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Originally Posted by tbob
Ken, the absence of Pujols was unbelievable. At least the Cardinals were shown a little bit. If an alien landed and watched Ken Burns' baseball series he would never know a team even existed called the Minnesota Twins, much less that they had won 2 world titles in 87 and 91  |
also quoting Mark: more could have been said about the White Sox championship, which ended a drought that was just as long as that of the Red Sox.
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Actually the White Sox drought was longer. The amount of coverage given the Yankees-Red Sox was ludicrous - yes it was a compelling story and deserved substantial coverage, but the eastern bias exhibited in Burns's first Baseball continued unabated.
In his original series, based his coverage of the National League in the first decade of the 20th century, you could almost miss the fact that not only were there other teams besides the Giants, but they were 3rd best.