Fox Sports Amateurs

My DW and I had discussions during the recent World Series about how awful the television coverage was. This morning I learned that the ratings were very low and the network was complaining about it.
Fox Sports has no one to blame but themselves for the ratings. If you weren't a fan of one of these teams, how were you supposed to enjoy it? The network took a beautiful, pastoral game with all kinds of human interest and turned it into an extravaganza of advertising wrapped around awful commentary.
I felt that the World Series coverage assaulted my senses at every turn. The broadcasts contained over-long breaks between half-innings filled with loud, obnoxious commercials repeated ad nauseum.
Coverage began at the top of the hour, but with a first pitch a full forty minutes later, even die-hard fans were getting ticked off.
Network television has already ruined American football, and they are trying their damndest to do the same to baseball. I wish the producers of this shit actually had a feel for the game of baseball, because the approach would be 100% different.
Poor performance all the way up and down the line marred the presentation of the drama unfolding on the field. It was like nobody knew anything about baseball, and less about the cities involved, especially Joe Buck and Tim McCarver. The way they talked about Chicago was laughable and they totally ignored Houston as if it were Hoopeston, Illinois or something. Insane approach to the game. Buck added insult to injury with his smirky demeanor and Tim McCarver and his bad dye job had no credibility whatsoever. This is the best Fox could come up with? They were obviously the safe choice of network syncophants more afraid of losing their jobs than presenting a fresh, competent approach to a beloved game.
Layer on top of the poor production the following: The national media foolishly ignore 28 teams in the major leagues because they live in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Therefore the world revolves around the Yankees and Boston. If baseball made them cover all the teams the way football is covered, there would be less crying about ratings.