Hall of Fame game is tonight at 8, Braves @ Phillies, most other teams open tomorrow

4/5/2009 6:42:48 PM

lol

4/5/2009 6:46:23 PM

Sox game got snowed out

4/5/2009 8:19:51 PM

FYI, I just got this email from time warner cable

Quote :

"SAVE $30 off the Regular Season Price when you order the MLB Extra Innings Early Bird Package Catch up to 80 out-of-market regular season MLB games per week. And don't miss the FREE PREVIEW, Monday, April 6th - Sunday, April 12th on Channels 731 - 744 and 745 HD*"

4/5/2009 9:09:51 PM

i love it!

watching the Cards game and the Rockies game....AT THE SAME TIME

4/6/2009 5:04:10 PM

wtf Brandon Webb

4/6/2009 5:21:24 PM

why is the yankees orioles game blacked out for us? wtf

4/6/2009 5:23:15 PM

i guess cause its on MASN (i'm guessing)

Orioles, Nationals, Braves and Reds are in this market

TBS - Braves
Fox Sports - Reds
MASN - Orioles, Nationals

* MASN is not available to cable subscribers in Charlotte, but they still black out O's and Nats games on Extra Innings

[Edited on April 6, 2009 at 5:25 PM. Reason : .]

4/6/2009 5:24:21 PM

i guess, but we don't get that on time warner cable i don't think. at least i don't see it



i dont think we get MASN in raleigh either?

[Edited on April 6, 2009 at 5:26 PM. Reason : .]

4/6/2009 5:25:26 PM

maybe not...when i went to school at State I remember seeing Orioles games on TV, but I guess Time Warner lost it up there too

4/6/2009 5:26:54 PM

weakkkkkkkkkkkk.. damn you time warner

4/6/2009 5:28:45 PM

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"TBS - Braves"

I wish

Here's a map of all the television markets, it's pretty retarded

http://www.maurybrown.com/images/MLBTerritories.jpg

4/6/2009 5:37:57 PM

Its archaic, and every year they talk about revising it but never do

4/6/2009 5:42:29 PM

the Yankees game is on channel 640

you're welcome

4/6/2009 6:10:19 PM

Quote :

"Roberts caught stealing, pitcher to first to shortstop to pitcher to catcher"

4/6/2009 6:42:27 PM

Run down?

4/6/2009 6:45:37 PM

yep

and wow, the Orioles top of the order is looking great.

4/6/2009 6:46:59 PM

baseball-reference.com relaunched the other day

Shit is fly

4/6/2009 6:47:59 PM

lets see what Jason Motte has for STL

gave up a double on his 1st pitch

he has some heat

needs to work on his control though...no wild pitches, but lucky to not have a passed ball or two...STL catchers better get used to it though

[Edited on April 6, 2009 at 6:59 PM. Reason : .]

4/6/2009 6:55:23 PM

yup

we're now in year 3 of TWC vs MASN/MLB blackout in parts of NC

from what i understand:

TWC only wants to carry it if they can charge for it on a sports tier, MASN/MLB want it on regular cable

judges have ordered TWC on separate occasions to carry MASN, but thanks to the court of appeals system, TWC has been able to leave it off the lineup

it's my understanding that you can't even watch O's in Extra Innings (which carries "all" the games)

i'm not sure, but it feels like once in a while there's an O's game on one of those HD "special events" channels, but it's pretty infrequent... so infrequent i never bother looking

a bonus to share the pain is that any time AL East teams like the yanks or the bosox play the o's you've either gotta find it on the internet or you can be one of those Direct TV people who get all excited when things like this happen...

(in the end, all television providers blow, so it's just a matter of tradeoffs)

4/6/2009 6:57:00 PM

JJ is sitting right behind the Cubs dugout

the Magic are playing the Rockets tomorrow night

4/6/2009 7:54:17 PM

Haha

Dallas Braden has a finger stache tattoo

4/6/2009 10:25:31 PM

Quote :

"lets see what Jason Motte has for STL"

Hopefully better times are ahead. Still don't see why they didn't make a move for Putz or Saito.

4/7/2009 1:07:59 AM

Orioles in first place

Someone take a picture or something.

