Fox Coverage Keeps Getting Worse–If That’s Possible!

I have a distaste for the All Star Game and never even considered watching it. The reports on the telecast indicate that things for the true baseball fan are getting worse.

Of course it was all about the retiring Derek Jeter, apparently a class guy, who knows he is not Willie Mays but the hype regarding him, as I expected, was out of whack.

Making that hype so much worse was the fact that Joe Buck, who still is the all time winner in the “lucky birth” club, did not even report the many substitutions in the 7th inning of the game.

Worst of all, there was no tribute to any of the baseball people who died since the last All Star game. That list of people includes Tony Gwynn, Ralph Kiner and Don Zimmer.

Kiner and Gwynn are in the Baseball Hall of Fame while Zimmer was so often mentioned when it behooved Fox during the ballyhooed Yankees/Red Sox ALCS.

All were telecast by Fox taking place in 1999, 2003 and 2004. With no hype needed, there was no mention of Hall of Famers, “baseball lifer,” Don Zimmer and others.

Joe Buck: “Lucky Birth Club” Member