FOX and MLB should be ashamed.

MLB and Fox have used October to show how stupid they both are. #1, the preview for the first game of the series had the production quality of Woody Asaf's Santa Radar. Whatever happened to quotes from Giamatti while historic images and higlights of the year played? Maybe they had some incredibly impressive intro of the Yankees and Cardinals ready to go - stupid idiots. #2, why would anyone think that a cartoon of baseball would be of any interest to anyone who can stay up late enough to watch these games (I slipped #3 in there also). I'd love to wake my children to watch the animated ball explain that a change-up is a slowly thrown pitch (eloquent!), but I am afraid of the multiple dead bodies and previews for gore and murder that the commercials will expose them to.

Idiots.

Also, is it ironic that Liz Phair (self proclaimed blowjob queen) would sing God Bless America the first night, and then a guy playing trumpet would play the next night? Who's next, Monical Lewinsky? I guess the sucking and blowing theme is part of the FOX/MLB synergy (I'll rant about the term "synergy" later.)