Did the Yankees Play the Red Sox Last Night?

It may be difficult to express via the information superhighway, but the title of this post smacks of sarcasm. Yes, the Yankees did play the Red Sox last night in Boston, and the Sox won 7-3. The game was aired nationally on ESPN Monday Night Baseball. I was not upset that this game was on national television, even though 2 of the best teams in all of baseball happened to be facing off, because the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry usually produces pretty exciting games. The game was actually pretty fun to watch, courtesy of Mr. Tim Wakefield, however after the game I was excited to watch Baseball Tonight in order to catch a quick glimpse of the Cincinnati - St. Louis game. However ESPN apparently had different plans. Instead of going straight to Baseball Tonight, they interviewed 2 Red Sox players after the game. After that they had an inning by inning summary of what happened in the game, the same game they just showed on national television. Next, they had the color man from the broadcast team that called the game give his analysis, of the game we just watched, and had an inning-by-inning summary of. Finally, to top it all off, every member of the Baseball Tonight crew gave their summary of the game, that we just watched. It was at this point that I began to think, well they must show highlights of the other games pretty soon, then ESPN decided to interview another Red Sox player.

Now I realize this was a big game between 2 big market teams. All I am asking is that ESPN tries to balance its baseball coverage to actually discuss the other teams that played. Yes, ESPN there are other teams besides the Yankees and Red Sox. If these teams don't make it to the World Series they actually DO still play the games.

I am getting sick and tired of ESPN becoming a media giant and losing touch with what they used to do so well; show highlights of games that I otherwise would not have been able to see. That's all I ask. Is that so hard?