Comments on: Long live the East Coast Bias

By: jimeejohnson

jimeejohnson — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:16:15 +0000

“Who dat?”

By: jimeejohnson

jimeejohnson — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:10:46 +0000

Three words: Digital Video Recorder.

By: yahmule

yahmule — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:10:47 +0000

Excessive regional pride is indicative of low intellect.

By: scott7791

scott7791 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:53:51 +0000

It’s a little harsh and snarky to say, “And if you were in their shoes you’d do the same thing. At least as long as you favored employment over unemployment,” Craig. Don’t you think that there’s at least part of the reason that (over)covering the East Coast markets is so profitable BECAUSE that’s where the coverage has been? It’s kind of a chicken and egg situation, where you can’t be quite sure which is the cause and which is the effect. But as someone who is from the east coast but now lives on the west coast, I can tell you that the media coverage has not kept up with the population shift over the past generation. Someday, someone will realize this, and “that’s the way it’s always been” will be replaced by “how did everyone miss this for so long”?

By: aceshigh11

aceshigh11 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:10:13 +0000

Hey, look!

There’s Bristol, CT on that map, home of ESPN and…would you look at that…midway between NYC and Boston!

Funny how that happened.

By: heynerdlinger

heynerdlinger — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:44:01 +0000

Personally, I’m looking forward to the live cut-ins of every Bryce Harper at bat.

By: Ari Collins

Ari Collins — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:19:58 +0000

No, I said people will consider you a condescending douche. I’m sure you’re much nicer in person (most people are). My telling you that you’re coming off like a condescending douche is not condescending; I’m simply explaining to you why you insulting everyone is not winning you any arguments (or friends).

If you consider it condescending to explain the rules of kind behavior, then so be it. You had a valid side point originally; too bad you had to ruin it.

TL;DR version: I’m sorry if the kettle was offended when the pot asked him nicely to stop insulting everyone.

By: cur68

cur68 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:19:33 +0000

I agree hammy: the comment and argument, while valid (and, IMO, seem to exist so as the writer can show off) are beside the point. The post was meant to point out that the demographics of the nation demand that East Coast teams gets more air play, not why the demographics are what they are.

I attended community college to get my original accreditation, lo those many decades ago. Petty proud of it, too.

By: normcash

normcash — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:02:42 +0000

This coming baseball season will test ESPN’s obvious east coast bias. With Miguel Cabrera,
Prince Fielder and Justin Verlander all on the same team—which doesn’t represent NY, Boston or Philadelphia—what will they do? Assuredly, they will not cover the Tigers like they would the Red Sox, Yankees or Phillies if those three gentlemen played in THOSE cities.

By: Gamera the Brave

Gamera the Brave — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:32:28 +0000

Thanks again, Gator – now I have to Netflix “Space: 1999″.
Ah – I miss the dramatic range of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain…
Come for the cool special effects, stay for the nonsensical plotlines!

By: farvite

farvite — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:25:20 +0000

ESPN is the best and worst thing to happen to pro sports.

By: joshftw

joshftw — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:16:35 +0000

And hey, at least Mad Men will be back in a few weeks too!

By: woodenulykteneau

woodenulykteneau — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:48:22 +0000

As in "you're the pot calling the kettle black" by complaining about me "being a condescending douchebag"... while being a condescending douchebag in so doing it. Is that clear enough for you, Oblio? Do I need to use smaller words?

By: skeleteeth

skeleteeth — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:34:39 +0000

No, I meant the route in the map at the top of the page. I was just on the Merritt last night…

By: hystoracle

hystoracle — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:11:17 +0000

West Coast teams shouldn’t feel bad. They ignore teams on the east coast, too. If Yankees, Red Sox, or Cubs aren’t involved forget about it. When is the last time you saw a Rays v. Indians matchup in prime time? It is all about ratings. And sorry, Living on the east coast I’m not staying up to 10:30pm just to watch the beginning of the game. 6 am comes quickly.

By: kcfanatic

kcfanatic — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:53:48 +0000

Innppropriate

By: heynerdlinger

heynerdlinger — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:29:49 +0000

CT Route 15 = Merritt Parkway

By: Ari Collins

Ari Collins — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:18:32 +0000

Pot, kettle? If “telling someone to stop insulting everyone,” is the same as, “insulting everyone,” then sure. Same thing.

By: woodenulykteneau

woodenulykteneau — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:49:59 +0000

Pot, kettle.

By: skeleteeth

skeleteeth — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:22:41 +0000

I was going to mention that but couldn’t quite tell if it was 91 or Route 9. Either way, 95 after the GW is for suckers. That stretch of road gives cities such a bad rap.

I always look forward to the HH Pkwy / Cross County / Merritt Pkwy portion of my trip to the Northeast.

By: Ari Collins

Ari Collins — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:57:54 +0000

Next time, try responding to what someone says instead of insulting them. People won’t consider you a condescending douche.

Also, I wouldn’t insult someone else’s writing when you also accuse people of not understanding that your insult was in rhetorical question form (and therefore okay?). Or accuse them of contradicting themselves, when in fact all he did was agree with your point but wonder why it’s relevant.

Also also, if you need to feel better about yourself by attacking poor grammar on the internet, well… I guess you must feel pretty great every day.

By: rexadelphia8

rexadelphia8 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:52:51 +0000

Fcuk new York and fcuk Boston. Philly mothrafuckrs

By: woodenulykteneau

woodenulykteneau — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:48:17 +0000

That’s a good point. I have a problem with atonal porcines that I can’t help, I guess.

By: woodenulykteneau

woodenulykteneau — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:45:31 +0000

You’re right: You don’t have to be a community college student to contradict yourself while spewing a 72-word run-on sentence. I’m sorry for making such an unlikely conclusion.

By: Ari Collins

Ari Collins — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:39:47 +0000

Ohhhhh, I didn’t realize what comment you were referring to. My bad!

Still not sure why you’re insulting me if you agree with me and disagree with the guy I was responding to. (Or why you’d insult me even if you disagreed with me, but that’s another issue.)

By: detroitcityryda

detroitcityryda — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:33:33 +0000

Everybody Hates the yanks and red sox because they have the most loudmouth annoying fan base in the world .same goes for patriots,jets,(giants get a pass )

By: woodenulykteneau

woodenulykteneau — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:32:30 +0000

Uh, yes I did. What part of “people leaving the New York/New England region for jobs” did you not understand?

By: Ari Collins

Ari Collins — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:22:59 +0000

Your rhetorical question was an ad hominem insult. No one thought you were honestly curious what community college he attended.

By: heynerdlinger

heynerdlinger — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:21:09 +0000

Craig – You should really take the Merritt if you’re heading between NYC and Boston; It’s a much nicer drive.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:19:18 +0000

It seems much more likely that those fans will simply not watch ESPN.

Hypothetical numbers here, but what if ESPN knows that by constantly showing Yanks/Sox/Phillies games, they’ll average 10M viewers a game, but if they show a Pirates game, they’ll get 500,000. Is the loss of 9.5M viewers worth it to maybe enrich their Pirates viewership by 5%?

I’m probably the most critical person of ESPN that I know. Their coverage sucks, their idea of “analysts/analysis” is piss poor, and pre/post game shows are abhorrent; however, the one thing i’m sure they have is a ton of number crunchers working out how cost effective it is to show X team Y number of times.