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Mr. Television
10-19-2008, 10:53 AM
I don't know why Baseball has their championship series on such a poor excuse for a network. I couldn't believe this last night. They didn't even have anyone explaining what had happened. They had a sitcom on and every once in awhile a crawl would appear. :rolleyes:



TBS problems keep first part of ALCS off air

Mark Humphrey / AP

updated 2:19 a.m. ET, Sun., Oct. 19, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - TBS had technical difficulties that prevented it from showing live coverage of the first 20 minutes — and the first home run — of Game 6 of the American League championship series between Boston and Tampa Bay on Saturday night.

The game started at 8:08 p.m., but the broadcast didn't begin until 8:28 p.m., when Carlos Pena, the seventh batter of the game, walked in the bottom of the first. TBS then showed a replay of a home run by B.J. Upton, the previous batter, that put the Rays ahead 1-0.

"Two circuit breakers in our Atlanta transmission operations tripped, causing the master router and its backup — which are necessary to transmit any incoming feed outbound — to shut down," TBS spokesman Sal Petruzzi said in a statement.

TVFactFan
10-19-2008, 12:06 PM
I don't know why Baseball has their championship series on such a poor excuse for a network. I couldn't believe this last night. They didn't even have anyone explaining what had happened. They had a sitcom on and every once in awhile a crawl would appear. :rolleyes:



TBS problems keep first part of ALCS off air

Mark Humphrey / AP

updated 2:19 a.m. ET, Sun., Oct. 19, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - TBS had technical difficulties that prevented it from showing live coverage of the first 20 minutes — and the first home run — of Game 6 of the American League championship series between Boston and Tampa Bay on Saturday night.

The game started at 8:08 p.m., but the broadcast didn't begin until 8:28 p.m., when Carlos Pena, the seventh batter of the game, walked in the bottom of the first. TBS then showed a replay of a home run by B.J. Upton, the previous batter, that put the Rays ahead 1-0.

"Two circuit breakers in our Atlanta transmission operations tripped, causing the master router and its backup — which are necessary to transmit any incoming feed outbound — to shut down," TBS spokesman Sal Petruzzi said in a statement.



OH MY-lol Are you serious? Damm a missed homerun?? So thatmean that sports traders who was recording the game will NEVER EVER Be able to get a complete copy since it was only on TBS-lol

Pavan
10-19-2008, 12:17 PM
Yeah they aired Bloopers with Dick Clark and an episode of The Steve Harvey Show.

TVFactFan
10-19-2008, 12:19 PM
Yeah they aired Bloopers with Dick Clark and an episode of The Steve Harvey Show.


I know traders who are red sox or rays fans are furious-lol

T(HE)
B(LOOPER)
S(TATION


LOL

Chelsea
10-19-2008, 04:36 PM
Well, one thing's for sure: That was the highest rated Steve Harvey episode ever.

Pavan
10-20-2008, 02:11 PM
See our story on this:

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2008/10/ion-television-goes-hd-steve-harvey.html

Wreckless
10-20-2008, 05:14 PM
Well, one thing's for sure: That was the highest rated Steve Harvey episode ever.


:lol: :lol: Probably lol.