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[Guest ScarletKnight41]

While I was killing time during last night's rain delay, I sent SNY an e-mail at sportsnetnewyork@sny.tv -

]In general, I really enjoy SNY and I watch it often. However, I am finding the anti-smoking public service announcements to make the station increasingly unwatchable. How many times per day do we have to see the Voice Box Guy? The ads are so gross as to be unwatchable and, thus, they hamper the anti-smoking cause more than they help it. I don't watch SNY to get grossed out - I watch it to see the Mets. To see these ads constantly throughout the day is spoiling my viewing experience. Public service ads are a great thing, but can you show some that aren't so disgusting? You'll influence more smokers and lose fewer sports fans if you run clever ads rather than those that you are currently showing. Thank you,

I suggest that any of you who are tired of these ads write a quick e-mail of your own on the subject. If they hear from enough disgruntled viewers, perhaps they'll be less inclined to gross us out so frequently.

[Centerfield]

Well said Scarlett.

For the record, I have no problem with local announcers being "homers" to the extent they are fans. Gary and Howie have no qualms about representing themselves as fans and you only need to listen for ten minutes to recognize their rooting interest.

My problem with local announcers is when their narrow-minded view of their team affects their ability to view things in an unbiased manner.

Add to that the sense of entitlement reflected in a guy like Michael Kay and you can understand why I hate him so much.

I also hate guys who are more concerned with self-promotion than the game. So of course, you can understand why I dislike Sterling...and to a lesser extent, Chris Berman. I like Berman when he does NFL primetime, his schtick is great for highlight shows...but when were live Chris, leave the nicknames at home.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Articles in the Daily News both yesterday and today mentioned how well those commericals are working, how they're inspiring people to make the effort to quit.

[Elster88]

ScarletKnight41 wrote: While I was killing time during last night's rain delay, I sent SNY an e-mail at sportsnetnewyork@sny.tv - ]In general, I really enjoy SNY and I watch it often. However, I am finding the anti-smoking public service announcements to make the station increasingly unwatchable. How many times per day do we have to see the Voice Box Guy? The ads are so gross as to be unwatchable and, thus, they hamper the anti-smoking cause more than they help it. I don't watch SNY to get grossed out - I watch it to see the Mets. To see these ads constantly throughout the day is spoiling my viewing experience. Public service ads are a great thing, but can you show some that aren't so disgusting? You'll influence more smokers and lose fewer sports fans if you run clever ads rather than those that you are currently showing. Thank you, I suggest that any of you who are tired of these ads write a quick e-mail of your own on the subject. If they hear from enough disgruntled viewers, perhaps they'll be less inclined to gross us out so frequently.

In their defense there is a new one which is much easier to deal with. The same guy is simply walking by a pool saying how he used to love swimming, but he can't anymore because he would drown if water got in the hole in his throat. And that to me is a good commercial. It gets your attention with the guy using his amplifier to talk, and gets the message across that he can't even go swimming anymore.


I haven't seen the one where he takes a shower since I saw this new one.

[Elster88]

Centerfield wrote: For the record, I have no problem with local announcers being "homers" to the extent they are fans. Gary and Howie have no qualms about representing themselves as fans and you only need to listen for ten minutes to recognize their rooting interest. My problem with local announcers is when their narrow-minded view of their team affects their ability to view things in an unbiased manner.

Yeah, that's what I meant, too. I have heard charges levelled against the Met broadcasters that they wouldn't dare speak ill of the Mets or any of the players. Howie, Keith and Ron spent an entire half-inning going over Milledge's baserunning blunder. In fact, I thought that they went a little overboard, I think they showed the play about ten times from different angles, and they didn't talk about anything else for the entire half inning following the play.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Nice memory of Ron Darling posted today:

http://leaptoad.com/mets/profile.php?PlayerCode=0345&tabno=7

(Scroll down to Maria.)

It's hard to imagine Tom Seaver treating Maria the way that Ron did.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

It's a nice story.

I always had a thing for Ron. Looks, brains, a World Series Ring, an All-Star ring - the definition of the perfect man

[Guest Iubitul]

ScarletKnight41 wrote: It's a nice story. I always had a thing for Ron. Looks, brains, a World Series Ring, an All-Star ring - the definition of the perfect man

Who are you kidding? It's all about the Ivy. Elitist.

