If baseball is your oxygen, Sunday nights are a bummer. In fact, right around 9 p.m. eastern/8 p.m. central and mountain, you probably find yourself thinking, “Gee, Ive watched 25 hours of games over the last three days, but I could sure use some piping-hot AL Central action to ease the weekend-to-workday transition, and remove the temptation to commune with loved ones.”
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Well, youre in luck. Last Sunday, the enormously cool MLB Network debuted , a summer-long reality series tracking the comings and goings of the White Sox fron courtesy of scripted-sounding bites the producers chose the right team and, more importantly, the right individuals to track. Ozzie Guillen and Ken Williams are charismatic and kinda n as compared with, say, whatever happens behind the Yankees platinum-encrusted clubhouse doors. Can you imagine having to watch 12 hours of Jeterian platitudes about how nothing matters except winning?
White Sox fans might dig less than everybody else, as theyre already well-versed in the Ozzie/Ken/Jerry Reinsdorf dynamic. Nonetheless, the show moves crisply and features a sizzling cameo by Bud Selig, who appears to have ironed his shirt for the occasion. You could do far worse with your Sunday nights. Our rating: Two bats up, or something.
