oper@uwmacc.UUCP (Unix operator) (10/13/84)
In article <537@loral.UUCP> sdi@loral.UUCP () writes: >I personally didn't have any reactions to the NBC as concerns the >Tigers. But I do think that their broadcasting is very pro-Tigers. >I find this unfair. I know the Padres are underdogs and relatively >unknowns but it seems to me that the job of the National TV broadcasters >would be to commentate impartially. Being a Milwaukee Brewers fan (were they in the league this year??), this struck a familiar chord with me. When the Brew-Crew were in the series in '82, many Brewer fans were upset at the pro-Cardinals announcing. What makes it interesting is that apparantly many Cards fans felt that the announ- cers were one-sided in the Brewers' favor. What it finally boils down to is that after a season or 39 [:-)] of listening to pro home-team broadcasts, any- thing that doesn't have that same slight degree of favoritism sounds biased. If you live within range of the station that carries Padres' games during the regular season in the San Diego area (not their regional affiliates), then I suggest that you turn down the sound on the tube and listen to the radio play-by-play. Steve Manning, Madison Academic Computing Center ...!{allegra,heurikon,ihnp4,seismo,uwm-evax}!uwvax!uwmacc!oper