TBS: Totally Botching Stuff
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Oct 18, 2008 
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Game 6 of the ALCS is not on television, apparently because of a power outage at Turner Television headquarters in Atlanta.
No word from MLB when the broadcast will start. Just FYI, I’m not in Tampa covering this game.
UPDATE, 8:30 p.m.: The game is back on. There was a router failure in Atlanta. It’s 1-1, enjoy the rest of the game. Certainly an embarrassing moment for TBS.
UPDATE, 8:42 p.m.: Here is what the AP is reporting:
TBS had technical difficulties that prevented it from showing the first 20 minutes 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.
TBS had experienced router failure in Atlanta, which caused transmission problems, Rays spokesman Dave Haller said.
TBS spokesman Jeff Pomeroy didn’t immediately return a telephone call from The Associated Press seeking comment.
In place of the game, TBS had televised an episode of “The Steve Harvey Show.†A crawl on the screen ran repeatedly, saying: “We are experiencing technical difficulties.â€
Tampa Bay, seeking its first World Series appearance, led the best-of-seven series 3-1 after wasting a 7-0, seventh-inning lead in Game 5 and losing 8-7 to the defending champion Red Sox.
UPDATE, 10:06 p.m.: Here is the statement from TBS:
STATEMENT FROM TBS REGARDING ALCS GAME 6
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. This impacted our live feed from being distributed to any of the other networks in the Turner portfolio and caused the delay in our coverage. Both our primary and backup routers were impacted by this problem. We apologize to baseball fans for this mishap that caused a delay in our coverage.
I think Jane Fonda’s behind this…
Well, I’ll always have mlb.com
Brilliant counter-programming by TBS. Except you’re not really supposed to counter-program over your own broadcast.
Wow, this is messed up. Pete maybe you can do some play by play like Michael Kay used to do in the old days. Can you describe the uniforms at least?
Beckett’s est. his curveball, but has no control over his fastball. Upton puts the Rays up 1-0.
Home run Rays!!!!!!
1-0 the score
Live TV feed:
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/playe.....9253550049
Pete, no shot of a liveblog, is there?
Upton is a beast.
What a bunch of idiots in Atlanta…never heard of backup power plans?….UFB
[blockquote]mel
October 18th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I think Jane Fonda’s behind this…[blockquote]
Wasn’t she Ted Turner’s 8th concu…er…girl-friend…or something.
Payback’s a b@tch, ain’t it?
I’m in Atlanta and I have power…
Pete: Thanks for the real time real world reportage; I started to laugh thinking of all the Beaneaters who are freaking out over not seeing a “HR” off the catwalk-until I wondered, “am I the only one not seeing this”. No problem,; log on to LoHud. Thanks for being the source for all things BB to NYY fans.
Game on TBS right now
hey! baseball game!
Game back. 1-0 rays.
Aww, I was really enjoying… um… that show that was on. Whatever it was.
/sarcasm
down down down the red sox goin down!(the cable guy remember!)
TBS lost power before 8 pm. Couldn’t some genius at MLB have delayed the start of the game until they got power back so that America could watch? Is half an hour delay really that hard? They’re doing it for Obama, they could do it here.
thaks everyone and pete for the updates!
Oh no, here we go.
i hate youkilis.
Ugh. Caray sounded really excited. Wonder if he put $$ on this game?
Big Game who ?????
TBS will be offering free Frank TV DVD’s, and viagra prescriptions to everyone who was inconveniencd.
Shields, you’re breaking my heart. you’re going down a path I just can’t follow.
Keep the ball down, Jimmy.
lol Rebecca… you killed all the younglings!!
Shields is pitching more like “Big Fly” James. Keep it together, man! Also, why not call yourself Jimmy? Or even just Jim? Why so serious?
Hughes, cano, montero, jackson, kennedy, igawa for Longoria!! Anybody?
That was a joke btw. Big Game James needs to get his act together
7 outs to go Tampa…you awoke a sleeping Giant and now it is going to bit you in the you know what. This is a tragedy in the making.
Jeter is w/ Clemens on the sidelines at Tex Mizzou game.
I don’t like the sob, but DL Drew has a beautiful swing…
Rob, you should see my light saber collection
Okay, so I collect traditional swords, but I’d totally collect real light sabers when they make them.
grab some bench, Captain Butthead.
