ESPN and Bonds

by oneflapdown on May 29, 2007 10:51 AM PDT Comment 14 comments

ESPN's anti-Bonds bias is, I think (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong), well-documented and well-known by the McCoven.

From Karl Ravech openly pulling for A-Rod to break the career HR mark Bonds doesn't even hold yet so that it's more "pure" (no link or video, but I saw this on "Baseball Tonight" with my own eyes), to the current asterisked cover of ESPN: The Magazine, to the plague that is the ongoing Pedro Gomez commentary, ESPN has made their feelings on Bonds crystal clear.

But this article by Wayne Drehs (currently front-paged on ESPN.com), ostensibly about the security personnel who guard Bonds during games, is the closest I think ESPN has come to actually wishing someone would take action to stop Bonds's pursuit of 755.

Okay, so maybe I'm overreacting. But (after comparing a potential attack on Bonds to the Robert DeNiro character stalking Wesley Snipes in The Fan), did Drehs really have to include this line:

"So, as it pertains to Bonds, could life horrifically imitate art? Nobody knows."

I have mixed feelings about Bonds and the allegations and all of that, but I am increasingly annoyed with the way ESPN has covered his career, and this Drehs column goes just a bit too far as far as I'm concerned.

Someone please shoot me down if I'm way off here.

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Re: ESPN and Bonds

Okay: you're way off here. The article really is about security questions, and it's even kind of interesting.

I don't think ESPN as such has any anti-Bonds bias. All they really care about is meeting their endless, voracious need for content. When in doubt, they turn to Bonds.

by Evan on May 29, 2007 11:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: ESPN and Bonds

Fair enough. I stand shot down.

I probably should have used my first diary entry here on something a little less tinfoil-hat-ish...

I'm a Giants fan because my dad realized at a very young age that the Phillies suck.

by oneflapdown on May 29, 2007 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: ESPN and Bonds

tonight the city is full of morgues
and all the toilets are overflowing
there's shopping malls coming out of the walls
as we walk out among the manure

that's why
I pay no mind
I pay no mind
I pay no mind

give the finger to the rock 'n' roll singer
as he's dancing upon your paycheck
the sales climb high through the garbage-pail sky
like a giant dildo crushing the sun

that's why
I pay no mind
sleep in slime
I just got signed

so get out your lead-pipe pipe dreams
get out your ten-foot flags
the insects are huge and the poison's all been used
and the drugs won't kill your day job...honey

that's why
I pay no mind
I pay no mind
I pay no mind

that's why
i pay no mind [x7]

Succumb to Tiny Tim! Adopted dad of Minor Izzy

by hairball on May 29, 2007 11:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: ESPN and Bonds

BURN THE ALBUM

"...and I hope you're feliz now..."

by The Gene Hackman on May 29, 2007 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: ESPN and Bonds

I have never really felt like ESPN has been against Bonds. They did air his Reality series. They do regularly interupt scheduled programming to show every single at bat when he gets close to records. I do feel, however, that ESPN is totally East Coast centric and possibly run by Yankee fans. It was sickening when the Yankees were on national TV three times in one week, and then we have to watch Roger Clemens pitch in Scranton the next week. Yuck.

"Hit 'em in the face!" -Mother Theresa to Russ Ortiz facing Jeff Kent

by milesntrane on May 29, 2007 11:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: ESPN and Bonds

I'd rather watch Roger Clemens pitch in Scranton than almost any regular season game that doesn't involve the Giants, for what that's worth.

Saving countless runs with my Brian Horwitz

by lyricalkiller on May 29, 2007 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: ESPN and Bonds

if i was in Scranton i would watch the office not clemens pitch

by sleeknerve on May 29, 2007 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: ESPN and Bonds

I actually get sick of how much ESPN covers Bonds. For a few weeks when I was back at school, I made the mistake of turning on Sportscenter/Baseball Tonight to see some non-grainy Giants highlights and all they would show were every Bonds at bat and then one token play that didn't involve Bonds. It got pretty annoying, especially when it was a game where a lot happened and Bonds didn't do anything.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on May 29, 2007 11:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: ESPN and Bonds

I've come to the conclusion that Selig will suspend Bonds when he gets with a few homers of the record.

They are determined to stop Bonds from getting the record, and the only way to do that is to prevent him from playing at all. So the suspension will be long. The Union will back Selig. They're gonna sell out Bonds.

They'll probably cite the game of shadows story as evidence of past roids use that needs to be retroactively punished. Look for a Giambi retroactive punishment (based on his "admission") as a trial baloon for this.

Tim Lincecum has been freed!

by nostocksjustbonds on May 29, 2007 1:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: ESPN and Bonds

Well, tonight's game will be on ESPN, so that means BONDS ROIDS BONDS ROIDS BONDS ROIDS BONDS ROIDS BONDS ROIDS BONDS ROIDS oh look tim lincecum is facing oliver perez ROIDS ROIDS ROIDS BONDS BONDS BONDS

Aurilia sounds like a planet out of StarFox.

by Gabafnerhagen on May 29, 2007 1:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Bonds tells ESPN to fuck off and die

For the second straight ESPN telecast, he's pulled himself from the lineup....bye bye ESPN ratings.

Pay back. Its whats for dinner

Save Matt Morris. Save The Pitchers. Save The World.

by E Ticket on May 29, 2007 3:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: Bonds tells ESPN to fuck off and die

Here's hoping they have another mega WWE Bonds video package to open the game. The egg-on-face will be tremendous.

The bright side: Brian Sabean should be out of a job in a few months.

by Punch Rockgroin on May 29, 2007 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: ESPN and Bonds

Well, that broadcast certainly wasn't biased. Dusty sucks in the booth, but it was enjoyable overall.

Except the game, but not like that matters with this team...

by cheno on May 29, 2007 9:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Re: ESPN and Bonds

I'm actually getting annoyed with the massive coverage of Bonds on ESPN. I mean, who cares if Bonds goes 1 for 3 with a dribbler and an intentional walk, what about those awesome plays that Vizquel made or that clutch hit by Bengie?

Still tears up listening to 'Smoke on the Water'

by NinthWithoutNen on May 30, 2007 10:20 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs