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  1. DJL44
    I rarely use my phone to access the site. As I'm scrolling a new ad pops in and moves me back to the top of the article repeatedly. It's unusable.
  2. DJL44
    Whoever gets injured next. He's not forcing his way back quite yet.
  3. DJL44
    I tend to watch individual players more than other teams. I do like the Brewers and will root for whoever is playing the Yankees.
  4. DJL44
    About $6M or enough to get a terrible starting pitcher.
  5. DJL44
    Channel 9 is the FOX affiliate. They were broadcasting baseball this very evening.
  6. DJL44
    Not sure why the Twins would be interested in another 1 year contract. They should be looking for a long-term solution. There is really no reason to have the home and away teams producing separate broadcasts of the same game with redundant cameras and production crews. That may be an area that gets cut to save money if MLB takes over the broadcasts. MLB could sell their feed to anyone for rebroadcast over the air, on cable or streaming.
  7. DJL44
    That one is an emphatic no. Jackson Holliday is in the Orioles system.
  8. DJL44
    Their current model is not viable long term and generates less TV revenue than every team in MLB. Non-exclusive partnerships would do a much better job of building the fanbase which should lead to more ticket sales. I have heard rumors that MLB, NBA and NHL are working on a partnership for a sports streaming service. That would be a good path forward but I'm worried it will turn into a fragmented mess where games are parceled out and sold to several streaming services.
  9. DJL44
    That would explain why none of the money was allocated to payroll.
  10. DJL44
    Are the Twins really that stupid? If I was negotiating with a bankrupt company I would ask for payment in advance.
  11. DJL44
    It doesn't have to be either/or; it could be both/and. The Twins could have made games available to a channel to show them over the air and/or on cable with a non-exclusive license and still allow people to subscribe to MLB.tv for streaming. In fact, this is what they had Cory Provus tell everyone they were pursuing this offseason. Instead they negotiated an exclusive broadcasting deal with a station that can't even get the games on TV because that put the most money in their pocket in 2024. BSN thought the exclusivity would mean the big cable companies would have to pay whatever they asked but obviously Comcast assessed that there isn't enough demand for Twins games that they are worried about the subscribers they will inevitably lose. I'm not sure if Comcast is really worried about "losing" subscribers. They see the overall trends and know their future is as an internet service provider rather than a cable company.
  12. DJL44
    I only saw the Giants game in July, which game in June?
  13. DJL44
    That's too far down. He's only been in St. Paul a couple weeks. I think he can work through the problems at that level if they give him some time.
  14. DJL44
    That may be true but I can't fathom why. You can get all the other non-sports programming (plus a lot of other, better programs) on streaming much cheaper. Based on the comments above it sounds like cable is for people who can't figure out how remote controls work. Enjoy it while it lasts, cable is likely to end by 2030 if not sooner.
  15. DJL44
    I agree with this. The Twins went out and said BSN would be carrying Twins games this summer, keep your cable. They didn't say it would only be for the month of April. But don't blame the cord-cutters for this mess. It's entirely the fault of MLB that they have priced their product so high that I'd rather substitute other things for my entertainment. I haven't watched Twins games regularly for years and now I'm not sure if I would still want to do that. It probably helps that I grew up without access to the Twins on TV so it's more like nothing changed in that regard. There was a brief window where I could see the Twins on television and now that's a fading memory.
  16. DJL44
    Buxton may not be an MVP but they're only paying him like an average CF so I think people may just need to adjust their expectations.
  17. DJL44
    Yes, the consumer is always wrong and Twins fans should be happy to pay $150/month to watch the games (and continue to pay that during the off-season) as the cable companies jack up the price every year. I'm so sorry I knowingly and deliberately determined I'm not willing to pay that much.
  18. DJL44
    Wow. So, after the Timberwolves are done the cable companies are all telling BSN to take a hike? Twins fans must make up such a small percentage of their viewers that they don't care anymore about losing them. The Twins should be absolutely terrified by what is happening.
  19. DJL44
    Worst TV deal in pro sports.
  20. DJL44
    The Texas League isn't that big and it's divided further to keep travel at a minimum. He starts repeating teams in the middle of May. If you want him to see more pitchers he'll have to go to AAA by mid-June.
  21. DJL44
    He's arguably the best player in the Texas League. No problem with platoon splits, he hits everyone. He needs better competition soon. He also probably needs to play more often in RF as I don't see them moving Buxton.
  22. DJL44
    You are linked to the wrong Emmanuel Rodriguez at Baseball Reference.
  23. DJL44
    Everything takes forever to load but I'm pretty sure that's not the website's fault.
  24. DJL44
    The difference is: 1+1+1 = 3 1-1+2-1+2=3 The baserunner allowed gives the subsequent out more WPA value.
  25. DJL44
    What you're noticing is that WPA is a really bad accounting system.
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