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I mean, that's not a fair comparison at all. Anyone can start the wave and get the entire stadium involved. I don't think any random two people have a 20ft inflatable hot dog & bun on opposite sides of the stadium.
That is actually peak american culture. Please tell me it was a segment sponsored by Klarna and the prize was a voucher for free curly fries Deebo's Drink Shack
They bring out the weiner and bun in different sections each game. Then someone announces that we have to complete the hotdog to get a free hotdog at QuikTrip. Once the hotdog is assembled they show a QR code on the jumbotron for 2 seconds. I was very disappointed when I didn't scan the code in time.
QT would love for you to come in and get your .40 cents worth of bun and processed meats so you can buy a huge slushie and bag of chips and fill your car up.
It's new this year. It is a marketing thing for the QuikTrip gas station (which is also their sleeve patch). But is a brilliant marketing scheme. And super fun to do and watch.
I immediately like it. Don't get me wrong, I like a good old "if the home team gets a home run in the fourth inning there's a free hot dog tomorrow" or whatnot, but something like this that actually gets the fans engaged with the challenge/promotion directly is fantastic. It's like how everyone at Truist (including visitors) seems to love Beat The Freeze, and this has the crowd as a whole working together instead of just one guy.
I remember a clip of a Premier League match where they were bouncing a giant dildo around, and when security took it they started chanting "we want our dick back"
Imagine sitting at home in air conditioning while drinking a delicious tall glass of ranch dressing and flipping away from your football game after 17 seconds of game time because it's a commercial break only to see this.
Honestly, for the post-Buck era Dan and Caleb are my preferred broadcast team. Joe is a pro but Caleb has some great crazy energy. Dan is the best and drawing the silly out of him in appropriate ways and keeping his rants in check.
Yeah, definitely more chemistry between Caleb and Dan imo, as classic silly and serious pairing, they bring out the best in each other, Joe is great though always knowledgeable
Caleb is by far the closest thing we have to Buck - he brings so much personality to the broadcasts but still mixes in some genuine analysis. I like Joe but I would be thrilled if Caleb went full time instead
There was a sequence last night where Caleb was talking about his career batting line against Scherzer and Dan called him out on it. It was great banter.
The ballgame is cheap, it's decent food and ballparks are usually good priced relative to other pro sports, and you're out of the house/work for three hours of yelling at people getting paid wildly more money that you'll make in a lifetime. It's always great!
I remember going to an Giants day game in 1996 - we were ass that year, playing some meaningless game against the Phillies and there were only a few thousand fans in Candlestick.
It was a long, boring game and at some point in the later innings a fan attached three balloons to a paper cup and sent it sailing across the stands. Suffice it to say, the balloon cup became the sole focus of the crowd's excitement for like two full innings. They even started tracking its journey from fan to fan on the jumbotron. I think it eventually fell to the field and of course everyone booed when the grounds crew inevitably removed it.
As a Canadian who has grown increasingly frustrated with the United States, it warms my heart to see people on the left and on the right (of home plate) come together for the common good.
I was at an Oakland A's game back in the 80s when one of the first 'waves' happened that made it all the way around the stadium. The umps called time out as the players were all just staring at it. It was fun and cool.
Man I would love to go to a "Home game" one day, which is ironic because I live in California... I should be rooting for a California team... But nah, I chose the royals when I was ten for some reason and I've never let that go
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