Last week someone commented that they couldn’t see The Franchise being of interest to anyone other than the most die-hard Giants fans. I think this week’s episode of the series may have just been one for the die-hards.
The producers of the show take a risk that they might not have enough material every week to put together an interesting or entertaining episode. However, while I understand why not every episode might be a nail-biter ( unlike the team’s style of playing), it feels like the directors miss some opportunities to make the show interesting even if the week hasn’t been.
For instance, I wouldn’t have minded learning more about the trade process tonight. The Giants front office decided to acquire Jeff Keppinger from Houston in order to fill in a second-base hole (due to Freddy Sanchez’s dislocated shoulder.) The actual process of selecting Keppinger and acquiring him was glossed over, however. I watch a lot of baseball but I know very little about how trades work, so just the basics, like how the front office receives the information of who is available and how they make the bids would be of interest. I don’t know if the producers simply don’t have access to footage of this or think that that’s boring but I’m the type of person who found the clip of Keppinger’s number being stitched on his new uniform more interesting than the endless footage of Sanchez rehabbing at home (you know how we girls are, always sewing, never rehabbing.) Sanchez does have a bitching pool, though.