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03/23 2011

DL541: Comparing Barry Bonds to A Million Fish Kill! Plus, The Death of TV Cliffhangers

Posted by Dan Levy.

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We talk about how we feel that nobody is talking about the trial of Barry Bonds. Okay, it’s not NOBODY. Obviously, SOME people are covering it and it’s on Twitter a lot, but it doesn’t have the same feel as the Clemens legal situation or the Congressional hearings or, shoot, even Floyd Landis. Why isn’t this the biggest story in sports right now? Why does ESPN have Women’s Basketball and Cricket in their top story rotator and not Bonds?

(Wait…we know why they have those two sports…because they own the rights…but still, Bonds is relegated to the Headlines box?)

Has Barry Bonds become the sports equivalent to a million fish kill? Is he suddenly not sexy enough for front-page news? And yes, I just basically wondered about the “sexiness” of a million fish dying off the coast of California two weeks ago. I disgust myself, sometimes.

Before we get to our TV segment, Nick and I also about Luis Castillo showing up late for Phillies camp when he’s trying to make the team. Other than figure out a contract and take a healthy percentage, what the hell are agents doing the rest of the time? How is there not SOMEONE on staff to make sure a player reports to camp on time?

CULTURE POP

How much do we hate TV cliffhangers? How much do we have TV cliffhangers for shows THAT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED AND WE’LL NEVER GET TO SEE THE END OF THE STORY BECAUSE THE STUPID SELFISH SHOW RUNNERS DIDN’T FEEL LIKE RE-WRITING AND SHOOTING AN ACTUAL ENDING TO GIVE FANS OF THE SHOW WHO WERE LOYAL ENOUGH TO STICK WITH IT EVEN THOUGH WE KNEW IT WAS CANCELLED A PROPER ENDING.

Seriously. Cliffhangers. How terrible?

Thanks as always.

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Posted on March 23, 2011 at 10:04AM

 

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