Cancelled Game Thread: Rain out at GABP
by Slyde on Apr 10, 2009 5:23 PM EDT
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Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds, Apr 10, 2009 7:10 PM EDT
RATS!
Johnny Cueto makes his first start of the 2009 season tonight, in conditions not too unlike the ones in which he made his first start of 2008. It's cool and rainy tonight. The only real difference is that last year it was a day game.
Cueto had arguably the best Spring Training of any Reds pitcher, if you include every outing. Micah Owings and Homer Baily each got rocked in Minor League appearances, Harang was inconsistent, and Volquez walked quite a few hitters during the Spring. Cueto, however, was very consistent. He only allowed more than 1 run in a start twice (3 runs once and 2 runs once) and he only walked more than 1 batter in a game once. If there was one thing to complain about it'd be the fact that he only managed 19 strikeouts in 34.2 innings. I hope that was only a function of Spring and not a new trend for Cueto, but I'm not going to complain too much since he walked very few hitters as well.
On the mound for the Pirates is 26-year old right-hander Jeff Karstens. Karstens was acquired as part of the Xavier Nady deal last season. He had some mild success with the Pirates in his short stint with the team last season, including a 7 hit, 4 run outing against the Reds on August 12th. Despite pitching fairly well - he had a couple of bad outings mixed with a couple of solid ones - that loss to the Reds started a string of 6 straight losses for Karstens, as he finished the season with a 2-6 record.
I think Karstens is somebody off whom the Reds should be able to score some runs. He's got pretty good control, but he's also fairly hittable. This is probably a pitcher where the Reds can come hacking a bit, since he's typically around the plate. Obviously they want to wait for their pitch, but unless he's proving to be uncharacteristically wild, I wouldn't suggest waiting for him to put you on base like the Mets were doing.
I'm looking forward to seeing Cueto pitch tonight. I have a strong feeling that this is going to be a big year for him. I hope he proves me right.
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Go REDS
I’d have been first, but I was peeling potatoes!
Reds fan for 40 years!
CTW's little Twitter spitter says..
“Baker said Owings will 9th”
Does that mean that Cordero needs rest? And Burton needs rest? Or does it mean anything? Why would Dusty telegraph his bullpen moves? That can’t mean that, right?
"What wrath, Daddy?"
prolly means bat ninth, when he pitches.
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here's a reply button for you!
Reds fan for 40 years!
We're mad villains.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Ne'ermind.
He’s talking about where he’ll bat in tomorrow’s lineup.
CTR has details on his most recent regular blog post.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
Karstens
was kinda hot and cold for the Yanks. For awhile, some thought he was going to be a big part of the Yankees’ future. When he’s good, he’s very good.
I remember him spending a lot of time on the DL.
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I remember him in Columbus.
I think he got hit a lot but I do remember- as you said- he was talked about as being on a MLB career path.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I think this one will get a late start
but it looks like it might clear up after the rain slides through. Then again, I haven’t been outside in 4 years, so what do I know?
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
I heard that one time..
..Will Carroll went outside AND met girls. But I don’t know if I believe that.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
something about a big bag of dicks too ...
"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.
Does that mean that our JC
Will get crucified, so to speak?
"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."
And forsaken.
Why? Why?!!?
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, well our reliever is named Lincoln
He didn’t have a very Good Friday either.
by Brendanukkah on Apr 10, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
That's what he gets for suspending habeaus corpus
by johnny cueto thinks we're sellouts on Apr 10, 2009 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Full moon out?
All the Johnny Cuetos are out tonight.
by Brendanukkah on Apr 10, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh I'm ready to bark at the moon
Unfortunately, I’ve been waking up naked with dear carcasses beside me
by johnny cueto thinks we're sellouts on Apr 10, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
spelling you are my bitch lover
by johnny cueto thinks we're sellouts on Apr 10, 2009 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Justin, spelling's cheating on you with JCTWS
"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley
by BK on Apr 10, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
that whore
"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.
by justin007000 on Apr 11, 2009 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Be careful ...
of that nail gun Jesus.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 10, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
It's really tough to crucify yourself with a nailgun.
Cuz the last nail is a bitch.
