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Why does ESPN run "In The Huddle" every week and not "The Baseball Show"

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stevejrogersjr

Don't get me wrong, I'd be saying the same thing if they had a weekly hot stove league show running in the middle of January, but if you are going to dedicate a FOUR hour show in the middle of a Saturday afternoon to the National Football League's offseason, why not do one for Major League Baseball, whom has always been a major topic of conversation 12 months out the the year. Sure thats in part due to the realtive shortness of the offseason, but the facts are still the facts.

That being said, do we really need to dedicate four hours of programing a week to whats going on in mini-camps and free agency?

Are listeners really clamoring for NFL news tidbits that they can't get from, oh I don't know, the internet, newspapers, local radio/TV? Especially in late May-early June?

Okay, maybe I can see them running a special edition once a month just to run through some major issues, or just the weekend of the draft, the first week of regular training camp, ect, but a weekly show during the entire spring-summer?

Did I miss something here? Because like I said, I'm sure if they put a weekly baseball show on in the dead of winter, where the hot stove news is just trinkling down to minor deals and the last scraps of free agency people would be saying the same thing. Basically rehashing the same stuff we are going to hear every week untill the pre-season games get started.

Is football really that big that the national media's overhype of its offseason has become a self-fufilling prophesy where the media talks up how the NFL has gotten to baseball's level as a "365/7" sport so now we need a weekly NFL "week in review" show during the offseason?

Ugh!

Steve
 
> Don't get me wrong, I'd be saying the same thing if they had
> a weekly hot stove league show running in the middle of
> January, but if you are going to dedicate a FOUR hour show
> in the middle of a Saturday afternoon to the National
> Football League's offseason, why not do one for Major League
> Baseball, whom has always been a major topic of conversation
> 12 months out the the year. Sure thats in part due to the
> realtive shortness of the offseason, but the facts are still
> the facts.
>
> That being said, do we really need to dedicate four hours of
> programing a week to whats going on in mini-camps and free
> agency?
>
> Are listeners really clamoring for NFL news tidbits that
> they can't get from, oh I don't know, the internet,
> newspapers, local radio/TV? Especially in late May-early
> June?
>
> Okay, maybe I can see them running a special edition once a
> month just to run through some major issues, or just the
> weekend of the draft, the first week of regular training
> camp, ect, but a weekly show during the entire
> spring-summer?
>
> Did I miss something here? Because like I said, I'm sure if
> they put a weekly baseball show on in the dead of winter,
> where the hot stove news is just trinkling down to minor
> deals and the last scraps of free agency people would be
> saying the same thing. Basically rehashing the same stuff
> we are going to hear every week untill the pre-season games
> get started.
>
> Is football really that big that the national media's
> overhype of its offseason has become a self-fufilling
> prophesy where the media talks up how the NFL has gotten to
> baseball's level as a "365/7" sport so now we need a weekly
> NFL "week in review" show during the offseason?
>
> Ugh!
>
> Steve
>
I haven't listened to much ESPN radio lately, but I did wonder about the baseball show when the season first started.

Football is king in America. I'll go on record to say it's America's new past-time. I don't think, however, that a four-hour weekly show during the offseason is necessary. Maybe in the time around the NFL Draft, you could do some special shows. After that, what's to talk about every week besides Terrell Owens wanting a new contract? I live in the South, where we talk college football 24/7/365, but not even Alabama or Tennessee have four-hour weekly shows about the football team during the offseason--or, at least, not that I know of. However, I'm willing to bet that football talk generates more interest from callers than any other sport and that ESPN is responding to what the listeners want. <P ID="signature">______________
"...and the countdown continues until the neanderthals that govern college football do something about their pathetic postseason."--Tim Brando, Sporting News Radio</P>
 
> However, I'm willing to bet that football talk
> generates more interest from callers than any other sport
> and that ESPN is responding to what the listeners want.
>

Golden Eagle, I suspect you're right on this one...and indeed, the entire thrust of your message: the NFL has passed MLB in terms of year-round fan interest. Good logic.
 
