The MLB Thread

Griffey Jr and Piazza elected to Hall of Fame.

Junior set a new record with 99.3% yes vote.

Mark McGwire and Alan Trammell do not qualify for the next ballot.

really surprised to see edmonds as a one and done. didnt think hed realistically sniff induction but 11 votes is harsh.

also surprised bagwell didnt make the jump with piazza

other than that its about as expected. shame to see griffey come three votes shy of unanimous.

Giants sign Denard Span to 3-year deal

$31m plus incentives…

He will lead the league in triples if he can stay healthy.

Justin Upton to Tigers. 6 years ~$125m

vansmack wrote:
Justin Upton to Tigers. 6 years ~$125m

Beat me to it. Kind of came out of nowhere.

Carlos wrote:Kind of came out of nowhere.

I'm looking at the payroll numbers now and will definitely put them in Luxury Tax land.  I'm not sure J Upton is worth the Luxury Tax and a draft pick.

vansmack wrote:

Carlos wrote:Kind of came out of nowhere.

I'm looking at the payroll numbers now and will definitely put them in Luxury Tax land.  I'm not sure J Upton is worth the Luxury Tax and a draft pick.

I mean, do you see that pile of crap platoon we were considering rolling out in left?

Upton is only 28, opt out after 2. Apparently at $132.5.

Carlos wrote:I mean, do you see that pile of crap platoon we were considering rolling out in left?

Todd Cunningham
Craig Gentry
Efron Navarro
Ji Man Choi
Daniel Nava
Rafael Ortega

All currently on the Angels 40 man roster and one is expected to play in Left Field each night.  This after the Angels posted the worst production in left filed in like 30 years…

I won't listen to any one else talk about left field problems.

My friend who's a Braves fan tells me to tell you "Friends don't let friends start Todd Cunningham."

Jon Heyman is reporting Illitch was ready to pull trigger on deal for Davis instead until Avila talked him out if it.  All hail, Avila.

Nuke wrote:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3d58da5f969a41108ac4d7a384ddbd6e/trial-was-start-settlement-reached-mlb-tv-dispute

This is as good a time to ask as any: I got mlb.tv last year for the first time (had bought Extra Innings in the past) and liked it very much. The best online sports package out there (I wish the NHLs was as good). Question though since I did not buy it until a week into the regular season: how much, if any, spring training coverage does it have?

Carlos wrote:
This is as good a time to ask as any: I got mlb.tv last year for the first time (had bought Extra Innings in the past) and liked it very much. The best online sports package out there (I wish the NHLs was as good). Question though since I did not buy it until a week into the regular season: how much, if any, spring training coverage does it have?

If your team normally broadcasts their spring training games in the home market, they are available on MLB.TV

I had about half of the Angels spring training games on MLB.TV from Fox sports West, and about another 1/3 from away broadcasts.  It was convenient for me as most were during lunch.

As for your other email, $84.99 is not a savings enough for me to do Angels only.  I'll drop the $109.99 for all the games.  This was intriguing though:

MLB also agreed to provide live local team broadcasts over the Internet for cable subscribers by the start of the 2017 season.  In most instances, a subscription to a team's cable outlet is necessary to view games online, though the agreement contemplates eventually enabling some fans to watch games online without traditional cable subscriptions.

vansmack wrote:
As for your other email, $84.99 is not a savings enough for me to do Angels only.  I'll drop the $109.99 for all the games.  This was intriguing though:

I agree. If it was $49.99 I'd consider doing Tigers only but an extra $25 for everything else? That's like two cocktails.

Carlos wrote:

vansmack wrote:
As for your other email, $84.99 is not a savings enough for me to do Angels only.  I'll drop the $109.99 for all the games.  This was intriguing though:

I agree. If it was $49.99 I'd consider doing Tigers only but an extra $25 for everything else? That's like two cocktails.

it's 84.99 for a "single team"??…. obviously they'd rather everyone just buy the whole thing, you're only saving like $4 a month…. I'll continue with my current plan, MLB.tv Premium, which is $129…..

Kubacheck wrote:

I'll continue with my current plan, MLB.tv Premium, which is $129…..

They reduced this to $109.99.  Go Lawyers!

And yes, I will be doing the same…

vansmack wrote:

Kubacheck wrote:

I'll continue with my current plan, MLB.tv Premium, which is $129…..

They reduced this to $109.99.  Go Lawyers!

And yes, I will be doing the same…

109 now??… WINNING!!!

vansmack wrote:

Kubacheck wrote:

I'll continue with my current plan, MLB.tv Premium, which is $129…..

They reduced this to $109.99.  Go Lawyers!

And yes, I will be doing the same…

So all I need is a tv and a Roku device and $110 and I can watch any MLB game live all season?

I don't think my wife would be happy with that, but I'm just trying to establish the reality of what it is they offer.

Space wrote:
I don't think my wife would be happy with that, but I'm just trying to establish the reality of what it is they offer.

It has blackouts of local teams so you could not use it to watch O's/Nats unless you want to involve a VPN. It also does not show nationally televised games, so you cannot cancel ESPN and then watch that.

But other than that, yes, HD feeds of every game (with the option to watch either teams feed) and you can get the app for your phone to watch there too (or listen to the local radio feeds) for no additional $. And many Smart TVs/Tivo/video game thingies have the Mlb.tv app so you might not even need to buy a Roku depending on what you have in your home already.

For people like Smackie and myself who live out of market for our favorite team, it's glorious.