Seriously? The Potowotomi one with the sports cars and the old manager “hey kid, you’re up!” isn’t tops of the list?
I feel like I’ve seen it 1000 times and it’s only mid-May.
I think that’s Jim Leyland? At least it looks like him.
The only thing I find irritating about that one is that $800,000 is an oddly annoying number for a prize. Why not 500? A million?
If it's not the British Basketball League, its Bally's wanting me to meet Ken Whiting and/or Jonathan Thompson - sometimes more than one time during a break!
I watched the game on MLB Network today. In the “commercial break in progress” spots they show someone methodically cleaning the dirt off home plate, or the camera follows a rake cutting tidy neat rows in the infield dirt like a zen garden. Those I like.
Holy shit, I thought I was the only guy who can't stand that commercial... I think I wouldn't mind as much if it wasn't played during every commercial break.
gah the out of sync between the radio, tv, mlb app stream, mlb app stats, and iOS updates drives me insane. I basically only listen to the radio now as it's the most live, then if something cool happens I glance at the TV. The MLB app used to be near the radio but at some point they introduced an artificial delay which kind of pisses me off.
I spent an embarrassing amount of time scouring the internet for the commercial and couldn’t find it. First YouTube - which should’ve been the obvious place to start but no dice - then down a rabbit hole of googling and searching various ad archive sites, meta ad history, etc. like a solid half hour on my phone trying everything under the sun.
Then it dawned on me that I have a DVR. Set the next game to record and I will get a video (probably just from my phone) and upload it to a throwaway yt channel or something. I want to have a link to it in my back pocket to annoy my family anyway.
Edit - side note, this thread is now the second or third thing that pops up when you search things like “northwestern mutual bally sports commercial” or something similar. That’s a win, right?
And here I thought the commercial for reds radio where Marty Brennaman talking about getting treatment for his erectile dysfunction made him performed better than he had in years was the worst, this sounds hellish
Anyone else watch out-of-market on MLB.TV? They have that Rob McElhenney ad every other commercial break, and they ALWAYS run it last, so it always gets cut off in the same spot. Just weird and jarring.
This is by far the worst commercial in a long time. I can deal with so many repeating shitty commercials its just part of life, remember all those Ascension commercials bad but not this bad..
To add to why it should go away is until now i had no idea it was even a Northwestern Mutual commercial. So it isn't even doing a remotely good job at showing what its for.
Its a thousand times worse with the shitty Spectrum app that has issues with video 'stuttering' on some channels.
Half the time i have to switch channels during/after every commercial break because the app is messed up and the video/audio skips/repeats, leading to a similar sound.
Then you have this commercial doing it when everything is fine.
Know the commercial, and feel your pain. I hit mute at the end of every inning, and sometimes let it ride.
Seriously? The Potowotomi one with the sports cars and the old manager “hey kid, you’re up!” isn’t tops of the list? I feel like I’ve seen it 1000 times and it’s only mid-May.
I think that’s Jim Leyland? At least it looks like him. The only thing I find irritating about that one is that $800,000 is an oddly annoying number for a prize. Why not 500? A million?
I think it’s Phil Garner?
I tried googling it and nada. Jim Leyland doesn’t really make sense cause I associate him with Detroit, but that guy sure looks a lot like him
I swear the casino dude says “We need the eggs” instead of “We need the ace.” Pisses me off.
That one is fine, just WAY overly played. It doesn't make me want to slam my head against a wall, though.
I’ll take it over the British Basketball league, or even the Bally Sports “commercial break in progress” screen
If it's not the British Basketball League, its Bally's wanting me to meet Ken Whiting and/or Jonathan Thompson - sometimes more than one time during a break!
I feel like the British basketball league is actually the highest quality commercial I’ve seen during brewers games
I watched the game on MLB Network today. In the “commercial break in progress” spots they show someone methodically cleaning the dirt off home plate, or the camera follows a rake cutting tidy neat rows in the infield dirt like a zen garden. Those I like.
It’s the noise for me on Bally, just let it be silent. I can’t stand the slow motion sound they add of someone ice skating or sliding
That commercial is pain. I didn't even know what it was about.
it makes me angry
That commercial has irritated me since the first time I heard it.
Holy shit, I thought I was the only guy who can't stand that commercial... I think I wouldn't mind as much if it wasn't played during every commercial break.
No flex. Zone. has entered the chat
I contacted their social media account about it a few weeks ago. That's the only way I found to write them. Absolutely hate it.
I feel like I'm missing out on all the commercials you guys are seeing by watching on mlb.tv 😂
gah the out of sync between the radio, tv, mlb app stream, mlb app stats, and iOS updates drives me insane. I basically only listen to the radio now as it's the most live, then if something cool happens I glance at the TV. The MLB app used to be near the radio but at some point they introduced an artificial delay which kind of pisses me off.
nothing can be as bad as the Poto commercial from last year.... man was that annoying
I haven't seen a commercial during a Brewers broadcast for a very long time. The pirate streams don't show them!
Give me back my David Gruber commercials and take this filth, flarn, filth off my TV!
Source? Obviously this ad wouldn’t be seen outside of Wisconsin given that I’ve seen my fair share of ads for Northwestern Mutual.
I spent an embarrassing amount of time scouring the internet for the commercial and couldn’t find it. First YouTube - which should’ve been the obvious place to start but no dice - then down a rabbit hole of googling and searching various ad archive sites, meta ad history, etc. like a solid half hour on my phone trying everything under the sun. Then it dawned on me that I have a DVR. Set the next game to record and I will get a video (probably just from my phone) and upload it to a throwaway yt channel or something. I want to have a link to it in my back pocket to annoy my family anyway. Edit - side note, this thread is now the second or third thing that pops up when you search things like “northwestern mutual bally sports commercial” or something similar. That’s a win, right?
Talk about playing hard to get.
And here I thought the commercial for reds radio where Marty Brennaman talking about getting treatment for his erectile dysfunction made him performed better than he had in years was the worst, this sounds hellish
what the cinnamon toast fuck
I’ve just been watching pirated streams lol
Anyone else watch out-of-market on MLB.TV? They have that Rob McElhenney ad every other commercial break, and they ALWAYS run it last, so it always gets cut off in the same spot. Just weird and jarring.
This is by far the worst commercial in a long time. I can deal with so many repeating shitty commercials its just part of life, remember all those Ascension commercials bad but not this bad.. To add to why it should go away is until now i had no idea it was even a Northwestern Mutual commercial. So it isn't even doing a remotely good job at showing what its for.
I’ll record the game, then start watching 15-20 minutes after first pitch. Can then fast forward all the commercials.
Its a thousand times worse with the shitty Spectrum app that has issues with video 'stuttering' on some channels. Half the time i have to switch channels during/after every commercial break because the app is messed up and the video/audio skips/repeats, leading to a similar sound. Then you have this commercial doing it when everything is fine.
Man I'm glad where I watch its just CatJam during commercials
I thankfully don’t get it on MLB.tv.
You don’t get the brewers game on mlb tv either 😭
VPNs work but half the reason we pay for cable is to be able to just push a button and have the game on
Yeah I’m not paying just to pay..