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Left-field Bias? : Newbusters – which purports to expose and combat liberal bias in the media — found a new bugaboo last month: Liberal Bias Of Home Run Calls! Newsbusters contributor Mark Finkelstein is none too pleased that ESPN anchor Kenny Mayne has begun spouting “Obama!” during highlight reels and gets all “Won’t someone think of the children?!” on the Worldwide Leader in Sports:

[D]oes he need to inject his personal politics into his sports work? For that matter, would ESPN let a Republican host [if there are any at the network] shout "Ch-Ch-Ch-Cheney!" to mark an outstanding feat?

The guys at Deadspin decided to make a few more suggestions:

For our part we would love a "Ch-Ch-Ch-Cheney!" call on SportsCenter, although we can't quite figure on when it would be appropriate. Maybe the next time someone gets hit in the face with a ball? But instead of eliminating the Obama call, we think ESPN should go the other way and add several more.

Weak flare falls into short right field for a single: "Kucinich!"

Diving catch: "Another vote for MITT!"

Ball caught on warning track: "It could be ... no, its a Ron Paul."

(That Mitt one could catch on …)

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