Word: backstop
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...could have been something that removes ads from televised sporting events. During this year’s playoffs, FOX hit a new low by placing ads for television shows like “Ally McBeal” and “Boston Public” on the backstop behind home plate. As big a fan as I am of “BP,” this crossed the line...
...After sitting on the bench for three years behind Prestifilippo, Jonas was a bit of a question mark himself. And Crothers— who played junior hockey in Canada with the Aurora Tigers, where he was teammates with Harvard forward Dominic Moore—was a highly-touted young backstop...
...ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts, viewers see a rotating array of corporate pitches on the backstop behind home plate that are invisible to fans in the stands. In Mexico logos for Pepsi and Tecate magically appear on the field during soccer games. Virtual ads, though, are just the beginning of a world in which advertising will be far more pervasive. If Williams gets his way, PVI will soon be digitally inserting products, not just brand names, into syndicated and prime-time programming. PVI is already negotiating with TNT (owned by TIME's parent, AOL Time Warner) and Studios...
...grew up: a baseball player. But by the time the wheat was beginning to separate from the Little League chaff, I was firmly established as chaff. I had trouble hitting to the outfield, and my fastball topped out in the low sixties with a penchant for hitting the backstop...
...definitely going to miss Oliver, said junior Pete Capouch, last year's assistant captain and the captain-elect for next year. "He was the backstop of our team this past year and he won a lot of games...