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. . . but when the radio color commentators start discussing the strategy involved in how you deploy the extra police officers and security guards, that CAN'T be a good sign.
"Now the riot police are being deployed along the first base line and. . ."
"Now the riot police are being deployed along the first base line and. . ."
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Date: 2004-10-19 09:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-20 05:13 am (UTC)Of course, the fact that I'm a Red Sox fan might bias my opinion slightly :-)
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Date: 2004-10-20 06:10 am (UTC)Why can't/don't they play the closeup on the big Diamondvision screen so everybody in the stadium can see what just happened?]
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Date: 2004-10-20 06:22 am (UTC)I understand why they don't do it as a general rule - if the umpire made the wrong call, showing the replay and getting 55,000 fans worked into a lather of righteous fury could be downright dangerous. And if the call was very close (as it often is), it would just increase the contentiousness. Usually it's best to move on.
But in both of these specific instances, I think it would have been helpful to show the slow motion replay in the stadium. I think that even a hardcore Yankees fan would have to admit, "Okay, yeah, damn it, that was a home run," and "Okay, that's not just random arm-pumping while he's running."
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Date: 2004-10-20 06:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-10-20 06:12 am (UTC)