New White Sox press box

Has this been discussed yet?

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-070405greenstein,1,525803.column?coll=cs-home-utility

 

Average fan isn't going to give a shit.
But it is bullshit. And isn't going to get better.

 

yeah, but I like how he led with the perspective of an NBA announcer unable to pick out who a foul was called on. so he's leading by demonstrating how this trend does have an affect on fans, even if not directly in baseball ...

 

A tidbit I found interesting at the end of the column is ESPN/ABC is going to use the yellow first-and-10 line during MLS games now to see if players are offsides.

 

They already do that extensively in Europe and I think on Mexican league games. Not a huge leap there.

 

This is where the columnists should chime in.

Say something like: "Wow, that was a great pitch that handcuffed Jeter in the ninth inning, but of course we couldn't tell what kind of pitch that was from the new pressbox down the line."

Say it early and often. Nobody will do anything, probably, but it's a pain in the ass to the club when you remind fans regularly why your job just got harder.

 

Like they could tell to begin with. They figured it out by watching TV monitors before.

 

Yeah, that's why they suck also. But that's another thread.

 

Yeah, but Greenstein is the media columnist. So he's doing his job by writing about it.

And as odd as it seems, fans do care about stuff like this. Whenever someone finds out I'm a sports writer, they want to know: 1. Where I sit. 2. What is it like?

 

Sometime in the future, the following post-game scenario will arise:

Beat Writer: Ozzie, what happened on that play in the third that led to you getting tossed?

Ozzie: What the fuck? You were here, you saw it! It was a bullshit call!

Beat Writer: No, I didn't see it. The view from the new press box sucks and they won't show replays on the in-house feed.

 

i'd heard st. louis redid its press box because it was so shitty and baseball threatened to take away the all-star game fter the terrible reviews from teh world series. someone told me the gutted the thing and started over. i haven't been there yet, any reviews?