4/7/2009 1:14:37 AM

^^I already dropped Motte for Felipe Lopez

I only picked up Motte because I had a few people on the DL and basically could pick SOMEBODY up for "free" (no roster spot since DL)...but I already have Joe Nathan, Chad Qualls, and Frank Francisco, but I didn't have a backup 2B or SS

This thread is extra relevant now that the god damn Tarholes won yesterday

4/7/2009 10:08:24 AM

damnit Royals, I buy a hat and this is how you repay me? 0-1. Quest for 161-1.

4/7/2009 5:34:02 PM

do yourselves a favor and turn it to channel MLB Game 12 and hear the best announcer ever, Vin Scully

4/7/2009 10:09:12 PM

i'm listening to two schmoes call the Cards-Bucs game

4/7/2009 10:16:22 PM

that game is over

4/7/2009 10:22:15 PM

interesting to hear the differences in the accents of the announcers on different channels

for example, the difference in the bluejays canuck ass announcers and the red sox bean eatin ass gamecallers

4/8/2009 7:11:01 PM

God, the free MLB EI makes me wonder why I would pay for the service. They blackout the Orioles and Nationals, yet their is no local carrier here (most of them are carried on MASN, which TWC doesn't carry, it isn't even an option from what I can tell). That is just stupid. ugh.

4/8/2009 7:29:55 PM

are you a sports fan?

4/8/2009 7:30:50 PM

Go DevilRays!

4/8/2009 7:33:15 PM

no rays.

4/8/2009 7:36:40 PM

I hate Lester the molester though.

4/8/2009 7:38:06 PM

so Orlando Hudson hit for the cycle the other day...4/5 and he got his triple and his 4th hit to complete the cycle in the 6th inning

fast forward to today...Ian Kinsler says "I'll see your cycle and raise you"

Kinsler:

6 at bats, 6 hits, 2 singles, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 homerun, 5 runs, 4 RBIs, 1 stolen base

what a fucking stat line

also Ichiro has less than 75 career homeruns in nearly 5500 at bats, but he had a grand slam tonight in his first game of the season

[Edited on April 16, 2009 at 1:37 AM. Reason : .]

4/16/2009 1:31:52 AM

i thought everyone always trys to hit a hr if the bases are loaded

4/16/2009 1:52:14 AM

Ichiro has only hit more than 9 homeruns in a season twice...its a little more rare for him to hit a grand slam than other people

4/16/2009 10:29:43 AM

^^Depends on the player and their ability, the pitcher they are facing, and what pitches they actually see.

4/16/2009 10:36:01 AM

Jason Kubel had a go-ahead grand slam tonight in the bottom of the 8th to put give the Twins an 11-9 lead, and he also hit for the cycle.

Thats already three people who have hit for the cycle this year (that I am aware of): Orlando Hudson, Kinsler, Kubel. I wonder if three players have ever hit for the cycle this early in the season?

4/18/2009 1:43:19 AM

Jays, Royals, Mariners, Marlins, and Padres all leading their respective division.

BLACK IS WHITE

4/18/2009 5:47:01 PM

within the next 6 years, the Marlins will have to change their mascot to an alligator and start using Miami in the team name

otherwise Back to the Future II will have been WRONG

4/18/2009 5:50:31 PM

I tried forever to find a pic from that scene the other day

4/18/2009 5:51:42 PM

ill pop it in and take a screen shot

4/18/2009 5:52:48 PM

Quote :

"within the next 6 years, the Marlins will have to change their mascot to an alligator and start using Miami in the team name"

They are changing from Florida to Miami in 2011 aren't they?

4/18/2009 5:53:55 PM

Yeah but in BTTF2 "Miami" won the 2015 World Series.

4/18/2009 5:58:14 PM

^actually upon getting the screenshot, i see that it was the Cubs that won the World Series



[Edited on April 18, 2009 at 6:13 PM. Reason : ]

4/18/2009 6:02:56 PM

B-R.com on the Cycle Madness!!

http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/1432

--

More zaniness:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA199007010.shtml

Andy Hawkins throws a no-hitter in July 1990 against the White Sox ... and loses 4-0.

[Edited on April 22, 2009 at 6:40 PM. Reason : ]

4/22/2009 6:37:05 PM

Quote :

"Joey Devine will be out for the rest of the season and potentially much of 2010 after undergoing elbow ligament replacement surgery"

4/22/2009 11:12:17 PM

set em up

4/23/2009 1:04:39 AM