Take That, Diamond Cam!

In the only display of Yankee respect you are ever likely to see on this blog, big ups to Jorge Posada for "abusing" Fox's Diamond Cam during the ALCS. I've never had much nice to say about Posada, but at the same time I have never hated him with the white hot fury reserved for, say, Scott Brosius.

The Diamond Cam is one of the silliest innovations because it creates a point-of-view that no one associates with watching baseball (unless one is accustomed to laying face-up on home plate during an AB). It is almost as stupid as "miking" the bases, which brings to the home viewer the sensation they all secretly crave: the sound of Carlos Beltran sliding cleats up into your skull.

Fox could save on technology if they improved the quality of their commentating, although this problem is so systemic (I'm looking at you Joe Morgan and John Miller) that it's not worth singling one network out.