Turnbuckle Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 23 hours ago, Tenacious D said: Of course you would—you spend time in a baseball online forum. I agree that the majority of fans would not pay that premium, especially when the team is largely irrelevant due to lack of marquee players or winning baseball. I wouldn't pay $10 for a buggy app that isn't available on my TV or on my PlayStation. Not even for a good one. But I would pay $20 on top of my MLB tv subscription if it got rid of blackouts. Or as an add-on to my already existing Hulu or Amazon prime accounts. I just don't want another damned app to switch through when wanting to watch a game. I rarely stay 100% focused on a game and desire the ability to channel hop without it being a hassle. Anyone who is a fraction less into baseball would likely share the same reservations. MLB needs to figure this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 1 minute ago, Turnbuckle said: I wouldn't pay $10 for a buggy app that isn't available on my TV or on my PlayStation. Not even for a good one. But I would pay $20 on top of my MLB tv subscription if it got rid of blackouts. Or as an add-on to my already existing Hulu or Amazon prime accounts. I just don't want another damned app to switch through when wanting to watch a game. I rarely stay 100% focused on a game and desire the ability to channel hop without it being a hassle. Anyone who is a fraction less into baseball would likely share the same reservations. MLB needs to figure this out. if the regiona RSNs are defunct they need to just open up gameday into one national service - pay the fee, watch any game, anytime. Nothing better you could do for the fan base. Of course you are going to have teams that are too greedy to let their TV revenue come back to them through the league. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAbbott Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Kind of an interesting discussion on Baseball on TV. I did the whole cord cutting thing 3 years ago when I realized the only things I was regularly watching was baseball and some news programs with some vintage tv thrown in. 100% of the NFL I was watching was and is on standard broadcast tv. I got a modest priced digital TV antenna and got 66 channels on it when the weather is fair, about 40 when the weather is poor. I have the Bally streaming package and watch the Red wings and Tigers on it. I think at 19.99 a month it is fairly priced. I have an excellent internet service, so the streaming service works fine for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cowan Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 54 minutes ago, HeyAbbott said: Kind of an interesting discussion on Baseball on TV. I did the whole cord cutting thing 3 years ago when I realized the only things I was regularly watching was baseball and some news programs with some vintage tv thrown in. 100% of the NFL I was watching was and is on standard broadcast tv. I got a modest priced digital TV antenna and got 66 channels on it when the weather is fair, about 40 when the weather is poor. I have the Bally streaming package and watch the Red wings and Tigers on it. I think at 19.99 a month it is fairly priced. I have an excellent internet service, so the streaming service works fine for me. I did the same thing about 10 years ago, I live halfway between Buffalo and Toronto and could get all the stations that I watch for free. 10 years later, I need repair or replace...but not in February! When the weather warms up I will have someone come over. It's funny, I always got more channels when the weather was bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, Jim Cowan said: I live halfway between Buffalo and Toronto Some island in the middle of a Lake Ontario? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 15 minutes ago, Jim Cowan said: I live halfway between Buffalo and Toronto.. 9 minutes ago, casimir said: Some island in the middle of a Lake Ontario? This island is between Buffalo and Toronto, but it's sort of noisy at night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cowan Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Is that why people call me the goat? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinzaki Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 As a kid growing up in pre HDTV times I used to love monkeying around with my parents tower antenna to see what kind of TV channels we could pick up. We lived in NW Ohio in a pretty flat open area. Used to be able to pick up the Pirates, Indians and Expo games pretty regularly. Then I got old enough to buy alcohol and date....I lost interest in night time baseball. Did manage to watch the news from a TV station out of Nebraska... That was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 11 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: This island is between Buffalo and Toronto, but it's sort of noisy at night... Nice area. Was there in July. Saw some pics of the place during the polar vortex last week, fun stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveMaroth Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 The puff pieces are getting an early start, so far the Freep has put out something about Colt Keith, Roberto Campos, Mario Feliciano, Cristin Santana, Diego Rincones, and Trey Wingenter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 23 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said: The puff pieces are getting an early start, so far the Freep has put out something about Colt Keith, Roberto Campos, Mario Feliciano, Cristin Santana, Diego Rincones, and Trey Wingenter. Trey wintgenter has a new changeup and it's unhittable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cowan Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: Trey wintgenter has a new changeup and it's unhittable. OK...who the F is Trey Wintgenter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 hour ago, LongLiveMaroth said: The puff pieces are getting an early start, so far the Freep has put out something about Colt Keith, Roberto Campos, Mario Feliciano, Cristin Santana, Diego Rincones, and Trey Wingenter. Hey, at least they are covering actual Tigers and not Harold Castro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatkoVarda Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 hour ago, LongLiveMaroth said: The puff pieces are getting an early start, so far the Freep has put out something about Colt Keith, Roberto Campos, Mario Feliciano, Cristin Santana, Diego Rincones, and Trey Wingenter. the Feliciano one is great; super bitter at the Brewers after reading those pieces, you think it will hard for them to lose one game this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveMaroth Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 minute ago, RatkoVarda said: the Feliciano one is great; super bitter at the Brewers after reading those pieces, you think it will hard for them to lose one game this year! He did seem quite bitter basically saying he never got a chance and wants to prove them wrong and I mean Colt Keith is a combo of Conor Mcgregor and Joey Votto so he should be in-line for the ROY at the very least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaDreaming Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 And don't forget the annual "Franklin Perez is still here too" piece that came out already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KL2 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 2 hours ago, LongLiveMaroth said: The puff pieces are getting an early start, so far the Freep has put out something about Colt Keith, Roberto Campos, Mario Feliciano, Cristin Santana, Diego Rincones, and Trey Wingenter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatkoVarda Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 24 minutes ago, CaliforniaDreaming said: And don't forget the annual "Franklin Perez is still here too" piece that came out already. I LOL'ed. Like a unemployed brother-in-law in your basement. “He’s still with us,” said Ryan Garko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longgone Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 3 hours ago, LongLiveMaroth said: The puff pieces are getting an early start, so far the Freep has put out something about Colt Keith, Roberto Campos, Mario Feliciano, Cristin Santana, Diego Rincones, and Trey Wingenter. What are you complaining about? That's their job. Most fans want to read about players, especially ones that aren't too familiar. What do you want them to write about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Longgone said: What are you complaining about? That's their job. Most fans want to read about players, especially ones that aren't too familiar. What do you want them to write about? I saw it as a humorous "it happens every year" comment rather than a complaint. Edited February 7, 2023 by Tiger337 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaDreaming Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Not complaining. I read them all and enjoy reading them. I just laugh that everyone seems to be future all-stars, even if they were claimed off waivers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveMaroth Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Longgone said: What are you complaining about? That's their job. Most fans want to read about players, especially ones that aren't too familiar. What do you want them to write about? Wasn't really complaining more of an observation that it seemed to be a bit early this year since we haven't even had pitchers and catchers report yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theroundsquare Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 baseball content > no baseball content 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longgone Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 4 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said: Wasn't really complaining more of an observation that it seemed to be a bit early this year since we haven't even had pitchers and catchers report yet. Petzold seems especially prolific. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984Echoes Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 2 hours ago, CaliforniaDreaming said: And don't forget the annual "Franklin Perez is still here too" piece that came out already. Oh... Is he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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