July 13, 2009

ESPN sets baseball coverage back 15 years

I am completely dumbfounded as I watch ESPN use some stupid CGI gimmick (ESPN Ball Track) to mark the flight of the ball during tonight's Home Run Derby. Is it possible that no one at ESPN remembers FoxTrax? It was only the biggest debacle in recent sport-broadcasting history, Joe Buck Live notwithstanding. Sure, it was despised in hockey. But this is baseball we're talking about. Their are no "baseball purists" to offend, as the game has no history or tradition. It was a god-awful idea a decade and a half ago! How could it have gotten any better, especially considering the existence of HD completely mitigates any need to highlight the ball. Please, ESPN, just stop.

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