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  1. Thank God, but they are two years behind. Most teams started that in 2008.
  2. And most of the HQ's (which I don't believe many of them are, but only satellite branches) are run by New Yorkers, who invariably are Yankees/Mets fans, or they already would have boxes and suites in Sun Life Stadium. I'll believe it when I see it. The new stadium will surely be a flop as is everything else in So Fla. There will probably be some kind of awful mishap in the new stadium and it will be because Loria ordered a shortcut to save money. As for Loria owning the team for at least 7 more years after the stadium has been opened. Good luck to them winning a WS title and building a winner. He will sabatoge them every chance he can, unintentionally of course, but look at his Girardi fiasco, and now the guy has won a World Series.
  3. A new stadium will likely spike attendance for a year or two. What will keep the fans coming out is putting a consistent winning team on the field. Not one every five years or so. I don't think anyone disagrees with this. I do (sort of). What most people fail to consider is this stadium isn't being built for the existing fan base, we are almost an afterthought (perhaps that's an exaggeration). The big problem thought is the economy which is about to get much worse and for an extended period of time. The stadium exists to lure corporate customers that can secure large blocks of seats, boxes and skyboxes for a sustained period of time. The Marlins have been contracturally prohibited from soliciting them since Huizenga sold the franchise. We (the fans) are the frosting on the cake. Then there's all the fans to the south who have effectively been precluded from attending that market research indicates will more than make up for any loss of fannies from the north. again, where are these corporate customers going to come from ? If you didn't notice, So Fla is practically devoid of large corporations. FPL used to be here but they are in Stuart (or nearby environs now). Knight-Ridder used to be here, but they sold the Herald and then moved to California. You expect Ryder Systems, Burger King and Carnival Cruise Lines to buy them all up ? Who else has an HQ's or top line executives down here ? For your information the Dolphins have NEVER sold out their luxury boxes, even in the good times economy. Its a pipe dream to think that will be the basis our "new payroll" in a couple of years. It will be the same old story, Loria will not spend and the new stadium will have 8-10,000 fans per game by 2013 or 2014. Publix (HUGE) , Citrix Systems and Pollo Tropical also, off the top of my head. And that's not to say that other companies who don't have HQ down here but still have large presences can't buy tickets and/or boxes. Also, the Marlins get virtually $0 from luxury boxes from SunLife Stadium, so anything at all they make will be an improvement on current revenue. Publix HQ's are in Lakeland, where the 1st Publix opened in the early 1930's......they are most likely Rays fans. Pollo Tropical ? :lol You are joking....right ? :lol Almost any other normal city has at least 20-25 good sized company HQ's. Not Miami/Ft Lauderdale.
  4. I'll bet you any sum of money average attendance is over 10,000 a game in 2013. I'll bet you a Kidney. You think taking Cody Ross to arbitration WIPED OUT signing Josh Johnson for 4 years, keeping Uggla/Cantu/Nunez/Pinto/Paulino and the rest of them? :;facepalm:: I swear, you must be in introduction to public relations in your sophomore year of college. This is such a primitive understanding of how a population of fans works it's frightening. Cody Ross, DOES NOT MATTER, to the perception of this franchise. Retaining their star players like Hanley and Johnson and Uggla, getting a stadium, and becoming a perennially winner is what matters. The damage has already been done. That was the 2005 sell off, Caberea, and the payroll the last few years where we suffered through Abercrombies and Treanors and wouldn't sign a $1 million FA to fix things. Cody Ross, isn't digging your further under. Arbitration is a normal process in the business of baseball. There is nothing unusual about this. There is nothing negative. It just is what it is. When did Mike and Mike become important and the barometer or public opinion? The Marlins aren't hurting their brand by taking Ross to arbitration. They aren't selling less tickets. Nothing is happening here. Lastly, everything Mystikol said. Free agents will care about the money THEY are getting, not what Cody is getting. They will care about THEIR playing time. They will care about the TEAM WINNING and a chance to contend. They will care about the city of Miami and South Beach which has a strong allure. This isn't the team being cheap and getting rid of Cody Ross. This is the team going through the arbitration process, which happens every year. Were the Marlins stupid to take Gregg to arbitration a few years ago. They took him for $125,000 ($700k versus $575k), and they won. This is being smart, not cheap. I mean, you literally across the board are over blowing the significance of what happened today. It's like a news blip not fire and brimstone. 