TBS is going to be apologizing all night for what they did and they should.
Kevin,
They should just stop. They keep reminding people. And the people who are just tuning in don’t even know.
“Rob, you should see my light saber collection ”
lol that line never works at the bar!
Or you could be me, listen in Spanish and not have to bother with the crazy announcer dudes.
I see your point Mel, but it was an inconvenience in one of the biggest games of this season.
its already over.
“its already over.”
Who won? cuz it’s 1-1 here.
Jeremy Bleich allowed an unearned run over a career-high 6 2/3 innings Friday as the Waikiki BeachBoys pulled away for an 8-1 victory over the first-place Honolulu Sharks.
Bleich (1-1), the Yankees’ first-round pick in the June First-Year Player Draft, retired the first 14 batters he faced before Braves prospect Kala Ka’aihue singled with two outs in the fifth inning. Dominic Brown (Phillies) had the only other hit off Bleich, a one-out single in the seventh. Brown took third on an errant pickoff attempt and scored the Sharks’ lone run on a sacrifice fly by Brad Emaus (Blue Jays).
A 21-year-old left-hander, Bleich struck out five without issuing a walk and has not allowed an earned run in his last two starts, a span of 12 2/3 innings. He made one regular-season appearance for short-season Staten Island, giving up two runs over three innings.
In other news, Mizzou forgot there was a game today. Michigan State forgot there are 4 quarters. And Wazzu is really, really, really bad.
if Tampa doesn’t win this series, they will really be helll on rest of the AL East, next year.
http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?33879
Come on Shields. Get it together!
Here we go 2-1 BoSox.
Not looking good.
Why is Greg Gross in the major leagues? Is he Maddon’s son in law?
C’mon Shields calm down buddy
Ayayaya Shields, not cool.
can you say lucky.
Huge out.
Why not use the Perez kid? Gross has no bat and no glove.
Craig Sager’s outfit is well over 9000 on that meter….
lol
The big G approves Bartlett.
Beckeet’s getting into a grove….Tampa Bay must keep him from getting comfortable
Tampa Bay: you were 7 outs away. Do not be intimidated.
It’s unknown what arbitration eligible Youkilis, Papelbon, and Lester will want for dollars in 2009 but it’s sure to make John Henry swallow hard.
It will eat up most of what Manny would have got.
You know, right now, the Devils are facing similar issues to the Yankees of 2008…injuries and a lack of offense! Tonight’s the first time they’ve scored 3 runs all season!
End of three 2-1 BoSox.
If there was no Steve Harvey, Rays win.
Was Steve Harvey, Red Sox win today and tomorrow and sweep the Phillies.
I’m not watching the game, I’m watching the last game at YS. Much better viewing.
This game is cursed
Umpire injury time-out…feel bad for the umpire
Who is hurt?
What happened to the ump?
Darrel Cousins took a foul ball from Varitek off the chin guard and into the collarbone. Looked like he was okay, but the replay looks pretty rough.
What’s with Ron Darling’s eyes? It looks like he’s wearing white eye shadow.
For those of you wondering how the rest of that episode of “The Steve Harvey Show” ended up, here’s something to satisfy your unbearable suspense since it was interrupted by some baseball game:
With Regina at home recovering from the death of her husband, Steve is made Acting Principal at school. But when Steve takes on the responsibility for the upcoming Teachers Appreciation Assembly, Cedric says the event has always been his to plan. Undaunted, Steve forges ahead and, ignoring Cedric’s complaints, chooses Bullethead to host the event with Lydia and Romeo serving as his writers. Meanwhile,
Steve asks Lovita and Cedric to entertain Regina so he can invite his new girlfriend to the apartment for a romantic dinner. Upset with his usurping Cedric’s authority, Lovita demands that Steve turn the assembly plans back over to her husband. But when Cedric and Lovita appeal to Regina, Steve collapses from what appears to be a heart attack. Certain he is dying, Steve admits to having an affair with Cedric’s former fiancée. Meanwhile, Lydia and Romeo quit when Bullethead lets the job go to his head. Before the paramedics arrive and pronounce him OK, Steve also confesses to hitting Regina with a pie back in the sixth grade. While Cedric must explain why he never told Lovita about a previous engagement, Steve is forced to apologize,
too. And after being dumped by the much younger Ashley, Steve must also make amends for humiliating Regina years earlier. Hoping to avenge herself, Regina hires Romeo to throw a pie at Steve during the Teachers Appreciation Assembly. However, when Steve apologizes, Regina tries to stop Romeo and, instead, ends up with the pie on her face.
