Thanks for this Joe - great to get this background, and happy for you that you got to experience this. I did not see any of the Giants recent (ahem, three) World Series games in person, but did get to watch games with groups of local friends/fans, and it was a lot of fun. I'm sure it is even more intense given the circumstances in Chicago.
On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 7:00 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > Apologies for the tardiness of this. > > 1. If you're familiar with the layout of Wrigley: they created temporary > broadcast booths in the upper deck concourse below the press box (where > they had a bunch of handicap seating) for those rightsholders who had > people who called the game onsite (so MLB International, RDS, etc). And > when I mean temporary, we're talking plywood, Plexiglass, and doors that > opened to the public with paper signs. The credentialed media were situated > in the five reserved sections down the left field line. > > 2. It's been 13 years since I went to the Cubs NLDS and NLCS games, so I > can't remember, but in the World Series, the clubs give over control of > pretty much everything to MLB. For example, State Farm usually advertises > on the back of the dugout walls at Wrigley, but during the playoffs, it was > replaced with (I think) MLB At Bat. Even the in-stadium between-inning > spots are all MLB sponsors instead of Cubs sponsors. > > 3. The commercial break timer was set to an an almost "why bother?" 2:55, > and yet Fox still wants to jam all these spots in there. > > 4. No one in Wrigley knew how to take Bill Murray's Daffy Duck joke. > Though what was perfect was Game 5, with the recording of Harry Caray. This > is what they should do for every game. > > 5. I know not everyone here is a sports fan, but I cannot stress this > enough: if you have the opportunity to go to your team's championship game > or series, go. I will be literally paying for what I did last Friday night > for three years, but sweet Jesus, the realization that I was watching the > Cubs play in the World Series was enough to make me die happy. I wrote on > Facebook that I almost drove to Cleveland for Game 7 (and, of course, spend > four-figures on to get into the ballpark after the Indians fans started > dumping all their tickets on the market after Game 6), only to realize that > if I went and they lost, I literally would never forgive myself for causing > the Cubs to lose the Series by going to two games. Sports does that to your > rationality. > > In closing, I wish to apologize to all the non sports people who are > probably sick of us by now (Last night's "Don't worry, Grandma: Grandpa > Rossie's gonna take good care of you" will be stuck in my brain until the > end of time). Sports are a fundamentally irrational concept now, but they > still serve a greater good, for all the stupidity that surrounds it. And I > wish I could put into words what it means that my three-year-old now sings > "Go Cubs Go" as best he can, and wants to sit on my lap when he does. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