1st, about the "allure" of Miami and South Beach.....how many of the present Marlins live in South Fla on a year-round basis ? How many Dodger, D-Backs or Padres players move their entire familes to those cities once they sign a contract there ??? The only year-round residents of South Fla I can remember were Scott Olsen (in Aventura) and Dontrelle Willis, both of whom are no longer Marlins. Look, So Cal and Arizona are the places where baseball players live, not So Fla. When do baseball players see So Fla ? During the summer when it rains here every day. So, other than Hispanic players forget this being "an alluring" place for ball players to live every day, especially in the off-season. Uggla, Cody Ross, Brett Carroll, JJ, etc all live elswhere other than Florida. Hell most of the people on this board don't even live here. 2nd, about playing for the Marlins. Its not true, FA's, even 2nd and 3rd tier FA's won't sign here, but anywhere else. The reputation that the Marlins will not honestly reward players, but have to be goaded by MLB and the MLBPA into spending money does hurt the Marlins organization. That whole episode was embarassing.
  5. A new stadium will likely spike attendance for a year or two. What will keep the fans coming out is putting a consistent winning team on the field. Not one every five years or so. I don't think anyone disagrees with this. I do (sort of). What most people fail to consider is this stadium isn't being built for the existing fan base, we are almost an afterthought (perhaps that's an exaggeration). The big problem thought is the economy which is about to get much worse and for an extended period of time. The stadium exists to lure corporate customers that can secure large blocks of seats, boxes and skyboxes for a sustained period of time. The Marlins have been contracturally prohibited from soliciting them since Huizenga sold the franchise. We (the fans) are the frosting on the cake. Then there's all the fans to the south who have effectively been precluded from attending that market research indicates will more than make up for any loss of fannies from the north. again, where are these corporate customers going to come from ? If you didn't notice, So Fla is practically devoid of large corporations. FPL used to be here but they are in Stuart (or nearby environs now). Knight-Ridder used to be here, but they sold the Herald and then moved to California. You expect Ryder Systems, Burger King and Carnival Cruise Lines to buy them all up ? Who else has an HQ's or top line executives down here ? For your information the Dolphins have NEVER sold out their luxury boxes, even in the good times economy. Its a pipe dream to think that will be the basis our "new payroll" in a couple of years. It will be the same old story, Loria will not spend and the new stadium will have 8-10,000 fans per game by 2013 or 2014.
  6. No Rab and Lou we are looking at reality. Perception is part of reality when you screw all the good you have done, by looking cheap just the one time. Because most people, like Mike & Mike have an agenda, and they started making fun of the Marlins in 2006, when they said on their show that the Marlins were a joke because of the $ 24 million payroll. The Marlins have a PR nightmare, and Loria was prodded into spending more money this year, only with a public reprimand from the MLBPA and the other owners. You can continue your unabashed Loria worship, but many of us are not buying what he is selling, and judging from the crowds the Marlins usually get, neither is the general public. And they are the ones that make the final judgement (by attending or not) whether or not that is fair or not. Yes they have a PR nightmare, but Cody Ross isn't effecting that at all. You don't seem to understand that. It's arbitration. It happens every year with multiple players. WHO CARES! Stadium. Hanley. Johnson. More signings in the