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MLB 2024: robot umps, please
- Thread starter Kepler
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Kepler
Cornell Big Red
Game 1 winner will have nothing to play for; game 1 loser will be facing elimination. Odds of a split are very high.
unofan
Well-known member
Yep. Best was in law school when my wife (then girlfriend/fiancee) and I lived in Counciltucky. Had I lived literally a quarter-mile to the west in Omaha, only team that would've been blacked out would've been the Royals and I could've streamed the Cubs every game. But by being on the Iowa side of the river, the Cubs, Cardinals, White Sox, Royals, Twins, and Brewers were all blacked out. If the schedule broke right, 40% of a full 15-game schedule could've been blacked out.
Once we moved to central Iowa, before the Cubs got their own cable network, about a quarter of the schedule was broadcast OTA on the local WB network. And there was a radio station that was a Cubs affiliate, so I could even listen while driving around. But both of those have gone away, and the blackout rules still suck.
And it's not just baseball. NHL blackouts for Iowa include the Wild, Blues, and Blackhawks. And if I cared about the NBA, the Bulls and TWolves similarly claim Iowa for blackout purposes (and maybe the Bucks as well, I forget).
bronconick
Yep, still here
Heh. Both teams have their bullpens blow a hold/save.
Spartanforlife4
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Arizona’s fate now rests on the Mets.
bronconick
Yep, still here
Sale scratched for back spasms.
Spartanforlife4
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Braves win the nightcap to split the series and clinch. Mets are back to Milwaukee after playing thre this weekend and Atlanta goes out to San Diego.
Deutsche Gopher Fan
Registered User
Come on tigers, keep your foot on their necks
And left off the wild card roster.
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
Given some of the reactions by people to MLS’ deal with Apple, I don’t think a good chunk of sports fans are ready to accept this. The amount of people who “don’t want games stuck behind a paywall”, despite plenty of explanation that nearly every game is already behind a paywall, is way more than you think.
And given baseball’s already older fanbase (and resistance to change), I don’t think it would go over well.
bronconick
Yep, still here
Beisbolcats did not need to test my already stressed heartrate like that.
Bronco
Onondaga United IV.6
If we aren't shaving months off our lives, are we really watching?
SonofSouthie
Misanthrope
MLB going back to team uniforms for the all-star game instead of the "glorified pajamas" Tony Kornheiser called them.
bronconick
Yep, still here
Isn't WMU postseason hockey enough stress? (Let's have ALL the overtime games)
Bronco
Onondaga United IV.6
That's funny I only remember Grainger scoring in OT. *sigh*
Kepler
Cornell Big Red
This guy gets it.
Spartanforlife4
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Is that price for the entire league or just the Twins? Because 50-100 is already less than the current MLB.tv with a blackout. Without blackouts it’ll probably be 200 for the season.
Spartanforlife4
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MSU won and it was still too much stress.