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The Director for the FOX TV coverage of the World Series STINKS!!! BASEBALL IS MORE THAN CLOSEUPS OF THE PLAYERS FACES!!! HOW ABOUT AN OCCASIONAL LONG SHOT OF THE FIELD FROM SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN THE BLIMP!! HOW ABOUT SHOWING THE SHIFT OF THE INFIELD RATHER THAN THE WHISKERS ON THE BATTER'S FACE?? HOW ABOUT THE BALL ACTUALLY LEAVING THE BATTER, AND HEADING SOMEWHERE---- INSTEAD OF A SHOT OF BATTER, THEN A CLOSEUP OF THE FIELDER MAKING (OR MUFFING) THE PLAY?
LONGER SHOTS GUYS--- THIS IS BASEBALL---- NOT POKER!!! HOW BORED DO YOU THINK WE GET WATCHING A CONSTANT REPLAY OF---
A) THE PITCHER WORRYING OVER THE SIGN THEN
B) THE BATTER SPITTING FOR THE 25TH TIME, THEN
C)THE BALL SPINNING TO THE PLATE THEN
D) THE UMP MAKING A BAD CALL, THEN
E) YOUR PITCH LOCATOR PROVING THAT THE CALL WAS AN OPINION RATHER THAN A FACT, THEN
F) THE MANAGER (EITHER ONE) HOLDING ON TO THE RAIL IN THE DUGOUT----
THEN WE SEE IT ALL AGAIN!!
OK, SO-- HDTV CAN SHOW THE HAIR IN THE BATTER'S NOSE-- WE GET IT ALREADY!! BUT-- BASEBALL IS PLAYED ON THE FIELD!! CALL ME AN OLD FART, BUT I CAN REMEMBER HOW THRILLING IT WAS TO HAVE A LONG SHOT OF ROBERTO CLEMENTE GRABBING A HIT IN DEEP RIGHT FIELD, AND THEN SHOOTING A ROPE OF A THROW TO NAIL A GUY AT THE PLATE! (THIS WAS VERY LONG AGO-- WHEN PITTSBURGH ACTUALLY HAD A MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM).
IT WAS THRILLING EVEN ON AN OLD BLACK & WHITE SMALL SCREEN TV!
YOU CAN'T SEE THAT KIND OF PLAY WHEN THE CAMERA DIRECTOR IS CHOOSING SHOTS THAT SHOW THE BLACKHEADS ON THE BATTER'S FACE INSTEAD OF THE PLAYERS DOING THEIR THING!!
MIX UP THE SHOTS--- LEARN THE GAME--- THERE ARE A TOTAL OF NINE GUYS ON THE FIELD-- SHOW US MORE THAN ONE OR TWO AT A TIME!
IS THIS HARDER TO DO THAN THE SOAP OPERA YOU ARE DIRECTING NOW?? YES, IT IS!!
BUT, THIS IS STILL THE USA--- WE CAN DO THIS. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROS-- AND THIS IS THE WORLD SERIES (EVEN IF IT IS BEING PLAYED IN HOCKEY SEASON).
C'MON NOW--- FIX IT BEFORE THE LAST GAME!
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