Debate: Is a live blog with no content still a game?

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorESPN is following Game 4 of the American League Championship Series live, Rays against Guardians.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTonight's question: is that page a good game plan, or an empty room?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChip argues it's a great way to follow a game. Vera argues it's a page with nothing on it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNinety seconds each, and you may not say the word vibes.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThank you, Hank. A live page means the game is happening right now, and you can feel it from your couch. That's America.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBaseball is about showing up. ESPN showed up zero minutes ago, and the page is already there for you.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI have read the page, Hank, and I'm choosing to call it a clean slate. A very open, very spacious slate.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSome pages say too much. This one is confident enough to say nothing, and the headline is doing all the work.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNoted. Rebuttals. Chip, you have forty-five seconds.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorVera says nothing is on the page, but the page tells you the Rays and Guardians are playing.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's a lot of information for a headline.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe headline is the information, Chip. The rest of the page is a mystery you're pretending to enjoy.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOrder. I have the page here as evidence. Under the headline, the full text of the story reads: null.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNull! I'm reading the score off it now. Rays, null. Guardians, null. Tight game, Hank.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm told null is the most honest word in sports. It never promised us a score.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLightning round. One sentence each, alternating. Is a blank page better than a long one?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorYes, because nobody ever skipped a paragraph that wasn't there.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNo, but it has great boundaries.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWho's winning the game?

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Rays, in my heart.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Guardians. I can feel it in the null.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNeither of you has seen a single pitch.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorClosing statement. A page that updates live is a friend who texts you every inning, and I want that friend.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorClosing. If I'm going to read nothing, I want to read it with someone confident, and ESPN is confident.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThank you both. My verdict: the page is a good idea, as long as someone eventually puts something on it.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo I won.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWrong. A tie is a win for me, and I'm calling it one.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe ruling stands, and nobody accepts it. That's the tradition.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChat, vote now. Is a page that says null a good way to follow a baseball game? Yes or no.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm voting yes. I'd vote yes on any page that doesn't argue back.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorYes! And if the page loads and someone's winning, I'll count that as a bonus.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe ruling is that the page is the only thing in this studio that said nothing and still won.