future. Winning ball games. These are important things. Going to an arbitration panel with Cody Ross isn't doing anything. More so, you want to bring up current attendance? Who really cares, they are never going to draw in that stadium again because there is to much negativity surrounding it from the past 10 years of the franchise. You know what crowd is going to matter? When every game in 2012 is sold out before opening day. Then in 2013 when attendance falls back to 8-10,000 a game what will you say ? I do understand it, I do get it. For the PR hit the Marlins take today ALL OF THE GOOD in signing Uggla and Johnson was wiped out. Is it fair ? No, but that is because unfairly or not, the Marlins are perceived by the public, and more importantly by the players as cheap and the last place you want to end up. The Marlins and Loria should care, because in the long run, the damage this causes the future is worth a lot more than the $ 250,000 he should have agreed to pay Ross. I mean he ends up paying it anyways, and now has let the media and fans make fun of him. Its just bad business -- it doesn't help your future. Did Mike and Mike talk about on their national show the signing of Uggla ? NO ! Did they talk about how cheap the Marlins are for not giving a player they counted on, will count on this year, a much deserved raise ? No they only talked about the $ 250,000 the Marlins were too cheap to pay. Don't you see how this kind of thing is seen by the players ? Those men who are potential FA's ???? Is losing the right FA and possibly that one link to winning a WS title, worth the bad PR you got for fighting and LOSING an arbitration hearing ? We are not talking about $ 1 million, or $ 3 or 4 million, but $ 250,000. If I can't get you to understand the damage that taking Ross to arbitration today, then I suggest you never get into the restaurant or customer service business. You just don't get it that sometimes you bite the bullet on a small amount of money to stop the bad PR your overall business gets, deserved or undeserved. The Marlins look extremely unattractive to most FA's and this only adds to that.
  7. You can continue your unabashed Loria worship, Did you even read Lou's post where he noted that he hasn't always agreed with Loria's decisions? Show me a post that Lou has bashed Loria. Waiting...... I hear crickets.........:whistle
  8. Are you serious ? :blink: You really don't get it. The damage that arbitration hearing cost the Marlins in PR was way more than $ 250,000. And if the revenue was not there last year or the year before when the payroll was $ 35 million, why, pray-tell was the money there this year ? Or was it there all along and Loria wasn't spending it ? You can't have your cake, and neither can Loria, and eat it too. The $ 10 million increase in payroll is coming from somewhere, and another $ 250,000 is little to spend for the avoidance of the bad PR hit Loria, and sadder the Marlins take because Loria is a cheapskate. Is your argument really that the Marlins are losing $250,000+ in ticket sales and/or their brand because they choose to arbitrate Cody Ross? Because I mean, this is clearly as enormous of an event as trading Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, Dontrelle Willis, Miguel Cabrera, getting a new stadium, and signing Hanley Ramirez, Josh Johnson, and signing their other 9 arbitration eligible players, including Dan Uggla which no one thought would be a Marlin in 2010. You know what changes perception, when they have their own ballpark and a winning team. Payroll isn't even going to matter then because they won't be the cellar dwellers anymore. Does anyone make fun of the Rays anymore? That's what's going to happen with the Marlins. It's going to be overnight. No one makes fun of the Rays because they have about 5 or 6 players who have All-Star HoF potential on their club. The Marlins have 3, maybe. They Rays also took a gamble on Longoria, in his 2nd year and made him a longtime offer. The Marlins only gave Ramirez his contract AFTER Longoria had his. Hanley had already been playing more than a year longer, and it took 18 month extra for the Marlins to do the right thing. And I hope I am wrong, but I believe its more likely that Loria again has to be embarassed into increasing payroll once the stadium is opened. You all act like that is going to be the panacea into solving all of the Marlins problems. Lest I remind you it hasn't been the savior for the Pirates, Rangers or Nats. Neither has the remake of KC's stadium. They are still revenue challenged.
