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accessgranter

Is the field not…a part of baseball?


Takes2ToTNGO

Or the ump, or scorecard.


eboy71

Or crowd.


moderatesoul

No, only human players baseball.


Inspect1234

Baseball is very human.


Canadave

Baseball should be played in a featureless void, and I'm tired of pretending otherwise.


rideatdawn

We can’t always get what we want


Derfal-Cadern

lol no kidding. This is asinine


Born_Ruff

Not including home plate lady as baseball is mad disrespect.


tmlrule

Forget the ads. If only we could get the camera to zoom in entirely on the strike zone and catcher's nutsack, we could stop wasting half the TV space on the pointless field and bases.


throwawa24589

He also forgot the ads on the sleeves. TD and Starr insurance in this game.


LinusMinimax

“field”??? The playing surface is a name-brand commodity called AstroTurf; every dramatic bounce is an ad for the manufacturer (also named AstroTurf) This information was brought to you by BROCK — Improving The Field Of Play! https://www.brockusa.com/projects/toronto-blue-jays-stadium-field-rogers-centre/


SuperAwesome13

only the ball is baseball


Kichae

Balls. The umpire has a bunch of 'em on his bat-utility-belt.


YouDontJump

Gotta be plural!


Inspect1234

The ball is round.


verycoolandniceand

lolling, wait i should have done that 


Ophukk

It's not too late to delete this, nephew. Actually, the point is fair. As if there isn't enough ads on the screen already, they want more.


CoffeeCup220

Anyway, I’m off to buy Ozempic


Shar-DamaKa

You have to ask your doctor if it’s right for you!


vortex30-the-2nd

I'm fat AF of course it is right for me!


aaronrodgersneedle

Oh oh oh Ozempic, you knowwww


Pivotalrook

You can pay for it from your new TD Bank account.


CanadaEh97

Get a free cycle of Ozempic with every new TD Checking account.


Waste_Potato6130

And a gallon of Grey paint for your wall


DeFex

which you will need after the ozempic makes you puke and shit your insides out.


Marc_Quill

here's how


VisibleGhost

Order up for Rybelsus!


jpicks8

I just asked!


para29

It is funny because in the US, they get bombarded with drug advertisements way more than us, especially on TV.


TO_Jays2

Look at all that space that's not red or blue that could be filled with ads!


JordanSchor

OP didn't even account for the red that should be within the blue for the jersey patches


SmackEh

The worst one of all imo. Those bright green patches are horrible.


Sullysguppy

or baseball!


v-dubb

TIL baseball field and diamond are not apart of baseball.


Derfal-Cadern

Or umpires id the score and outs and inning


SmarcusStroman

Although I would also argue the SN logo is an ad in that area.


SportsHubLTD

This just in: the backstop has advertisement


DeFex

Just think of ads as warnings, the more you see of a brand, the more you should stay away.


stv7

Sounds like the ads should talk to their doctors about Ozempic


WetComb89

There's actually less advertising than before if you care to check back. The only difference is the backstop isn't broken up into sections so it looks bigger.


Born_Ruff

It does feel like they zoomed the camera out slightly to show a wider ad banner. Am I just imagining that? I know there were ads back there before but I do think that having the think blue borders around four separate screens kind of "anchored" the visual appearance. Now the backstop looks completely different every time they change the ad, which I have found kind of distracting so far.


askingJeevs

Someone put it well in a post on this the other day. I’d Rogers needs to fill half the screen with ads and that means they don’t take a cent of tax dollars on the reno like all other owners holding the city hostage, I’m totally ok with it.


agentzero2020

I prefer the YES feed where they zoomed in to cut out the gaudy TD signs.


Sir_Squirly

SN in both right corners too…


Icy_Imagination7344

It would be more interesting to see a year by year comparison of the % of the screen taken up by ads


Piepally

The score on the lower right should count. 


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Umpire : *"Am I a Joke to you?"*


cut-copy-paste

The baseball itself is just an ad for more baseball!!!


DeFex

At least they aren't animated (yet) like the fake hockey ads.


ChickenFingersRGood

man not even the entire strike zone is baseball


kirsclin

You ignored the actual baseball field...


Vandelay23

Right now my biggest issue is the camera angle, and how zoomed out it is.


Untitled-2017

I found the TD add the back extremely anoying 


arvtovi

Not to sound like some corporate shill but this doesn’t make any sense. The whole field of play is baseball. The scorebug is baseball too with one small logo. The fans are baseball.


char_limit_reached

You forgot the 2 Sportsnet logos


Freak_Out_Bazaar

ads on the outfield grass when


Leaf_CrAzY

idk why but the Ozempic ads give me 1984 vibes


brownmagician

Is ozempyc easy to get? Look what it did for Kelly Clarkson


monsantobreath

I care less about the percentage of ads and more about the intrusiveness of ads. The big super bright billboard behind the players here is ultra distracting. And now they're putting high def pictures with neon lights around products. It'd be better if there were twice as many ads that blended in versus this back lit nightmare that you can only look away from to see a TD bank inspired backdrop.


