Ed - Santa Rosa, CA: Hey Rob... I know you're not to blame but I just want to vent that ESPN.com has shown a lot of "class" in ignoring an incredibly significant anniversary today: 50 years ago, Major League Baseball made it's West Coast debut, when the Giants defeated the Dodgers, 8-0 in venerated Seals Stadium in San Francisco. This event truly made Major League Baseball a *national* sport, but no mention today of this golden anniversary. Admittedly, the game didn't involve either the Yankees or the Red Sox, so perhaps we shouldn't be surprised at the Epstein-Steinbrenner Programming Network's snub. Like I say, I just wanted to vent.
Rob Neyer: (12:24 PM ET ) You know what? You can blame me, as I really should be paying attention to exactly this sort of thing. You're right: We should have done something about the anniversary, and I'm the one who should have done it.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 16:41 (seventeen years ago)
ha! epstein-steinbrenner programming network.
― j.q higgins, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 16:52 (seventeen years ago)
What? The Red Sox played the Dodgers in a pre-season game @ the LA Coliseum! Isn't that enough? This West Coast bias is shameful!
― David R., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 16:53 (seventeen years ago)
imagine a television network broadcasting the games that garner the highest ratings. THAT'S CRAZY!!!
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 16:57 (seventeen years ago)
Imagine a television network going out of its way to undercut the breadth and depth of its product by touting these ratings-makers at every ill-conceived opportunity at the expense of anything else! I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!
― David R., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 17:00 (seventeen years ago)
^Evil Empire II koolaid drinker^
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 17:12 (seventeen years ago)
Morbs, a nice ten-day nap will probably fix your sarcasm detector.
― David R., Tuesday, 15 April 2008 17:26 (seventeen years ago)
I'm in the middle of one
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 17:35 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/series_detail.cfm?id=82
― gabbneb, Tuesday, 15 April 2008 17:47 (seventeen years ago)