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  1. chasfh
    OK, boomer. 😏
  2. chasfh
    In 111,223 games spanning 1970 through 2020, the team that got more hits won 79,580 times, for a winning percentage of .715.
  3. chasfh
    Welp ... J.D.
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    Yeah, I don't know. I'm just spitballing on this one, based on my long-past experience in the business, but maybe that part has to do with carriage deals RSNs like Bally have with various cable companies. Maybe they just can't sell it direct because that would violate the basic agreement they have not only with major like Comcast, Spectrum, WOW et al, but also with entities like ATI in Kalkaska, or Northside in iron Mountain, or Sunrise Cable in Onaway, or hundreds of other small town cable companies that also depend on the attraction that is Tiger games on Bally Sports to keep their subscriber numbers high enough to stay in business. Allow MLB.tv to sell local games, and their businesses are put in jeopardy as well, and it's probably just too complicated to properly and fairly compensate all the local cable companies for that loss. Please understand I too would like blackouts to go away. I'm simply trying to explain the business angle of why the local blackout is in place and why they do not want to allow anything to bypass that.
  5. chasfh
    12 up. 12 down. Manning.
  6. chasfh
    Wow, super fast nine up/nine down by Matt Manning. The boy is not effing around.
  7. chasfh
    RSNs do blackouts to protect their investment, and because they pay a shit-ton of money for the rights, Baseball is totally on board with the idea. RSNs draw their revenue from both advertisers and from getting a cut of subscription fees. RSNs allow MLB.tv to air their games out of market games because RSNs realize no revenue from outside their market anyway, but allowing streaming within the market cannibalizes their investment. The idea, of course, is to get you to pony up the fee to get the RSN from your local provider, or from a streaming service that offers their channel. They don't want people to bypass that and see their games for free, since that would undermine the entire point of paying the humongous rights fee they paid the team for the games. Thus, the blackout.
  8. chasfh
    And that is a big reason we got Javy on the team.
  9. chasfh
    "Batter thirrrd, the shortstop, Have-ee-rrr Baez." 😄
  10. chasfh
    After the post above, it occurred to me to research this issue on this service called "Googol" (sp?), and here's what I just found. https://thevpn.guru/best-mlb-tv-vpn-bypass-at-bat-blackouts#ios Is It Possible to Watch Blackout Games on iOS (iPhone/iPad)? Due to the fact the MLB at Bat app on iPhone and iPad devices use location services, you will not be able to bypass MLB blackout restrictions on either of these platforms. If you do turn off location services, the MLB at Bat will not function. Can I Bypass MLB.TV Blackouts on Android? As is the case with iOS devices, the MLB.tv app on Android-based phones and tablets uses a combination of location services and GPS to determine your current location. Thus, you cannot bypass MLB blackout restrictions on Android, even when using VPN.
  11. chasfh
    Maybe it's different now, but I tried that a few years ago specifically to try to get past the local blackout and it didn't work. Maybe they changed it, or maybe I did it wrong back then.
  12. chasfh
    If the Tigers go over .500 during this stretch, they should maybe start printing playoff tickets! 🤩
  13. chasfh
    All true, and there's also this: we have a pretty tough first month ahead of us, so we shouldn't get unusually discouraged if we start off well below .500. Of the first nine series of the season, five are against teams projected to be among the top ten teams in baseball: White Sox, Boston, Yankees, @ Dodgers, @ Astros. Only two are against bottom feeders (Pirates, Rockies [who just beat the Dodgers two of three!]) with the other two series against teams projected to be middle-of-the-pack, and those are ALC teams on the road (@ Royals, @ Twins), against whom we struggled last year. These nine series consist of 27 games, and will take us through ... wait for it ... May 8. After that the schedule eases up some, although the Rays are lying in wait for us in the middle of May. Point is, if we finish this stretch something like 10-17, it should not come as a surprise, nor should it be particularly discouraging. Speaking only for myself, I would find any record better than this fairly encouraging.
  14. chasfh
    Yes. and here's how to do it, if you want to watch it on your TV rather than a laptop: I was able to do this and successfully get the Tigers feed (i.e., Dan Dickerson) for this past series even though I am blacked out from White Sox (and Cubs) games on MLB.tv. NOTE: this will still not work for iOS devices (e.g., iPhone, iPad) since they use there own geolocation protocol that appears to defeat any attempt to use VPN to spoof location.
  15. chasfh
    Rookie hazing? Playa hating? Who knows.
  16. chasfh
    It’s never too early to call for a manager’s head, and it would be so entertaining if you would do so over and over in this forum all season long. 😁
  17. chasfh
    Exactly. He’s out of sorts. He let a first pitch fast ball he should have deposited into the left field stands go right by him. His swinging strike two was at his eyes. He took strike three when he should have been protecting. Pat him on the back and give him tomorrow off.
  18. chasfh
    Counterpoint: In Dusty we trusty.
  19. chasfh
    Old school managers, for sure. Leyland did that shit all the time.
  20. chasfh
    On the other hand, Javy is well known to make the occasional play without having his head fully in it. I don’t know whether that’s the case here because I wasn’t available to watch the game and whatever play you’re talking about didn't make the highlights, but that is something to keep in mind about Javy.
  21. chasfh
    This is happening tonight in Anaheim. This guy thinks this might be the explanation:
  22. chasfh
    Baez did not fully extend on that and it cost us at least one run.
  23. chasfh
    Eat some bench, Grandal!
  24. chasfh
    This is actually why I enjoy watching MLB Tonight, as useless as I find most of the rest of that network’s programming. When you get a couple of ex-players talking while they have a game going on behind them, you get really solid insights into what players think during games that, to your point, a pure broadcaster could not effectively contribute to.
  25. chasfh
    I don’t know—Shep is going into his fourth year with these guys, so if the deference hasn’t fallen away after three years, I’m not sure it ever will. Remember, he was a teenage Tiger fan when these players were treading the hallowed ground of Tiger Stadium. They were his bona fide baseball heroes, and he has said as much in interviews. So he may never feel he is the equal he has to be in order to go head to head with them.
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