tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post2628768032971318417..comments2024-03-29T04:32:39.897-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: "Selfie Girls" & MLB's Ongoing Alienation Of Its Audienceallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-90031006023528354912015-10-05T09:55:41.134-07:002015-10-05T09:55:41.134-07:00Frankly, I would be surprised if this alienates yo...Frankly, I would be surprised if this alienates young people. Now they know going to a game could get them on television if they’re just not paying enough attention!<br /><br />Seriously though, I thought it was funny that it seemed the entire section were more interested in their phones and taking selfies than the game. I also thought the commentary went on long but when you gotta fill up three and half hours of airtime you’re probably going to say something stupid once in a while.Liam Pravardehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02939183220563675989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-91440850516156672372015-10-05T07:08:57.206-07:002015-10-05T07:08:57.206-07:00On the wire this morning...
3 female journalists ...On the wire this morning...<br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/3-female-journalists-stopped-entering-jags-locker-room-005537260--spt.html" rel="nofollow">3 female journalists stopped from entering Jags locker room</a><br /><br />INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A male usher stopped three female journalists from entering the [Jacksonville] Jaguars locker room after their loss to the [Indianapolis] Colts because they were women, asking other men if it was OK before finally allowing them inside.<br /><br />Graham Watson of Yahoo Sports and Joey Chandler of the Tuscaloosa News both said on Twitter on Sunday night that they were not allowed inside the locker room after Indianapolis' 16-13 overtime win until the usher first checked to make sure the women were allowed to enter. <b>The women were at the game as part of the Associated Press Sports Editors sports media diversity weekend.</b>FenFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093124081174881768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-90058552404238038352015-10-04T05:31:27.930-07:002015-10-04T05:31:27.930-07:00I remember one time during a postseason broadcast ...I remember one time during a postseason broadcast - I wish I could remember which game it was - one of those "meet a fan in the stands" fluff pieces. They found an older woman who was scoring the game on her own scoresheet, wearing a Red Sox cap and pins. The announcer says, "Did you ever think you'd see the team this close to winning a World Series?" <br /><br />She looked at him like he was nuts, and said, "We've been closer than this. In 1986 we all but had the trophy and lost it. Don't you remember?"<br /><br />The announcer was totally thrown, his whole approach now useless. He moved the mic back to him and barely let her say another word. <br /><br />We were loving it. laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-36195463730057887642015-10-04T05:30:15.618-07:002015-10-04T05:30:15.618-07:00I agree with much of what softserve solutions says...I agree with much of what softserve solutions says above. But let's not fool ourselves, this is about one thing only: sexism. Professional sports is a boys' club on every level. <br /><br />Female fans are fine when they're 90 years old and imagined as an eccentric who listens to every game on the radio. But real flesh and blood young women are there to be objectified and mocked. <br /><br />It's not like it was somehow better in the pre-cable days. laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-63063797545855532442015-10-02T22:34:29.528-07:002015-10-02T22:34:29.528-07:00I went to a game at Fenway this year, and was star...I went to a game at Fenway this year, and was startled at how many free souvenirs they gave to my son. "It's an investment in the future," one of the employees responded at my disbelief.<br /><br />More like too little, too late. This league is easily the worst when it comes to being paid off by cable companies for exclusive right to present their product in the dominant medium of the time (video). With that comes the exclusivity of baseball to a product hardly anybody under 30 even considers anymore. First off, many families are reluctant to spent a thousand or more just to get sports telecasts, which is what cable is banking on. Second, even in families that can afford cable, cable TV is a last-resort entertainment destination for young people. If an MLB team could accept top-billing on Netflix for a season, they'd be the most popular team in the league, but since they would receive only a fraction of what cable companies will accept to hold their telecasts ransom these days, you won't see it.<br /><br />So why wouldn't they mock the future, especially young women? The broadcasters know they've been negotiated out of the future, so all they can do is make fun of it.Clemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09879525340579800323noreply@blogger.com