"Like I always tell people, I'm a baseball player, it's what I do." - Jonny Gomes, Free Agent
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 11, 2009 2:36 AM EDT up reply actions
It's a reference ...
to this http://www.clone-high.com/index.asp
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 11, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions
CTR tweet
We were just told the game probably won’t start on time… #reds, #pirates
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
Delayed at least an hour?
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Hall-of-famer Hal McCoy
is still out of commission tonight. But his blog post this morning was one of the funnier things I’ve read in a while.
You went full retard. No one ever comes back from that. - Sgt. Osiris
That's good crowd-pleasin' stuff from the old guy.
Rect ’em.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions
That's awesome
that’s why he’s a hall of famer
"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley
by BK on Apr 10, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
It's birthday day at the ball park
Chris Dickerson turns 27 today and Mike Lincoln turns 34 (from Fay)
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
So since its both their birthdays
Can we sacrifice Lincoln to feed his blood to Dickerson? Sounds good to me, even though I’m not sure C-Dick wants what Lincoln has to offer
by johnny cueto thinks we're sellouts on Apr 10, 2009 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Bannana Phone...
… makes me sad, since there’s no possibility of Dunn calling in anymore.
I'm going to be severely disappointed if Steve Wilson from Indianapolis doesn't get through
by Brendanukkah on Apr 10, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm doing my best
however, since I’m merely a big bag of dicks, my best probably won’t be very good
by Steve Wilson from Indianapolis on Apr 10, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
what was the name of the guy who lost his horse?
by johnny cueto thinks we're sellouts on Apr 10, 2009 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
It's a Shame
There’s not a huge archive of Dunn’s calls. All the links I have are now dead. :(
i thought lance mccallister had them linked on his blog?
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by chandrathan on Apr 10, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Kevin Gregg just blew a save for the Cubbies
Dare I say, they’re already in postseason form?
"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley
Walk to Hart
First and third, one out.
Braun batting.
That was awesome!
Nice slide by Weeks too, and Koyie Hill is turrble
"I can eat mayonnaise with a spoon." - Jeff Brantley
by BK on Apr 10, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
His shoulder is hurting
They’re thinking about the DL … but just not doing it.
(I only know this because of my fantasy team)
Reds record while I'm in attendance: 15-0 (lifetime)
Can someone score me some tickets? :)
He was going somewhere.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Really!? No!!
I want so badly to see the ’stache-less Welsh.
"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."
Welsh. Shaved.
Drives the ladies crazy.
by Brendanukkah on Apr 10, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I wonder about the loss of the stache
Did he have an epic battle with Grande and lost, having to lose that one last shred of dignity along with the porn stache?
by johnny cueto thinks we're sellouts on Apr 10, 2009 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Out of curiosity
What kind of battle would those two have where Welsh would lose?
"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."
I'm guessing some sort of "tan off"
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
by Slyde on Apr 10, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
A Miss Congeniality contest
Never a bad word about anyone.
"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."
Tonight's Bats game
Will be made up tomorrow. As is usual with minor league games, there will be a doubleheader tomorrow. It will start early (6 instead of 7), and the two games will be only 7 innings each.
Maloney will start the first game. Not sure what they’re going to do after that. It does screw up the rotation.
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Fay tweet
Johnny Cueto will start tomorrow’s game. Micah Owings will be in the bullpen for the next couple of days.
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
So we're officially canceled tonight?
Crap, now I have to go out and do something.
by Brendanukkah on Apr 10, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
This was going to be the first one that I had time to listen to...
Still in Bogota, how we lookin so far?
How have we managed so many runs the past couple days? Vottomatic, eh?
And what was up with the Wagon?
Tanzen!
by Verka Serduchka on Apr 10, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
"Blah blah overthrowing blah blah first start of the season blah blah nothing to worry about."
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
From the DDN:
After catching Edinson Volquez for the first time in a game that counted Wednesday night and watching him struggle, Hernandez offered this Thursday: "He was overthrowing, trying to be perfect. We have to keep him calm. I think he’ll be better the next start. He’s got all the potential. He can win 20 games. He can win the Cy Young Award."
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Or if you prefer your glass half full...
Here is what Edinson has done in the past week:
8 IP 11 H 6 ER 7 BB 8 K
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
let's have a game thread anyway!
