0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/9/2010
The League Division Series on TBS continues this weekend with Games 3 in the American League today. We could have two sweeps which would leave just two NL series for tomorrow. TBS gives us the scheduling for today, plus what will happen if the sweeps happen or not. Thanks to Turner Sports for sending this […]
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It has been a very busy Thursday into Friday. I worked all night into this morning and haven’t slept so I’m going on fumes here. But I still do the linkage because it is what you come to expect from the site so let’s get cracking. You have the Weekend Viewing Picks that provide your […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/8/2010
Let’s provide the quotage from the 2nd day of the MLB League Championship Series. There was a lot of quotage. Notes from MLB Postseason on TBS – October 7, 2010 The MLB Postseason continues on TBS on Fri., October 8 beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET with TBS MLB on Deck followed by a doubleheader featuring […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/7/2010
Ok, lets provide some more linkage. Crazy day today. Well, the long-awaited Brett Favre schlong pics are out including those voicemails to Jenn Sterger that may or may not have come from the quarterback. Deadspin has them all and you can decide whether they come from Favre or a very good impersonator. Just be careful […]
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With three games on Wednesday, there was plenty of quotage from the MLB on TBS crew regarding the great postseason action we saw, from Cliff Lee’s excellent pitching performance in the Texas-Tampa Bay game to Roy Halladay’s no-hitter and finally to the great action in the Yankees-Twins game. Lots of good stuff. Here;s the quotes […]
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Dragging this morning. Just getting a late start on everything so let’s do linkage while I can. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says Randy Moss’ trade to the Minnesota Vikings may raise the already red hot NFL ratings. Marcus Vanderberg at SportsNewser writes that ESPN’s Lou Holtz won’t be lending his name to political causes from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/6/2010
Set your DVR’s, DVD recorders or even the VCR if you still have one. MLB Network will re-air the historic Roy Halladay no-hitter thrown Wednesday afternoon. It’ll be a truncated two hour version, but it gives you a good taste of history of the second no-hitter thrown in MLB Postseason history. It’ll air twice during […]
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TBS certainly got a bonus on the first day of the MLB Postseason with the second no-hitter in postseason history with Roy Halladay firing a no-no against the Cincinnati Reds. Striking while the while the iron is hot, TBS has sent out the quotage from the game as it was called by the very underrated […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/5/2010
I’m traveling between two offices, the big boss is here, but I’m trying to provide linkage while I can. This may be cut short. Let’s start with USA Today’s Michael Hiestand who talks about TBS adding a batting cage to its MLB Postseason studio set. Michael also has a check on the weekend ratings. Andrea […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/4/2010
We have another press release from the great people at Turner Sports in regards to its MLB Postseason coverage. This one has to do with the digital features and an old school batting cage coming into the TBS studio. Here’s the press release. Turner Sports Leads Off on October 6 with Multiplatform Coverage of the […]
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On Monday, the MLB on TBS crew spoke with the media regarding the upcoming League Division Series. As you’re aware, TBS will have all four series as well as the American League Championship Series that starts next week. Here are highlights of the conference call. Lead announcer Ernie Johnson, Jr., analysts John Smoltz, Ron Darling […]
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I didn’t do links all weekend. It’s rare when that happens, but as I went to a Tweet Up of Red Sox fans at Jerry Remy’s Sports Bar & Grill in Boston on Saturday and then did a long day of posting on Sunday. Twelve posts in all! Sunday is turning out to be a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/3/2010
Now that MLB and TBS have released the early schedule for the League Division Series, let’s look at each series individually. All series are best of five. All games are on TBS. All times are Eastern. American League Division Series Tampa Bay Rays (East Division Champions) vs. Texas Rangers (West Division Champions) Game 1: Wednesday […]
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We have the schedule for the MLB League Division Series which start Wednesday and this goes through Saturday which means the first four days. As I expected, Ernie Johnson, John Smoltz and Ron Darling will work the New York Yankees-Minnesota Twins series which begins Wednesday. I’ll also post the series separately in another post. We […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/20/2010
Ok, let’s get some linkage done as most of us return to work from the weekend. Plenty of stuff to go over. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says it may be early, but the NFL TV analysts were in mid-season form on Sunday. The National says former ESPN’er Molly Qerim is joining Versus to become a […]
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There’s the Harlem Shuffle and then, there’s the Times Square and Grand Central Station Takeover. TBS will be providing full coverage of the MLB Postseason at a TBS-branded subway dioramas or inside a specially-designed subway car, fans will get the latest information on games. Instead of me explaining this, here’s the Turner Sports press release. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/19/2010
As we get into another week of regular season play for the NFL, let’s give you some linkage. Mike Reynolds from Multichannel News writes about the New York Giants returning its programming to MSG Network for the first time since 2003. It had been on YES Network previously. Mike says ESPN2 saw increased ratings for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/14/2010
As I originally speculated on Twitter earlier this summer, Ernie Johnson will be the lead announcer for TBS on its postseason coverage. He’ll replace Chip Caray who was absolutely awful last season. The other play-by-play men will remain the same, Don Orsillo of NESN, Dick Stockton of Fox/TBS and Brian Anderson of Fox Sports Wisconsin […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/5/2010
Let’s give you some linkage on this Sunday of the Labor Day holiday weekend for most of you. I’ve been working so I don’t know what it’s like to have this off. Anyway, here’s linkage. SportsGrid has the video of WGN sports anchor Pat Tomasulo dunking on a five year old boy, the same kid […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/2/2010
Breaking a three year streak with Bon Jovi, TBS will be tapping Kid Rock’s new song, “Born Free”, as the theme for the MLB League Division Series and American League Championship Series. We have the press release from TBS. TBS’ MLB Postseason Coverage Marketing Campaign to Feature Kid Rock’s New Song “Born Free” Grammy-nominated artist […]