Tampa retakes the field
far as domes go, that stadium doesn’t look that bad.
lol whos steve harvey? j/k how could u miss him and his colorful outfits. gota coordinate!
Not much better after the delay
OH HECK YAH DEVILS!
Is Gross taking kickbacks from Bobby to make Bobby look better?
Does Gross ever take a strait path to a ball?
Gross is gross
Oh man, sux winning. I have to stop going out during games from now on.
As I stated earlier, don’t like that SOB, but DL Drew has a beautiful swing…..He’s seeing the ball well, and he’s getting hot…..
Damn, Beckett pitching a gem.
You knew he was eventually due for a dominant start
Beckett of course having his best start in the elimination game.
Geez, stupid move.
Tampa doesn’t really want to play in the World Series, do they?
Maddon for manager of the year eh?
Navarro?? Seriously??
Teams don’t recover from the type of loss that Tampa had in game 5.
Beckett supposedly has a torn oblique and got shelled in his previous 2 starts but he is shutting them down.
I always speak way too soon.
jason bartlett for president…
How big is that caught stealing?
Tied up. CS really looks stupid now.
And, “Way Back” Beckett strikes again.
Good job Bartlett
Whats really amazing is that Beckett is pitching with his B pitches and still having a representative start.
lol you could have seen that coming from a mile away. Picked off then the HR
Shields will likely be done after the 6th. Wonder whether Boston brings Beckett out for the 6th to face Upton, Pena, and Longoria???
Fredo Corleone
October 18th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Navarro?? Seriously??
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That was a busted hit and run. You can’t blame Navarro. Blame is on a bad pitch near the batter’s head.
hey AL,
you up in Bing right now?
Wow tremendous play.
Iwamura with big ups.
“That was a busted hit and run. You can’t blame Navarro. Blame is on a bad pitch near the batter’s head.”
Back was to the TV. Just heard Carey say Navarro goes. Didn’t make sense. Busted hit and run does.
“hey AL,
you up in Bing right now?”
Nah, with my grandpa on the island.
Shields may get out of this inning on short enough effort to pitch the 7th.
Ouch.
crap!
are you kidding me?
and that is that
3-2 Red Sox
Big way to break up an 0fer
Maybe not now.
oh look, Varitek’s first hit.
Theo Epstein: Hey Varitek, thanks for that homer but i’m still not going to offer you a contract next year. ‘Cuz I’m coold blooooded.
Well that looks like ballgame. Tampa has been shell-shocked since coughing up that 7 run lead. Quite frankly you don’t recover from that for proof see game 4 2004 ALCS, keyword Dave Roberts.
Oy Vey!
This team is showing their age.
“Well that looks like ballgame.”
Rays big bats come around two more times before all is said and done.
How in the world does Jason Fairytek hit a homerun? He must have shot up before he came out for that inning!
Least the got the right guy in to face Ortiz.
Al from BK( OFF-SEASON GOALS: Get CC and possibly more, find a real first baseman.)
October 18th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Well that looks like ballgame. Tampa has been shell-shocked since coughing up that 7 run lead. Quite frankly you don’t recover from that for proof see game 4 2004 ALCS, keyword Dave Roberts.
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The score is 3-2 in the 6th inning. Do you get help in thinking up this crap?
the momentum has officially shifted in the redsox favor…
“The score is 3-2 in the 6th inning. Do you get help in thinking up this crap?”
This game is over and in affect the series is over.
Not looking good folks…this is going to get ugly now.
Seems as though Ortiz visited the same guy Jason did.
And then Lester vs….. Garza???!!??
Does not inspire confidence.
Beckett has a few more innings and then he can hand it to Papelbon.
Al from BK( OFF-SEASON GOALS: Get CC and possibly more, find a real first baseman.)
