As if ESPN baseball coverage couldn't get worse....

[vegascub]

Welcome to the team!

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/...ll-analyst.html

[rok]

I REALLY hope Dish adds MLB Network soon as I can't take ESPN any longer. They are a disgrace.

[Dave]

Schilling and Morgan on the same network? I can hardly contain my excitement.

[jstraw]

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Good luck with that. This page hasn't even been updated since 2007:

http://www.dishnetwork.com/packages/ppv/.../baseball/

[kbwsb]

I don't get the uproar. Schilling isn't going to be allowed to spout his political views. He'll just talk about baseball; on that topic, he's one of the most informed and advanced thinkers I've ever read (for an athlete, talking about his own sport).

I'm looking forward to it.

[Kid]

<!--quoteo(post=85799:date=Apr 4 2010, 04:29 PM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ Apr 4 2010, 04:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=85783:date=Apr 4 2010, 02:23 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Apr 4 2010, 02:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I REALLY hope Dish adds MLB Network soon as I can't take ESPN any longer. They are a disgrace.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Good luck with that. This page hasn't even been updated since 2007:

http://www.dishnetwork.com/packages/ppv/.../baseball/
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There's like a 0% chance of that happening. If you recall, in 2007 MLB signed a deal with DirecTV to be the exclusive provider of Extra Innings, which only ended up not happening because of threatened Congressional intervention. When they ended up working out a deal with most cable companies, it was based in large part on carriage of MLB Network, which I think is what Dish balked at.

[Jody]

Adding Aaron Boone didn't do anything to help bolster the baseball talk.

[Rappster]

<!--quoteo(post=85801:date=Apr 4 2010, 03:34 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Apr 4 2010, 03:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I don't get the uproar. Schilling isn't going to be allowed to spout his political views. He'll just talk about baseball; on that topic, he's one of the most informed and advanced thinkers I've ever read (for an athlete, talking about his own sport).

I'm looking forward to it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I'm actually with Kabes on this one. I'm no fan of Schilling's politics, but I always thought he was a great interview as a baseball player. I think the idea of Schilling as an analyst makes real sense.

[ColoradoCub]

<!--quoteo(post=85898:date=Apr 5 2010, 08:16 AM:name=Rappster)-->QUOTE (Rappster @ Apr 5 2010, 08:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=85801:date=Apr 4 2010, 03:34 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Apr 4 2010, 03:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I don't get the uproar. Schilling isn't going to be allowed to spout his political views. He'll just talk about baseball; on that topic, he's one of the most informed and advanced thinkers I've ever read (for an athlete, talking about his own sport).

I'm looking forward to it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I'm actually with Kabes on this one. I'm no fan of Schilling's politics, but I always thought he was a great interview as a baseball player. I think the idea of Schilling as an analyst makes real sense.
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My biggest issue is that they've now added Nomar and Schilling as analysts, which means that the Red Sox bias is only going to get worse.

[rok]

<!--quoteo(post=85908:date=Apr 5 2010, 09:59 AM:name=ColoradoCub)-->QUOTE (ColoradoCub @ Apr 5 2010, 09:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=85898:date=Apr 5 2010, 08:16 AM:name=Rappster)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rappster @ Apr 5 2010, 08:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=85801:date=Apr 4 2010, 03:34 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Apr 4 2010, 03:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I don't get the uproar. Schilling isn't going to be allowed to spout his political views. He'll just talk about baseball; on that topic, he's one of the most informed and advanced thinkers I've ever read (for an athlete, talking about his own sport).

I'm looking forward to it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I'm actually with Kabes on this one. I'm no fan of Schilling's politics, but I always thought he was a great interview as a baseball player. I think the idea of Schilling as an analyst makes real sense.
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My biggest issue is that they've now added Nomar and Schilling as analysts, which means that the Red Sox bias is only going to get worse.
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Bingo, and their bias toward the coasts continues. During the Spring ESPN barely made mention of the Cactus league because their two darling teams play in FLA.