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That stadium of yours is giving TBS fits. Their camera work is deplorable. My kids asked if they had lights in their stadium because it looked like they were playing in the dark. One of the replays of the fair ball called foul, had the ball hitting the wall below the crawl at the bottom of the screen.

Baseball needs to rethink giving the Division Series to a company that shows one game a week. They obviously do not have the talent, on the air and behind the scenes, to handle 4 simultaneous series.

Totally agree. The Tigers-Yankees series has been dreadful to listen to so far. I'd rather have John Sterling doing the play-by-play than Brian Anderson.

The shadows are weird at these different game times with the roof closed. The sun yesterday was hitting left field and really no where else. TBS does suck and they should not be doing playoff games. There was a ball that was called foul (can't remember which d-back hit it) that even in my somewhat impaired state we could tell was fair. Went to the bathroom and ueker was saying it was fair by a mile. Totally blown by the umps.

It all counts. If you can look it up it counts. I like the NBA. I personally rank them 1. MLB, 2. NBA, 3. NFL, 4. NHL (although I did have the Cleveland Barons for a couple years!) 20 years?? all the Cleveland teams have stunk for the better part of the last 50 years (well 45). 8 good years of the Indians late 90s early 00s, 5 good years of the Browns...Schottenheimer, 5 good years of the Cavs...LeBron. That's the last 50 years. That's it.

Who's televising the LCS and World Series?? Fox?

ALCS = FOX
NLCS = TBS
WS = FOX

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp

Fox sucks in its own right though with Joe Buck and McCarver. Still, Joe Buck >>>>>>>> Brian Anderson.

TBS has been brutal, between the bad announcing, bad production (just missing plays while at commercial or showing the dugout while the ball is in play) and that stupid strike zone which doesn't even remotely close to accurate.

In conclusion that means Cliff Lee's pitches were actually strikes and Carpenter's were balls.

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I can't think of an announcer that I would rather listen to less than Sterling.

I can. It's the play-by-play guy in the Tigers-Yankees series.

Keeping up their fine work, TBS had Price's pitch count at 4 after the first pitch of the game.

Jim Leyland can't be a very smart guy. There's no other explanation for continuing to bat Jackson leadoff when he strikes out a ton and hardly ever gets on base. I get that they need him in there because he's quickly becoming the best defensive center fielder in baseball, but until he learns a modicum of plate discipline, batting him first is suicide. I'd much rather a guy who actually gets on base (say, Avila) than a guy who strikes out a ton but can run a little. Leyland is seriously stuck in like 1988 in terms of baseball strategy.

5 pitchers on the Phillies making over $10 million a year?? and another at $9.5 million?
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Valverde made it interesting, but what a great MLB game. Verlander basically made two mistakes and was otherwise unhittable. Sabathia controlled his damages as well.

Setting up great for tomorrow. Who sucks less, Porcello or AJ Burnett?

Porcello, but he can certainly be lit up, but so could Scherzer and he wasn't. It's post season, total crap shoot. I thought all your starters 1 through 4 were better than theirs which is why I picked the Tigers. Gardner has hurt you.

Isn't that crazy? Gardner has been the Tiger-killer so far in this series. Of all the people in that lineup, the Tigers have had the biggest issue getting Gardner and Posada out, which is pretty unbelievable. That being said, I'm sure Texeira will go 3-5 with two dingers tonight against Rick the kid (a Seton Hall Prep product for you North Jerseyans on here).

Those two or three innings mid-game where Verlander was throwing pitch after pitch that you just knew nobody could hit were pretty awesome.

Look at what the Red Sox and Yankees are paying their pitchers. At least the Phillies are getting some value.

Rays total payroll is $42 million.