Subliminal? I would go further Debo, and argue that it's pretty overt. ESPN is based in Connecticut and and has a number of Boston connections. You have mentioned Gammons and Morgan, amongst others. They poke fun at the Yankees with that commercial at the midges. Think they'd ever show a commercial making fun of, oh I don't know, Spygate? Never.
But there's also the excuses they made for the Red Sox early in the year. And these excuses are still coming. They've been to three different countries, Ortiz hasn't found his groove, Beckett and Lowell are hurt, blah blah blah. No team has had a tougher April than the Yankees. They haven't had a healthy lineup all year and it's been their more durable players-Jeter, A-Rod, and Posada who've had the most injury trouble. A key mid reliever is out for the year. Not to mention the fact that they've played 18 of 20 on the road, which, btw, is unheard of for a team in April in baseball history. But you'll never hear ESPN make excuses for the Yankees. Just for their beloved Red Sox.
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