First, I'd like to say goodbye to John "Earthquake" Tenta, who passed away from cancer this morning at the age of 42. He was probably the first wrestler to ever traumatize me as a child, when he sat on Jake "The Snake" Roberts' snake. Thanks for the memories (and that sleepless night), John.
Has anyone ever heard of East Coast Bias?
I think it's just something that baseball fans from the Midwest made up out of jealousy.
Apparently, the media (probably the LIBERAL media, at that) has a bias towards the East Coast, and the New York area in particular. The entirety of damning evidence is as follows: The Yankees/Red Sox rivalry is promoted and televised everytime it comes on TV. Yeah, I think it's pretty stupid, too.
So, since these fans are sick of the Yanks/Sox (specifically, Cubs fans), why, it must be some sort of bias that causes the networks to show these games. It has to be bias that prevents them from making a big deal out of the Cardinals/Cubs rivalry. It can't possibly be anything logical, like, say...New York being by far the largest city in the country. Or the fact that both the Cardinals and Cubs have sucked for as long as I've remembered to pay attention.
Chicago, there is no media bias. If there was, the Knicks and Giants would also be on TV all the time. Why aren't they? Well, because they suck. And it wasn't that long ago that Chicago was the center of the basketball world. While that made me happy, being a Bulls fan, I'm sure a lot of people were getting sick of seeing the Bulls. It all sounds like you're just mad that you're not New York and that New York is New York. I'm sorry, Chicago, but you can't be New York. You're going to have to settle for being Chicago. I swear, it's like Chicago has that little brother syndrome. There, there, Chicago. One day, when you get big, you can pick out your own clothes and stay out late, too.
That's basically what this is all about, because any idiot can go look at the numbers. New York City alone has like...8 million people in it. That's not counting the surrounding areas. 8 Million, off the top. New York has as many people in it as LA and Chicago combined. With wiggle room. Not counting people from New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, and the entirety of New England. Oh, yeah...and Northern Virginia, who wants to be the sixth borough of New York. Now, you're looking at like...15-20 million people. Now...maybe 6 or 7 million of those are baseball fans, right? Three million of them are Yankees fans, with another 2 being bandwagon fans. About a million are Red Sox fans. The rest, being baseball fans, will probably watch just about any game you put in front of them. So you've got 7 million people who will watch this game just because it's Yanks/Sox. Not counting the rest of the country, who will probably pay some attention, just because it's the only baseball rivalry they know about. I live in Atlanta and have been connected to this city in some form or fashion for almost my entire life. I don't even know if the Braves HAVE a rivalry with anyone. I hate baseball. But I'll pay attention to the Yanks/Sox and even watch the games in the playoffs.
Meanwhile, in Chicago...the Cubs suck. Meanwhile, in St. Louis...the Cardinals suck. Well, probably. I can't be bothered to research the merits of Cardinals baseball. But, I think it's a safe bet. These are two teams that couldn't put together teams that took advantage of the fact that at one point, they had two of the best homerun hitters ever, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. In fact, neither team made the playoffs the year that they both broke the home run record. At least, as far as I can remember. Remember...baseball = irrelevant.
So why would there even be any national interest in the Cardinals/Cubs rivalry? The Yanks and Sox are winners EVERY YEAR. And everyone knows the Yankees and it stands to reason that everyone would know about their rival, right? Why not show their games? All that anyone has ever known about the Cubs is their "curse." Y'know...the one that came second to Boston's curse. I don't think the Cubs are cursed. They just suck. And no one's paying any attention to the Cubs unless they're going down in flames in the playoffs, because that's what we really want to see: The city of Chicago, looking like it's going to throw up.
So get over it Chicago, because you're the only one complaining, as far as I can tell. I don't even think St. Louis cares. New York and Boston don't even respond to the allegations, because they're too busy swimming in their hidden money vault. Just face facts: you have a third rate team in an irrelevant sport. The ONLY rivalry in baseball that has any national interest is Yanks/Sox. I just heard about the Cardinals/Cubs rivalry two years ago and that was by accident. I watch ESPN pretty much every day and I can't even name another baseball rivalry. And it has to sting that the other team in your city (which has also sucked for a long time) came out of nowhere and won the World Series. This season, you're also getting passed up by Detroit. Let's face it: during baseball season, it sucks to be YOU. And that's what it all boils down to.
To end the question of East Coast Bias, it's not bias if the majority of people live in the East Coast. It's always been that way. Once you leave the East Coast, major cities because pretty sporadic. You got Chicago, New Orleans, Houston, Dallas...and then nothing until you get to California. And they don't care about Chicago because they've got their own problems, like the earthquake that's going to reduce them to rubble and the fact that a killer cyborg from the future is running their state. Rolling blackouts, wildfires, Suge Knight in and out of jail...bitch to someone else, Chicago...California ain't hearing it.
Kanye West is the biggest rapper out right now. Be happy with that, Chicago. A mediocre talent has taken over the rap game, succeeding where Crucial Conflict, Twista, and Da Brat all failed.
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