Screwed again by the deuce

[Dick]

they can't get it over fast enough for me!!

 

[Dick]

it's on now

 

[Kris]

I was surprised to come home to find two hours of baseball on my DVR. When I saw the weather issues though, I was like, aha. I assumed that there may have been a wreck or three.

Those live events are scheduled on ESPN2 before the Western Swing races in particular in case there's a delay of any kind. They're not screwing the fans. Race coverage usually starts late because something is up at the track. I really wish people would find out why the coverage is delayed before getting angry about it since it's often out of the control of those running the event or the network.

Glad I got home when I did ... got through all that I had recorded then was able to catch up with the rest of the coverage just as the DVR stopped recording. Hopefully no one else recording it missed it because of the rain delay.

 

[sparky]

It worked out perfectly for me.

Went to the Mariners game this afternoon and thought I would miss most of the Denver coverage. Nope, started an hour after we got home.

 

[vegasnitro]

ESPN2 isn't screwing any of you. EVER.

There is no accounting for weather and there is no accounting for live sporting events running long.

If you set aside time this evening to watch eliminations in their originally scheduled time slot, well those are the breaks, it rained in Denver. NOT ESPN2's FAULT. If you have a VCR/DVR and you don't set it to record for at least an hour after the scheduled time slot, then you have no one to blame but yourself, ESPECIALLY since this is a regular occurrence BEYOND ESPN's CONTROL.

Stop whining about ESPN, they are not the problem.

 

[rollemup]

ESPN2 isn't screwing any of you. EVER.

There is no accounting for weather and there is no accounting for live sporting events running long.

If you set aside time this evening to watch eliminations in their originally scheduled time slot, well those are the breaks, it rained in Denver. NOT ESPN2's FAULT. If you have a VCR/DVR and you don't set it to record for at least an hour after the scheduled time slot, then you have no one to blame but yourself, ESPECIALLY since this is a regular occurrence BEYOND ESPN's CONTROL.

Stop whining about ESPN, they are not the problem.

.....FINALLY SOME COMMON SENSE

 

[DrRocket]

Wouldn't have made any difference for me. My DVD recorder gave up the ghost tonight.

Since I never look at the internet before I watch my recording, I had no way of knowing about the delay.

Oh well, dem's da brakes!!!

Things could be worse.

 

[Kris]

ESPN2 isn't screwing any of you. EVER.

There is no accounting for weather and there is no accounting for live sporting events running long.

If you set aside time this evening to watch eliminations in their originally scheduled time slot, well those are the breaks, it rained in Denver. NOT ESPN2's FAULT. If you have a VCR/DVR and you don't set it to record for at least an hour after the scheduled time slot, then you have no one to blame but yourself, ESPECIALLY since this is a regular occurrence BEYOND ESPN's CONTROL.

Stop whining about ESPN, they are not the problem.

PLUS! If you really want to watch, ESPN 2 does re-broadcast the event later in the week. Granted it's in the middle of the night, but, if your driver won it's still fun to record it and watch it later. I've done that a couple times when I've totally spaced out recording a race when I've had some other commitment going on.

Mark, you got a great Mariners game today, too! Sounds like the sports gods were smiling upon you.

 

[T.Smith]

.....FINALLY SOME COMMON SENSE

There is nothing common about common sense.

 

[kegs]

I turned on ESPN 8 (the ocho) expecting to see the finals of the ping pong world finals and just my luck they had the Dodgeball championships on. That Vince Vaughn can really play!

 

[mick]

worked perfectly for me - busy all day, home at 7:30 - figured i'd missed
most of race, turned the baseball on and immediately thought, 'there must
have been rain' - approx. 30 min. later race started and i was happy;
even got a shower during 1st rnd. of PS and PSB .

 

[T.Smith]

I turned on ESPN 8 (the ocho) expecting to see the finals of the ping pong world finals and just my luck they had the Dodgeball championships on. That Vince Vaughn can really play!

Actually, Dodgeball was on FX. That's what I watched while waiting for the race to come on.

 

[DragFan2]

If you have a VCR/DVR and you don't set it to record for at least an hour after the scheduled time slot, then you have no one to blame but yourself, ESPECIALLY since this is a regular occurrence BEYOND ESPN's CONTROL.

Chris, I always set my DVR to record 30-60 min. longer than the actual time but in this case it was 2 hours late in starting. Still not enough time to catch the last hour of the show, but hey, as you said it's NOT ESPN2's fault. I don't typically have the space or want to dedicate 5 hours of my HD DVR to recording a 3 hour show. 3 hours at high quality on my DVR eats up a ton of disk space and 5 hours is just too much to dedicate. I will re-set it for the mid-week replay which ESPN2 usually cuts some of the fluff out and gives you a shorter more compact show. Works for me.

 

[JB3]

I was surprised to come home to find two hours of baseball on my DVR. When I saw the weather issues though, I was like, aha. I assumed that there may have been a wreck or three.