  9. Why is Loria any more of a jerk than Cody and his agent? They were all griping over the same 250k. And since arbitration raises are based quite a bit off of your previous year's salary, 250k more this year might = 400k more next year (just a guess), and that's another major league contract the Marlins can't offer to a player like Kiko Calero (which many on here are whining about). To me, Cody is already a rich man, and I do like Cody, but since I know payroll is going to match revenue for this team, I am totally rooting for the Marlins to sign everyone to the cheapest contracts possible, and this includes my rooting for Cody to lose his arbitration case. 250k is a much bigger deal to Cody than it is a multi-millionaire like Loria (I'd think that would be obvious) who could easily afford to give an over-achieving player a few hundred k his way. Cody isn't a great player and he's 29, the window for athletes to make a lot of money is pretty small, compare that to the owners who will make millions the rest of their lives. Finally some one that gets it on this board. Add to that the perception, which when running a business that people don't have to participate in, that he is cheap. That is all people outside of Florida, including potential FA's, even mediocre ones, will hear. You can do all the signing of JJ's and Uggla's you want to do, but when you already have a reputation and act like the stereotype of that perception, that is what people will remember and talk about. It does not bode well for the future, and the trust that will need to be there to be able to have the upper hand when it comes to FA's in the future. There is a real percieved notion within baseball itself that the Marlins are cheap. When FA's have left, a number of them have publically stated this, and privately, amongst themselves you know the players have talked too. This is a collective thought and image process that humans do, and when you get a rep, you have to work extra hard to overcome that stereotype, and Loria just seems to put his foot in his mouth more often then not when it comes to this kind of thing. He doesn't do his team any favors when he reinforces this image. I believe that it does hurt the team, because many FA's (and their agents) just put the Marlins at the bottom of the list of teams to talk to. We are not a priority unless a FA is desperate. I laughed. The Marlins future is doomed because the team choose to arbitrate with Cody Ross - when they were able to sign their other nine arbitration eligible players. This is going to send shockwaves to other clubhouses. Cody got a huge raised based on his comps. The Marlins have inhouse counsel so it costs them relatively nothing to send someone to Tampa and argue this. This is not a big deal at all. This is not being cheap. This is running a smart business. This is not a big deal at all despite whatever the amazing Mike and Mike want to laugh about. They would still laugh at the Marlins even if they gave Cody $4.5 million no questions asked based on their last few years of, I don't know, trading Miguel Cabrera and having a sub $30 million payroll. Cody Ross is changing this? You know how you overcome the cheap stereotype? You build a stadium you sign Hanley and Johnson longterm, and then you keep signing more guys and free agents that can be longterm pieces for you. Are you going to cry when Uggla, Cantu, Ross, Nunez, Pinto, one of Anibal/Miller, Helms, and Paulino are not on this team next year too? Are we going to be cheap then also, or are those baseball decisions considering we can replace them all in house with high potential prospects like Morrison, Stanton, Petersen, Tucker, Ceda, West, Leroux, Vanden Hurk, etc? This is a bunch of bubkes. what if the bunch of them turn out to be Gaby Sanchez's ? That is more possible than all of them turning out good. Loria got lucky with Uggla rule 5 grab, and the Lowell for Ramirez trade. Remember Uggla only got a chance when Pokey Reese decided to hang it up. If those two don't happen, we could be looking at competing with the Pirates for the worst franchise in MLB.
  10. No Rab and Lou we are looking at reality. Perception is part of reality when you screw all the good you have done, by looking cheap just the one time. Because most people, like Mike & Mike have an agenda, and they started making fun of the Marlins in 2006, when they said on their show that the Marlins were a joke because of the $ 24 million payroll. The Marlins have a PR nightmare, and Loria was prodded into spending more money this year, only with a public reprimand from the MLBPA and the other owners. You can continue your unabashed Loria worship, but many of us are not buying what he is selling, and judging from the crowds the Marlins usually get, neither is the general public. And they are the ones that make the final judgement (by attending or not) whether or not that is fair or not.
