Lol Acuņa is so good.
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Lol Acuņa is so good.
Every game Bautista has started for us in the majors we've lost.
Just wait. You'll win one eventually.
Probably despite him being on the team.
James Paxton just threw a no-hitter against the Blue Jays in Toronto.
It’s the biggest accomplishment by a Canadian since William Shatner wrote TekWar.
<3
I hope we do and I also hope we don't trade for Machado.
Much rather sign Machado in FA if we don't get Harper.
Albies, Acuna, Freeman, Machado would be fucking nuts.
Ya the braves should absolutely be going all in next year.
I think I've seen enough of albies and acuna to say they're gonna be all star caliber players and the pitching staff should be improved with all the young depth at the higher levels.
albies is just a monster.
Every day Bautista starts makes me want them to go after Machado in FA.
Wanted to watch the Yankees As game but our channel says we get that or the Red Sox and they decided to show us the Red Sox.
I live like 20-30 minutes from the As, why wouldn't they show us the local team. >:C
Surprising. If it was as Marlins I would just say because the red Sox probably will get more ratings. But it's the yankees.
I could go into horrific detail why that happens, but I don't think either one of you care lol
Doit
Basically, it has to do with TV zoning rights and contracts, to put it in perspective, I'll compare the TV contract history with the Rays and Yankees. Back in the early 90's the Yankees were exclusively Fox represented, so they naturally were always on Fox Sports channels (FSN, Fox 5, etc etc) when that contract expired, the Yankees took a business opportunity to partner with their rivals WPIX, and created their own channel under their rights to their content called the YES (Yankees entertainment and sports) Network, under the affiliate of WP11 (WPIX). Now what that did was allow anyone with a cable package (as back in the late 90's not everyone had satellite, fios, etc) to have exclusive content for their team, when cable evolved, so did that channel and they bought out the restrictions certain areas faced (South NJ with mostly PA teams, upstate NY with Buffalo) and broadcasted from the entire NY area and entire state of NJ.Quote:
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The Rays however did the exact opposite, and broadcast for a very select area of FL, which is why the stadium is always 50% empty, it's not because of the team, but unless you live in their broadcasting range, or have exclusive MLB deals like MLB At Bat or MLB TV (Fios / Direct TV) it's very difficult to see them, since Sun Network also owns the Florida Marlins broadcasts, which broadcasts on a much wider scale because Loria paid for it when he was the owner.
The Red Sox also have this with NESN (New England Sports Network) which iirc is NBC affiliated. So if Oakland is broadcasted by NBCSCA (Cali NBC affiliate) and the NESN is also owned by NBC, then "blackout rates" apply if Hulky is outside the designated broadcasting range of a dual shown game broadcast (in his case, Oakland and Boston)
As the season goes on, certain TV channels and their sister affiliates will bid or pay a parent company money to broadcast a game, hence why if Spencer has MLB Network and they are showcasing a Jays game, if he puts it on, it'll be blacked out on that channel, but if he puts on Sportsnet (I think that's what they play on) he'll have the game. So pretty much, Oakland and Boston were dual broadcasted to certain areas, Boston has the national coverage and Oakland was inside the blackout range for Hulky, despite him seeing the game on normal circumstances. It's why you see on games they'll say "Blackout rates apply" once in a while either during the broadcast or before the game when they show the sponsors / affiliates. Whenever that is said during a broadcast, it means 2 channels that are not affiliated are broadcasting a game either outside or overlapping their designated broadcasting ranges.
To combat this, states with multiple teams will usually sell the games where they will have blackout problems to a parent company or another channel, which is usually why Yankees vs Mets would either be on WP11 (the owner of YES and SNY network), ESPN, or MLB Network exclusively. Cali does this often because they have the Padres, Oakland, Giants, and Dodgers, and Angels all within the same state
The Orioles are beating the Rays 17-0 in the 7th. They should all really just go home.
Bautista with his first homer for the braves :')
also batting below the mendoza line. :')
Not for long :p
It was MLB Network it is called not Fox or ESPN or whatever
Robinson Cano suspended 80 games for violating the drug policy. He’s not even appealing it. Basically saying his doctor gave him steroids.
What the fuck man. Come on.
From what I've been reading, he failed it looooong before the news broke today and was in the process of a judicial appeal (he tested positive in spring training), and dropped it once MLB gave evidence / he got injured. He was basically taking something similar to water pills to dilute tests.Quote:
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Looking back, I wonder if that's why the Yankees didn't resign him back then and just gave half assed excuses as to why, when ARod was caught, they let Melky and Cano walk, who at the time, were ARod's best friends in clubhouse and some of his best friends in real life. Makes ya wonder if he started in 07/08' and someone there knew Melky, Cano, and ARod were doing something.
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Have you read his statement? Anything could be an excuse, but according to his statement he didn't even test positive for a PED. Plenty of diuretics are illegal because of how they mask substances, and he tested positive for one of those diuretics. Obviously it doesn't make him innocent, but there's plenty of reasons someone can accidentally or otherwise take a diuretic and not know that it will show up and get him banned from baseball.
And again, I really don't have an opinion on this, I'm more or less devil's advocating but I'm pretty neutral... as it doesn't really matter why.
He failed the test in spring training according to Rosenthal, appealed, then dropped it when MLB confronted him again the day before his injury. I especially don't buy into that shit "Oh, I didn't know what I took." Especially when they knew about and began investigating him 40 days prior to the newsleak
Then why the fuck did you take it? Did you not contact MLBPA and ask? Did you not look into it? No. You saw a foreign doctor, and took a questionable substance and didn't ask any questions like "Hey guys, I'm on this or this." Henceforth, he deserves 100% what happens afterwards for being a friggin moron. The diuretic he took was for people that have liver problems that are on their way to dialysis
Ya, no sympathy for the dude from me.
I’m not giving sympathy just not 100 that it is a lying/PED issue or something less malicious
I’m not 100 % positive Bigfoot doesn’t exist, but I’m pretty damn sure.
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Watching Astros/Indians. No one is out Kemp gets on first, then steals second. Springer walked. Bregman hits it right to third getting Kemp and Springer out. Then Bregman gets picked off 1st base.
Stop. You're fucking my daily fantasy up killing Altuve's RBI opportunities. Seriously fuck you.
That's the spirit
lulz, rich hill leaves after 2 pitches with blister.
heeeeere it comes again xD
"vagina hands"
- Spencer
How did the Rays get a 4 RBI HR and it wasn't earned runs counted against the pitcher?
2 outs and reached on error = no earned runs.
If a pitcher would "get out of an inning" but his defense fucks up, any runs allowed don't count for his "earned runs" but count toward his "runs" stat.
And....... Joey bats is gone.
Gee, it's almost as if I know my team or something. 🤔🤔
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Funny that the GM agrees with me when I posted this a month ago.Quote:
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12 SOs, 5/35, .143. that's for wasting a million dollars on this fuck.
Camargo confirmed everyday third base.
I mean it's not even the TEAM... Bautista just isn't that good anymore. If I believed he could hit .260/35 then sure, give it a shot. But he can't.Quote:
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His vagina hand striked (its a word now, deal with it) again last night to.
Someone should make him chop wood or focus on being a fucking man in the offseason.