October 18th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
“The score is 3-2 in the 6th inning. Do you get help in thinking up this crap?â€
This game is over and in affect the series is over.
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It over? According to who? You? Whatever you say, Kreskin.
***It over?***
“Beckett has a few more innings and then he can hand it to Papelbon.”
lol didn’t Bartlett, the guy with 1 homerun all year, just hit a homer off Bob Gibs… Josh Beckett?
When did the Yankee fan base become the Red Sox fan base where every bad thing that happens is the end of the world and a meltdown of all that is holy? The Rays win this thing in regulation.
***It’s over?*** Sorry, I’m laughing to hard at the sooth sayer.
DUI for Joba.
http://www.journalstar.com/spo.....099327.txt
Might as well not even watch Game 7. I don’t see Garza being nearly as effective as his last start.
Oh and didn’t Papelbon, he of the myspace fishy face, give up two runs on Wednesday?
If the Yanks had paid Joba, he could afford to keep a driver in Nebraska. Nice going, Cashman!
“DUI for Joba.”
That’s unfortunate. Let’s remember he’s still a kid and kids make mistakes. He seems pretty bright. I suspect he learns something from this.
Cornhusker Place Detox?
What is that the sheriff’s house?
Jeez, Joba. You could’ve killed yourself. That’s 0 innings pitched next season.
“Oh and didn’t Papelbon, he of the myspace fishy face, give up two runs on Wednesday?”
No, he didn’t. He did allow 2 inherited runners to score though.
DUI for Joba.
http://www.journalstar.com/spo.....099327.txt
wow….
DUI for Joba? Wonder if Chris “Mad Dog” Russo will yell and scream about the undesirable “element” in baseball. “BUD SELIG YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!”
update…
That 3rd strike looked a little in.
Good night folks, See you at Game 7.
Damn nation has lead again..
rob in ny, those 2 runs were charged to delcarmen. papelbon has not given up a postseason run in 25 innings!
TBS stands for Tampa Botching Series.
Tampa looks dead and demoralized. Everyone’s swinging for the fences.
I have to turn off the tv now because I cannot stand to watch the jerk off dance
Does anyone buy into the conspiracy theory that MLB wants Boston/Philly and are giving all the close pitches to Boston? I noticed that pretty much every close pitch went to them tonight.
Trade A-Rod for Youkilis. I can’t take this anymore.
I’d say there is about a 90% chance tomorrow’s game will be a blowout. Years from now Tampa fans are going to look back at this series on Baseball Reference and be surprised that they only lost Game 6 by 2 runs and think that maybe they were a couple of hits here and there away from the World Series but anyone who just watched this game understands that they were dominated tonight and once the Sox took the lead Tampa didn’t pose even the mildest threat. You know how I know this? Because I recently checked Baseball Reference on the 2004 ALCS and you know what the final score of Game 6 was? Yep, you guessed it, and they Yankees never had a chance in that one either.
I hope the rays dominate against pukeilus and pappelscum
Anyone thinking that it’s preordained that the Sox will not only win this series but also beat the Phillies is foolish. As we’ve learned, there’s no ‘mystic force’ for the Sox. Tampa screwed up in game 5 and didn’t get enough on Beckett in Game 6. I still like Tampa’s chances in game 7. Lester is not unhittable and Tampa has good bats. And even if the Sox do get to the WS, the Phils are no rollovers. Arms and bodies are rested. Sox are not dominating or unbeatable. IF Sox make it to the WS, I don’t think they win.
Anyone remember the chances that folks gave the Giants in the SB? Never count anyone out or say anyone is ‘done’.
Yeah but the Giants were going up against a hobbled Brady and the perennial choker Randy Moss. These Sox are replete with clutch performers and the Rays have all ruined their swings by going HR happy. I can’t imagine how the Rays aren’t playing with cement shoes tonight. I remember the Yankees game 7 in 2004. Same thing. Like watching the walking dead. Sure there’s a chance the Rays will surprise but it’s rare for a proven champion to let their foot off the throat in a game like this.
Totally Botching Stuff. Game 6 of the ALCS is not on television, apparently because of a power outage at Turner Television headquarters in Atlanta. N.
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Brian
DUI