2011 MLB Season Thread

[metallicat]

Originally Posted by troutman

Is there soemething like Center Ice for baseball on Shaw (in HD)?

I don't think so, but MLB.tv is really good.

[Saint Troy]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

I don't think so, but MLB.tv is really good.

Yep, it is great, it has also been added to Apple TV as well.

[metallicat]

Just don't buy it if you're a Blue Jays fan living in Canada (although all Jays games are on TV anyways). All the games are blacked out.

[troutman]

Stupid FOX - do we need the Yankees on every affiliate? I want SF - LA!

[flames_1987]

Originally Posted by troutman

Stupid FOX - do we need the Yankees on every affiliate? I want SF - LA!

Fox in Calgary is showing the Giants-Dodgers

[Maritime Q-Scout]

I expected my Rangers to be competitive this season, but I didn't expect them to be playing Boston like they have.

Top of 7 up 12-3 after the win yesterday.

I'd love to have back to back playoffs, but I am worried about the pitching

[CofR]

Disappointing start to the season for me so far. Lackey got absolutely shellacked yesterday. With his homer David Ortiz did become the all-time leader in RBIs for a DH.

[Sylvanfan]

I have Gonzalez, Crawford, Pedrioa, and Youkilis on my fantasy team,as well as Bucholz. It was an awful weekend for me. Hopefully they tee off on Cleveland.

[Montana Moe]

Reds are looking great so far, showing a lot of power. The Mariners did also, until today.

Both teams started poorly last season so I'll take what I can get...

[troutman]

Originally Posted by flames_1987

Fox in Calgary is showing the Giants-Dodgers

I missed that - all the HD channels were showing the Yankees.

[CofR]

Well, the Rangers completed the sweep yesterday sending Sox Nation into a ridiculous unnecessary state of panic. Hopefully they can get on track starting tomorrow in Cleveland. Pitchers for this series are Beckett, Dice-K, and Lester.

[burn_baby_burn]

Bell has a free preview of MLB Extra Innings until April 6th.

[Icon]

Going to be in NY for Easter-week... White Sox are in town Mon-Thurs, Toronto on Friday (we leave Sat). Going to get tickets for a game via stubhub I think. I'd probably rather see the Jays, but others have told me to get tickets to one of the games earlier in the week in case it's rained out.

- How does the rescheduled game work?
- If they play every night already, would they do an afternoon game and make a doubleheader?
- Do the tickets for the rained-out game transfer for afternoon game of the doubleheader, or do people with the tickets scheduled for that day have priority?
- Or would the rescheduled game be later in the season (so it doesn't matter which game we try to get tix for), in which case I'd just sell the tickets on stubhub?
- Should I just wait until we get there and buy tickets for whichever day looks like will have the best weather?

[Displaced Flames fan]

Any Yankee fans here?

I was just wondering how you stomach John Sterling. One of the stupid sports talk radio shows I listen to during the day likes to play game calls as a lead in and I hear this clown all the time with his contrived 'Yankees win! Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Yankees wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin" call.

Makes me want to puke it sounds so fake.

Thoughts?

[troutman]

The SI Curse:

SI's World Series picks, BOS and SF, are a combined 1-8.

[socalwingfan]

Displaced Flames fan;3059761]Any Yankee fans here?

I was just wondering how you stomach John Sterling. One of the stupid sports talk radio shows I listen to during the day likes to play game calls as a lead in and I hear this clown all the time with his contrived 'Yankees win! Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Yankees wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin" call.

Makes me want to puke it sounds so fake.

Thoughts?[/QUOTE]
Long time Yankee fan - before I started working from home, I would listen to Sterling on my commute home every day on XM. He is a horrible announcer, especially with his, 'It's High, It's Far......It's caught' call on a shot caught at the warning track or sometimes not even that far. His homerun calls are also absurd and he does a terrible job of calling a game.
Also you can expect a "You can't predict baseball" monologue every game when the unexpected happen.
They may be out of the booth soon, I believe the contract with their station is up after the year and there is talk of moving to ESPN NY.
Now I can watch all games on TV but Michael Kay is not much better! Although they have some great colour men with Ken Singleton, Al Leiter, David Cone and Paul O'Neill.

[fundmark19]

And rays lose again. I sure hope they can get some offense going sometime soon!

[socalwingfan]

John Sterling's Home Run calls
http://nymag.com/daily/sports/2011/0...hn_sterli.html

[Hockey]

OMG if the playoffs started today the teams that would make it in the AL are:

Baltimore
Kansas City
Texas
Toronto

I'm pretty sure lots can change from now until September, but imagine these teams in the playoffs. Im sure at the end of the year you can replace Baltimore and Toronto with Boston and New York and KC with Minnesota, who always finds a way to have a strong finish and make the playoffs only to lose to the Yankees.

[CofR]