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Increased media attention for the Blue Jays - Good or bad?

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I've been thinking about this a bit and I can't decide - is more attention from the US Media good or bad for this team?

 

Most of the season so far you barely saw the team mentioned outside of Sportnet, TSN and the Canadian papers. ESPN, CNNSI, Fox Sports and such would show highlights and scores and it seemed most broadcasts I saw almost totally ignored the Jays. (Maybe my perception but it seemed glaring)

 

A run like this could put us in the spotlight. I think it has already started to happen, in fact.

 

What do you think? Good or bad?

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It's bad when it's off season and half the team is new and didn't get a chance to gel yet. Right now i don't think it matters.
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More media attention = more interested fans. More interested fans = more butts in seats. More butts in seats = higher payroll. Higher payroll = better players. Better players = better chance of winning.

 

So, good thing. :)

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Pretty sure we're not.

 

Also, Bisons put up their starting lineup, Reyes is leading off with Pillar hitting 2nd.

 

Woohoo

 

He's almost here. :)

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Answer without looking up: how many games did Jose Reyes play for the Jays this year before getting hurt? (It's less than you probably think)
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Answer without looking up: how many games did Jose Reyes play for the Jays this year before getting hurt? (It's less than you probably think)

 

I want to say 8.

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I'm also pretty sure it's 10. 3 against Cleveland, 3 against Detroit and he got hurt on the 1st game against the Royals.
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I like it, gives me more stuff to read when I'm slacking off! :)

 

we all have to be good at something, right? lol

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I've been thinking about this a bit and I can't decide - is more attention from the US Media good or bad for this team?

 

Most of the season so far you barely saw the team mentioned outside of Sportnet, TSN and the Canadian papers. ESPN, CNNSI, Fox Sports and such would show highlights and scores and it seemed most broadcasts I saw almost totally ignored the Jays. (Maybe my perception but it seemed glaring)

 

A run like this could put us in the spotlight. I think it has already started to happen, in fact.

 

What do you think? Good or bad?

 

it was bad in the off season. probably part of the reason they started so bad. I think a number of the jays bought the hype and thought they just had to show up to win. at this point most have gotten past that and it should not matter.

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I'm also pretty sure it's 10. 3 against Cleveland, 3 against Detroit and he got hurt on the 1st game against the Royals.

 

Yes. It was 10. It felt like more some how. What a rip off.

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Yes. It was 10. It felt like more some how. What a rip off.

 

LOL, I just realized I forgot to include 3 against Boston.

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Its great as long as Rogers isn't the one giving them all of the attention. IMO Rogers is the reason the Jays stank in April, with their excessive ads it spoiled the players much like a mother spoiling one of her kids. Thank God they play 162 games in baseball. Now we are only 6 back instead of being 6 games on top like we would have been if it weren't for Rogers overdoing it in March and April, but they learned their lesson. I think better of AA and Beeston now that we have won 10 in a row.
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I live in California, and trust me, the media attention in the US surrounding baseball in general is pretty feeble, let alone the Jays. Still, now that the NBA finals is over we might see the attention shifted back to baseball. Today's sportscenter did have the Jays the top story behind the Aaron Hernandez fiasco, but it was nothing more than highlights and a quick mention of how we've extended the streak to 10 and are no longer horseshit in the cellar of the AL East. I think it's gonna take a victory or two against some of the bigger names (ie Yanks/Red Sox) to really get it going.
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Its great as long as Rogers isn't the one giving them all of the attention. IMO Rogers is the reason the Jays stank in April, with their excessive ads it spoiled the players much like a mother spoiling one of her kids. Thank God they play 162 games in baseball. Now we are only 6 back instead of being 6 games on top like we would have been if it weren't for Rogers overdoing it in March and April, but they learned their lesson. I think better of AA and Beeston now that we have won 10 in a row.

 

Rogers cares about making money and money they shall make. For the simple minded people Rogers screwed up, for the shareholders, there laughing at the simple f***s.

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That's funny as hell. They're so insecure.

 

Or, they've noticed the DFA carousel that the Jays have used since the beginning of the year. Boy, am I ever glad that's stabilized.

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That's funny as hell. They're so insecure.

 

I can understand them, he is a baseball hero in Taiwan and i think the only one. Kinda like Suzuki and Darvish.

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IMO Rogers is the reason the Jays stank in April, with their excessive ads it spoiled the players much like a mother spoiling one of her kids.

 

I don't even know where to start with this... But... You can't possibly be serious with this, can you?

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I don't even know where to start with this... But... You can't possibly be serious with this, can you?

 

It's backontop. Yes, he could be. :(

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