ericmvan
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Post by ericmvan on Oct 10, 2021 14:00:40 GMT -5
*cough* try streaming *cough cough* LOL. Even though some of us might be "old timers" i think we know what streaming is. The larger point is that it seems a weird way to market your game. Make watching it as difficult as you can. i think the guys have pointed out, they can't even get MLB Network. I checked, this is the only remaining game they are going to cover. I tried last week downloading the app. I tried using a buddy's satellite account. it wasn't easy and i gave up trying. is that what a business should want ? I may decide to sign up for Sling or Fubo in the next hour, well see. They do one post-season game a year.
This would make sense, from a greed POV, if all cable providers carried the MLB network and it was a monthly add-on. It makes a lot less sense if there are providers who don't have it at all ... and why the hell is that?
Pretty sure that Fubo has NESN.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 10, 2021 14:20:35 GMT -5
Crap. I just realized this game is on MLBN, which I don’t have on cable. Does anyone know if an MLB.tv subscription from the regular season will work for streaming? Ugh! Yes, subscriptions include post season.
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Post by cutz on Oct 10, 2021 14:23:21 GMT -5
Crap. I just realized this game is on MLBN, which I don’t have on cable. Does anyone know if an MLB.tv subscription from the regular season will work for streaming? Ugh! Yes, subscriptions include post season. I ONLY get the Audio of the game/s.
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Post by curtisw on Oct 10, 2021 14:26:29 GMT -5
Not to add anything that hasn’t already been covered but yeah woke up this morning and realized it was on MLBN and was just immediately angry about it. I think to those of us who really love this game (as clearly we all do here on soxprospects forum) it’s just really a travesty how MLB is not just doing a poor job of addressing how and why the game is dipping in popularity, but seeming to actively stick their finger in our eye just for short term profits.
It’s embarrassing and anger inducing for baseball fans. We don’t see NFL or NBA playoff games broadcast on their exclusive networks. It doesn’t make sense to hide a high profile game on a league owned network that many don’t get. Unless you are going purely by short term profit. As someone else correctly mentioned, this is dumb greedy.
Furthermore I think there’s a feeling of helplessness here, at least for me. Nothing I can do to stop MLB from making these horrible decisions and further damaging the game, and failing to market it effectively. It feels like I really might watch a group of dumb super-rich people completely ruin one of the things that brings me the most joy other than friends and family.
Anyway, hope everyone can have some kind of access to it. I can’t watch it live myself as I have to go to a dinner for my girlfriend’s birthday, but am going to watch a recording later. Hopefully won’t ruin it myself but that is unlikely.
Go Red Sox!! Go get em Nate!
Edit for a dumb grammar mistake my bad
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 10, 2021 14:30:53 GMT -5
Yes, subscriptions include post season. I ONLY get the Audio of the game/s. Are you in a blackout area ? I get all the games and unlike most, can watch while listening to Joe C. I'll have to admit though, it is funny when watching ARoid and Joe C's voice comes out.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 10, 2021 14:41:32 GMT -5
Radio it is! Just like granpa done! Do you know if the game is on WEEI or be carried by WTIC 1080 in Hartford. CT or if it's being carried by ESPN FM radio?
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Post by cutz on Oct 10, 2021 14:42:28 GMT -5
I ONLY get the Audio of the game/s. Are you in a blackout area ? I get all the games and unlike most, can watch while listening to Joe C. I'll have to admit though, it is funny when watching ARoid and Joe C's voice comes out. You know, I never really checked to see if I was in a Blackout area. I'm lucky and never had to find out if I was as I've gotten every game on TV. It sucks for those who can't watch the game today. Makes NO sense to me that even happens in 2021. RIDICULOUS !!
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Post by jimoh on Oct 10, 2021 14:44:50 GMT -5
I'm paying $2O for the first month of SlingTV--the version that includes the games-- and I just have to remember to cancel it before the $50 payment for the second month.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 10, 2021 14:46:04 GMT -5
Radio it is! Just like granpa done! Do you know if the game is on WEEI or be carried by WTIC 1080 in Hartford. CT or if it's being carried by ESPN FM radio? WEEI carries all the games. Periodically MLB will goof and forget to off the audio so I can sometimes listen until I kill the feed. Aside, not much worth listening to though.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Oct 10, 2021 14:47:23 GMT -5
Decision today, who bats 7th, Renfroe or Dalbec? Latter lineup has Schwarber in LF and Dugie in RF. (Cora has said he's sticking with the same 1 through 6).
