TBS is a little new to this whole showing-baseball thing.  Sure, they’ve shown Braves games forever, but the whole playoff viewing experience with them leaves something to be desired.

Last year, for example, one game didn’t go live until the second inning.  Instead, they were showing an episode of the Ed Harvey show.  (We assume someone got fired for something that egregious, but who knows?)

While we’re at it, a few more complaints.

• Analysis:  “You don’t want to go to a three and two count when the bases are loaded.”  Thanks, TBS. Really.  You’re improving our game-watching experience like whoa, there.
• Ads: Remember FrankTV? How could you not, if you watched the playoffs on TBS? The promo spot seemingly showed up between every half inning.  This year, it seems that George Lopez’s new show–which, coincidentally, is going in that FrankTV slot of latenight–will be the culprit. As a result, we will likely go out of our way to AVOID the darn show.  TBS, give your viewers a break: don’t sell ad packages that show an add a hundred million times.
• Commercial cutoffs at game end or after a big play: We all want to see a little celebratory jumping.  We want to learn the special V-Mart, David Ortiz handshake.  BUT WE CAN’T, TBS. Because you had to show us that George Lopez spot. Again.

One thing that looks good, incidentally: we like the onscreen graphics–they show everything we need to know at a glance, and the pitch speed pops up quickly and undistractingly.