Idiots Write About Sports

Ya know what I hate?

Fox Sports Net.

Ya know why?

No, itis not because our regional branch of the Fox Sports juggernaut continues to employ Barry LeBrock, a sportscaster whose Bob Saget-meets-Jason Hervey visage I find so distracting that itis difficult to concentrate on the one part of their coverage I care about, the score ticker.

No, I hate Fox Sports Net because at the end of each broadcast day, FSN brings into my San Diego home the Southern California Sports Report; with comprehensive coverage of all your favorite Southern California teams, including the Dodgers, the Angels, the Lakers, the Clippers, andOe well, that pretty much covers it.

Now, wait one cotton-pickini minute! Last time I checked, San Diego was officially part of Southern California. Maybe we havenit been added to whatever archaic Aboriginal map Rupert Murdoch has access to from his makeshift hut in Manhattan, but surely somebody in the Los Angeles offices has a Thomas Guide.

Just because approximately 30% of our current residents were living in Mexico yesterday does not make us an extension of Baja. That same 30% will be residents of Los Angeles tomorrow, and you can bet the Dodgers will still make the highlight reel.

Or perhaps FSN simply thinks the Padres and Chargers organizations are too rinky-dink — and their standard of play too subpar — to warrant nightly coverage. To which I say, well, I canit really argue with you there.

But the least you could do is tack us on to the end of the broadcast as comic relief. Play the wacky blooper reel music over the top if you must, but at least acknowledge that weire down here, plugging away for the nationis amusement and derision. Just outright ignoring us is the cruelest cut of all. Didnit you people see The Breakfast Club?

Anyway, thatis why I hate Fox Sports Net.