tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post5848734665952109231..comments2024-03-28T19:45:50.194-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: MLB And Increased Advertisingallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-71305719080181375322017-10-25T23:52:40.505-07:002017-10-25T23:52:40.505-07:00Listening to Sox games on the radio, when they go ...Listening to Sox games on the radio, when they go to the out-of-town scoreboard, the intro advertisement is so long - the sponsor's name, the product, some editorializing about how great it is - I always expect the guy to say, "Oops, we have no more time for the scores, back to you, Joe." ... I guarantee you that he spends more time reading the ad than he does giving updates on other games.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-11451576575818980892017-10-25T17:32:38.656-07:002017-10-25T17:32:38.656-07:00It's the Chevrolet World Series presented by F...It's the Chevrolet World Series presented by Ford and re-presented by Ford and Wendy's and McDonalds and Ford again!<br /><br />Looking forward to the announcers spending so much time spitting out sponsor names they miss parts of the action on the field. mattymattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08291132296368578632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-38209812399908227982017-10-25T11:37:19.438-07:002017-10-25T11:37:19.438-07:00Yeah, it's pretty sickening. Did you notice t...Yeah, it's pretty sickening. Did you notice the announcers, whenever the camera zooms in on some celebrity, plugging some show, "Look, there's ____ of some show _____ on ____ premiering next Wednesday." Seriously. WTF. It's like The Truman Show where the actors and actresses around Truman working commercials into their conversations.David Chohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10635380194329897550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-69855642727729135642017-10-25T09:33:39.917-07:002017-10-25T09:33:39.917-07:00We've never been closer to the subsidized time...We've never been closer to the subsidized time of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. Let's just call 2017 something like Year of YouTube TV.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06669588048462975932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-3316522286955705172017-10-25T08:24:35.107-07:002017-10-25T08:24:35.107-07:00Nauseating. As a "pile-on" I'll ment...Nauseating. As a "pile-on" I'll mention the numerous Boston media stories about the "likeability problem" the Red Sox have that never mention the endless and invasive promos on NESN.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823533424819242663noreply@blogger.com