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by chandrathan on Apr 10, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm watching the Mets at Marlins
Cantu started out the season sizzling hot, but got hit on the hand by a pitch. He’s still playing…with a pad on his hand.
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I'm gonna watch Friday Night Lights.
And go to bed.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Mets announcers mentioned Dusty Baker
They were talking about how some managers try to keep their starters under 100 pitches in their first starts, while some leave Harang out on the mound for 114 pitches.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Along those lines...
I’ve only seen/listened to bits and pieces of Games 2 and 3 but I think I’ve noticed that Dusty waaaaaaits to get someone up in the bullpen.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
He has to wait until he's between toothpicks.
Choking hazard.
"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."
by Ash on Apr 10, 2009 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I remember that from last season
The starters’ pitch counts would be getting up, more people would be getting on base, and no one was up in the ’pen. Then the game would get out of reach and finally Bill Bray would start getting warmed up.
by Brendanukkah on Apr 10, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
They're having a soccer game on the Office
by Brendanukkah on Apr 10, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
i already know how it ends
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by chandrathan on Apr 10, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I still wanna know
why wouldn’t Jim have ducked?
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by chandrathan on Apr 10, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
So is this game fully cancelled?
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
yup
I got the e-mail from Reds.com.
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The Simspons is pretty in HD, though
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by chandrathan on Apr 10, 2009 8:36 PM EDT up reply actions
What if I'm watching it on my computer?
Still TV?
by Brendanukkah on Apr 10, 2009 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
No, you get a pass.
Just teasin’ anyway, I’m just jealous and missing my TiVo and super-deluxe-unnecessary-channels-galore tier that I used to have. :(
"Screw it. We've got bigger problems than a butter shortage."
You and me both, kiddo
You and me both.
by Brendanukkah on Apr 10, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions
i still got em!
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by chandrathan on Apr 10, 2009 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I love love love the intro to 30 Rock.
Mostly because it is not one millisecond longer than a title sequence needs to be. But it is artfully done. Magically delicious.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 8:44 PM EDT up reply actions
did you guess at the spelling or look it up?
and i wish i could make calls on my ipod
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by chandrathan on Apr 10, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Did anyone watch Parks & Rec?
Was kind of blah, but I’ll give it chance, just for Rashida (and Mose Schrute). And I kinda like the jerk boss with the Bobby Knight picture. Not an Amy Poehler fan.
You went full retard. No one ever comes back from that. - Sgt. Osiris
the indian guy is going to be the best
he was awesome for a few episodes on scrubs this season
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by chandrathan on Apr 10, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm glad he's back on his feet
since undeclared got canceled
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by chandrathan on Apr 10, 2009 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Hee, Lady Marmalard!
Any KSK readers here?
by Brendanukkah on Apr 10, 2009 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Off and on
they have absolutely hilarous stuff. I loved the comments from Broncos fans reacting to Cutler getting shipped to the Bears.
You went full retard. No one ever comes back from that. - Sgt. Osiris
by cesarhernandez on Apr 10, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
You better ask somebodddddyyyyyy
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 10, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Mose Schrute is the FJM guy right?
I got to go down to the stadium and whip batteries at the players on both teams. - Philly Boy Roy
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Apr 10, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, Ken Tremendous
aka Michael Schur….co-creator of Parks and Rec.
You went full retard. No one ever comes back from that. - Sgt. Osiris
by cesarhernandez on Apr 10, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone know when they're gonna make this one up?
a possible double header this weekend? (fingers crossed)
"balls"-Slyde
by The Crushinator on Apr 10, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions
According to Twitter
“at a later date”
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by chandrathan on Apr 10, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Informative...
as twitter always is.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
Much of my family went to the Braves home opener...
which is now experiencing a rain delay. That’s what they get for not inviting me!
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
So I splurged for mlb.tv
and I think I even got the NexDef stuff working in linux, but I’m still not sure if it’s worth the extra bucks for “premium.”
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
Premium
offers much nice picture quality.
However, it might not play well. It’s only partly your Internet connection. Part of it is the MLB servers, which tend to choke during prime time.
They usually have a free preview, so you can check it out.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Yeah, they don't have a free preview this year.
Not that I saw, anyway.
