i still have my remote control spider car.
I'd be all for more product placement, if it meant less commercials. Although with TiVo, I forget that games used to take 3+ hours. Ahhh, you almost hit the nail on the head. Understand, the logos on the bases are probably a result of TIVO. I doubt it was a direct decision like the commisioner saying "we've got to find new revenue sources because of TIVO ... put adds on the bases." It's more likely that they've had discussions about the impact of digital recorders which resulted in them being more receptive to alternative forms of advertising. Believe me, TV has to change it's business model. It's coming, and what you're seeing is businesses taking the first tentative step towards adapting to the new world. Sports may the slowest to change because it's event driven (i.e. to some degree you're forced to watch live lest you find out who won before you watch the game) but I'll tell you, I am loath to start watching a game at tip-off. I still start an hour late and fast forward commercials.
I don't want any advertisements during the game, you can play all the commericals you want, because I can flip to other channels during those, but don't put anything on the bases, and don't superimpose things behind the batter.
Great point McD. Tivo's model is now copied by cable companies too, which get their revenues from customers, channel dues and ultimately the advertising on the underlying networks themselves. So they are biting the hand that feeds them. I think the end result is forcing advertising to become part of the event. I'm afraid "Spidey bases" might be the least of our concerns.
MLB nixes ads on bases
"I thought it was good to pull it,'' Yankees outfielder Bernie Williams said. "For so many years, we've just had uniforms and bases with no logo." Yeah, until your own team broke that taboo earlier this year, fignuts.
I was thinking the same thing wfrazerjr. I found it quite ironic the Yankees were the most vocal opponents (as an organization and even many of the player quotes in the articles were from Yankees) of this when they were the ones who essentially greased the slope down and took the first slide.
the yankees weren't the ones that put the ricoh stuff on their uniforms. that was another MLB decision (tampa had it too). they did it when the met and cubs were in japan a few years ago as well.
If a team came out wearing "Chico's Bail Bonds" (mentioned twice by players) on their jerseys though, that would be awesome.
well pivo, now you can have a bail bonds shirt of your very own. or maybe the Baseball Furies
and speaking of hollywood/baseball travesties relating to chico's bail bonds, billy bob thornton is set to star in a remake. WHAT THE FUCK BILLY BOB?
i saw that on scriptsales.com the other day. they're also making a Moneyball movie. Title: Moneyball Log line: Billy Beane, the Oakland A's general manager, assembles a contending ballclub despite having a payroll much lower than other teams. Writer: Stan Chervin Agent: Jon Klane at the Jon Klane Agency Buyer: Sony Pictures Price: n/a Genre: Sports Drama Bio Logged: 5/5/04 More: To be adapted from Michael Lewis' best-selling novel "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game." Specialty Films' Rachael Horovitz will produce. Longfellow Pictures' Andrew Karsch & Sidney Kimmel will executive produce.
the yankees weren't the ones that put the ricoh stuff on their uniforms. that was another MLB decision (tampa had it too). they did it when the met and cubs were in japan a few years ago as well. According to the story, the Yankees were the ones who squawked about having the ad on the bases, and helped force the issue here. I assume that, as the big kid on the block, had they bitched about Ricoh ads, MLB might have rethought that also, but it's a supposition. Boy, and I can't wait for the Billy Bob Thornton remake ... Little Kid: Coach, is it my turn to bat? BBT: Uhhhhhh huhhhhhhh.
To be adapted from Michael Lewis' best-selling novel "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game." Moneyball was a novel?
the casting of Moneyball should be interesting.
Billy Ba-da-Beane is Ralphie Cifaretto.
If there are any of the old Jabba the Hutt props left at LucasArts, there's your Steinbrenner right there.
If there are any of the old Jabba the Hutt props left at LucasArts, there's your Steinbrenner right there. Larry David used to do Steinbrenner's voice on Seinfeld... he should get a chance to do it on the big screen. They could stuff him in a fatsuit.
I wonder how they'll handle the car chase near the end of the book, when Beane has the shootout with hired thugs from the commissioner's office. I'm thinking they'll probably cut out the part where Beane is fatally wounded, and instead end it with him marrying romantic interest Barry Zito.
instead end it with him marrying romantic interest Barry Zito. no no. not THAT Billy Bean
