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  1. Vanimal46
    They don’t make classic comedy movies like this anymore and it’s a shame. I saw this in theaters at least 3 times as a teenager.
  2. Vanimal46
    I’m not sure what you’re talking about. I just took a casual picture after my shower this morning.
  3. Vanimal46
    Yeah it will but I believe this was the plan all along. Last year was the final push with Hunter and Kirk and it’s unfortunate how it played out. The Vikings are in good shape for 2025 with the 1st round pick and $80-100 million in cap space.
  4. Vanimal46
    2024 was always the planned transition year. All I hope is KOC and KAM don’t panic and throw in McCarthy before he’s ready. Protecting the 2025 1st is key because I think we will be picking top 10, maybe 5 overall. 5 wins is all I see.
  5. Vanimal46
    Interesting that this news came out today for the NFL. A new 3 year agreement with Netflix. So now there are 4 streaming services (Peacock, ESPN+, Amazon Prime, Netflix) broadcasting at least 1 NFL game in 2024. They all want at least a sliver of the pie and rake in a couple thousand extra subscribers who forget to cancel. The Roku/MLB partnership indicates the interest and demand from other platforms streaming baseball games… Before this thread began I didn’t know there was a Roku channel.
  6. Vanimal46
    It is until it’s no longer free. Apple TV games last year started out free then you had to subscribe.
  7. Vanimal46
    People at the very least had to sign up for the 7 day trial and remember to cancel it in time. NFL is not immune to complaints about fragmenting their content. People still refuse to get Amazon Prime for Thursday Night Football. Still, probably 75% of their total games are on OTA channels FOX, ABC (there were several weeks where both ESPN and ABC broadcast MNF at the same time), CBS, and NBC. I’m not sure about gophers bball I don’t follow them.
  8. Vanimal46
    You’re joking, right? There was a major uproar about a playoff game being shown exclusively on Peacock last year.
  9. Vanimal46
    Come on. You know there is a significant difference between a game on FOX, over the air TV, vs. an app.
  10. Vanimal46
    I’m right there with you on every point you made in your post. All of us could pirate the content. It’s easy to find in a Google search. As you said, it’s out of pure principle. At this point, I don’t want to support an organization that is shutting out a significant percentage of people from their content. I’m also not going to spend $80 a month to gain access to 1 channel. The choice is yours, MLB… I’m doing other things now instead of watching baseball. So will my 80 year old aunt that can’t load a webpage, let alone figuring out which streaming platform to click on to watch the Twins.
  11. Vanimal46
    Yep, it is. Rob Manfred can go pound sand.
  12. Vanimal46
    Who comes up with these click bait headlines? Buzzfeed is hiring.
  13. Vanimal46
    Yeah, Glen Taylor getting credit for anything is wild. He’s ran the organization into the ground for 20 years before striking gold with Anthony Edwards. Their multi-year ownership transition is something we’ve never seen in any sport before. Now that Taylor got cold feet because the team is finally great, it’ll never happen again.
  14. Vanimal46
    Yeah I figured it had more to do with their parents’ watching habits. Then once they head off to college it will be out of sight, out of mind for them too.
  15. Vanimal46
    Spot on. There is immense power in out of sight, out of mind. You’ve got insight that others don’t, coaching HS baseball. Do the kids even watch MLB games? Or just the highlights on Twitter or Tik Tok?
  16. Vanimal46
    The Twins have been killing their brand for more than 3 years. DSG pulled Bally Sports from popular cable alternatives like YouTube TV and Hulu TV in 2021. Those folks have new routines now, and watching the Twins isn’t a part of the routine anymore. The relationship with Bally Sports is only getting worse. Beyond the TV disaster, Dave St Peter continues to say tone deaf things every year. Placing the blame on fans not showing up to the ballpark as the reason for trading away players and reducing payroll. That’s not how this works in 2024. Not when there are other sports and entertainment options available in the area.
  17. Vanimal46
    Shameless plug. Join us in the “growing”, pun intended, gardening group in the Other thread category.
  18. Vanimal46
    My formative teenage years were in the golden age of Napster and Limewire so I’m not naive to the other options online. The thing is, I don’t want to do that on a consistent basis. For now I’m giving the Pohlads what they want - one less pair of eyes watching their content.
  19. Vanimal46
    Let the fun begin! - Roma, Cherokee Purple, and San Marzano tomatoes - Row of carrots - 3 rows of white onion - Green and Red Bell Peppers and Jalapeño - 2 romaine, rosemary, basil, and a half row of radishes for my dad
  20. Vanimal46
    Starting to sell assets in early May is peak Marlins behavior. They just can’t get out of their own way no matter who owns the team.
  21. Vanimal46
    Wouldn’t surprise me if that was and still is the plan. MLB just can’t take on the debt Diamond Sports Group has on their books, so MLB is waiting for them to finalize bankruptcy. Amazon coming in to bail out DSG this winter delayed the inevitable.
  22. Vanimal46
    I’m getting excited to plant! We’ve had a lot of rain recently but the weather is supposed to be great on Sunday. I’m planning on at least tilling the ground and taking out as many thistle weeds as I can. Those buggers are sprouting like crazy at the moment. I’m thinking I’ll do another Cherokee Purple heirloom tomato plant, beefsteak tomato plant (I want a lot more salsa this season), 2 rows of white onion, jalapeno pepper plant, bell pepper plant, and a few rows that will change over the season (romaine, radishes, peas) What’s on your planting list this year? @Mike Sixel @davidborton @RpR @gunnarthor
  23. Vanimal46
    The game threads of the glory years rarely discussed the game going on. Maybe 20% of the posts were actually about things happening on the field. I bowed out after my blindfolded meme yesterday because until further notice, I can’t make any comments about what’s happening on the field. I miss the old game threads too. I wrote tons of openers just like RB and tried my best to make the atmosphere fun no matter what was happening on the field. I’ve accepted long ago those days are over.
  24. Vanimal46
    Agreed. This is not going to look good for their next TV/streaming negotiation this winter. Years of mishaps have gotten us to this point today… The Twins have been out of sight, out of mind for cord cutters the last 3 years. Watching the Twins is no longer in their routine. No one besides an RSN is jumping at the opportunity to broadcast 150+ games. Why would an OTA channel spend that kind of money for the broadcast when they can get the same size audience watching a cheaply produced reality show or re-runs of King of Queens? MLB has a big problem on their hands. The pin is inches away from touching the bubble.
  25. Vanimal46
    Concur on all fronts. When I first started on TD nearly a decade ago now all of our news were broken by regular folks like us. And forum topics brewed over time when more information came along. Times have changed now… You might be 29 still, but I’m going to be 34 next week! As much as I enjoy that type of stuff, the forums are mostly dead besides game threads. Because we have over a dozen article writers who will cover it way more than we will in a short amount of time. This site has been cyclical over the years. I’m likely not going to be a guy who posts as much as I did 7-9 years ago. I’m happy to see it grow as much as it has!
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