Those live events are scheduled on ESPN2 before the Western Swing races in particular in case there's a delay of any kind. They're not screwing the fans. Race coverage usually starts late because something is up at the track. I really wish people would find out why the coverage is delayed before getting angry about it since it's often out of the control of those running the event or the network.

Glad I got home when I did ... got through all that I had recorded then was able to catch up with the rest of the coverage just as the DVR stopped recording. Hopefully no one else recording it missed it because of the rain delay.

This had nothing to do with NHRA progress at the track. NHRA's release just said the racing would start at 8:30PM EDT which was soley due to long rain delay at the MLB Futures game in St. Louis which was to start at 3pm and instead started after 5pm. Not because of crashes or the short rain delay at Bandimere. ESPN would never slay the goose that lays the golden egg (MLB) and switch to taped drag racing. They did actually shorten the game to 7 innings regardless of the score and we got to see the whole thing, right? ESPN and NHRA were probably in contact and once an expected finish time for the ballgame was known, NHRA put out a release. As you stated Kris, people should know why before they go off insane tangents. I can guarantee the contract ESPN has with MLB is far more iron clad and worth truckloads more of money.

Everybody should also remember, that starting this weekend all of the NASCAR Cup stuff moves to ESPN / ESPN2 until after Labor Day weekend and then ABC for the rest of the season. Of course if racing cuts into the ABC network primetime schedule ... they'll just move the broadcast over to an ESPN network. Could be just the beginning ...

 

[farmje]

Well, ESPN actually makes money off of having other motorsports on there. Doesn't NHRA have to pay ESPN to broadcast these events (quite a significant amount of money if my memory is correct).

 

[BrettV]

The best way to make sure this doesn't happen again is to show eliminations on Monday - or maybe the following Monday to cover a rainout. I'm sure no one here wants that. I was glad they showed the entire 3 hours, and having it start late worked out better for me.

 

[Raconteur]

Well, ESPN actually makes money off of having other motorsports on there. Doesn't NHRA have to pay ESPN to broadcast these events (quite a significant amount of money if my memory is correct).

Yes, NHRA does pay millions yearly to ESPN for event coverage... 2007 NHRA Tax Return in Drag Racing Online.

 

[jackass]

After seeing some high lights of the ball game on Sportscenter.. i understand why it was so important to show it instead of the NHRA starting on time... it was a barn burner... and one of the most sot after tickets in baseball.... it had maybe 7,000 people in a 45,000 seat venue.. that makes it a must see event if you were a baseball lover...... .. i bet the fans had to wait maybe 30 to 40 seconds for a beer at the consession stands or wait maybe 5 seconds for a spot in the restrooms......



thats my sarcasam for the day.......

Billy

 

[Kris]

This had nothing to do with NHRA progress at the track. NHRA's release just said the racing would start at 8:30PM EDT which was soley due to long rain delay at the MLB Futures game in St. Louis which was to start at 3pm and instead started after 5pm. Not because of crashes or the short rain delay at Bandimere. ESPN would never slay the goose that lays the golden egg (MLB) and switch to taped drag racing. They did actually shorten the game to 7 innings regardless of the score and we got to see the whole thing, right? ESPN and NHRA were probably in contact and once an expected finish time for the ballgame was known, NHRA put out a release. As you stated Kris, people should know why before they go off insane tangents. I can guarantee the contract ESPN has with MLB is far more iron clad and worth truckloads more of money.

Everybody should also remember, that starting this weekend all of the NASCAR Cup stuff moves to ESPN / ESPN2 until after Labor Day weekend and then ABC for the rest of the season. Of course if racing cuts into the ABC network primetime schedule ... they'll just move the broadcast over to an ESPN network. Could be just the beginning ...

Then I need to yell at Comcast for not updating the channel guide out here to reflect ESPN 2's programming change.

That's what I get for trusting a cable company! LOL. I'm just at a point where ish happens and things don't always start on time with the NHRA coverage. It's just, ah, OK ... well, hope I can watch some of it. Or I record the re-broadcast later in the week.

At least with this week's race, I'll be there.

 

[Kelly]

Well, dang! I don't know if I missed it or not! I got home from East Texas too late to watch (1:00 am). The kiddo and I were up watching his buddies play in their State Tournament. Oh, btw....I would LOVE to see THEM on TV whether they delayed the broadcast or not.

I digress......

Anyway, I guess I'll find out tonight what I did or didn't get. I add an 1 1/2 hrs to every broadcast. Anyone want to do the math for me since now I'm too anxious to wait until I get home?

Oh, I knew I wasn't going to get to watch, so I was keeping updated on the phone. When they DID run the final and I read the news.....I think I confused a few parents! Nobody was doing anything on the field, just warming up between innings and then they heard me WOOHOO'ing and fist-pumping. And looked at me like "Huh? What did we miss?" Of course, I explained real quickly and my friends just laughed. As far as the other team? WHO CARES?! They beat us! Grrrrr.....1 win and 1 loss. They are all still up there. Including my son!