Squashing Oriole Magic

by Manoogle on May 21, 2008 11:53 PM EDT Comment 8 comments

The Baltimore Orioles are undoubtedly playing wonderful baseball right now. Could it have been a little crazy for first baseman Kevin Millar to say they will make the playoffs? I think that can definitely be considered a little crazy. Especially coming from a guy who patrols the right side of the infield in ultimate warrior makeup every sunny Sunday.

With that said, the Orioles do have a 24-20 record and they did pound the last place New York Yankees Tuesday night in the Bronx. They racked up 12 runs on a Yankees team that looks pathetic. The whole team. Flat. Stale. Old. Washed up. Bad.

So why is it then these bad New York Yankees get every game they play in high definition? Why can't the brass in the Orioles organization get us fans some decent broadcasts? Last year O's fans didn't have any HD broadcasting. One of three teams including the Kansas City Royals and the nearby Washington Nationals.

This year the Kansas City Royals have more games, something like 75 games total, than the Orioles do. The Orioles have 37 if you include games not broadcast by MASN. The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, which ranges from the Harrisburg Pennsylvania region to northern Virgina all the way down to North Carolina. All those people and only 37 broadcasts in High Def? The Nationals are in the same boat.

The Baltimore Orioles own the MASN and guess who owns them. The lovely Mr. Peter Angelos. This guy has all kinds of money and savvy and he can't get us more games in HD than the Kansas City Royals or the Tampa Bay Rays?

Give me a break.

Games they do have in HD are only in big markets as well. In fact, the only games in HD are against the Red Sox and the Yankees other than the Nationals. MASN probably borrows all Boston's equipment and I am surprised that us fans are afforded the luxury of our own announcers.

So, to all the Nationals fans out there that feel MASN is out there to keep you down. Your right. But the network is doing the same to Baltimore fans squashing our Oriole Magic.

I guess all that we can hope for in the future is that the Orioles get an owner that runs the team like a fan, not a money hoarding dictator.

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I honestly think this stuff is overblown

MASN was a rush-job that hasn’t been around for very long. There weren’t supposed to be ANY games in HD this year, but they scrambled late to make some available after fans got talkin’ about it.

People that don’t see other broadcasts routinely - particularly any team still operating with a Fox Sports Net - might not believe this, but MASN’s production all-around is pretty great.

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by SC on May 22, 2008 5:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And how would see it?

Regional sports networks are having a hard time getting carriage on cable and sat providers – even if MASN did all 162 in HD, there’s no guarantee the average O’s fan would even be able to receive the games in HD. Comcast and TW play hardball on signal space…

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on May 22, 2008 6:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Not really that concerned

It would be great to have every game in HD- but I don’t even get the 30 some games that come through in HD b/c Verizon does not carry an HD channel for MASN yet. Something to do w/ the amount of HD channels that can pass through the lines- FiOs is overrated

I don’t really care though- its great to see every game even if its not in HD. Sure HD would be great, but do we really wanna see jim palmer and rick dempsey- and god forbid if they let steve maleski (sp?) on the air – do we want to see them in HD everynight? Have you ever seen Jim’s make up and “natural” hair…? Not for me…

Earl:"I'm going back to the dugout to check my rule-book!" Umpire:"Earl, I have one right here." Earl:"That's no good, I don't read Braille."

by kevgracie on May 22, 2008 10:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs