The Tribune Co. National League Ball Club
I'm not sure what the point of this is. Other than giving Motorola a plug every time they make what I'm sure will be announced by every sportscaster doing a Cubs game as, "The Motorola Mototalk wireless call to the 'pen."
One of the perks mentioned is that the system ensures "a secure conversation between the dugout and bullpen."
Was there a problem with bullpen phones being tapped? What mysteries they must have uncovered. Will they bring in the righty or the lefty? The intrigue is killing me. Is the NSA involved? (Or the DEA, FBI or IRS? Hell, at the rate MLB has been going, pretty soon they’ll have the EPA, FCC and PTA after them.)
At least baseball isn't as bad as soccer or the AFL with regard to corporate intrusion...uh, I mean, sponsorship, where they put advertising on the jerseys. (Go Rush!)
Wireless bullpen phones. What next? Robot umpires? I can hear it already - 'That's a Radio Shack Robo-Ump Called Third Strike, to end the inning.'
One of the perks mentioned is that the system ensures "a secure conversation between the dugout and bullpen."
Was there a problem with bullpen phones being tapped? What mysteries they must have uncovered. Will they bring in the righty or the lefty? The intrigue is killing me. Is the NSA involved? (Or the DEA, FBI or IRS? Hell, at the rate MLB has been going, pretty soon they’ll have the EPA, FCC and PTA after them.)
At least baseball isn't as bad as soccer or the AFL with regard to corporate intrusion...uh, I mean, sponsorship, where they put advertising on the jerseys. (Go Rush!)
Wireless bullpen phones. What next? Robot umpires? I can hear it already - 'That's a Radio Shack Robo-Ump Called Third Strike, to end the inning.'
posted by P. Rajczyk at 1:18 PM
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"Radio Shack Robo-Ump"!
That shit cracks me up.
That would make for some pretty funny arguments between Robot Angel Hernandez and Buck Schowalter.
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