;-)

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

There's nothing wrong with having a good education

[Elster88]

You know what? Keith is a good color man.

[Vic Sage]

Keith and Ron together are terrific.

[metirish]

Read Kenny Choi's blog and have a laugh.

http://www.sny.tv/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060717&content_id=1405398&vkey=1

]But until Wright wins four rings with the Mets, the 'Lord of the Rings' is still Jeter.

[stevejrogers]

metirish wrote: Read Kenny Choi's blog and have a laugh. http://www.sny.tv/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060717&content_id=1405398&vkey=1 ]But until Wright wins four rings with the Mets, the 'Lord of the Rings' is still Jeter.

HA! Then Jeter still has a long way to go, because Lawrence Peter Berra has what, 13 rings as a uniformed personel (10 as a player 3 as a coach) so the Lord of the Rings in this town is still Yogi Berra! And Bill Dickey/Frank Crosetti are also in that range

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Kenny Choi: Not a writer.

[Vic Sage]

]But here's why Yankee fans love the 'Captain': he's all about team and there is no "I" in Derek Jeter.

wow. did he actually pull out that hoary old chestnut? What style!

And while he's correct that there is no "I" in Derek Jeter, lets see what there IS:

DEREK JETER
jerk
drek
terd
jeer
eek
reek
retj
deter
eet drek
der jerk

That's alot of bad stuff in Derek Jeter, even without an "I".

[metirish]

That's good stuff Vic.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

There's no WE in Derek Jeter, either. Unless he decides to develop a lisp.

[Willets Point]

]eet drek

Is that Dutch?

[Vic Sage]

no its Phonetic Yiddish.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

I was out today and wasn't able to watch the game. Just now, it was so nice to be able to turn on SNY to see the rebroadcast of the 10th inning.

I love having our own channel.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

The new issue of Columbia College Today has a nice feature article about Gary Cohen (CC '81).

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/jul_aug06/features2.php

[metirish]

Good article on Cohen, thanks for posting....imagine Cohen and George Stephanopoulos doing a soccer game together....

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

It seems wrong that the photo caption doesn't refer to Ron Darling as being a 1982 Yale grad.

[Centerfield]

Vic Sage wrote: ]But here's why Yankee fans love the 'Captain': he's all about team and there is no "I" in Derek Jeter. wow. did he actually pull out that hoary old chestnut? What style! And while he's correct that there is no "I" in Derek Jeter, lets see what there IS: DEREK JETER jerk drek terd jeer eek reek retj deter eet drek der jerk That's alot of bad stuff in Derek Jeter, even without an "I".

Don't forget RED TERD...something for which you should consult your doctor right away...

[metirish]

From the Mets notes in the Daily News...

] ... David Cone, escorted by Jeff Wilpon, visited the Mets' clubhouse yesterday morning. Cone has an open invitation to join SNY, but family is taking precedence at the moment. ...

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

That's pretty much what he told Keith and Gary in the broadcast booth. He has a four-month-old baby, and he's doing the Mr. Mom thing.

[MFS62]

Major kudos to SNY.
Most of the other tv stations on which I've seen games have done something that drove me nuts. It involved the timing of showing individual player stats during an at bat.

It seemed that when a player came to bat for the first time in a game, during the first pitch the first camera shot would be a full face closeup, no graphics/stats shown. The season stats would then be shown on the second pitch. And it seemed the announcers wouldn't tell you the stats until they flashed on the screen during that second pitch.

But if the batter put the ball in play on that first pitch, we never were told how they were doing. This was very irritating early in the season (for rookies we didn't know about) or later in the season if we hadn't seen that team play for a long time ( to know who was hot, not and shot). And to compound the problem, many stations didn't repeat season stats when the batter came up later on the game. If they showed anything at all, it was usually what the batter had done earlier in that game - only.

SNY shows us those stats on the first pitch.

NOTE: Of course, we already know all the information we need from our fabulous KTEs.

But, good job anyhow, SNY. You're doing it right.

Later

[metirish]

I had the Cyclone game on last night and I was wondering who the hell is the pbp guy, I knew the voice, it was Chris Carlin from the WFAN, and the color guy was Mike Glavine, both were terrible.

[Elster88]

Considering how crappy some major league teams' broadcast teams are, I'm not surprised that SNY had to resort to them for the Cyclones game.