Obama buy half hour ad block before game 6 of WS

[Fish Troll]

NEW YORK (AP) -- Major League Baseball has agreed to push back the start time of a potential World Series Game 6 by eight minutes to allow Democrat Barack Obama to purchase a half-hour of air time on the Fox network.

Baseball spokesman Pat Courtney said Thursday that the game time would now be set for 8:35 p.m.

The Obama presidential campaign said Oct. 9 that it had bought the 8-8:30 p.m slot on CBS and NBC.

"Fox will accommodate Senator Obama's desire to communicate with voters in this long-form format," network spokesman Lou D'Ermilio said in a statement. "We are pleased that Major League Baseball has agreed to delay the first pitch of World Series Game 6 for a few minutes in order for Fox to carry his program on Oct. 29. If requested, the network would be willing to make similar time available to Senator McCain's campaign."

The World Series has not gone to a sixth game since 2003.

The decision was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/10/16/obama.worldseries.ap/index.html

It's sad that there been 4 plain WS after 2003 that never had a game 6.

Oh yeah fox is getting at least $1M for this.

[seaver41]

What does he need a half hour for?

He's going to lose anyway but that's neither here nor there.

[chisox100]

Going to lose?

I doubt that

[Fish Troll]

Oct 17, 2008 16:10:22 GMT -5 seaver41 said:

What does he need a half hour for?

He's going to lose anyway but that's neither here nor there.

Muahahaha! Go watch CNN for at least 15 minutes.

[Fuck Mike Brown]

God help us if he wins. I don't think that he'll mess this country up, but he is much more likely to than McCain

[Zack Attack Troll]

Too bad Fox didn't just give 'em the middle finger.

Why couldn't HE accommodate the World Series instead? Is it too tough to move the starting time up 20 minutes?

[suns]

he just going to say vote for me and things y he wants to b elected

[Fish Troll]

Oct 17, 2008 17:01:21 GMT -5 Zack Attack Troll said:

Too bad Fox didn't just give 'em the middle finger.

Why couldn't HE accommodate the World Series instead? Is it too tough to move the starting time up 20 minutes?

Yeah at first at first I thought Obama tax plan was better for the economy since it help the poor people who are most affected by the crises more. But the more I think about it, the more I realize McCain tax plan help us the long term of the economy problem since it create more jobs. Bottom line I don't think it matter how the tax work, they both have its pros and cons. Obama tax plan will get people more money, but the prizes will increase. McCain tax plan will make people poorer, but the prices will decrease. It even out in my opinion.

[Fuck Mike Brown]

Obama's stance on the issues is only a partial reason why he's ahead. The main ones are that he's "inspiring" and a preacher, is something fresh in terms of age and race, and has the media 100% behind him

[seaver41]

Oct 17, 2008 16:45:29 GMT -5 Fish Troll said:

Oct 17, 2008 16:10:22 GMT -5 seaver41 said:

What does he need a half hour for?

He's going to lose anyway but that's neither here nor there.

Muahahaha! Go watch CNN for at least 15 minutes.

Of course CNN makes it seem like he will win. They're one of the many media outlets with a liberal bias.

[baseball101]

There's something called the Bradley Effect in politics. It's when people say they'll vote for one guy but when they go to the actual poll they vote for the other guy. In Obama's case it could be due to his race and the fact that a lot of people are jumping on the Obama bandwagon, because it's the popular thing to do, not because they agree with his opinions on issues. So don't be so shocked if Obama loses.

[yankeeswonseries]

McCain did political suicide when he made Palin his VP...

[seaver41]

Oct 18, 2008 7:54:11 GMT -5 yankeeswonseries said:

McCain did political suicide when he made Palin his VP...

No, he didn't.

[Ziggy/Franzen Troll]

there wont be a game 6 of the world series.

[Fish Troll]

Yeah I wonder if its guarantee money or not.