Comments on: Should phone companies sponsor the bullpen phones?

By: foreverchipper10

foreverchipper10 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:49:48 +0000

Remember when they were going to put logos on the bases? I am so glad that never happened.

By: beanster71

beanster71 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:36:12 +0000

Siri would’ve done a better job managing the 8th inning last night.

By: steviekthr3e

steviekthr3e — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:18:32 +0000

Minor league teams across the nation already do this.

Roger Dean Stadium: “METRO PCS call to the bullpen”

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:09:35 +0000

Awesome-o

By: Brian Donohue

Brian Donohue — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:09:30 +0000

It's actually not exclusively a Western invention, this odd apposition of meaning that Craig mentions and ridicules. But I'd pay more attention to the history than to any particular example. There's every bit as rich a tradition of wordplay in Chinese as we have in English. When I translated the poems of Lao Tzu years ago, I had LOL moments of realization in studying the Shakespearian tricks he was playing with certain characters of ideograms (keep in mind this is very ancient literary Chinese, not at all like modern Mandarin/pinyin). So while from a contemporary perspective, SD's point can lightly stand on its own (the link Craig points to), it remains an example of something that the great poets of ancient China -- LT, Li Po, Chuang Tzu, to name just a few -- would have relished. I have no idea whether any of these greats actually employed the wordplay in question, because I haven't read more than a fraction of the vast literature that exists from ancient China; I'm just saying the predilection was always there, as far back as you can trace their literary history.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:08:56 +0000

Best comment of the thread, or day, but then I read Cur’s below, and shat my pants. HAHAHAHHA! I always laugh at that stupid bird that flew in front of an RJ fastball. Stupid bird! AHHHHH!

By: unconventionalidiot

unconventionalidiot — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:01:25 +0000

The Cubs, of all teams, used closed circuit cell phones a few years ago. I thought they did this for one season but I can only find this story about them doing it for one game.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2006-06-11-hawver-cell_x.htm

By: cur68

cur68 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:54:08 +0000

Carrier Pigeon. Thats the answer. Those things never fail…providing they don’t fly in front of Randy Johnson.

By: kopy

kopy — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:53:31 +0000

What about 2 soup cans with a string attached? The tricky part is getting the string from the dugout to the bullpen without interfering with the field of play.

By: Clinton Manitoba

Clinton Manitoba — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:51:21 +0000

I know this is a discussion of marketing and slapping a name on something, just wanted to add…
The landlines are really the only way to go for the bullpens in regards to security.
If a cell service was used, there are cell phone jammers that can fit in ones pocket to prevent a call from being made or received.
CB radios are easily ineffective with fans able to pick up the same frequency and can disrupt communications.
Direct point-to-point copper (more maybe fiber) is the only logical solution for the bullpens.

By: bleedgreen

bleedgreen — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:41:19 +0000

Phillies have the AT&T Call to the Bullpen that they show on TV.

By: thejokewriter

thejokewriter — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:31:08 +0000

Companies sponsor everything else in the stadium, why not sell the bullpen. Just bring back the old Verizon ad…”Can you hear me now?”

By: 14thinningstretch

14thinningstretch — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:24:54 +0000

It would work great until autocorrect got a hold of ‘Rzepczynski’.

By: Francisco (FC)

Francisco (FC) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:17:58 +0000

My smart dictionary is not as smart as it thinks…

By: hotkarlsandwich

hotkarlsandwich — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:12:32 +0000

Could you imaging Tony LaRussa with a NFL Head coach style headset on all game. That would be hilarious. He could talk to the catcher like the OC talks to a QB.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:06:53 +0000

Or they could just text. Not that that is without it’s hazards.

By: halladaysbiceps

halladaysbiceps — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:06:37 +0000

I’m all for this marketing idea. But, don’t let is be Metro PCS. That phone service stinks. Every other phone call drops. If MLB managers used that provider to call down to the bullpen, starter’s complete game numbers would double across baseball.