MLB Should Drop Fox

To:  Major League Baseball

Fox Sports is entirely incapable of doing reasonable baseball broadcasts.

Their camera work is substandard, their color commentator Tim McCarver is functionally retarded, and their play-by-play man Joe Buck -- who only has the job because of his father's name -- is boorish, never having a single interesting thing to say.

The direction and producing is of the worst kind, betraying a complete lack of knowledge or appreciation of the game: habitually missing plays, showing ridiculous camera angles, and -- the worst crime -- skipping entire innings of play to show other games.

Fox crimes also include showing -- live, during the on-field celebration after the World Series -- actors kissing for a publicity stunt for a movie and promoting "astroturf" ad campaigns during games.

The bottom line is that Fox ruins every game it broadcasts, takes much of the joy out of the experience, and makes Major League Baseball look like a bunch of ignorant chumps who can't get a real network to broadcast their most important games. For the sake of the enjoyment of the game and perception of the MLB, the institution we care about, we call on the MLB to immediately sever all of its contracts with Fox to broadcast any future baseball games.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

The MLB Should Drop Fox Petition to Major League Baseball was created by Baseball Fans of America and written by Chris Nandor (foxmlb-petition@pudge.net).  This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service. There is no endorsement of this petition, express or implied, by Artifice, Inc. or our sponsors. For technical support please use our simple Petition Help form.

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