ESPN ... Who Is Running the Show?
As I write this, the Mets are at CitiField playing the San Francisco Giants. And hey, they are winning. Hope mentioning that does not jinx the game.
When on the road and not able to either watch or listen to the game, I go to ESPN's GameCast. Nice feature by-the-way. However, yes there is always a however, one thing that I do not understand and find beyond comprehension is that player photos are not updated. Keep in mind, this is not a recent thing. This has been a rant of mine amongst friends for the past few years with the sports conglomerate.
ESPN has got to
be worth Billions of dollars. The latest figures that I was able to find on a quick search was that the company is worth over $800 Million dollars net, and nearly $6-8 Billion gross. Yes folks, that is Billions with a capital "B". Now, in this day-and-age of technological wizardry, one would think that a company worth so much would be on the ball. Although there is the human factor when dealing with life, there are some things that just should not be. In the case of ESPN here is my rant, complaint:
How can you not be updated with player photos?!
In the famous words of MetsFanClub.com guru Costa, "That is totally unacceptable!"
As of this moment listed on the ESPN NY Mets team roster, there are six (6) players who are pictured wearing a former teams ball cap. They are Manny Acosta (Atlanta Braves), Fernando Nieve (Houston Astros), Rod Barajas (Tampa Bay Devil Rays), Henry Blanco (San Diego Padres), Frank Catalanotto (Texas Rangers), Kevim Escobar (Anaheim Angels). Tried to paste some of the photos into this article, but ran into a little problem. it's a plot. So, you will just have to click on the corresponding name and see for yourself.
Also, there are three (3) players who do not even have a photo. Those with just a shadowed image are: Hisanori Takahashi, Raul Valdes, and Ryota Igarashi.
Included below the regular roster, are those who have been banished to the minors: Two are wearing former team ball caps, Chris Evans (Boston Red Sox), Jason Pridie (Minnesota Twins), and two (2) have no photos at all, Fernando Martinez and Ruben Tejada. Maybe this is all a sign of things to come for them.
Some of you out there might think that this is nothing to be ranting about, but hey, it gets a little unsettling watching on GameCast when a Mets player is up at bat and he is wearing the opposing teams ball cap. Some of this has been going on for at least a year with some of the same players posted wearing the incorrect ball cap. Not only that, like I mentioned before, in this world of
technology that makes everything instant there has to be someone at every MLB ball game from ESPN who has a digital camera and laptop, hell, any camera phone will do. How hard can it be to snap a headshot of a player wearing a Mets ball cap during warm-ups, and then eMail it to the ESPN webmaster, or whoever they have handling web update duty, before the game starts.
Folks, for a company worth BILLIONS of DOLLARS, it is sad to see the simple things handled sloppily.
Oh, b-t-w, Mets win in the 11th, homer by Blanco.
When on the road and not able to either watch or listen to the game, I go to ESPN's GameCast. Nice feature by-the-way. However, yes there is always a however, one thing that I do not understand and find beyond comprehension is that player photos are not updated. Keep in mind, this is not a recent thing. This has been a rant of mine amongst friends for the past few years with the sports conglomerate.
ESPN has got to
be worth Billions of dollars. The latest figures that I was able to find on a quick search was that the company is worth over $800 Million dollars net, and nearly $6-8 Billion gross. Yes folks, that is Billions with a capital "B". Now, in this day-and-age of technological wizardry, one would think that a company worth so much would be on the ball. Although there is the human factor when dealing with life, there are some things that just should not be. In the case of ESPN here is my rant, complaint:How can you not be updated with player photos?!
In the famous words of MetsFanClub.com guru Costa, "That is totally unacceptable!"
As of this moment listed on the ESPN NY Mets team roster, there are six (6) players who are pictured wearing a former teams ball cap. They are Manny Acosta (Atlanta Braves), Fernando Nieve (Houston Astros), Rod Barajas (Tampa Bay Devil Rays), Henry Blanco (San Diego Padres), Frank Catalanotto (Texas Rangers), Kevim Escobar (Anaheim Angels). Tried to paste some of the photos into this article, but ran into a little problem. it's a plot. So, you will just have to click on the corresponding name and see for yourself.
Also, there are three (3) players who do not even have a photo. Those with just a shadowed image are: Hisanori Takahashi, Raul Valdes, and Ryota Igarashi.
Included below the regular roster, are those who have been banished to the minors: Two are wearing former team ball caps, Chris Evans (Boston Red Sox), Jason Pridie (Minnesota Twins), and two (2) have no photos at all, Fernando Martinez and Ruben Tejada. Maybe this is all a sign of things to come for them.
Some of you out there might think that this is nothing to be ranting about, but hey, it gets a little unsettling watching on GameCast when a Mets player is up at bat and he is wearing the opposing teams ball cap. Some of this has been going on for at least a year with some of the same players posted wearing the incorrect ball cap. Not only that, like I mentioned before, in this world of
technology that makes everything instant there has to be someone at every MLB ball game from ESPN who has a digital camera and laptop, hell, any camera phone will do. How hard can it be to snap a headshot of a player wearing a Mets ball cap during warm-ups, and then eMail it to the ESPN webmaster, or whoever they have handling web update duty, before the game starts.
Folks, for a company worth BILLIONS of DOLLARS, it is sad to see the simple things handled sloppily.
Oh, b-t-w, Mets win in the 11th, homer by Blanco.
Labels: ball caps, ESPN, ESPN Game Cast
posted by SHEAman @ 12:16 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home