Total BS and ML Bull

Cliff Lee beat the tar out of the Yankees. He flat-out dominated them. He is the king of baseball. Etc. etc.....

What I'd like to know is why this game took 4 hours to get through the first 8 innings. In what was basically a pitchers' duel, how did this game last any longer than 2 and 1/2 hours?

If you said "commercials" you win a gold star.

And apparently TBS needs to advertise their newest comedy about a freshman in college, truly an original premise that has spawned dozens of successful syndicated television programs in our time. Ladies and gentlemen, we need more of THAT, and less of original comedies following the life of a beat writer for the Chicago Cubs. More slapstick, less polished well-timed comedy, please! Please absolve us of all responsibility when it comes to humor and tell us when to laugh! More Rom-Com Ben Stiller and Jackass, less quality writing and subtlety!

Ugh. Focus, focus.

I understand that TBS needs to make money and that Ted Turner needs another solid gold yacht. It's a legitimate business practice, and it seems to work. But MLB needs to step in and control the pace of these games, lest they continue to lose fans to rival sports. In a marquee matchup guaranteed to bring in viewers, allowing TBS to squeeze in an extra 2 commercials per break is nothing short of MLB dropping the ball.

Mr. Selig, this was your chance to satisfy potential baseball fans everywhere: an appreciation for an amazing pitching performance, PLUS the utter domination of the most hated franchise in sports. Instead, what they got was boredom by 9:00pm and a strange urge to look for an orange blimp piloted by a frighteningly tall redhead. By viewing this as a short-term earnings opportunity instead of a chance to truly grow the sport, Bud Selig has done a disservice to fans everywhere. I can almost understand the buildup of Lee as a means to get those on the fence to tune into the game, but its intentions are now made painfully clear.

MLB needs to stop taking its loyal fans for granted, unless they're willing to let themselves become a niche sport. Hockey can do it, but they don't have 50,000 seats to fill in their arenas. All we die-hards have to look forward to is more commercials...

...yet after repeated viewings, for the life of me I STILL can't figure out if those kids in that car commercial really are just racing each other home, or if they're trying to beat the snot out of that little kid. If it's the latter, is it a good idea to mock those bullies when you're going to see them tomorrow? Get acquainted with the bottom of a toilet bowl, kiddo.