I paid up for premium, but you can also select the lower quality levels. Premium does seem to have a couple of nice features, though: (1) you can select home or away broadcasts, and (2) you can play multiple games at the same time. There’s supposed to be a “DVR-like” feature where you can pause and rewind, but that feature isn’t so great. I’ve yet to see if the other features will actually be at all useful, as well, since I haven’t actually watched a Reds game on it yet.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
I had premium a couple of years ago
I ended up viewing most games in the lower quality.
The regular MLB.TV let you choose home and away broadcasts, too, back when I had MLB.TV.
I never bothered with the multiple games. One game didn’t work very well. More than one was just silly.
I did like having the premium for watching archived games. Watching off-peak, it ran much better. And if you wanted to capture screen shots or video clips, the higher quality was nice.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
They don't seem to have archives working at all.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
now that would bug me
Usually they have games up within a couple of hours after they finish. Or did.
And they had “classic” games available, too, from previous years. Post-season games, WBC games, etc.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Yes, it also bugs me.
I bought it right after the day game yesterday and tried to go watch the highlights, but the standard error message popped up instead. Same for any other archived game I tried.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
You should probably call them
MLB.TV is infamous for that kind of thing. Some people were getting that error yesterday for live games.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Does MLB.tv let you start the game from the beginning while it's in progress?
Cuz that’s how I mostly view…in short spurts on a delay.
"Like I always tell people, I'm a baseball player, it's what I do." - Jonny Gomes, Free Agent
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 11, 2009 2:51 AM EDT up reply actions
It's supposed to
At least premium is. Ask Gray how well it works.
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Yeah, Premium is supposed to.
One thing you can do is go back to previous innings. I’m not sure if this requires having watched from those innings or what; I need to play around with it some more.
The “DVR-like” functionality kind of sucks, though, and you can’t really fast forward or rewind easily.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
My desire to start from the beginning while game is in progress with no spoilers that seems to be the sticky wicket, eh?
"Like I always tell people, I'm a baseball player, it's what I do." - Jonny Gomes, Free Agent
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 11, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Cueto on Sat. Harang on Sun.
Makes sense …
Also, hello!
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 10, 2009 9:34 PM EDT reply actions
What bout Owings?
I got to go down to the stadium and whip batteries at the players on both teams. - Philly Boy Roy
by RijoSaboCaseyWKRP on Apr 10, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
bullpen
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by chandrathan on Apr 10, 2009 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
My guess
Is that Dusty wants to keep Harang on his 5-day pattern. It’s the same reason why they were thinking of throwing Owings in place of Arroyo if Bronson would have been to injured to throw.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 10, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Hola.
Did you bring beer?
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I wish
I’m actually still at work. But feel free to enjoy anyway.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 10, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I am.
Gonna walk the dog and grab another. I think I have (of all things) a SDSU game on the DVR somewhere. Perfect to fall asleep to.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Also...
I’ve gotta stop by Wikipedia to remind myself how to play “Old Maid.” I’ve got a four year-old who is currently crazy about cards.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Huh, I don't know ...
I never played ‘Old Maid’ without the official ‘Old Maid’ cards which came with the directions — you know, the ones with a photo of a maid. In a real pack, is the Queen of Diamonds the old maid? Or is it something dumb like the Ace of Clubs?
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 10, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
She can be whatever you want her to be.
"What wrath, Daddy?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Apr 10, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Good enough for me
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Apr 10, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Is anyone else with MLB.tv blacked out on the Mets game tonight?
P.s. I am in oxford ohio
"balls"-Slyde
by The Crushinator on Apr 10, 2009 9:41 PM EDT reply actions
mlb's blackout rules
are the opposite of the snacks
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by chandrathan on Apr 10, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Indeed.
I love that I’m blacked out from the Nationals-Braves game not because of the Braves, but because I’m blacked out for the Nationals.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
in fairness
no one should have to watch the Nationals
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by chandrathan on Apr 10, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
that makes no sense
It’s probably a screw up. Either someone’s asleep at MLB.TV, or your IP address was recently changed, and somebody didn’t get the memo.
I was once blacked out on my cable channel. I forget what team it was, but wasn’t supposed to be blacked out. The first night I thought it was technical difficulties. The next night, I realized it was blacked out, and was annoyed. The third night, I called and asked why the games were blacked out. The response? “Oops.” They blacked it out by accident. And no one complained except me.