  11. Why is Loria any more of a jerk than Cody and his agent? They were all griping over the same 250k. And since arbitration raises are based quite a bit off of your previous year's salary, 250k more this year might = 400k more next year (just a guess), and that's another major league contract the Marlins can't offer to a player like Kiko Calero (which many on here are whining about). To me, Cody is already a rich man, and I do like Cody, but since I know payroll is going to match revenue for this team, I am totally rooting for the Marlins to sign everyone to the cheapest contracts possible, and this includes my rooting for Cody to lose his arbitration case. 250k is a much bigger deal to Cody than it is a multi-millionaire like Loria (I'd think that would be obvious) who could easily afford to give an over-achieving player a few hundred k his way. Cody isn't a great player and he's 29, the window for athletes to make a lot of money is pretty small, compare that to the owners who will make millions the rest of their lives. Payroll = revenue. That's all you need to know. So it doesn't matter how rich Loria is. Revenue, not Loria's net worth, determines how much he will spend on this team. So, we have a limited payroll (limited by the amount of our revenue), and I'd prefer to spend less than more because that opens up the extra money for another player. I don't feel badly for either guy; they are both wealthy. I do care about the Marlins having more payroll flexibility though. Are you serious ? :blink: You really don't get it. The damage that arbitration hearing cost the Marlins in PR was way more than $ 250,000. And if the revenue was not there last year or the year before when the payroll was $ 35 million, why, pray-tell was the money there this year ? Or was it there all along and Loria wasn't spending it ? You can't have your cake, and neither can Loria, and eat it too. The $ 10 million increase in payroll is coming from somewhere, and another $ 250,000 is little to spend for the avoidance of the bad PR hit Loria, and sadder the Marlins take because Loria is a cheapskate.
  12. Why is Loria any more of a jerk than Cody and his agent? They were all griping over the same 250k. And since arbitration raises are based quite a bit off of your previous year's salary, 250k more this year might = 400k more next year (just a guess), and that's another major league contract the Marlins can't offer to a player like Kiko Calero (which many on here are whining about). To me, Cody is already a rich man, and I do like Cody, but since I know payroll is going to match revenue for this team, I am totally rooting for the Marlins to sign everyone to the cheapest contracts possible, and this includes my rooting for Cody to lose his arbitration case. 250k is a much bigger deal to Cody than it is a multi-millionaire like Loria (I'd think that would be obvious) who could easily afford to give an over-achieving player a few hundred k his way. Cody isn't a great player and he's 29, the window for athletes to make a lot of money is pretty small, compare that to the owners who will make millions the rest of their lives. Finally some one that gets it on this board. Add to that the perception, which when running a business that people don't have to participate in, that he is cheap. That is all people outside of Florida, including potential FA's, even mediocre ones, will hear. You can do all the signing of JJ's and Uggla's you want to do, but when you already have a reputation and act like the stereotype of that perception, that is what people will remember and talk about. It does not bode well for the future, and the trust that will need to be there to be able to have the upper hand when it comes to FA's in the future. There is a real percieved notion within baseball itself that the Marlins are cheap. When FA's have left, a number of them have publically stated this, and privately, amongst themselves you know the players have talked too. This is a collective thought and image process that humans do, and when you get a rep, you have to work extra hard to overcome that stereotype, and Loria just seems to put his foot in his mouth more often then not when it comes to this kind of thing. He doesn't do his team any favors when he reinforces this image. I believe that it does hurt the team, because many FA's (and their agents) just put the Marlins at the bottom of the list of teams to talk to. We are not a priority unless a FA is desperate.
  13. To be fair, the Rays took B.J. Upton to arbitration over $300,000. However, in that case the Rays were right to do it, as Upton had a horrible 2009. They ended up winning. and your point is ? :whistle
  14. And if the game is blacked out (the Saturday 6pm starts for instance) and the Marlins are not broadcasting it, we are still blacked out from seeing the opposing teams telecast. This one is one I don't understand. I get it that they want us to watch the Marlins local telecast for the adverts......no problem, I understand that. But if the Marlins aren't broadcasting the game on TV when does it hurt for me then to watch the other teams broadcast ???? The Marlins and the locals are not losing any revenue from my watching the other teams broadcast, so why the black out then ???? If you live outside of a major market, I believe you can watch all the games, but who knows, MLB might have carved up the whole country into teams territory and you get screwed living in Missoula, Montana and you are a Dodger fan and have to be forced to watch Rockies games since they are closer to you, even if its like about 1,000 miles away ! MLB does some fan unfriendly stuff when it comes to this black out stuff. Are you certain that the opposing team is actually broadcasting the game without blackout? I'm under the impression that those blackouts are a consequence of FOX having a contract with MLB specifying that they have sole ownership over broadcasting Saturday games that start before 7:05. The Marlins start their games before that time because they would rather start the Super Saturday concert earlier and sacrifice the ability for fans to watch the first hour of the game. If the Marlins can't broadcast in that window, I don't see why the opposing team could. I'm not saying you're wrong; I'm just trying to understand the situation better. I live outside of the South Florida market and Saturday blackout restrictions apply to me also. Maybe I should clarify that, yes the opposing team is also subject to the Saturday blackout, when we start at 6pm. But the other games, that we blackout (maybe about 7 or 8 games a year) are usually broadcast by the opposing teams and are blacked out just as if the Marlins were broadcasting the game. I still don't understand the Marlins not showing several away games every year. If I owned the team, I would make sure every away game is on the air. Is their some MLB broadcast rule as to how many away games must be "no TV" ?
