Mark Grace is available.

I would listen, if they called. Then I would politely explain that they mis-dialed.

My theory is that the existence of this ad, with the specifics the way they are, is proof that they've already settled on Dirk Hayhurst and are now going through the formalities, one of which is a purely ritualistic publication of the job ad to all the other ex-Jays out there with broadcast experience, writing experience, and an active Twitter account.

They spelled color wrong.

Able to communicate to 25-54 male demographic.

They are going to stop communicating to me soon? Good thing I'm not a Jays' fan.

I wonder if I'm less qualified for this job or Head Football Coach. Probably the football one.

Able to communicate to 25-54 male demographic.

They are going to stop communicating to me soon?

They've already stopped communicating with me. Join the club!

-- MWE

They've already stopped communicating with me. Join the club!

To be fair, Mike, they stopped communicating because you kept yelling for them to get off your lawn

Are you paid a salary or are you paid per quip?

#9 Digital tip jar.

It is uncivilised to complain about their spelling of colour. This is all a grey area, eh.

Able to communicate to 25-54 male demographic.

translation: Tattoos optional, not mandatory.

"Excellent sports knowledge--particularly baseball." Why would having knowledge of other sports matter? Does the color man have to go into an in-game dissertation or soliloquy about the NBA, or perhaps the CFL?

I would think baseball knowledge would be such an obvious requirement that it wouldn't need to be stated.

Does the color man have to go into an in-game dissertation or soliloquy about the NBA, or perhaps the CFL?

It's Canada, eh. The color man needs to be able to use hockey lingo to appeal to the 25-54 year-old Canadian male. "That curve went right through the five-hole, don't you know."

7. Mike Emeigh Posted: January 17, 2013 at 04:04 PM (#4349289)
Able to communicate to 25-54 male demographic.


They've already stopped communicating with me. Join the club!

-- MWE

they haven't NEVAH started communicating with me

#12 -

"Man, all the new color guy does is talk about cricket and Australian Rules Football. To be fair, I have learned a lot about cricket but last night when he said that the Jays were looking to break their four test losing streak it was a bit awkward. And his twitter feed is nothing but links to Kevin Bartlett highlights. I can see why he only ended up with four years of pro or semi-pro baseball experience. His heart was obviously somewhere else."

"Excellent sports knowledge--particularly baseball." Why would having knowledge of other sports matter? Does the color man have to go into an in-game dissertation or soliloquy about the NBA, or perhaps the CFL?

In-game, no, but if the station needs him to fill in for somebody else, or be a panelist on Prime Time Sports, or something, he should be able to hold his own in the conversation.

i'm gonna hijack this thread a bit and talk about some of the recent TV premieres:

shameless: good
justified: good
legit: good.
archer: good, though a little disappointing due to the fact that i've never watched bob's burgers. i got the setup and all, but one of the reasons archer is my favorite show is because it felt tailored to my background and personality and this was really the first time where it wasn't.

doctor who: it aired a couple weeks ago, but it was also good.
fringe: the series finale is this friday and i don't really have high hopes for it. that's actually a good thing because it removes the possibility of spoiling the entire series with a nonsensical ending. i'm disappointed in the season as a whole because they've narrowed the focus of it way too much onto the fringe team itself and as a result they've done a terrible job of building the universe, which is really disappointing because their ability to fully flesh out an entire universe was what made the first 4 years as great as they were.


did anyone watch banshee? it's on my radar, but i don't really know that i want to watch it from the start, since i tend to prefer marathoning the first season or so of a new series before deciding whether to watch it.

I didn't think much of Banshee. Although I don't really watch TV, haven't seen any of the other shows you mentioned, and really was only kind of half watching because I was cooking dinner. So thumbs down. You're welcome.

Able to execute the sports entertainment format.

What does that even mean?!

What does that even mean?!

sounds like it means dale torborg has the inside track.

My theory is that the existence of this ad, with the specifics the way they are, is proof that they've already settled on Dirk Hayhurst and are now going through the formalities, one of which is a purely ritualistic publication of the job ad to all the other ex-Jays out there with broadcast experience, writing experience, and an active Twitter account.

It's probably a legal requirement, since Hayhurst isn't Canadian, and they have to show proof that they at least attempted to fill the position with a Canadian citizen first.

I don't see too many choices from these two lists (1, 2) that could fill the position, so Hayhurst is probably safe.

Exactly.

Able to execute the sports entertainment format.



What does that even mean?!

Skip Bayless marked for death.

I don't see too many choices from these two lists (1, 2) that could fill the position, so Hayhurst is probably safe.

I've never heard him announce, but I think it would be cool to put Matt Stairs in a booth.

I would think baseball knowledge would be such an obvious requirement that it wouldn't need to be stated.

You're forgetting that an HR dept. wrote this, and as we all know, HR is the most bureaucratic, technocratic, redundant, inefficient entity on earth. A void of common sense if there ever was one.

archer: good, though a little disappointing

WAS THAT NOT EPIC?

fringe: the series finale is this friday and i don't really have high hopes for it. that's actually a good thing because it removes the possibility of spoiling the entire series with a nonsensical ending. i'm disappointed in the season as a whole because they've narrowed the focus of it way too much onto the fringe team itself and as a result they've done a terrible job of building the universe, which is really disappointing because their ability to fully flesh out an entire universe was what made the first 4 years as great as they were.

yeah, i'd say the finale was just about as good as it could have been. you got to see the other side one last time, which was one of the lingering questions, and you also had some nice call-backs to previous fringe cases.

and unlike the finale of BSG, there wasn't some sappy 90-minute long ending where you saw that every single character lived happily ever after. personally, i thought it would have better if the show cut off when peter looked back at olivia in the park (basically at the moment that the observers originally invaded) as kind of an inception thing (did cobb get out or was he stuck in a dream? do peter and olivia live happily ever after, or does the invasion occur anyway?), but that's only a minor quibble, and it probably would have annoyed a lot more people than was necessary.



overall, i'd still call this season a disappointment.