FOX’s Coverage Needs Improvement
Randy McRoberts lays out the evidence of how atrocious FOX’s coverage of the World Series was.
Regarding the third item—"we want to see the game"—The constant closeups of players (and fans) drives me nuts. We lose perspective. How is the defense aligned? How big of a lead does the runner have? How far in the hole did the shortstop have to range? You can’t tell, because everything’s a closeup, and when we’re in between pitches, FOX has to show closeups of fans and interview actors.
Joe Sheehan of Baseball Prospectus has made a repeated point about this. Baseball needs a broadcast partner who will promote the game, not itself.