data.3news-bydate.train.rec.sport.hockey.54085 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Mark Shneyder 432-4219)
Subject: Re: ESPN sucks: OT or Baseball? Guess which.
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In article [email protected] (Daryl Turner) writes:
>Showing a meaningless (relatively) baseball game over the overtime of
>game that was tied up with less than 3 seconds left on the clock?
>Gimme a break! Where does ESPN get these BRILLIANT decisions from?
>
It's called 'contractual obligations' with Major League Baseball.
I would've liked to see the OT of the Isles-Caps game, but I understand
where ESPN is coming from. ESPN is committed to a single telecast a night
and everything after that is a bonus.
-PPV Mark