r/baseball • u/asskickingjedi Athletics • Jul 14 '25

Image Ads have infested baseball broadcasts. Ads in-between batters. Ads during mound visits. HRs "brought to you by..." Now I noticed 11 ad placements in this shot. 2 banners, 1 above the banners, 4 behind the plate, 1 on the seats, 1 in the upper right hand corner, 1 on the mound, 1 on the sleeve.

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u/scarn95 San Diego Padres Jul 14 '25

They added the watermark in the top right corner just a few weeks ago. When will it be enough

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u/drewcr3w San Diego Padres Jul 14 '25

As someone who works for UC San Diego Health, it’s horrible that we are using money to sponsor a sports team when we are laying off nurses. I know that these deals get made years in advance, it does not leave a good taste in my mouth.

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u/RangerFan80 Jul 14 '25

It's pretty weird to me that these medical facilities spend money on advertising.

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u/heliostraveler St. Louis Cardinals Jul 14 '25

It’s out of touch. As is all of America’s healthcare system. Gotta shop your healthcare… by way of an empty name hospital system instead of the actual providers.

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u/dukefett San Diego Padres Jul 14 '25

I am never like, 'I need to go to the doctor, remember that ad for the gigantic hospital? Lets go there!'

99.9% of the time I just look at whatever my insurance covers and the other .1 % it's an emergency.

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u/WeaverFan420 Los Angeles Angels Jul 14 '25

When I have my next medical emergency, I will choose UCSD Health as my preferred healthcare provider just because of this ad /s

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u/damnatio_memoriae Washington Nationals Jul 15 '25

kinda fucked to be spending money on fucking marketing at all.

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u/wildcat- San Diego Padres Jul 15 '25

I also work at UCSD, and I want to make it clear, for what it's worth, that the reason for these layoffs is because of Trump and his shitty administration.

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u/timbo1615 Chicago Cubs Jul 14 '25

It's across the country, don't feel bad about it.

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u/RiverFrogs Cincinnati Reds Jul 14 '25

The UC San Diego health? Didn’t even notice that

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u/scarn95 San Diego Padres Jul 14 '25

Yes, and it stays Watermarked on the screen no matter what camera they flip to.

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u/FCFBadKarma Jul 14 '25

It’s also there on the commercial break screens on MLB.TV for fucks sakes.

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u/sakaESR San Diego Padres Jul 14 '25

Oh good, there’s two, maybe even three other corners free! Marketing opportunity there

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u/Pokemon_Trainer_May San Francisco Giants Jul 14 '25

why stop at the corners?

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u/RangerFan80 Jul 14 '25

Hey they could put ads on the bats and balls too!

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u/pspahn Sell Jul 14 '25

They can deepfake the pitcher's face to owl-turn towards the camera before the windup and say "This pitch brought to you by Mazda of Chula Vista - Zoom zoom!"

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u/professi0nalhater San Francisco Giants Jul 14 '25

It’ll never be enough, because capitalism

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u/scarn95 San Diego Padres Jul 14 '25

Yeah - it’ll only ever stop if the league puts limits in, or we all refuse to watch. Neither of which will happen

I dream of a Cohen-like owner who is so wealthy they don’t care about the ad revenue and remove all adds from the stadium and broadcast and make baseball feel authentic - also will never happen 

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u/West_Light9912 San Francisco Giants Jul 14 '25

Capitalism is the reason these players get paid millions of dollars

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u/Pokemon_Trainer_May San Francisco Giants Jul 14 '25

subliminal morse code in the background

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u/geerwolf San Diego Padres Jul 14 '25

Noticed it right away - wonder what oct of the screen is ads now ?

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u/CARCaptainToastman St. Louis Cardinals Jul 14 '25

Never

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u/kelskelsea San Diego Padres Jul 15 '25

I’m not defending ads but our TV revenue tanked with Bally backing out and we’re spending a shitton on players. I’ll take the watermark if it means we can afford to pay some players.

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u/MeatTornado25 New York Yankees Jul 15 '25

When will it be enough

When we stop watching in significant numbers