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You aren't in Rochester, are you?
Along with Greensboro, Rochester is one of the four lucky “test markets” that Time Warner Cable has chosen for a new “tiered pricing” scheme for Road Runner: basically, monthly total usage caps (of 5, 10, 20 or 40 GB) with overage fees beyond that amount. Basically, they somehow chose the locations where there are no competitors.
Have you heard about this?
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
No, I haven't heard about that
I don’t have Roadrunner, though. I have Verizon DSL. I’ve been told my wiring is too old for cable Internet. I do have a brand-new FIOS fiber optic line installed, but I have not activated it.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
No FIOS here...
which is a main reason why they’re pulling this stuff.
We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.
Cantu
with the walkoff hit.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
He was
He said after the game his wrist was stiff. Didn’t stop him, obviously.
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Well dang it...went down to the GABP everything..oh Well
This is for Scrabbles
Its probably going to happen - bend over
i bought really nice seats from a scalper
much below face value. We did it on purpose figuring it would be rained out so we could have decent rain checks for future considerations. I guess we traded our cash for a game to be named later.
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by justin007000 on Apr 11, 2009 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Isn't that how we got Brandon Phillips?
"Like I always tell people, I'm a baseball player, it's what I do." - Jonny Gomes, Free Agent
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 11, 2009 2:52 AM EDT up reply actions
No televised game on the satellite Saturday.
Suck – I’ll have to listen to the radio broadcast on archive later.
"Like I always tell people, I'm a baseball player, it's what I do." - Jonny Gomes, Free Agent
Thanks, DirecTV!
I came home two separate times to watch the game with my son, only to find a nice 4-hour TiVo recording of a blank screen with the words “Station not available” at the bottom – after working all day with that being the carrot dangling in front of me.
I called DirecTV today to find out what the deal was when it was happening live again today. 2 out of my 3 DirecTV boxes are not able to handle the new digital feed of the MLB games. They referred to my equipment as “Legacy Boxes” (great spin, actually). They said that some of these Legacy Boxes had difficulty, and that they would ship 2 new boxes to me via 2-5 business day shipping, and that I could keep the old receivers to use as I pleased.
The customer service agent asked if there was anything else he could do for me. I said that, yes, since I paid a lot of money for what will be 2 full weeks of games that I will only be able to view in the basement, I thought that a service credit was in order. He suggested that I could swap out the other TiVo to allow me to see the games where I wanted in that manner – like I’m going to do multiple temporary re-wires of multiple entertainments systems because they didn’t make their upgrades backwards compatible. Plus, they provided the hardware, they knew there were problems with the hardware, and they didn’t inform me of those problems until after I had already missed out on pre-paid premium programming that won’t rerun (although when they DO re-run games, they black them out). I informed him that this was unsatisfactory, and when pushed, he gave me a nice credit on my account.
So here’s my standard viewing workflow:
1. setup manual recording of the sports barker channel
2. view barker recording to see channel of game that day, or check DIrecTV website for channel listing
3. set up manual recording on the TiVo that runs 4+ hours to account for extra innings.
I have to do this EVERY DAY. It’s lame, and the DirecTV listings are often…wrong. And since I own 2 TiVo’s with lifetime service and the other TiVo is a DirecTV hybrid, they are not cross-compatible, so no transfers between the DVR’s is possible. Even if it were, the recording has to conclude before transfer.
All I want to do is come home and start watching the game from the beginning. But DirecTV will not let me setup a TiVo season pass (great work, asshats), so I have to go through all this crap for a simple request that I am paying a fair amount of cash for.
Thanks, DirecTV! When it comes to customer service/satisfaction, you’ve screwed the pooch again!
"Like I always tell people, I'm a baseball player, it's what I do." - Jonny Gomes, Free Agent
i love DirecTv
no complaints here.
"I've actually never had a drink before, tonight I might try it out. We'll see."
—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, on turning 21
you have a lower standard for television than petey
Made from 100% recycled awesome,
by chandrathan on Apr 11, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
everyone does
it’s my curse
"I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats." - Bill Veeck
by PeteyHendrix on Apr 12, 2009 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
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