Just What We Need: Another Reality TV Channel

If you've ever been unfortunate enough to catch MLB.com's "Baseball Channel" — with its mid-80s graphics and talking heads who look like they're a busted teleprompter away from a "Boom Goes The Dynamite" moment — you have to be a little concerned about this whole "MLB Network" business. The channel, which almost caused us to lose Extra Innings this year, launches in 2009, and the early signs appear worrisome.

And given that the idea is to "take fans inside the sport without becoming the insider's network," [MLB executive VP Tim Brosnan] says, there could be entertainment: "I'm a big admirer of Bravo Channel's reality shows. We could have heroes and villains."

Hoo boy. If they're gonna go in this directions, our suggestions include "How Much Porn Can Tommy Lasorda Watch?" and "Watch The Young Brothers Beat Some Dude's Ass."

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