vansmack
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
January 06, 2017 at 08:48 PM UTC
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shemptiness wrote:
O's will reportedly save $4M.
Yes, $2m this year and $2M next year assuming they weren't going to exercise his option. Or, to put that into perspective, ~1.3% of their existing 2017 payroll, otherwise known as a rounding error.
vansmack
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
January 07, 2017 at 12:49 AM UTC
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The Mariners grabbed Jarrod Dyson from KC to replace Smith for a young starter, so they played their hand. Better D and speed for a shot at a comeback season for Gallardo.
vansmack
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
January 20, 2017 at 04:02 AM UTC
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Trumbo hitting trumbombs in Baltimore for 3 years, $37.5 million.
O's saved money by him not signing the first deal.
K8teebug
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
January 23, 2017 at 02:37 PM UTC
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Who else will be at fanfest on Saturday? I'm going with my Mom. Will probably just stand in the MASN line for a picture with Zach Britton, hit up the stadium tour dugout, and then go to lunch. It's gotten so crazy there!
kmdobrz
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
January 23, 2017 at 02:47 PM UTC
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Swim meet Saturday for me. I have 2 tickets to FF if anyone is interested. The clubhouse/dugout tour is cool. The mob of people and the crazy long lines not so much.
K8teebug
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
January 23, 2017 at 03:26 PM UTC
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There was no one there 5 years ago. Crazy how times have changed!
kmdobrz
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
February 01, 2017 at 09:46 PM UTC
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Johnny Giavotella?
vansmack
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
February 01, 2017 at 10:45 PM UTC
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shemptiness wrote:
Johnny Giavotella?
Well, let's start with the easy stuff:
You get say this, just like this, all season long. It will become a knee jerk reaction and a fun distraction from the fact that:
He can't hit and doesn't get on base.
Though his fielding has gotten better, he can't really field and can only play second base.
For about a month or two he was a real spark plug - plays hard as hell every night. But as the rest of the league figured him out and he failed to adjust, it just became more and more obvious that he's not MLB quality.
He's so average, that the Angels are willing to give Danny Espinosa a
serious try.
kmdobrz
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
February 02, 2017 at 09:39 PM UTC
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Doubt that he'll unseat Flaherty. Most likely he'll be minor league injury insurance.
kmdobrz
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
February 14, 2017 at 09:43 PM UTC
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vansmack
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
February 14, 2017 at 11:30 PM UTC
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shemptiness wrote:
Ominous
A shoulder is always better than an elbow….
jrpa
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
February 15, 2017 at 02:45 PM UTC
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Getting your MLB.tv auto-renewal email is the new "pitchers and catchers report."
K8teebug
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
February 15, 2017 at 03:58 PM UTC
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Do you do this for local games? Can you watch on your playstation?
jrpa
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
February 15, 2017 at 04:03 PM UTC
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K8teebug wrote:
Do you do this for local games? Can you watch on your playstation?
There were local team blackouts last year but I read they are going away this year BUT it requires you to have a cable subscription. So you cannot cut cable and get your Orioles without MASN if that's what you want to do unless you want to run through a proxy/vpn to conceal that you are in the Baltimore area. It will work on a PlayStation.
This is really more for total baseball nuts (Smackie) or people who live outside of their favorite teams local area (me). Unless picking up a lot of non-Nats/Os games appeals to you, I don't see why you'd get it.
vansmack
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
February 15, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
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I'm waiting to see what this $10 "Follow-Your-Team" pass is before I auto-renew (out of market only). This is the first year for it. I'm guessing it'[s radio only, but we'll see.
If my choice is $88 for the Halo or $113 for every team, I'm going to go every team.
jrpa
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
February 15, 2017 at 05:17 PM UTC
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vansmack wrote:
If my choice is $88 for the Halo or $113 for every team, I'm going to go every team.
Same. Drop Tigers only to $50 or something and I'll consider it but if the price difference is a sawbuck, I'll get everyone every time.
K8teebug
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
February 16, 2017 at 02:21 PM UTC
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It really sucks that you can't get this for in market. MASN is the only reason I keep cable.
jrpa
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
February 16, 2017 at 03:02 PM UTC
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K8teebug wrote:
It really sucks that you can't get this for in market. MASN is the only reason I keep cable.
A VPN connection to make your PlayStation appear to be in, say Chicago, would cost you a minuscule amount of money if you're ok with the dubious ethics of doing so. A five minute google rabbithole session could save you a lot of money.
vansmack
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Re: Orioles....part 2?
March 28, 2017 at 06:57 PM UTC
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Julian, wrote:
Getting your MLB.tv auto-renewal email is the new "pitchers and catchers report."
T-Mobile is giving me the MLB.TV Premier package for free on April 4, so that made my decision pretty easy.