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Orel Hershieser "neutrally rooting for the Cubs"


RyDogg66

I thought this quote was interesting during the Cubs/Reds game tonight. Phillips and Hershieser are pretty open and honest about wanting Chicago to win. Reds were threatening in the 7th, Lily tosses a fast ball to start off Alex Gonzalez, the play-by-play announcer asks Orel if he is surprised by the FB, and Orel says he was "hoping it would be a curve ball" because Gonzalez is a first pitch fast ball hitter, and Hershieser continued that he was "neutrally rooting for the Cubs."

 

No big deal, no surprise really, just interesting that their being so open about it.

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it comes down to the mighty dollar. ESPN, despite not broadcasting any playoff baseball, still wants to get viewers to watch BBTN and Sportscenter so they obviously would want Chicago and their legion of fans to win the division rather than small-market Milwaukee who must have only a few hundred fans that would want to watch their show.

 

Same with FOX and TBS, I'm sure, also. Even though baseball playoff television ratings stink and have been going down every year.

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it comes down to the mighty dollar. ESPN, despite not broadcasting any playoff baseball, still wants to get viewers to watch BBTN and Sportscenter so they obviously would want Chicago and their legion of fans to win the division rather than small-market Milwaukee who must have only a few hundred fans that would want to watch their show.
I think that is a generous estimate.

Fan is short for fanatic.

I blame Wang.

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I watched that whole game and there was nothing neutral about it. He was flat out estatic everytime the Cubs hit a home run or turned a double play. He used an entirely different tone everytime the Reds did anything. I was so disgusted after the game that I immediately emailed ESPN, to no avail I am sure.
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I know that it's been said already, but here's another take on it: Isn't Hershieser saying that he's 'neutrally rooting for the Cubs' just as absurd as someone saying that they are 'fervently indifferent about having the division finish in a tie"?
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