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Ohtani Hype: Ohtani Hits First Home Run as a Dodger

April 3, 2024

As expected, I missed the 10 AM Angels game this morning. If Bally Sports aired a rebroadcast of the sweep against the Marlins, the game was not listed on the schedule. The Dodgers had a game tonight so I was still able to watch some baseball. I ended up watching most of this game instead of simply flipping the channel for Ohtani. There was big Ohtani news tonight. Shohei finally got his first regular season home run as a Dodger!

Spectrum SportsNet LA kept repeating the same four commercials for Calr’s Jr. and Jack in the Box. One of my goals for this project is to find out once and for all which of these chains I watch the most commercials for. Tonight’s results were inconclusive. I watch the same number of commercials and saw the same number of banner ads for both chains.

One thing I noticed about the commercials tonight is that there was only one restaurant featured per commercial break. The same restaurant could squeeze two commercials into one break, but I never saw an instance where there was a Carl’s Jr. ad followed up by a Jack in the Box ad.

The Breakdown

Spectrum SportsNet LA

RestaurantCommercialsBanners
Carl’s Jr.81
Jack in the Box81

Overall Total This Season

RestaurantCommercialsBanners
Carl’s Jr.194
El Pollo Loco100
Jack in the Box277
Subway20
Wendy’s10

The Logs

Just one thread today for the Dodgers game.

Watching the Dodgers game because Bally Sports isn't rebroadcasting the Angels game.

Top 1st:

A banner ad for free Jumbo Jacks

Mid 1st:

Carl's Jr - $5 burgers in app

End 1st:

Jack in the Box - Smashed Jack

Mid 3rd:

Carl's Jr - Pilot commercial

End 3rd:

Jack in the Box - Smashed Jack

Mid 4th:

Another Smashed Jack ad.

Top 5th:

Banner ad for the Spciy Western Bacon Cheeseburger.

Mid 5th:

Can you believe there was another commercial for the Smashed Jack?

End 5th:

Carl's Jr - Pilot commercial
Carl's Jr - $5 burgers

Top 7th:

Carl's Jr - Pilot commercial
Carl's Jr - $5 burgers

Mid 7th:

Jack in the Box - Smashed Jack
Jack in the Box - Smashed Jack

End 7th:

Carl's Jr - Pilot commercial
Carl's Jr - $5 burgers

End 8th:

Will this be the last commercial break I watch?

Jack in the Box - Smashed Jack
Jack in the Box - Smashed Jack