> > However, I'm willing to bet that football talk
> > generates more interest from callers than any other sport
> > and that ESPN is responding to what the listeners want.
> >
>
> Golden Eagle, I suspect you're right on this one...and
> indeed, the entire thrust of your message: the NFL has
> passed MLB in terms of year-round fan interest. Good logic.
>

And ESPN still airs "The Baseball Show" on Sundays from 3p(EDT) 'till the Sunday night baseball PBP. Dirt-cheap WKNR/850 in Cleveland carries it.

But there's one other detail: since Ron Dibble left ESPN a few months ago, former Mets GM Steve Phillips is now host of "The Baseball Show." Take from it what you will.

As for "In The Huddle," it's a good show. I actually think highly of Sean Salsbury - and the fact it's a year-round program illustrates just how popular the NFL has become. Scary...

- nate81<P ID="signature">______________
Nathan Obral
University Partership Representative
Student Senate
Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio

http://www.lorainccc.edu</P>
 
I live in the
> South, where we talk college football 24/7/365, but not even
> Alabama or Tennessee have four-hour weekly shows about the
> football team during the offseason--or, at least, not that I
> know of.

I take it that there's no radio affiliate of The Paul Finebaum Show near you--it's only a three-to-four hour daily show about how Tennessee owns the NCAA and how Alabama is getting screwed.

Naturally, it gets Arbitron busting ratings in its timeslot.
<P ID="signature">______________
There's nothing to see here.</P>
 
> And ESPN still airs "The Baseball Show" on Sundays from
> 3p(EDT) 'till the Sunday night baseball PBP. Dirt-cheap
> WKNR/850 in Cleveland carries it.
>
> But there's one other detail: since Ron Dibble left ESPN a
> few months ago, former Mets GM Steve Phillips is now host of
> "The Baseball Show." Take from it what you will.
>
> As for "In The Huddle," it's a good show. I actually think
> highly of Sean Salsbury - and the fact it's a year-round
> program illustrates just how popular the NFL has become.
> Scary...
>
> - nate81
>

I meant during the offseason...
 
> I live in the
> > South, where we talk college football 24/7/365, but not
> even
> > Alabama or Tennessee have four-hour weekly shows about the
>
> > football team during the offseason--or, at least, not that
> I
> > know of.
>
> I take it that there's no radio affiliate of The Paul
> Finebaum Show near you--it's only a three-to-four hour daily
> show about how Tennessee owns the NCAA and how Alabama is
> getting screwed.
>
> Naturally, it gets Arbitron busting ratings in its timeslot.
>

Nah, but it would be nice if we could. <P ID="signature">______________
"...and the countdown continues until the neanderthals that govern college football do something about their pathetic postseason."--Tim Brando, Sporting News Radio</P>
 
> > And ESPN still airs "The Baseball Show" on Sundays from
> > 3p(EDT) 'till the Sunday night baseball PBP. Dirt-cheap
> > WKNR/850 in Cleveland carries it.
> >
> > But there's one other detail: since Ron Dibble left ESPN a
>
> > few months ago, former Mets GM Steve Phillips is now host
> of
> > "The Baseball Show." Take from it what you will.
> >
> > As for "In The Huddle," it's a good show. I actually think
>
> > highly of Sean Salsbury - and the fact it's a year-round
> > program illustrates just how popular the NFL has become.
> > Scary...
> >
> > - nate81
> >
>
> I meant during the offseason...
>

Is a four hour show a bit much? Maybe. Then again, I spend a lot of time on NFL Radio on Sirius during the day.

It's nice to talk football year round. I agree with the assertion that In The Huddle is, in concept, a good show.

Sean Salsbury, however, is a waste of hair gel. There are industrial hair dryers that make more pleasing, and more knowledgeble, sounds than this guy. I'd rather have Mark Malone. Perhaps Nate Newton is getting out of jail soon. Salsbury has poor delivery, mediocre diction, terrible intonation, and generally isn't very smart. Every bit the radio host he was as a quarterback which is to say, not much.
 
I believe the Baseball Show runs all year as well. If memory serves me it airs from 7-9EST Sat Nights in the off season.
 
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