Well, Rasmussen is essentially a two-pitch guy, FB and slider, and Dalbec has hit the slider hard since he got "hot" while the slider is the go-to pitch to get Renfroe out. So the facts that that Renfroe is struggling right now and that he hasn't hit Rasmussen in his 6 PA are just gravy. Rasmussen's strong numbers against the Sox in the 64 PA against him are warped by the guys not on the postseason roster -- 12 PA (19% of the total), .087 xwOBA, .104 wOBA. Against the guys on the roster, he's .319, .305, which is average pitching with good defense and a little karma. Only 6 guys have faced him 6 or more times and 5 are on the Sox.
Matchups of 8 PA are barely meaningful, but collectively this is interesting: Name PA wOBA xwOBA Schwarber, Kyle 5 .176 .246 Hernandez, Enr. 6 .377 .372 Devers, Rafael 8 .352 .353 Bogaerts, Xand. 4 .346 .507 Verdugo, Alex 6 .615 .311 Martinez, J.D. 9 .195 .265 Dalbec, Bobby 1 .000 .000 Plawecki, Kevin 2 .000 .281 Renfroe, Hunter 6 .207 .258 Vazquez, Chris. 5 .352 .326 We've got some hitters who are going well who have already handled him well ... lined up.
Yeah, well, they're going with Renfroe.
Personally I'd rather they get Dalbec a little more involved. They don't seem to trust him at all against any hard-throwing righties, but with his much-improved strike zone management I think he has the ability to work around that issue by fouling balls off (as he did in his last AB on Friday) and waiting for his pitch. It's not like Renfroe is so amazing against righties.
(NB: When questioning Cora's lineups, I have been wrong ~100% of the time.)
They don’t trust him vs tough righties with goos fastballs because he has been terrible against them. Did you see how bad he was in the one game playoff bs the MFYs?
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Post by Oregon Norm on Oct 10, 2021 14:54:35 GMT -5
Though many of us subscribe to MLB, the game will be broadcast on the MLB Network - a different beast. For those of you who get MLBN, it isn't a problem. That means giving MLBN the information about which provider you have carrying the network. We've been using Fubo for our streaming, and they do carry MLBN. I agree it ignores fans of the team who don't have that access. Not the first time that MLB has pushed those fans aside.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 10, 2021 14:57:53 GMT -5
This is different. I've got two options here, MLBN and MLBN-INT (INTERNATIONAL) but my audio won't overlay. (I live in the Philippines).
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 10, 2021 15:00:35 GMT -5
yeah, backdooring through MLB network site cant be done, unless you create a MLB.com. Then you can sign in with your provider. That is double lock and I have never had to do that before. Then i tried the free Sling.TV, but i used it last year and they are telling me i have to reset my password. Then i researched the 25 dpllar post season package, but it appears to be for international people only. Great news.. they probably have 100 subscriptions total. LOL.
I could be wrong on this, but I don't think you would ever see an NFL Playoff game on NFL Network.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 10, 2021 15:05:37 GMT -5
Found a solution. Two browsers, one set to video, one to audio. Have to mute the video though. Gametime..., byeee
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shagworthy
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Post by shagworthy on Oct 10, 2021 15:13:12 GMT -5
well crap.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 10, 2021 15:14:35 GMT -5
tough start...dang
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Post by taiwansox on Oct 10, 2021 15:15:13 GMT -5
They’re sitting fastball, I don’t want to see Choi get any fastballs early in the count
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Post by chrisfromnc on Oct 10, 2021 15:15:48 GMT -5
He just had way too much of the plate there.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Oct 10, 2021 15:21:16 GMT -5
There ya go Schwarber!
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Post by taiwansox on Oct 10, 2021 15:21:28 GMT -5
Way to respond there Schwarber!
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Post by jbuttah on Oct 10, 2021 15:21:37 GMT -5
when did they start using an iphone camera in portrait mode to telecast baseball games?
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Oct 10, 2021 15:22:03 GMT -5
Stantonian single for Kiké
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Post by taiwansox on Oct 10, 2021 15:23:04 GMT -5
What is Smoltz saying that Schwarber’s homer was in the small part of the park? It went 390…
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Post by tizzle on Oct 10, 2021 15:28:50 GMT -5
I thought Kiké might run at 1-2, or at least 2-2.
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Post by tizzle on Oct 10, 2021 15:30:25 GMT -5
Dougie time.
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