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More Thursday Linkage

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 […]

TBS Quotage From Day 1 of League Division Series

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 […]

A Lazy Thursday Linkfest

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 […]

TBS Quotage From The Roy Halladay No-Hitter

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 […]

Sneaking In The Tuesday Linkage

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 […]

TBS To Go Multiplatform And Social Networking For The MLB Postseason

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 […]

Highlights of TBS MLB Postseason Media Conference Call

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 […]

Return Of The Linkage

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 […]

2010 MLB League Division Series Schedule

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 […]

TBS Announces League Division Series Schedule & Announcer Assignments

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 […]

TBS MLB on Deck Quotage: Final Regular Season Edition

With TBS ramping up to do the entire MLB Division Series and the American League Championship Series, we have the final MLB on Deck regular season quotage. We’ll be getting quotage throughout the postseason and I look forward to that. One thing I have heard through Twitter and not able to confirm as TBS is […]

Baseball On TV For The Final Weekend of The Regular Season

The MLB TV partners complete their regular season coverage this weekend. MLB Network, Fox and TBS will air games. ESPN finished their schedule on Wednesday. Let’s take a look at what the networks will air this weekend. First, MLB Network will air a doubleheader tonight and a single game on Saturday. October 1 – 7:30 […]

Bringing In The Thursday Links

Another late start on the linkage today mostly due to shuffling between two offices and trying to catch up on press releases. Let’s get started. Mike McCarthy at USA Today has LeBron James blaming race for the negative reaction to his ESPN produced “The Decision” earlier this year. Mike notes that there won’t be a […]

TBS MLB on Deck Quotage

Turner Sports has sent quotage from its MLB on Deck preame show today. Host Matt Winer, along with analysts Dennis Eckersley, Cal Ripken and David Wells all took part. Notes from TBS MLB on Deck – September 26, 2010 “Sunday MLB on TBS” concludes on Sunday, Oct. 3, with a game to be announced proceeded […]

Baseball Pennant Races on TV This Weekend

As we’re in the final two weekends of the MLB regular season, lets give you the games that will be aired throughout the weekend. First, the three games on Fox led by Red Sox and Yankees. As usual, Joe Buck is not calling MLB on Fox so he’s stuck on 13 games out of a […]

Grinding Out Some Wednesday Linkage

Let’s do some linkage while I can. Some sad news from MSNBC. Columnist Mike Celizic who has been with the network writing for both MSNBC and NBCSports.com died today at the age of 61. George Malone of MSNBC writes an appreciation of Celizic. Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk says in a very strange move, […]

Our Back To Work Monday Linkage

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 […]

TBS To Take Over Times Square and Grand Central Station in New York

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. […]

It’s The Sunday Linkage

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 […]

Baseball Pennant Races Heat Up On TV This Weekend

Lots of pennant races heating up in baseball and MLB Network, Fox, TBS and ESPN are all over the sport this weekend. Starting with MLB Network which has games tonight and tomorrow. BRAVES, GIANTS & PHILLIES FEATURED IN NL EAST & NL WEST DIVISION RACES THIS WEEKEND ON MLB NETWORK Secaucus, N.J., September 15, 2010 […]

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