tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post3027275556741904959..comments2024-03-29T05:44:08.923-07:00Comments on Diary of a Fat Slob: Wednesday reportUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-35543273132457625502022-06-10T11:14:03.575-07:002022-06-10T11:14:03.575-07:00It took five tries on two browsers before Google w...It took five tries on two browsers before Google would allow me to post the above...Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-3168112639181143132022-06-10T11:13:04.280-07:002022-06-10T11:13:04.280-07:00Pretty much matches my memory from a few years aft...Pretty much matches my memory from a few years after your memory. There were commercials between the innings, and I was always moderately annoyed because (a) every sponsor thought they needed baseball-themed ads and (b) they played the same commercials in the same order at every break.<br /><br />Even as a kid, though, I understood the economics, and that the commercials paid for the broadcast. Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-74281021967725532242022-06-09T21:15:24.936-07:002022-06-09T21:15:24.936-07:00Doug, the Dodgers had commercials between innings....Doug, the Dodgers had commercials between innings. There just weren't commercials in the middle of innings to disrupt the great stories. Same for Leo Lassen. I don't mind a 30 second commercial between innings. But the flow of the games wasn't disrupted during play.<br /><br />JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-73437186073588246732022-06-09T12:13:13.376-07:002022-06-09T12:13:13.376-07:00Pretty sure I heard Red Barber on the radio, and y...Pretty sure I heard Red Barber on the radio, and you paint an image on the internet as well as he did on the radio.<br /><br />Undoubtedly there were *fewer* commercials, but when you say "There were no commercials" that's an exaggeration, right? Or did a hardware store or something sponsor the game with an ad at the beginning and again at the end? That would be so heavenly, to be Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-45611612166024219922022-06-08T14:20:45.343-07:002022-06-08T14:20:45.343-07:00Baseball is a great radio game. It's simpler a...Baseball is a great radio game. It's simpler and slower than basketball, football or hockey, and leaves time to breathe between pitches, or talk, which is what the "old time" radio guys did. You grew up in Seattle a little late to catch the great Leo Lassen broadcasting the Seattle Rainiers until 1960. His gravel-road voice was a calm reminder of order in the world as it filled Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com