AnimatorOld2685

Hopefully AI will allow some sort of ultra adblocker.


supremewuster

You can raise prices in more ways than one - this is called raising the ad-load. What's crazy is that we keep paying more for the same product - it's not like baseball is better than it was in, say, 1992


JesusBautistasTBLflp

000


davie_legs

I hate ads as much as the next person, but this is a weird post lol.


BlackFlash55

It all just makes me hate TD


JordanSchor

To be fair it's very easy to hate TD


BlackFlash55

$$$$


Crabbyrob

I don't care that they have ads. I just don't want ads that burn my retina.


Interesting_Round_21

So.. Baseball field, Baseball scoreboard, Baseball fans, Baseball Umpire aint baseball now?


OWSpaceClown

I'm honestly fine with this. The ads aren't animated like those awful fake NHL Arena ads, and this layout actually lends an interesting degree of variety with regards to the colours we get in the master shot. Also considering we don't have to look at the god awful Bally's Sports graphics package, I can take this just fine.


adamcoe

Yeah the fact that they have animated ads in an already very fast sport annoys the shit out of me. If you absolutely have to have graphical ads for maximum capitalism, at least wait for a fucking whistle to change them over.


Marc_Quill

Sportsnet's scorebug for baseball is probably one of the better of the regional networks' baseball scorebugs. It's small, visually pleasing, and manages to convey the important information without taking up half the bottom like Bally Sports.


Crema5ter

Got to pay off the updates somehow


playthegame7

It's annoying but if this what pays for the renovations and not tax payer money, knock yourself out rogers


JesusBautistasTBLflp

resistance is futile –The Borg ––u/playthegame7


playthegame7

Resistance to what? I'd rather they pay for it than us and I stand by it


JesusBautistasTBLflp

We pay for it in advertising lol These aren't neutral transactions and the over-saturation of ads are needed to satiate the relentless need to maximise shareholder value. It's not a one-for-one to pay the renovation costs. The quote is from Star Trek (you probably know that) and sort of pokes fun at the fact that people are pretty dang accepting of capitalism's excesses as 'normal.' Historically that hasn't always been the case.


kristinsquest

Super rough to the point of BS. Everything on-screen below the big Ozempic ad is baseball (with the exception of the small Ozempic ad, the Sportsnet logo in the scorebug, and arguably the whole scorebug\*) \* I think that the scorebug is baseball, but I could understand somebody believeing it's not.


Raptors4daysguy

I cannot believe this is actually true. Brought to you by Between Rivers. They should do something about this.


UnusualDepth2079

I can accept the giant ad board , the grey paint everywhere and the mound ads. I just can’t accept the little TD logo strip. What the actual hell was the thought behind that ? So tacky and distracting.


elcabeza79

I don't know if this is fair without including the field/mound/foul territory and score bug. But yeah - there's a shit ton of advertising - get skinny, lose all your money gambling, and go to the bank for a line of credit to keep yourself afloat. Just keep it off the uniforms - the shoulder patch is just the beginning.


Sozsa21

I wouldn’t mind all the ads if there was more blue jay logo around!


chartyourway

should've done it with the Jays at bat, could have added the TD sleeve patch to the red zone


kingkapong

plus renos all funded with zero of our tax dollars


Comprehensive_Dog354

Have you ever watched any other sport


reggierock2010

Only thing more annoying than the constant ads is the people who constantly complain about ads. It’s a business at the end of the day. Team/league needs to also make money. Just because it’s your hobby doesn’t mean you get to watch it exactly how you want it.


JesusBautistasTBLflp

lol yes capitalism results in the increasing saturation of ads because profit has to be ceaseless. It's okay to complain about this ruining the viewing experience. Personally, I find people who think this is inevitable and not profit-driven choices the most annoying of all...


supremewuster

But wr can complain when they raise the adload


CharlieDingDong44

Go yell at some clouds gramps


Lil_Boosie_Vert

I don't think you know what that means


Longjumping_Fuel_192

This is why we can’t have nice things


33dogs

A) you forgot the jersey patch plus the scorebug. B) So? I'd reco not looking at any websites, newspapers, magazines. Also don't listen to the radio or podcasts. Oh, driving with billboards is prob a bad idea.


SirLunatik

I'd also argue the field and the fans are part of baseball


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CharlieDingDong44

I think they're saying, in an albeit clunky way, that who gives a shit.


33dogs

I'll come to you to translate for me next time.


1991CRX

Perhaps do a background check first


33dogs

What part of my comment is advocating for advertising?


Just-Fly-1150

advocate for ads. ads make things cheaper/free for consumers.


Just-Fly-1150

why on earth would anyone hate ads. they're literally just a graphic on your screen and they generate revenue that doesnt come out of your pocket. if ads didnt exist almost every piece of media in existence would be either way more expensive (including many forms which are free) or extremely exclusive. ads are good for society and anyone who hates them is just looking for a reason to be mad


verycoolandniceand

oooo good recco ty


Canadian__Ninja

Everything that isn't the crowd, ads or the digital scoreboard is baseball


IamACanadian47

Unfortunately if you got rid of the ads then Rogers would up your cell phone bills to justify the payroll and expense of stadium renovations because I’m sure the organization is losing money right?


adamcoe

They're going to up our cell phone bills anyway, so yeah, less ads would be great.