  15. The added wins, if they come, would be the result of people like West, Volstad, Miller, and Vanden Hurk getting their acts together and giving the Marlins legitimate starts. Ricky Nolasco also needs to be consistent. If the rotation improves, the Marlins should be capable of winning a decent amount of games. Seems like this has been the case going into the season for a few years now. Relying on RVH to finally "put it together", and Miller actually be somebody, and hope for West and Volstad to step up and be studs, not to mention Ricky becoming consistent. It's getting kind of old. There's only one name who's a sure thing in the rotation, and it's JJ. I'm not saying the others named above don't have the ability to win games, it's just how long does one give them to finally put it together with any kind of consistency before moving on. I'm not really saying much about West and Volstad because they have managed to put up decent numbers in the bigs, but Volstad's performance did decline. And what I'm saying about them is how years before people would mention their names and they're going to be great in the rotation, or stuff like "can't wait till they're in the rotation". Volstad has pitched 2 seasons, West has pitched 1. how is it getting old? Greg Maddux went 2-4 with a 5.52 ERA his first year and then 6-14 with a 5.61 ERA his 2nd year. I'm not saying West and Volstad are going to be Maddux, but you can't get rid of players after 1 or 2 years dude. True but Miller is one that has to really show something this year, or you just have to assume he'll never put it together. Cliff Lee's are rare and not found very often.
  16. Oh and by the way.....Good for Cody, he definitely deserves it.
  17. This is why many people don't trust that Loria will open his pockets when the new stadium opens. He continues to act like a cheap jerk, and just doesn't get the perception and ill will he causes when folks reads this. Over $ 250,000 ?? He caused maybe at least that or more damage from the poor PR it generated. MLB Network was laughing about it. Mike and Mike on ESPN2 joked about it......you just cringe when they start talking about it. Potential fans hear this, and it just causes all the good that had been done with the signing of Hanley & Uggla to be thrown out. Now all they still talk about on the shows is just how cheap Loria is.....:banghead FA's will continue to avoid the Marlins, which is what I think is actually happening. Its not the Marlins not trying to lure them here, its the reputation that preceeds Loria that turns some of them off. Sometimes Loria is his own worst enemy......
  18. Can anyone confirm that the FSN package operates in this manner for all providers? I'm surprised that you only get access to the other FSN programs and not the games themselves. That seems like a raw deal. I have cable and don't have the option of getting all of the FSNs but I have always been intrigued with the prospect of getting FSN Florida/Sun Sports without having to deal with Extra Innings. If you get the FSN package, you will be blacked out if you live out the area during the Marlins games. MLB makes sure all the games are blacked out if you don't have the Extra Innings package. With DirecTV you have to either get all the FSN's (26 or 27), plus they give you YES, MSG, and ALT (Colorado). However YES seems to blackout a lot of their programming other than the games. Sports South is a comcast station as are some of the others and they often blackout premium programming on those channels, such as ACC Baseball or SEC Baseball because they know you are a DirecTV subscriber and are even upfront about it. They don't want you to see that stuff unless you are a subscriber for Comcast. The cost of the extra FSN's is only $ 12 a month and you get about 30 channels in all, but many of them run the same programming at the same time on the FSN network, or repeat the same programs at different times during the same month. You do however get to see most of the other teams shows that are produced like our "Inside the Florida Marlins". That lets you see team stuff, albeit often flattering and self-serving, but you do get to see interesting stories on the players, managers and organizations from not only the Marlins but around the leagues.
