The TBS coverage of the first round of the playoffs was horrible.
For one thing, the commercials (which were run over and over again) cut into the games! Especially in the third inning of the Boston-Angels game, in both the top of the inning and when the Angels were up, the commercials ran into the game. It ruined it, especially when one of the runs was being driven in.
Secondly, there were three bad calls by the umps in the Boston-Angels game: One being a supposed foul ball off a batters foot, (that went to third base,!) a second bad call on a throw-out at second when the runner (Lugo) was safe, and a third on a terrible call to Manny Rameriz on an outside ball but called strike for a strikeout.
The calls were terrible, but what was worse is that the announcers did not zoom in, talk about the action, and study the close play with camera shots. Instead, the moment that the sides changed, a third out was made, boom! Switch to commercials.
Ruined the MLB playoffs for me.
MLB should not be so greedy to let a third-rate station like TBS handle something like this. They should be ashamed of themselves. It's an insult to the game of baseball. TBS is over its head and out of its league.
ESPN or one of the credible networks, like NBC should have handled it. And I have to suffer through the rest of the games, almost to the World Series. :-(