soxanddawgs.com - 10/20/2008
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Yesterday, I chronicled Dennis Eckersley’s whipping boy status during the TBS broadcasts of the ALCS. Well during the final broadcast for TBS after Game 7 of the ALCS, Eck was still not immune to any good natured ribbing as the fellas in the truck got him one more time.
Dennis Eckersley Is Once Again The Sacrificial Lamb
soxanddawgs.com 10/15/2008 — During the EJ’s Neat-O Stat of the Night portion of the TBS broadcast after the ALCS Game 4 massacre, Dennis Eckersley was once again the sacrificial lamb as he was picked him on yet again, this time for it being the 20th anniversary (October 15, 1988) of Kirk Gibson hitting the memorable home ...
TBS Loses Game Feed
soxanddawgs.com 10/19/2008 — Due to a power outage in Atlanta GA, TBS is currently unable to broadcast Game 6 of the ALCS between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox.
The outage occurred just prior to the studio show throwing it over to Tampa to the broadcast crew for ...
Top 10 'difficulties' TBS had with start of ALCS broadcast
sports.yahoo.com 10/19/2008 — 10. It was a very specia l "Steve Harvey Show." 9. Tropicana Field forgot to pay cable bill. 8. Aunt Bea from "Andy Griffith" takes up way too much bandwith. 7. Aging Ted Turner messing around in TV truck unnecessarily trying to ...
[SHOWER-SHOE FUNGUS] Playing A Little Pepper: ALCS Game 7 —
Rays Index
FIRST INNING ( A look back )… In game 6, TBS lost their feed to the baseball broadcast and people watching at home missed the first inning...How can a network let something like this happen? TBS blamed the the problem on what sounded like a piece you could buy at Best Buy for $30. We suppose ...
ALCS Game Six in-game notes: TBS statement —
Projo Sox Blog
TBS just released this statement in regards to tonight's broadcast:
"Two circut breakers in our Atlanta transmission operations tripped, causing the master router and its backup -- which are necessary to transmit any incoming feed outbound -- to shut down. This impacted our live feed from ...
ALCS Game Six in-game update: Game is back on TV —
Projo Sox Blog
At 8:29 p.m., TBS was able to restore coverage of Game Six of the American League Championship Series. Carlos Pena, the third Tampa Bay batter in the bottom of the first, walked just as the broadcast began.
Evan Longoria then grounded into an inning-ending double play.
TBS Misses The Beggining of ALCS Game 6 —
FanHouse
As I write this, TBS is experiencing "technical difficulties", and is unable to broadcast the beginning of ALCS Game 6 between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays. The problems started a little before 8:00PM EST, when a bloopers show hosted by Dick Clark interrupted the pregame show. They ...
TBS: Totally Botching Stuff —
The LoHud Yankees Blog
Game 6 of the ALCS is not on television, apparently because of a power outage at Turner Television headquarters in Atlanta.
No word from MLB when the broadcast will start. Just FYI, I’m not in Tampa covering this game.
TBS Goes Black —
SOX & Dawgs
Due to a power outage in Atlanta TBS is currently unable to broadcast Game 6 of the ALCS. I’ve never missed Chip Caray this much in my life.
LCS ratings: NL ends on another mediocre note. —
Sports Media Watch
While ratings for the now-completed NLCS have been less than impressive by broadcast standards, TBS continues to draw good numbers (for cable) for its coverage of the almost-completed ALCS.
Game 4 of the Rays/Red Sox American League Championship Series drew a 3.8/6 national rating and 5.7 ...
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