a humorous complaint as that was not only about as exciting a game as ever played, but I thought that Costas did a good job interviewing Larsen and Berra. And I say that as someone who has become very disenchanted with Costas over the past 10 years or so.

Of the things I have seen so far on MLB TV, and there have only been a few, that was the only show I thought really good. Otherwise it seems they are going the same way as ESPN with hagiography in place of history and analysis (“In the Moment”) and groups of talkers trying to be “hail fellow well met” and ending up yelling over each other. (“Hot Stove”) The panel seems good. I think Leiter is a particularly terrific analyst when working as a color man in the booth. And Larkin seems articulate. (Reynolds is just another ESPN cliche.) But it doesn’t seem that they will go beyond typical fluff and sound bites.

I know it’s fantasy but wouldn’t it be nice if a 24/7 baseball network gave even just 1/2 hour at 3:00 am over to a group of sabermetricians or other progressive analysts who would provide something interesting to stimulate thinking.