FRS

This is the last time you hear me bitch about listening to the Red Sox on MLB.com. I tried listening to the Sox -Reds game last night and I couldn’t take it, the sound randomly cutting out was too much to bear. I then took a shot at listening to the Cincinnati broadcast of the game, but while it wasn’t cutting out, the announcers sounded like they were moving closer then further away from the mikes, The volume was up and down and about as distracting as the WEEI sound drop outs. For a second I thought maybe all this was me, but funny thing though, the volume of the commercials was perfect.

Tonight, I tried to listen to the Red Sox broadcasters again, and the game sounded fine. Might have been because there were some different people in the booth. One of the regular announcers was out because of a sick relation or something and that changed something just enough that there were almost no sound cut outs.

Next time the broadcast gets crappy I’m going to call and cancel even if there is no refund. If I keep the service I will be tempted to try and listen and then just be pissed at the quality.

The last time the Boston Red Sox played the Chicago Cubs was in 1918 when the Bosox beat the Cubbies in the World Series. I think the Cubs were still holding a grudge because they, like St Louis (who the Sox beat in last year’s World Series) earlier this week, whooped up on the FRS like they were little leaguers. Or maybe the Cubs are upset that the Red Sox won the World Series last year after only 86 years since their last, while the Cubs are only a couple of years away from a century since their last World Championship team of 1908.

My local cable company doesn’t carry WGN, so I can’t watch the games, like I could with the Braves and TBS, until Sunday when the match-up is the ESPN Sunday night game of the week.

I called and complained to to MLB.com’s Customer Service on Thursday morning. Talked with a nice fellow named Victor, who while sympathetic, could not do anything about a refund because their policy is they are only available for 10 days after purchase. He asked if I would email him a description of my issues and he would pass them along to his supervisor. I sent him a novella generated from my ranting posts here and earlier email traffic to someone else in their customer service department.

The Red Sox had an afternoon make-up game with the Orioles and wouldn’t you know it, the audio was nearly flawless. But tonight’s game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim was one of the worst ever in the quantity of sound gaps. I’m listening to the game on the Angels radio station, ESPN. I’d really like to listen to the Bosox’s announcers, maybe if I tried the Spanish language broadcast, might learn to speak a second language…

I watched the 3rd game of the Red Sox – Braves series on TV this afternoon. Clement pitched a heck of a game and it was nice to be able to put a face on Kevin Youkilis, but I’m going to be glad to go back to the radio. Managers, coaches, players, sunflower seeds, tobacco juice, water, Gatorade, saliva, seems like all these guys do is spit.