Blue Jays on CityTV

Post #1 » by **LittleOzzy** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 5:33 pm

I'm guessing this has already been posted but the Jays are on City TV right now!

Blue Jays Baseball - Citytv Syle
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Join us LIVE from Knology Park in Dunedin, Florida as the Toronto Blue Jays go up against the Cincinatti Reds in pre-season action! In the last half hour, fans will be given the chance to enjoy a barbeque in their honour and engage in "meet & greets" with the players and Citytv personalities: Kathryn Humphreys, Hugh Burrill, Gord Martineau, and Jenn Valentyne! You won't want to miss it! It's Blue Jays Baseball! Citytv Style!

Flagrant Foul · Post #2 » by **Flagrant Foul** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 6:12 pm

This is actually a really smart way to sell tickets. Its pretty much a bluejays commercial.

whysoserious · Post #3 » by **whysoserious** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 6:27 pm

Watching this I can only hope there won't be more games on CityTV for Blue Jays Baseball.

The graphics are horrible, play-by-play and colour commentating sucks, the sideline hosts suck.

If they do show more games in the regular season on CityTV, they are going to have to overhaul this broadcast and get some real broadcasters in to call the game.

risktaker91 · Post #4 » by **risktaker91** » Sun Mar 2, 2008 6:48 pm

I agree, I couldn't watch for more than 10 minutes.

Flagrant Foul · Post #5 » by **Flagrant Foul** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 3:53 am

whysoserious wrote:Watching this I can only hope there won't be more games on CityTV for Blue Jays Baseball.

The graphics are horrible, play-by-play and colour commentating sucks, the sideline hosts suck.

If they do show more games in the regular season on CityTV, they are going to have to overhaul this broadcast and get some real broadcasters in to call the game.

Citytv won't be showing any regular season games. This was just to promote the Jays and sell tickets. Its only spring training so I didn't mind the broadcast at all. Thought it was a great marketing tool.

Post #6 » by **SmallTownJournalist303** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:25 pm

I had it on for about five minutes while I was making lunch, and I cringed the entire time. We're lucky this isn't going to be a regular occurance.

raps4life~ · Post #7 » by **raps4life~** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 8:44 pm

That was pretty bad. Only reason its on there is becuase Rogers bought CityTV recently. I hope they dont put any regular season games on there.

whysoserious · Post #8 » by **whysoserious** » Mon Mar 3, 2008 9:05 pm

Flagrant Foul wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Citytv won't be showing any regular season games. This was just to promote the Jays and sell tickets. Its only spring training so I didn't mind the broadcast at all. Thought it was a great marketing tool.

If CityTV won't be carrying games regularly then I can somewhat excuse them for a poor baseball broadcast.

If it was meant to generate ticket sales, as a televised event, all it came off as was one big telethon for multi-millionaire players and the owner to generate more money.

Either way it was lame.