  19. At least for me its simple - buy MLB.tv and I am sorted for the year. Same blackout rules are in effect for MLB.TV as they are for MLB Extra Innings. But silver lining if you are a Marlins fan and live, say in Chicago. While Chicago games will be blocked out for you but you will get to see EVERY Marlins game. So the only ones that benefit are the out-of-town Marlins fans. Both MLB.TV or MLB Extra Innings is fantastic, and I have both, because often times I want to watch the Marlins game and another game at the same time. The Super Fan game mix channel is great as you can watch 8 games at once, but often times the Marlins were the odd game out on that channel as they are perceived as a team with less fans, and if you have say -- Mets vs Braves, Phillies vs Dodgers, St. Louis vs San Fran, Yankees vs Red Sox, White Sox vs Tigers, Twins vs Angels -- Marlins vs Nats is not going on that Super Fan channel.....no way. Same goes with KC, Cleveland the Pirates, they along with the Marlins are often not on the Super Fan channel when they play the Nats, Reds or TB.
  20. Well appreciate the info but Imjust going to stick with it. It's way better the time warner cable and atleast I can watch replays and regular non game coverage.does anyone have experience with the MLB: At Bat or whatever the online package is called. MLB Extra Innings. Yes I have it, and love it. During the season, you are virtually guaranteed a game during the day except on Tuesday's & Friday's unless the Cubs are playing, then you might get at least one game every day (daytime) of the week. The nightime you get at least 4 or 5 games every night except on Sunday night, when there is only one game and its on ESPN. But most nights you get about 7 or 8 games. I work from my home and I love it. I can work and watch a ballgame practically every day. Wednesdays and Thursday afternoons there are usually 3 or 4 games on. Blackout rules are funky. Depending on your market, they vary. I live in South Fla, so I get Marlins broadcasts, and the away team broadcasts are blacked out. But with say Seattle, I can watch either the Mariners broadcasters, or the say, Angels broadcasters if the two are playing. I can switch back and forth if I wish to do so. Over night replays are blacked out, except for the Marlins for some reason. I have called and asked why and they say its the rules of the FCC and MLB and to talk to them. And if the game is blacked out (the Saturday 6pm starts for instance) and the Marlins are not broadcasting it, we are still blacked out from seeing the opposing teams telecast. This one is one I don't understand. I get it that they want us to watch the Marlins local telecast for the adverts......no problem, I understand that. But if the Marlins aren't broadcasting the game on TV when does it hurt for me then to watch the other teams broadcast ???? The Marlins and the locals are not losing any revenue from my watching the other teams broadcast, so why the black out then ???? If you live outside of a major market, I believe you can watch all the games, but who knows, MLB might have carved up the whole country into teams territory and you get screwed living in Missoula, Montana and you are a Dodger fan and have to be forced to watch Rockies games since they are closer to you, even if its like about 1,000 miles away ! MLB does some fan unfriendly stuff when it comes to this black out stuff. But overall I really love the MLB Extra Innings package. Its much better than the NFL Sunday Ticket, since the games are played at different times, instead at the same time.
  21. Maybin is our best #2 hitter if he can perform, period. Sounds simple but thats the truth. But just like in years past, if he can't, he's back to eighth. Then again, knowing Fredi, if he doesn't perform, Maybin stays in the 2 spot until July. :lol so true....:banghead
  22. So since the topic of this thread went way off course, just to bring it back, most of you guys think the Braves & Nats are not improved enough to worry you about the Marlins losing a significant amount more games in the division ???
  23. DirecTV is the ONLY way to go. I tried AT&T's U-Verse for one month, and got rid of that crap and was ever so glad to get my DirecTV back. That was the month from hell !
  24. Wait, so was Bonifacio the metrorail? Fixed x2 Are you trying to say Maybin and dcfishman were riding Bonifacio? lol Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww.....not that there is anything wrong with that LOL :lol
  25. Finally something.....not much, but its something
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