Noticed this during the broadcast, but just watched the replay of the game winning hit on yesnetwork.com to be sure...did you notice how muted Jon Miller was when Gardner won the game? I've watched walk off endings on ESPN Sunday Night where Miller was absolutely bellowing...

Was it because, for ESPN's purposes, the wrong team won? Hank hit the nail on the head re: ESPN and their anti-NYY bias. Perhaps it's good business, because the rest of the country dislikes the Yankees. Whatever the reason, it's as plain as the nose on your face:

Seriously, listen to Miller and tell me he's not being curiously restrained:

http://www.yesnetwork.com/media/index.jsp

http://tinyurl.com/3423c

IMO, Miller was a bit restrained as he was describing the action after it was clear the Sox wouldn't be making a play. After "..that's up the middle!!", he sort of trailed off.

I think Miller's call would have been different if the walk-off hit had been an ARod homer into the bullpen rather than a Brett Gardner seeing-eye squib up the middle. In any case, considering it biased because Miller was insufficiently orgasmic is, in my book, just silly.

Hell, he used the word "gritty." What more do you want?

Come on: A rookie, just called up and struggling for the big hit, who delivers in the 10th?

What's with all the bizarre conspiracy thinking on the Banter thses days?

In any case, if I were a fan of one of the other 28 teams in the league, I would get tired of the amount of attention ESPN lavishes on both the Yankees and Red Sox. Well, unless I were a fan of the Cardinals...they do seem to have a bit of Cardinal fetish as well.

Couple that with going to Sportscenter, where Gardner's interview was never shown, and the focus was tennis (fine, because it was an awesome match), but the highlights shown of the game consisted of 1) A-Rod's home run, 2) Pedroia's two run single 3) Gardner's single.

ESPN doesn't have any mandate to be YES, but they sure did a good job of sweeping the game under the rug as soon as it ended.

The "hot" team will always get more ink. The Red Sox recent successes dictate that they will get more coverage.

Hey, even the sportswriters in NY come off as fairly anti-Yankee, with some having axes to grind (Madden, Gollum), some annoyed at change (Bondy) and some having a genuine rooting interest in a different team (Lisa Olsen when she was there.)

Fact is, it shouldn't matter at this point; the Yanks will do whatever they want, win or lose, and Hank will say whatever he wants and the reporters will write whatever they want and the papers will publish what sells, regardless of fact or opinion. Anti-Yank sentiment is more obvious when the team is doing less-than stellar in the standings, even after a blowout win. Shouldn't worry about the phonies in the industry, whomever they work for.

19 The "hot" moneymaker will get more ink. Tampa Bay is the new IT team if they keep their current pace in September, and the hottest ticket in ESPN's mind right now is Rays vs. either Boston or New York, screw the Central or West. If ESPN where as devoted to parity as the MLB, they'd be located in the Midwest, not in the Northea$t.

BTW, which one am I supposed to be "interested" in right now, Manny not moving his bat off his shoulder in a tie game in the last inning or Cynthia suing A-Rod for divorce? Am I wrong for not caring the least about either?

As it was, we got treated to a 'Hows about that and goodnight'.

I expect many fans to hate the Yanks. We are big money and NY. But I wouldn't mind if these national guys were a little more impartial.

I watch most of the Sox Games. While Remy is head of 'Red Sox Nation' and obviously a Boston fan, he is very fair in his broadcasting. Actually, Remy and Orsillo do a better job with Sox/Yanks games then the national guys do. Maybe that's because Remy and Orsillo know something about the teams?

There is a basic fact that you all are aware of: we spend much more $ on player salaries than any other team. Many people can never get over that fact. The desire for media love/respect, sensitivity to criticism, these are not things that serve Yankee fans well--they just make us seem whiny.

I also agree with nick ... there has been a fair bit written about the Yankees losing their Ruthian swagger, their expect-to-win cockiness (even meanness, a la 1978). If the fans of the richest team in the game get antsy about a PERCEIVED lack of announcer joy at a single that wins the game it really does sound like we want 'you like us, you really like us!' ... As a baseball team I'd rather be feared and resented for excellence by other teams, and maybe even by some announcers who get 'bored' by yet another Yankee triumph.

I don't think he was last night, but wouldn't faze me in the least if he had a deep dark secret love of ... the Phillies? If he gets unprofessional in any significant way on a national telecast he'll lose the respect of his peers. (On the other hand Morgan in the 10th was going on about how Boston would be afraid to see the great Jeter come up, how clutch he was, how many times he'd beaten them ... made me grin a bit, since hereabouts we've been SO on the Captain's case!)

Add this to:

Gammons's close relationship with Epstein/BOS.

The "Baseball Tonight" circus and their opinions on the Yankees. Steve Phillips and Jon Kruk, anyone?

In any case, bring on the Rays!