The Phillies Would Like an Introduction

It's always been a tradition that, before the first game of the World Series, each team is introduced to the crowd and television audience watching at home. Not just the starters, either, I mean the entire team. Starters, reserves, pitchers, coaches, trainers, the guy who washes the jockstraps, everybody. Well, you may have noticed that things were a bit different this year.

Before Game 1, only the starters were introduced on television because apparently Fox asked MLB if they could shorten the introductions. Well, this upset quite a few members of the Phillies, including veterans Matt Stairs and Jamie Moyer, who have been waiting a long time for that moment.

"It's disappointing and some guys were extremely mad about it," Stairs said early Friday evening after the team's workout at Citizens Bank Park. "I think it's bootleg when you have the World Series and guys are jogging out to the line and they don't take the extra five minutes to introduce the players."

Stairs did not enjoy it as much as he loves getting his ass hammered, and I don't blame him. Since when is Fox concerned with time when it comes to its World Series broadcasts? I'm pretty sure they have a rule that won't allow a game to end before midnight on the East Coast, so they throw in extra Taco Bell and House promos to fill time.

The Phillies are actually asking the player's union to petition MLB to allow them to introduce all the players before Game 3 tonight. Whether or not MLB and Fox will appease them, we'll just have to tune in and see.