tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post7519809157364931829..comments2023-09-20T10:27:39.247-05:00Comments on Savannah's World: There Was Something About MarySavannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15079111598976360942noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-8136283819959987992011-01-17T20:15:18.070-05:002011-01-17T20:15:18.070-05:00Tweets have power. If you notice when people start...Tweets have power. If you notice when people start getting on ESPN2's case the commentary gets better.Savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079111598976360942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-56402627037125397532011-01-17T20:04:30.711-05:002011-01-17T20:04:30.711-05:00Savannah, perhaps if tennis fans started to unite ...Savannah, perhaps if tennis fans started to unite with each other and protest about the unprofessionalism that pervades the commentary booth, maybe then they will start listening. <br /><br />Federer did say to them at some point in time that it would be nice if the fans actually got to see the tennis. That is when Fox had coverage of both IW and the SEO. <br /><br />IMG has its hands in many pies, not least of which it would seem in the ITF pie. I recall last season at a match at Stanford, Sharapova was playing Radwanska and it was like Radwanska was not there. The commentator who was doing the match on tennistv sounded as if he was reading from a prepared script. <br /><br />It got so bad that folks actually started tweeting tennistv directly and asking it to stop. He eventually did but it just goes to show that the commentators are not there to inform the fans or indeed even the casual fans about the technical aspect of the game, but moreso about the personalities, how much they make, what they are wearing etc.Overhead Spinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838462340734632101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-87367243196186026382011-01-17T18:50:21.379-05:002011-01-17T18:50:21.379-05:00Last night was especially bad. I had to turn off E...Last night was especially bad. I had to turn off ESPN360 because they featured Jeff Tarango. He manages to make the Slob look like a reserved font of wisdom.Savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079111598976360942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-41280293301076992752011-01-17T18:21:14.521-05:002011-01-17T18:21:14.521-05:00I always listen to ESPN2 just about on mute.
I a...I always listen to ESPN2 just about on mute. <br /><br />I agree about the way Wozniacki's match was handled.<br />I'm not a fan but since few if any think she's getting to the final it was a match most tennisheads would want to see. She did not play well coming into Melbourne and I for one wanted to see if her form got any better and if she was saving anything for the start of Oz. Dulko has had some surprising upsets and that made the match doubly interesting. Instead we got peeks because as you said Querrey was deemed more important.<br /><br />Tamarine Tanasugarn has had some nice wins in Asia and also has had some surprising results. Sharapova's form has been iffy. You'll get no argument from me about the screen time Ms Tanasugarn got. Again no respect was shown to her. She's a tour veteran in the year of the vets on the WTA tour but the way they handled it she was just a nobody who stumbled onto the court.<br /><br />Just don't forget that Sharapova is an IMG client. That is really all you need to know.Savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079111598976360942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-79082832765177006542011-01-17T18:15:03.613-05:002011-01-17T18:15:03.613-05:00Boy....you hit the nail on the head, Savannah! Th...Boy....you hit the nail on the head, Savannah! Thanx for the info....I suspected that was why Mary left; although I, too, was not a big fan of her, I'd much rather listen to her than the idiots I'm stuck with now!lynney62https://www.blogger.com/profile/13495408937759095258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-69946205062721520922011-01-17T17:31:09.706-05:002011-01-17T17:31:09.706-05:00Part 2
We may not all like Wozniacki and believe ...Part 2<br /><br />We may not all like Wozniacki and believe that she should have at least won a major before gaining the NO. 1 ranking but frankly everybody needs to deal with it. It hurt me last night to see that most of Wozniacki's match was not even aired last night because the Great American Hopeless that is Querrey once again got all the air time and had nothing to show for it. <br /><br />Someone, I believe it was you asked the question on twitter, as to why he even bothers to show up. <br /><br />In relation to Federer, as a fan of the man, the media bias against him is too much. When a commentator goes on air and blatantly tells the whole of the tennis world that a win by one player against another player should not be counted because the surface favoured Player over Player B is just the worst piece of commentary I have ever heard. <br /><br />The commentators themselves have a vested interest in seeing certain players either win or lose tournaments just because it fits into the narrative that they are schilling on the air. <br /><br />As a fan, I can no longer sit and enjoy tennis and listen to the sounds of racquet against ball. Now, I have to watch with the mute on or really low. Fans of the sport deserve better than this.Overhead Spinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838462340734632101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-757702474597183495.post-64645759990722819822011-01-17T17:21:34.440-05:002011-01-17T17:21:34.440-05:00Part 1
Savannah, it is not only in relation to Fe...Part 1<br /><br />Savannah, it is not only in relation to Federer that we hear the fan boy comments. It also happens when Nadal, Murray and to a smaller extent Djokovic. It is irritating and we as fans deserve better. <br /><br />Yesterday during Sharapova's match my tv went on mute when I realised who would be doing the apologies. There was no analysis and for a time it seemed as if Sharapova was out there playing all by her lonesome as poor Tammy got no love. She never even got camera time until she was walking off the court. <br /><br />I cannot say that I miss Carillo and the reason for this is how she dealt with the Serena affair. She went on and and on ad nauseam as if Serena had killed somebody. Serena was wrong. She was punished. Even those who were not fans of Serena were put off by Carillo's constant whining. The last straw was when she likened Serena's behaviour to that of a murderer.Overhead Spinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838462340734632101noreply@blogger.com