2002 was my first non-yanks, non-nets year.
2003 may or may not be the second.
i live close as hell to both stadiums, so for me, its retarded. the other lifelong fan of those teams, my father, lives about an hour from me... but he has a cablevision affiliate too, and thus, is also robbed of the games.
thanks cablevision!
growing up, the yankees used to have great tv guys, like tommy john, bobby mercer, tom seaver, and, of course, phil rizzuto. they were just fun to listen to. but since switching channels (from their 50 years on wpix, to 2 on msg, to 2 on fox, and now 1 on cbs and yes) they've lost most all of the good guys.
mccarver isnt bad. joe buck isnt bad. i like the few games costas does, cuz he's a big yankee fan. but, its not the same as the old days.
... not that i'd even know anymore, of course.
as for radio, there's not great radio reception in my apartment or at work.
plus, i hate the yankee radio announcers -- always have. when the yanks sucked 10+ years ago, they were the first guys to rank on them, and nitpick the hell out of them. didnt make the games exciting when my dad and i would hear them say "it'll take 2 to tie, but... that wont happen"
i used to listen to the internet broadcast at work 2 years ago. it was the radio broadcast streamed over the web with about a 30 second delay. regardless of crappy announcers, it was pretty cool to listen to the game at work.
... but then, of course, MLB decided free was too good, so they made all internet broadcasts for the games a pay service.
thats just wonderful.
y'never realize how much you miss just hangin around and watching the game (any one of the 162) until they're all taken away from you.
