Monday, April 02, 2007
Opening Day 2007: Hour 6
3:09 -- NESN does an in-game promo for the Boston Globe's online store without mentioning the actual web address. Guess everyone in New England is supposed to know already.
3:15 -- My afternoon snack is Pringles Select potato chips. Yes, upscale Pringles that come in a bag. Now that they've had Lays in a can for a while now, I guess the reverse was inevitable.
3:18 -- Some company is donating $100 to a food bank for every Rockies home run. It'd be a little more charitable if they were making a donation for every run, period.
3:23 -- The wind suddenly kicks up at Coors Field and hot dog wrappers start blowing around, which allows the announcers to awkwardly transition to offering their best wishes to people affected by a recent tornado in Colorado.
3:26 -- Okay, NESN does the "scorecard" graphics, too, like TBS. So they're partially forgiven for their score bar.
3:30 -- Oakland A's at Seattle Mariners (FSN Northwest)
At last, another game starts.
3:34 -- Listen, whoever was responsible for this FSN promo, you need either the dollar sign or the word "dollars." This says "six million dollars dollars."
3:42 -- Wow, it's a new rule that batters are supposed to keep one foot in the batter's box when they take a time out. I predict that this rule won't be enforced very vigilantly.
3:53 -- Looking forward to the new Belle and Sebastian song "Piazza, Oakland DH." He strikes out in his first appearance as such.
3:15 -- My afternoon snack is Pringles Select potato chips. Yes, upscale Pringles that come in a bag. Now that they've had Lays in a can for a while now, I guess the reverse was inevitable.
3:18 -- Some company is donating $100 to a food bank for every Rockies home run. It'd be a little more charitable if they were making a donation for every run, period.
3:23 -- The wind suddenly kicks up at Coors Field and hot dog wrappers start blowing around, which allows the announcers to awkwardly transition to offering their best wishes to people affected by a recent tornado in Colorado.
3:26 -- Okay, NESN does the "scorecard" graphics, too, like TBS. So they're partially forgiven for their score bar.
3:30 -- Oakland A's at Seattle Mariners (FSN Northwest)
At last, another game starts.
3:34 -- Listen, whoever was responsible for this FSN promo, you need either the dollar sign or the word "dollars." This says "six million dollars dollars."
3:42 -- Wow, it's a new rule that batters are supposed to keep one foot in the batter's box when they take a time out. I predict that this rule won't be enforced very vigilantly.
3:53 -- Looking forward to the new Belle and Sebastian song "Piazza, Oakland DH." He strikes out in his first appearance as such.
Labels: athletics, boston globe, mariners, mike piazza, pringles, rockies
