0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/19/2011
I appreciate you still visiting Fang’s Bites as I’ve been trying to keep the site updated for you. Linkage has been scarce since Sunday. Been busy helping my sister with her son and then I was out for most of the morning. Time to provide you with some linkage. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/17/2011
Let’s close out the National League Championship Series quotage from the deciding Game 6 during which the St. Louis Cardinals beat up on the Milwaukee Brewers, 12-6 setting up the World Series with the Texas Rangers starting on Wednesday. Here’s the quotage. Notes from MLB Postseason on TBS – October 16, 2011 The St. Louis […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/15/2011
I’m going to post this press release and then shut my eyes as it’s time to sleep. This is the quotage from Friday night’s Game 5 of the National League Championship Series between Milwaukee and St. Louis, handily won by the Cardinals, 7-1, putting the Redbirds just one game away from the World Series as […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/14/2011
Ah, we get this quotage from Turner Sports just about an hour after TBS signed off the air. I really do appreciate a sports network PR department willing to work that hard to get a press release so quickly. So let’s see what was said during tonight’s coverage of Game 4 of the National League […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/13/2011
We have the notes and quotes from Game 5 of the National League Championship Series involving Milwaukee and St. Louis. Lots of talk about the Rally Squirrel in Busch Stadium. Let’s take a look. Notes from NLCS on TBS – October 12, 2011 The National League Championship Series continues on TBS on Thursday, October 13 […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/11/2011
Both Fox and TBS are hoping to have long series to gain interest in the MLB Postseason because based on the Game 1 overnight ratings, viewers need something to get hooked. Yes, the Yankees and Phillies, two teams from big markets in the Northeast are out, but with Detroit and Dallas are large markets. However, […]
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This will be the last post of late Monday night/early Tuesday morning. This involves the quotes from Game 2 of the National League Championship Series which ended up being a St. Louis blowout of Milwaukee by a 12-2 score. Certainly the opposite of the extra inning thriller in Arlington, TX that ended with a walk-off […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/10/2011
With this being Columbus Day, it’s a holiday for some of you. Not for me, but for some. I hope you’re able to enjoy the day. Let’s do some links. Sports Business Journal has a look at some of the important women in sports business. Michael Hiestand of USA Today says former Red Sox manager […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/9/2011
Let’s give you the quotes from TBS’ coverage of Game 1 of the National League Championship Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers. Check it out. Notes from NLCS on TBS – October 9, 2011 The National League Championship Series continues on TBS on Monday, October 10 at 7:30 p.m. ET with TBS […]
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Thanks to having three series reach the maximum five games for the League Division Series, TBS was able to build its ratings and viewership for the MLB Postseason. After getting off to a slow start, TBS set two records for the LDS, first Game 5 of the Tigers-Yankees series became the most watched and highest […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/8/2011
If TBS had a nightmare in its first year of covering the MLB Postseason with sweeps in three League Division Series and a five game National League Championship Series, it certainly has to be a dream this year with three five game LDS’. And with a National League Central Division rivalry in the NLCS starting […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/7/2011
This year, TBS has the National League Championship Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Cardinals. And these two teams have some postseason history having played each other in the 1982 World Series when the Brewers were in the American League. Cardinals won that series in 7 games and this year, they’ll play […]
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Let’s give you one more MLB Postseason press release and this is the quotage from last night’s coverage of Game 5 of the American League Division Series between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees that was won by Detroit in a 3-2 nailbiter. Here’s the quotage for you. Notes from MLB Postseason on TBS […]
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TBS is really smiling after last night’s Game 5 of the American League Division Series between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees. The rating for last night’s game reached a 6.2 rating, a cable TV record. And the audience for the game was 9.72 million, also a cable TV record. As a result, TBS […]
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Major League Baseball has just released the days and times for the League Championship Series which start tomorrow. The American League Championship Series begin Saturday on Fox while the NLCS start Sunday on TBS. Out a potential seven games, the National League Championship Series on TBS will have a potential six in primetime while the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/6/2011
We have the quotes from last night’s National League Division Series that led to two more Games Five on Friday. Let’s take a look at what we have. Notes from MLB Postseason on TBS – October 5, 2011 The MLB Postseason continues on TBS tonight beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET with TBS MLB on Deck […]
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Yesterday at the end of Game 4 of the Philadelphia-St. Louis series, Dick Stockton mentioned on TBS that Bob Brenly would not be working Game 5 as he would be attending his son’s wedding this weekend. So that resulted in several tweeps and readers asking me who would work tomorrow’s Game 5 in Philadelphia. I […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/5/2011
It’s Wednesday already? Goodness. Seemed like I was at the Rhode Island Convention Center just this week for an all-day seminar. Oh wait! I was. Anyway, let’s get to your linkage. Michael Hiestand of USA Today feels that ESPN should pull Hank Williams, Jr. from Monday Night Football pronto. Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg […]
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As three League Division Series have gone four games and the Yankees-Tigers series now reaching the limit of five, TBS’ ratings have gone up. The longer a series goes, the more viewers get hooked and compelled by storylines and with the Yankees in an elimination game, more people wanted to see if it would indeed […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/4/2011
We have the quotage from the first half of the MLB Postseason quadrupleheader. As the Rangers closed out the Tampa Bay Rays and the Phillies took themselves a game away from taking their series with St. Louis, Turner Sports provides us with the notes and quotes from the first two games. We’ll get quotage from […]
