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From: russ@mit-vax.UUCP (Russ Finn)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: ABC
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Date: Mon, 17-Oct-83 18:11:52 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 17 18:11:52 1983
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I couldn't agree more with the comparison between ABC's World Series
coverage and People magazine.  Two things that stand out in my mind
about the first game (the only one I was able to watch) were:

	- during the final innings, instead of showing the action
	  on the field (which, considering the closeness of the score,
	  was certainly exciting enough), we kept seeing pictures of
	  the ballplayers' wives.  (And only of the Phillies' wives!
	  Weren't there any Oriole wives at Memorial Stadium?)

	- between innings, seeing the last two faces I wanted to see
	  on the screen at the same time (Humble Howard and Ronnie
	  Raygun) was enough to make me leave the room -- and by the
	  time I got back, McGregor had given up the game-winning
	  home run.  * sigh *

It's a shame that the intelligent commentary of Earl Weaver had to be
overshadowed in this way.

(Incidentally, I'm quite pleased by the way the series turned out.)

					-- Russell Finn
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