Lil Bit Special Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2008/12/fox-dumping-mlb.html Fox sources have confirmed that the network will drop its Major League Baseball pregame show for next season as part of a network-wide cost-cutting move, and Fox Sports chief Ed Goren informed all the talent about the decision just before Thanksgiving. Some of it has to do with the fact that the network lost up to $50 million on its MLB coverage in '07, no doubt helped along by the less-than-attractive World Series, and that the pregame show hosted by Jeanne Zelasko and including Kevin Kennedy, Eric Karros and Mark Grace, never made money with ad sales. Zelasko and Kennedy will be without Fox MLB gigs for next season. Karros and Grace continue as a regional game analyst. Fox will likely have its Saturday MLB games on on the air at 4 p.m., with a 4:07 p.m. first pitch. With the pregame shows in the past, Fox would come on the air at 3:30 p.m. with first pitch at 3:55 p.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharrow Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I wonder how much they pay all of their ****ty broadcasters. There's definitely some dead weight there that they could cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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