Spicoli
06-17-2005, 09:45 AM
From ESPN CHAT:
John (Cincy): Joe, Many of my friends and others have been very critical of late concerning the media coverage of baseball. They have taken to saying there is one team in baseball, the Red Cubs, because those two media darling franchises get 80% of the press. Why has baseball become only a few teams with a bunch of others in the background.
http://espn.starwave.com/i/sn2.gif Joe Morgan: (10:40 AM ET ) Well, unfortunately, it has always been that way. As long as I've worked in broadcasting, which has been 20 years now, it was always the Yankees, the Cubs, the Dodgers, the Red Sox. It's always been those high profile teams that they broadcast and cover. There are more writers in those towns than anywhere, that plays into it. There are more writers in New York, and Boston, and Chicago, and Atlanta and L.A. It has always been that way, but I guess it may be more noticable now.
Funny thing is, I asked the question (under pseudonymn with fake location because he is biased towards Cincy) and it finished about how the White Sox don't receive any press. He edited that part out. If he hadn't, his big city theory would be void! What a farce!
John (Cincy): Joe, Many of my friends and others have been very critical of late concerning the media coverage of baseball. They have taken to saying there is one team in baseball, the Red Cubs, because those two media darling franchises get 80% of the press. Why has baseball become only a few teams with a bunch of others in the background.
http://espn.starwave.com/i/sn2.gif Joe Morgan: (10:40 AM ET ) Well, unfortunately, it has always been that way. As long as I've worked in broadcasting, which has been 20 years now, it was always the Yankees, the Cubs, the Dodgers, the Red Sox. It's always been those high profile teams that they broadcast and cover. There are more writers in those towns than anywhere, that plays into it. There are more writers in New York, and Boston, and Chicago, and Atlanta and L.A. It has always been that way, but I guess it may be more noticable now.
Funny thing is, I asked the question (under pseudonymn with fake location because he is biased towards Cincy) and it finished about how the White Sox don't receive any press. He edited that part out. If he hadn't, his big city theory would be void! What a farce!