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Thougts on last Braves Game on TBS

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oldvnewschool

While it was great to see Chip & Skip Caray again, It was a dissapointment that not enough was made of the history of Braves Baseball on TBS.

That's real sad beacuse other than The Hawks, and wrestling, Braves made TBS.

And all they get was a 2 minute speech by Jim Hubert, immediately followed by BLOOPERS on the east coast.

The only Blooper was the very blatent disrespect by the former owners of the Braves after everything they done for them.

I know they have MLB stuff now with the postseason (Which was OK).

But more attention should have been played.

A one hour primetime special plus a reunion of past Braves announcers would've been nice too.

It would have been great if they had paired Ernie Johnson Sr. (I think he's still alive) and Ernie Johnson, Jr. at the studio.

The half of inning in which Pete Van Wiren and Joe Simpson was nothing more than a charity pick.

Shame on TBS.
 
I've got to agree. While WTCG, later WTBS, then TBS was the first independent station a lot of medium and smaller markets first received, it was Braves baseball--no matter how bad it used to be--that made the station worth watching. And quite frankly, Ernie Johnson Sr. (yes he is still alive), Pete Van Wieren and the inimitable Skip Caray became like extended members of our families during the '70's and '80's. Fortunately enough, those of us in the Southeast should be able to get the regional network games from Peachtree TV that will be distributed to local stations next year, and we'll at least be able to enjoy Skip, Chip and Joe. I've always thought that Skip and Pete were two of the best in the business, and far more entertaining and informative that many of the other local announcers I've heard over the years.

Unfortunately, times and corporate needs change. The worst thing that could have happened to the Braves was when Time-Warner assumed ownership, focusing on the bottom line rather than putting a winning team on the field (oops, I guess I should have saved that comment for a sports talk message board). The next worst thing was when the higher-ups at Time-Warner decided to make TBS the home of non-stop reruns of "Sex and the City" and "Seinfeld" (yes I know that MLB rules changed to limit the number of games that both TBS and WGN could show), and then sell Turner South off to Fox.
 
Sadly, I live in South Texas so I will have to see the Braves play on either FOX, WGN when they are playing the Cubs or White Soxs, ESPN, or FOX Southwest when they are playing the Astros or Rangers.

I think that it is sad that TBS will not be carrying games on a National level unless they make the playoffs next year. I have been following the Braves for the past 17 years and will miss Skip, Chip, Joe, and Pete immensely as they were great announcers and sort of part of the family where they made the game fun to watch especially Skip. I also missed Don Sutton as well but now he is announcing Washington Nationals games.

Incidentally, they had a Top 10 list of the best Braves moments during the last 10 games they aired on TBS, and the 1995 World Series didn't rank number 1. I wonder what the best Braves moment was since I missed the game Sunday.
 
Braves2005 said:
Incidentally, they had a Top 10 list of the best Braves moments during the last 10 games they aired on TBS, and the 1995 World Series didn't rank number 1. I wonder what the best Braves moment was since I missed the game Sunday.
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IIRC, I think the number one Braves moment on TBS was from a regular season game at old Fulton County Stadium in 1992, when Otis Nixon made a spectacular leaping catch to rob the Pirates' Andy Van Slyke of a certain homerun.

To me, the best part of Sunday's broadcast was when Skip poked fun at the hated Mets by singing a parody of their fight song: "Beat the Mets, beat the Mets..." it went something like that. Out of respect for Mets fans, I'll hold off on the rest.

Watching the end of the Rockies-Padres game Monday night/Tuesday morning was certainly weird. Watching baseball on TBS will never look quite right without the Braves involved.
 
One of the best moments besides the World Series in 1995 for me was when Sid Bream slid home in 1992 in the NL Playoffs with Skip saying "Safe!!! Braves Win!!! Braves Win!!! Braves Win!!! Braves Win!!! Listen to that crowd!!!" not to mention Otis Nixon's catch and Fred McGriff's welcome to Atlanta in 1993 when the press box caught fire in Fulton County Stadium. It was sad that TBS didn't let him do a little bit more with his son Chip this season. Guess it was TBS's decision in doing so and I hated that not to mention the lack of games shown on TBS only showing 50 games out of 162 games. Very sad indeed.
 
I agree with everyone on this. they did not bid farewell to the Braves like the should have. I also didn't and still don't agree with the MLB limiting the amount of games one channel can show. It's pretty darn stupid from a fans perspective
 
Brian Donegan said:
I agree with everyone on this. they did not bid farewell to the Braves like the should have. I also didn't and still don't agree with the MLB limiting the amount of games one channel can show. It's pretty darn stupid from a fans perspective
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On a sentimental level, I agree with everyone. However, the Braves on TBS had become a bit of an anachronism in today's media world. Regular season Braves games just didn't have any synergy with the rest of the channel's schedule. Frankly, it's not a very good place for playoff games either - but that is a different debate. Let's just say that TBS in 2007 is a completely different channel than it was in 1992.

About the limit of 50 games per season, that's all about the Benjamins. This way, MLB gets more subscribers to their cable and internet (MLB TV) packages. It's a shame, really.
 
oldvnewschool said:
While it was great to see Chip & Skip Caray again, It was a dissapointment that not enough was made of the history of Braves Baseball on TBS.

That's real sad beacuse other than The Hawks, and wrestling, Braves made TBS.

And all they get was a 2 minute speech by Jim Hubert, immediately followed by BLOOPERS on the east coast.

The only Blooper was the very blatent disrespect by the former owners of the Braves after everything they done for them.

I know they have MLB stuff now with the postseason (Which was OK).

But more attention should have been played.

A one hour primetime special plus a reunion of past Braves announcers would've been nice too.

It would have been great if they had paired Ernie Johnson Sr. (I think he's still alive) and Ernie Johnson, Jr. at the studio.

The half of inning in which Pete Van Wiren and Joe Simpson was nothing more than a charity pick.

Shame on TBS.
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It's only a "shame" to us media geeks. The majority of viewers do not care, hence the reason.
 
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