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From: rick@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: NBC Strikes Out
Message-ID: <5961@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 11-Jun-85 14:36:32 EDT
Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.5961
Posted: Tue Jun 11 14:36:32 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 17-Jun-85 04:31:09 EDT
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Reply-To: rick@ucla-cs.UUCP (Richard Gillespie)
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
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Keywords: Blue Jays
Summary: 

>Has NBC discovered the Blue Jays yet?

The story I heard is that covering the Jays will not give NBC the ratings
they want (not enough tvs in Canada, so they say). So now we know what they
mean by "GAME Of The Week" - the game isn't baseball. In fact, NBC has no
intention of broadcasting the Jays all season.

Now, this brings up an interesting point. If the Blue Jays don't get any
major media coverage they won't play under the severe pressure of, say, the
Yankees. That will be an advantage during the regular season, but what will
happen when the playoffs arrive and suddenly they are thrust into the
limelight? I hope the pressure doesn't get to them.

See you in Exhibition and Olympic stadiums for the WORLD Series.
-- 
   Rick Gillespie
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