I'm not saying television sportscasters are superfluous. I'm just saying some of them talk too much and say too little. So around here anyway, lots of people tend to mute their sets and watch the game while listening to the radio commentary of the same game. This is especialy true around here when the NFL gets going. The radio sportscasters on WBCN are terrific. People at the game tend to throw stuff, like snowballs, at the network booth crew widely believed to be in love with every team except the Patriots.

But last night there was a five to ten second delay between the Red Sox and Yankees baseball game in real time being broadcast over the radio and the near-real-time game being televised. Think about that. Thanks to the radio, I'd know the outcome of the next pitch before it was pitched.

Now I'm wondering, is this new? When did this happen. Is this being done to discourage us radio/tv combo types? Is it being done in case something happens in real time on television that would offend a nation? Is Janet Jackson in attendance? Are the television advertisers demanding this? That would make the most sense because no one un-mutes their TV to hear the ads. No body.

Please note that my posts this week have been way off the usual subject matter. That's because I think this part of August leading up to Labor Day is slower than even the time around Christmas and New Years. Even the email spammers seem to have gone off to the beach! Come September I hope to resume writing about the same old boring stuff, like the revolution in social media that is changing the world as we know it.

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