By admin 
It’s not too early for MLB and its partner TV networks to start working on next season.
First step: Change the in-game disclaimer from “Any rebroadcast, rebroadcast or account of this game, without the express written consent of Major League Baseball, is prohibited” to be more realistic, as if someone were to steal what MLB, ESPN, TBS and Fox did it with these playoffs.
Thus, MLB should borrow from the medications advertised during the games specifically for the treatment of Acute Smoltz Spinratis: “MLB recommends that you contact your healthcare provider first. . . depression and suicidal thoughts may occur.”
Gerrit Cole reacts with frustration after Teoscar Hernandez hits a game-tying two-run double in the fifth inning of the Yankees’ season-ending loss to the Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series. Jason Szenes/New York Post
Thank goodness that the worst played, worst managed, worst televised, worst spoken and worst messed up playoffs went to their maker. An institutionalized freak show that senselessly appropriated the worst of our deterioration to end with a necessary riot and looting in LA by those who wear their MLB licensed hats as a pledge of allegiance to their street gangs.
Call it the Fallen Classic surrounded by bunting with American flags.
The games themselves have been reduced to a state of malnutrition to the extent that World Series hitters did who has never buntedthe elimination of key new extra innings rules that determined which teams reached the playoffs, pitchers failing to cover first base and base runners, and fielders not knowing how many are out.
And media that complain about it or simply point it out are put on the defensive so they aren’t condemned as old and grumpy for perpetuating a century-old feeling.
Think of Fox’s Derek Jeter after Game 1 of the WS when Aaron Boone, in his six-year habit, provided the Dodgers with as much help and comfort since Benedict Arnold said, “They went that way.” After Gerrit Cole snatches after just 88 pitchesApparently to save Cole for a big game, Boone did what he does: use and abuse his bullpen.
Aaron Boone reacts in the dugout after Gavin Lux hits a sacrifice fly during the Yankees’ Game 5 World Series loss. Jason Szenes/New York Post
Jeter: “I don’t want to be one of those guys who says, ‘Back in the day when we played…’ but we were talking about how when we played the Mets in 2000, Al Leiter threw Game 6 and 140– that’s right something.
“Cole dominated this match. And if you take him out after 88 pitches, for whatever reason, I don’t know, it’s not just a domino effect on this game tonight, (but) on tomorrow’s game and the rest of the series. I just think when you have someone who acts like Cole acted tonight, you should leave him out of there as long as possible.
Yankees greats Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter and Kevin Burkhardt watch as Red Sox great David Ortiz talks on their show. Jason Szenes/New York Post
No, Derek, never apologize for the fact that baseball makes sense. There is nothing wrong – on the contrary – if you are Old School, while Old School is Smart School. “Back in the day” – even if it was only 24 years ago – provided more meaning and winning in baseball than what baseball has become by ignoring anything more remarkable than home runs and strikeouts.
Boone succeeds as most do today: on the basis of a fervent but foolish wish. It is the psalm of Aaron: Every game, and in rows of half an inning, he will be blessed with a staff that comforts him.
The gross disrespect that Rob Manfred, the Dodgers and Yanks showed for the World Series and The Game was not shocking, as Manfred allowed the Dodgers to turn a Gay Pride Game into an invitation-only demonstration of bearded drag queens dressed as church-banging nuns. What did they have to do with baseball, other than pandering to the attention-starved disruptive?
Rapper Ice Cube walks off the field after performing before the Yankees’ Game 2 loss to the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Getty Images
They had the same thing to do with the World Series as the Dodgers’ opening act at the WS: the World Series needs openers now? – Ice Cube, a vulgar, misogynistic rapper whose publication of anti-Jewish caricatures and content is now ignored by both Roger Goodell and Manfred.
Goodell proudly donated NFL money to Ice Cube’s noble-sounding organization. I suggest Manfred and Goodell join in to rap one of Cube’s songs, for example: “No Vaseline.” Run away, media! Run away!
In Fat Joe’s case, the unconscious choice was made to stand on the mound at Yankee Stadium shouting/rapping garbled into a microphone Before Game 3, forget his mean, N-word lyrics and go straight to his arrest record and his uncanny ability to be in the wrong place at the wrong time during street shooting murders.
Rapper Fat Joe performs before the Yankees’ Game 3 loss. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
Reader Billy Nolan represented about 200 e-mailers in this column when he wrote, “I’ve watched the Yankees all my life and I’ve never been more ashamed of them.”
Fox, once again focusing on the crowd rather than the games during the World Series, found two young women dancing to Fat Joe’s obnoxious grunts. Everyone else seemed confused, as if they had been redirected to Karaoke Night at Rikers Island or halftime at the Super Bowl.
Why would MLB be so eager to tie the World Series to these two? Who would be watching now who had no plans to watch? Would Manfred rap their lyrics for the children and women in his life?
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks to the media on the field before Game 2. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
And just as relentlessly annoying as Fox’s overly irritable Joe Davis — as they sang on the old “Patty Duke Show,” “a hot dog makes her lose control” — and John “Spin Rate” Smoltz, who not allowing three consecutive seconds of silence For 16 hours, Fox provided them with plenty of garnish in the form of ESPN-style statistics designed to recite and fuel the hype among the uninformed.
So Fox was eager to report stats that Bernie Williams is ahead of Mickey Mantle in the postseason batting categories. Williams played in 121 postseason games. Mantle played in 65, known only as the World Series.
“When will Fox learn!?” asks reader Mark Rottenstein.
That won’t happen. Nobody will do that. It’s like waiting until after kick-off before leaving the field to show the starting lineups. It will always be done the wrong way because that is how it has always been done. Smoltz first received Fox’s endorsement in 2014.
But my favorite stat was Yankees reliever Tommy Kahnle’s 60, 70, or how many “consecutive changeups” he threw. As reader Jerry C. asked, “If all he comes up with is a change, how can that be a change? A change of what? If he threw one fastball, that wouldn’t be his changeup.”
But it’s over. We can come back up for air. It’s all over except the cheering, the lamentations, the counting of the looting and arson, the loss of stock and income in Los Angeles and Fat Joe starring in “Pride of the Yankees.”
Bet on the NFL’s gambling hypocrisy
CBS’ Ian Eagle noted during Eagles-Bengals on Sunday that Philly CB Isaiah Rodgers was signed “after being suspended for gambling.” Hmm. Can the NFL ban fans for not gambling?
Get off my infield: In August, Aaron Boone benched Gleyber Torres because he wasn’t concerned. And this minimal play would end. But as reader Saul Mishaan points out, the Yanks’ home plate was not only brought back to life by Torres, but also throughout the postseason.
Gleyber Torres celebrates as he rounds the bases with his three-run home run in the Yankees’ Game 4 victory. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
One of the most underrated NFL players: Ravens TE Mark Andrews. Be your own analyst: watch him every moment until he’s out of the picture. QB Lamar Jackson then manages to find him.
Sorry, but after Sunday’s loss to the Pats, the Jets are out of options. They should fire Robert Saleh. . . . What is that?