Round Number Two Goes To MLB As ESPN Runs TBS Promos

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Links of the Day: Playoff edition
Published 10/3/2007 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly
... After pressure from MLB, ESPN has changed their minds and has started running promos for the playoff games on TBS. ESPN didn’t have to, it wasn’t in their contract, and the only leverage MLB had over ESPN was not letting ESPN do on-site coverage from playoff games. I figured that wouldn’t be a huge loss, considering football season is in full swing. Maybe ESPN did this to preserve a good relationship with MLB down the line? ...

Somewhere Bud Selig is Smiling Big
Published 10/4/2007 by Chimpanzee Rage at Deuce of Davenport | Sports News, Commentary, Humor, Videos
... with the TBS name dropping this past week . Sure we know they're pissed they didn't get the rights and couldn't get in on the all-star game, but they had no idea that they would be getting no slice of this possibly monumentally gigantic pie. That's gotta burn them twice as much. "This postseason, with the teams involved we have, is an absolute dream for a network." Turner Sports President David Levy told USA Today. Damn right it is a dream...except for ESPN. The worst thing that can happen now for everyone not the WWL is that the Rockies play the Indians for the championship...and hell hasn't frozen over yet so I think they're pretty safe. Is it cold in here? From ...