Comments on: YES more popular than ESPN in the Big Apple

By: What’s good for baseball… | River Avenue Blues

What’s good for baseball… | River Avenue Blues — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:31:19 +0000

[...] and their popularity. The team led the AL in home and road attendance, and the YES Network is more popular than ESPN in the New York City [...]

By: Ferb

Ferb — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:03:15 +0000

Don’t worry, Mike. We all have a crush on the lovely Ms. Jones and Mo help us if our significant others find out why we NEED to watch the Pre & post game shows.

Damn, we need a Kim Jones show!!

By: ZacheryStripes

ZacheryStripes — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:57:03 +0000

Tank, couldn’t have said it any better! In the end, it’s so soothing to realize the descent and fair people at YES are defeating the biased bastards at NESPN.

Thank you YES, for giving yankee fans a home to get great sport coverage.

By: ZacheryStripes

ZacheryStripes — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:53:29 +0000

+infinity

RAB Show>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Fatcessa

By: Fan Confidence Poll: October 12th, 2009 | River Avenue Blues

Fan Confidence Poll: October 12th, 2009 | River Avenue Blues — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:34:31 +0000

[...] was down this year, but at least the YES Network is really popular in NYC, even more than [...]

By: Morning Journal- October 11, 2009 : Sports Media Journal

Morning Journal- October 11, 2009 : Sports Media Journal — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:58:31 +0000

[...] Benjamin Kabak at River Avenue Blues says the YES Network appears to attract more Yankees fans than ESPN… [...]

By: murg

murg — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:56:18 +0000

MLB – you gotta be kidding. Their baseball coverage is horribly produced and delivered by idiots whose pathetic attempts to emulate the worst of ESPN antics makes for excruciating viewing. Even the insightful Al Leiter seems to regress in the presence of the MLB “analysts.”

By: Slu

Slu — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:18:53 +0000

A minor league show with analysis and highlights would be great.

A minor league game of the week would be even better!

I like the way you guys think and I would like to subscribe to your newsletters.

By: Slu

Slu — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:14:02 +0000

This maybe in a little to late, but nevertheless…I never really thought there was anti-Yankee bias, I guess you could say. Is there a Pro-Sox bias? I don’t know. Gammons is pretty obvious though.

Congressman, I thought you brought up some great points re: ESPN becoming more about opinion and entertainment. I think, if anything, ESPN is has both a pro-Sox and pro-Yankee bias in terms of coverage. They cover the most popular teams to get the most viewers. And I think they do this for the same reasons they moved away from news; to make more money.

Like you said, there is nothing wrong with them trying to make more money, I just miss the way it used to be in the mid-90s when I was in college and 6:30 PM Sportscenter was appointment TV for me and my roommates.

To be fair, I admittedly don’t watch enough ESPN anymore to even know if they are anti-Yankees. I had enough of them several years ago to the point where I haven’t watched BBTN or Sportscenter in at least a year or maybe more.

Perhaps you are correct. You make a lot of good points. Perhaps I am guilty of giving an non-informed opinion about ESPN as it currently exists. I guess I just pine for the old days.

But at the same time, so many shows/websites/magazines are accused of being “anti-Yankee”, that I do kind of get sick of it and start to tune it out.

But one thing I think we can all agree on is:
MLB Network > ESPN BBTN.

By: Mike Nitabach

Mike Nitabach — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:03:38 +0000

Kim Jones is fantastic. She filled on for Sue Waldman doing color on one of the CBS radio broadcasts when the Yankees were in Seattle during Rosh Hashanah, and she did a great job.

She also has a great sense of humor. During her on-field pre-game report in Tampa Bay, the Ray’s mascot was mugging behind her, and she kinda ripped into him in a funny way.

(Yes, I have a crush on her! Don’t tell my wife.)