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Listed below are comments made by cliffrobin between Saturday, 10th May 2008 and Thursday, 17th July 2008.

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Is Twenty20 too much of a good thing? 6:11pm on 17 Jul 2008 It seems that if 20/20 is to be anything beyond a bunch of unrelated entertainment events, more thought is needed.

The oft-made comparison of 20/20 with baseball misses some important elements . What works for baseball is that individual games have little weight. The drama comes over the course of a long 162-game season during which teams have ups and downs and winning/losing streaks and play each other numerous times at home and away.

Like 20/20, with good luck, a bad baseball team can beat a good team on a given day. But even with good luck, a bad team cannot end up at the top over a sustained period. Plus the goal of winning the World Series has meaning to players and fans alike.

Without these types of elements 20/20 can never be more than fluff.
TMS ready for the summer 4:38pm on 10 May 2008 As an overseas fan, am looking forward to hearing TMS on the internet again after being blocked out all winter. Recently saw Jonathan Agnew’s IPL segment on BBC World Inside Sport. He concluded that 20/20 has its place, but is a shallow form of cricket. Mr. Agnew looks and sounds fit as ever, but the show’s hyperactive shot changes, shifting camera angles and disjointed editing conspired to crush his natural gift for story telling. TV like that has its place, but in the end is shallow. A long, languid, meandering TMS conversation – now that’s worth tuning in for!

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