Ford feat needs context TV skips

WHY ARE producers of nationally televised games eager to demonstrate their ignorance?

In Game 2 of Cubs-Dodgers, Jon Lester was pitching when a large graphic showed him fourth among lefties to start the most postseason games. With 21, Lester was seen one behind Whitey Ford; Andy Pettitte is first with 44, then Tom Glavine, 35. There wasn’t even as asterisk to indicate the significant: Ford’s starts were only in the World Series.

Play-by-player Brian Anderson repeated the numbers, sans context, then Ron Darling made bad worse with, “Lester just passed Whitey Ford in innings pitched in the postseason; he’s now sixth, all time.” Ugh.

Unless you love forced laughter and baseball spoken in broad-brushed platitudes, FS1’s stars-studded pre- and postgame postseason shows have been a waste of our time and FOX’s money.

Before Game 5, FOX field reporter Ken Rosenthal spoke of “high-leverage” situations. Game 5, series tied; what’s a low-leverage situation?

Was Gary Sanchez schooled in any catching fundamentals while in the minors or did he miss those classes?

Not that there’s a good time to promote Snoop Dogg’s new show on TBS — in addition to being a vulgar N-wording, women-degrading rapper with a long rap sheet, he’s a hardcore pornographer — but in pop-up ads over live MLB playoff games? Sure, why not?

During Game 5 of the ALCS, Joe Buck said, “irregardless of what happens.” As the Simpsons’ Ralph Wiggum said, “Me fail English? That’s unpossible!”