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Reply With QuoteIt doesn't help that the movie looks awful.
....sickening. Nothing against the movie...but it has nothing to do with the game. MLB/Fox selling its soul (not like they really had one) for adversting dollars.
It doesn't help that the movie looks awful.
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Absolutely nothing new to see here. The shocker would have been nothing promoted like this.
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a gametime decision
Judging by the promo, I'd rather watch a replay of yesterday's St. Louis Rams/Detroit Lions game than that godawful movie. And I'm not a football fan.Originally Posted by YankeeDJW
White Sox announcer Harry Caray- "Jimmy, I saw Stan Musial hit five home runs in a doubleheader".
White Sox announcer Jimmy Piersall-"So what? I had nine kids."
Fox (and McCarver/Buck) has done worse in the past. This one takes the cake: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07...orts_ruse_web/
I really don't like Fox broadcasting the World Series. Buck/McCarver is bad, but I feel like they hype it up just as much or even less than the finale of a reality TV show like American Idol. Kind of feels less special when its on Fox. Plus, Craig Sager on TBS is the most well-dressed man on the planet.
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I was more annoyed when they had the cast of the show Glee sing the national anthem. Are you serious Fox? The national anthem as a promotional tool? Whey would they think anybody would want to watch a show because the cast could sing the national anthem?
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Fox inserted this promo into both of their NFL games as well. I think this has more to do with Fox and less to do with the MLB.
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a gametime decision
I'd like to tell them where to insert it. That and the "DJ Hero" game update.
White Sox announcer Harry Caray- "Jimmy, I saw Stan Musial hit five home runs in a doubleheader".
White Sox announcer Jimmy Piersall-"So what? I had nine kids."
And the upper left hand scorebox turning into a Budweiser add is a little frustrating. These ads have become so intrusive.
If they have the have the obnoxiousness to scheudle the World Series at 8PM for advertising revenue it comes as no surprise that they would make the TV screen look like a crappy internet site.
Well...at least it's not similar to what MLB did during the Spiderman movie when they vandalized the bases with Spiderman logos.
"After my fourth season I asked for $43,000 and General Manager Ed Barrow told me, 'Young man, do you realize Lou Gehrig, a 16-year-man, is playing for only $44,000?' I said, Mr. Barrow, there is only one answer to that - Mr. Gehrig is terribly underpaid."- Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio
What do you expect? It's James Cameron. He hasn't made anything good in 17 years.
"I'm happy for [Edwin Encarnacion] because this guy bleeds internally, big-time" -Dusty Baker
"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it on the scoreboard?" -Jeff Francoeur
"At the end of the day, the sun comes up and I still have a job" -Joba Chamberlain
a gametime decision
I would agree that Titanic was overrated, but at least it was watchable. Avatar looks like 100 other comic book movies that would give me an instant headache.
White Sox announcer Harry Caray- "Jimmy, I saw Stan Musial hit five home runs in a doubleheader".
White Sox announcer Jimmy Piersall-"So what? I had nine kids."
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I was only 8 when Titanic came out and was dragged to see it in theaters about 5 times soI would agree that Titanic was overrated, but at least it was watchable. Avatar looks like 100 other comic book movies that would give me an instant headache.
"I'm happy for [Edwin Encarnacion] because this guy bleeds internally, big-time" -Dusty Baker
"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it on the scoreboard?" -Jeff Francoeur
"At the end of the day, the sun comes up and I still have a job" -Joba Chamberlain
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