Sal_Butera
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Can't believe Blow Jay talk is allowed on this board.
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hell Bolduke actually started a thread specifically for them,,,
wiseguy1
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They have done a masterful job fostering a strong following coast to coast in Canada. The Raptors do not even come close and can only wish they could duplicate what the Jays have done. Heck there was one recent game in Seattle that had about 15,000 Jays fans from B.C.
30 years of having a team rammed up your ass does that to you.
Although I can say I can't tell you how many have wanted to talk to me about the Blue Jays the last three months, oh yeah I can, none.
Sal_Butera
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Really? Other than Brad, haven't come across one Blow Jay fan in Mtl.
well as many outside Quebec would say, he said coast to coast in "Canada"
out here in Vancouver, you see more Giants hats than Blue Jay. Mariners are quite inconspicuous.
XPOFAN
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:smilielol5:
wiseguy1
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Well... TVA broadcasted some Jays game last year, if there was zero interest why did they do that? Look I am not a Jays diehard fan, but I am telling you the facts. Raptors are trying to figure how to get the same broadcast numbers as the Jays.
wiseguy1
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Whats so funny, the TV ratings dont lie.
wiseguy1
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WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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How "masterful" do you have to be when you're the only team in the country and you're owned by an all sports TV network? The Jays are popular for the same reason the Leafs are: because we get them rammed down our throats by their media accomplices. Couple this with the fact that nearly all sports nowadays are delivered to us via cable-only stations. In the old days, a person living in Vancouver could get a whole bunch of Mariners and (when they existed) Sonics games on over-the-air Seattle stations that were available in BC. But now all those Mariners games, save for the small number carried on Sportsnet Pacific (which inevitably get pre-empted whenever the Jays game runs late - namely always) are shown on ROOT Sports, a cable channel not available in Canada.
Hockey fans living in Fort Erie, ON can see the Sabres' arena from their side of the lake but the only Sabres games they get on TV are when the Leafs play them. 30 years ago you could get upwards of 40 Sabres games a year on Channel 2 from Buffalo and the Sabres of that era were far more entertaining than the Leafs. But today you get nothing but the blue and white if you live on the Canadian side of the Falls.
This isn't "masterful" marketing; it's simply a case of shutting people out from having any other choices. I spent all of last season avoiding the Jays whenever possible. But whenever their game was on early and was to be followed at 7pm Pacific by a Mariners game the Jays would inevitably run late or go to extra innings and half the Mariners game would be pre-empted. If too much of the Seattle game is wiped out as a result, they just don't bother showing the Mariners game at all.
Hockey fans living in Fort Erie, ON can see the Sabres' arena from their side of the lake but the only Sabres games they get on TV are when the Leafs play them. 30 years ago you could get upwards of 40 Sabres games a year on Channel 2 from Buffalo and the Sabres of that era were far more entertaining than the Leafs. But today you get nothing but the blue and white if you live on the Canadian side of the Falls.
This isn't "masterful" marketing; it's simply a case of shutting people out from having any other choices. I spent all of last season avoiding the Jays whenever possible. But whenever their game was on early and was to be followed at 7pm Pacific by a Mariners game the Jays would inevitably run late or go to extra innings and half the Mariners game would be pre-empted. If too much of the Seattle game is wiped out as a result, they just don't bother showing the Mariners game at all.
BKerr
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Not true.
http://sabres.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=92852
"The Buffalo Sabres and Bell have announced that Sabres games will once again be carried on Bell TV in Southern Ontario. Sabres games, previously available on NHL Center Ice, will now be included as part of Bell TV regular programming – at no extra cost – starting with the Oct. 9 home opener against Columbus."
All you have to do is phone bell and tell them that you want the "sabres channel" activated, and if you live in that region they do it for you at no charge.
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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Only took 25 years to get the Sabres back on TV in the Niagara Peninsula. But the damage has been done. An entire generation of fans has grown to adulthood never knowing anything but the Leafs.
Expos games were on tv and no one watched them
XPOFAN
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Au contraire
Exit716
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That's really sad.
Exit716
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I watched them back in the day on CBC. Dave and Duke in the tangerine coloured blazers, the dude with the BrylCreamed hair who asked stupid questions and the constant excitement of year to year to see if Dave was wearing a toupee or not this season!
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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No one was more annoying than Fergie Olver on CTV's Blue Jays games back in the 80's. All he was missing were the blue and white pom-poms.
wiseguy1
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+ two decent pitching prospects and a SS prospect.