The Worst Announcing Crew Ever: Usually I can live with some sub-par announcing, but Holy Hell, Joe Buck and TIm McCarver redefine suck.  The simple fact that Fox puts these clowns on the air makes me not want to watch any playoff baseball.  The sad part is that isn’t an exaggeration.  Joe Buck has admitted he doesn’t even like calling baseball, and we all know he doesn’t even deserve a job in the announcing business (seriously, name someone who has been for a ride on their fathers coattails for longer).  He brings zero excitement to the games, and sometimes just declines to call the action on the field instead opting to do God knows what, probably give McCarver a tug job under the desk.  And then Tim McCarver comes through with unprecedented levels of fail with his “color commentary” which is about as insightful as listening to a baby who is just learning how to talk. Fox should take a step back and realize the reason for a decline in World Series rating isn’t just because it was Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay (two of the most exciting young teams in baseball) but it was because they have more fail in an announcing booth than was previously thought possible.

Bud Selig: This abomination of a commissioner just needs to quit while he’s this far behind.  Who knows why the owners decided to give him an extension, everytime this clown faces a crisis he somehow manages to bungle it beyond what anyone thought was humanly possible.  Scott Eyre hit it on the head when he allegedly said that he wouldn’t trust Selig to supervise one of his shits.  I couldn’t agree more. It’s time for this idiot to disappear forever, and take Buck and McCarver with him.

I’ve always thought Bud Selig has done some questionable things as a comissioner, but far and away the stupidest thing he has ever done is to make the All Star game decide homefield advantage.  We saw that perfectly again last night.  What in the hell will any of those National League All Stars who were stuck out there in the 11th 12th and 13th innings get out of winning the all star game?  Aaron Cook certainly wasn’t going to benefit, and God knows Adrian Gonzalez, Nate McLouth and Christian Guzman aren’t going to be affected by home field advantage in the World Series.

I understand that these guys are still playing for their pride and aren’t going to throw the game, but why the hell can’t we just leave the game as it was, an exhibition?  It seemed to work just fine from 1933 until 2002.  And then the midsummers classic changed because “this time it counts.”  Which is honestly just a load of shit, because it still doesn’t count unless you’re one of two teams, and even then it barely counts, its just frustrating as all get out.  It reduces the relevancy of the regular season and puts a prime on a pointless exhibition game which is decided by players, most of whom won’t even be playing baseball come October.

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