My block had a power outage last night, so I missed the final four innings of the All-Star game, so no comments on any of that. I pretty much tivo’ed through the Clemente ceremony.
Trisha Yearwood should not allow MLB to select her wardrobe. It is disappointing that they don’t show the Canadian national anthem.
My big comment about the production was when introducing the players, I think adding statistical context below their names would be a great touch.
Something like
2B, Age: 26, From: Kentucky
15 2B, 13 HR, 94 H, 51 RBI
would give the viewer some idea why this player is an All-Star. The viewer would then get some insight into some of the young exciting players of the game. Since we are at the All-star break, the viewer could easily double the numbers and say, “Whoa a second baseman on pace for 100 RBI’s. That is a nice little ballplayer that the Marlins have there,” or “Hey I’m from Kentucky too.”
The way they did it
Dan Uggla, Infielder
Florida Marlins
tells the viewer nothing and is more likely to result in the response, “Good grief, this is an all-star?! I’ve never even heard of this guy. I remember when only stars watched the all-star game.”
Debating the merits of the all-stars is one of the fun things about being a fan and giving viewers a little bit of statistical data helps that cause and gives the players some context, especially guys like Jason Bay or Freddy Sanchez or B.J. Ryan who are never on TV.
Also, the way they presented rank in league for the guys at bat made it impossible to figure out what category they meant.
They should have just printed out the additional seven characters.
7th in NL in Hits vs. 7th in NL.
One other thing, I will never ever understand the appeal of the opening montages.