Mad Cow, who lives out of the New York market, loves his Extra Inning baseball package, except when the geniuses at MLB, FOX, ESPN, etc etc. do stupid things like today. Since it is Saturday, FOX has exclusive rights to air all the games before 7 PM EST. Even after practically begging Clemens to start last week against the Red Sox (to boost ratings), the bigwigs have decided not to cover the Yankees-Pirates today, in favor of the Mets-Tigers. Normally this would be make sense, if not for Clemens. So we now have the odd reality that ESPN covered Clemens' three minor league starts, but his major league start won't be covered nationally. Even more to the point, the game starts at 1 PM, while the Mets-Tigers game doesn't start until 3:55. I guess Jeanne Zelasko's pregame show is more important than actual baseball. Well, Mad Cow will have to settle for the radio - OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS indeed.
At least Paris Hilton isn't the culprit. (If you didn't notice yesterday, her legal "situation" was deemed more newsworthy by the cable news networks than the fact that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was replaced.)
Also, apparently ESPN has made the whole thing moot. You can see how the season ends here. I take it these are the same idiots who predicted a .400 OBP for JD Drew this year - sorry, I couldn't resist.
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