Question about Blue Jays Baseball on TV

[MR5229]

Can anyone explain why on Rogers Sportsnet and on TSN, the radar reading for each pitch on the top graphic reads in imperial units i.e. 95 MPH instead of 153 KPH and 79 MPH instead of 127 KPH. I'm confused about that because I would think that most people in Canada would be familiar with metric units. I've seen highlights from Japanese baseball before and the radar reading on the graphic box on TV is in metric units.

 

[azumanga]

Can anyone explain why on Rogers Sportsnet and on TSN, the radar reading for each pitch on the top graphic reads in imperial units i.e. 95 MPH instead of 153 KPH and 79 MPH instead of 127 KPH. I'm confused about that because I would think that most people in Canada would be familiar with metric units.

Considering that the Jays are the only MLB team in Canada, I think the use of English units are more to benefit the league and the visiting teams (and their broadcasters). Even in Montreal when the Expos played, they generally used English units.

 

[hintomedia]

And considering how much Canadians are exposed to all things American, and how often we have to deal with Americans, many Canadians do have a pretty good grasp of imperial units. On my engineering job, I used gallons and feet just as often as (if not more so than) litres and metres.

Heck, CFTO still shows Fahrenheit equivalent of Celsius temperatures. I thought they would've done away with it when Dave Devall retired or when they went HD...

 

[azumanga]

Heck, CFTO still shows Fahrenheit equivalent of Celsius temperatures. I thought they would've done away with it when Dave Devall retired or when they went HD...

I think I also recall Montreal's CFCF also using fahrenheit to a degree -- before and after their acquisition by CTV.

Some border radio stations also make frequent use of English units in their weather forecasts -- I know Chatham's CFCO does this, by mentioning Celsius, then fahrenheit, often without mentioning the units until giving the current temperature ("Tonight, cloudy and cool with a low of zero or 32; right now it's 5 degrees Celsius or 40 degrees Fahrenheit...").