Fox, Yanks Close Season In Style
Like the World Series Champion New York Yankees, Fox’s broadcasting crew of Joe Buck, Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly ended the 1998 season in style. Buck and Brenly were solid but McCarver was outstanding, showing why his only peer as a baseball analyst is Joe Morgan. (Speaking of Lil’ Joe, he must’ve been rarin’ to go after McCarver More...
Fox Solid But Unspectacular As Yanks Take 3-0 Series Lead
October baseball doesn’t get much more intense than the New York Yankees’ 5-4 win over the San Diego Padres in Game 3 of the World Series Tuesday, but Fox missed its chance to make the telecast itself a classic. More...
Fox’s Three-Man Team Has Better Game Than The Padres
It’s beginning to look like the only team able to keep up with the Yankees in the 1998 World Series is Fox. But like most viewers, even Fox seemed to grow bored showing the Yankees beat up the overmatched Padres, More...
Fox’s Pregame Show Rebounds With Solid Effort Before Game 2
Fox rebounded nicely after last night’s disappointing effort to produce a solid pregame show. The show started with analyst Steve “Psycho” Lyons reviewing last night’s game, which he said the Padres should More...
Fox Also Hits Home Run With Game 1 Broadcast
As regular readers of this web site know – all five of you – I’ve been critical recently of Fox’s baseball broadcasts (For example, see my reviews on Game 4 and Game 5 of the National League More...
Fox’s Pregame Show Disappoints
Fox surprisingly did a poor job with its pregame show. I have been impressed with the network’s pregame show throughout the regular season and playoffs; however, Saturday night’s version was far from its best. More...
Fox Close To Selling Out Ad Time For World Series
NEW YORK (AP)–Fox television executives say this year’s bicoastal World Series matchup that includes baseball’s best-known team should help the network improve on last year’s dismal audience More...
Fox Ready To Cover The Fall Classic
Fox begins coverage of its second World Series with the same three announcers that it used in the 1996 World Series – Joe Buck, Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly. This year, Fox will use 19 cameras to follow the More...
