-hit shutout.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Ump Rube

If this was any Yank or RSox they would have broken in to coverage to show the last inning of a 2-hit shutout.

Uh, no they wouldn't. Come on now Uncle Rube, you're telling stories again!

Not a 2-hitter. What's special about a 2-hitter? It may be the lead story on B.T., but they only break in for no-no's.

[jwwashburn]

Originally Posted by Ump Rube

I am not saying that I don't believe you all, it is just that there were multiple people that did not see the highlights, and all were at the game.

Were the highlights that people saw, "live" updates? And if they weren't was it just a short little 1-AB and lower 1/3 score?

And if I might rant a little more...
If this was any Yank or RSox they would have broken in to coverage to show the last inning of a 2-hit shutout.

I remember seeing the highlights on Baseball Tonight 100% and I am almost as certain that they were on Sportscenter.

I have never seen Sportscenter or Baseball Tonight skip a game...not even a crap game like Padres vs Nationals or Padres vs anybody....

The reason the RedSox and the Yanks get more coverage is because more people care. The only exception is when they show Women's Basketball games and highlights...they do this to be politically correct, not because people care.

Fox execs would jump out of a window if they ended up with Colorado vs Minnesota World Series.

[bobbybanaduck]

@1:37 Wedge uses one of my favorite lines from when I role played as a manager when instructing at Jimmy's. "You're fuc*ing making sh1t up." Love that line.