MLB Network On the Orioles' Offseason & Impending Talent Infusion
Matt Wieters, Nick Markakis, Cesar Izturis, and a whole host of errors from the MLB Network crew. It's 2009, not 2008. Mike Flanagan is not the GM.
If you can get past the fact that they don't seem to know what the hell they're talking about, it's a good segment.
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I knew nobody was watching this network!
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by OEutaw on Jan 24, 2009 5:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Not bad other than the errors
I haven’t gotten a chance to look at this channel yet since it came on the air. I’m glad to see Harold.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Jan 24, 2009 6:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Harold is definitely missed on NEYESPN.
I don’t even remember why they fired him, but it was a mistake. Now I’m forced to watch them pour John Kruk into a suit anytime I’m starved for baseball talk.
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by OEutaw on Jan 24, 2009 9:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Either the story is
he was crying about ESPN picking on A-Rod, or he hugged a female intern. Either way, the four letters looked pretty stupid in my opinion because of it. Reynolds isn’t great, but he’s eons ahead of the clowns they call analysts now.
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
by jobe on Jan 24, 2009 11:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I like how they thought Flanny was the GM. Plus, when the host attempted to string off all- time O’s, he came up with Ken Singleton and Al Bumbry. At least Harold corrected him.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
by Baltimo on Jan 24, 2009 7:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I've watched this network a fair amount
mostly because it’s right next to Fox Soccer Channel for me, but I’ve noticed it’s basically the Red Sox/Yankees channel. Not a surprise.
"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"
by exitfare on Jan 24, 2009 8:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of that...
Colin Cowherd admitted on his show last week that ESPN was responsible for the ridiculous level of hype that has been attained by PHN. He said that they’re in New England, they hire a lot of New Englanders, and they give it too much attention. He went on to say that the Red Sox are not the ratings lock you’d think they were if all you listened to were ESPN analysts. They don’t get big ratings, according to him, and it would be much more appropriate for them to hype up the Braves if they were going for who the big TV draws were.
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by OEutaw on Jan 24, 2009 9:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Colin Cowherd is an annoying blowhard who just says what he thinks
You know, just like everyone else in the media. Even though it might seem fun to believe him, just because he says it doesn’t mean it’s true. Me, I try not to listen to him at all.
by PhilR8 on Jan 25, 2009 12:36 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
There's also 2 World Series
but you know, Colin Cowherd!!!
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Jan 25, 2009 4:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but it’s not like the hype started after October of 2007.
I don’t know if I agree with Cowherd’s statement that they aren’t a big ratings draw though. I mean, they are pretty well hyped up on Fox as well. And so far the MLB network (enough with RS memories). So unless every sports producer graduated from BU or BC, I would have to think that there is some monetary reason to hype them.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Jan 25, 2009 4:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
ESPN refers to Orioles fan as bleeding "Orange and White"
And while I’m not the kind of guy to use an idiom like “bleeding purple and gold” or whatever, it kinda bugs me to see the Orioles referred to as “Orange and White”. Aren’t the Orioles “Orange and Black”? Or does anyone even care?
Another recent annoyance: someone called into the evening talk show on XM Home Plate 175 earlier this week and, as he claimed to be a “die-hard” Orioles fan, he asked about the state of the franchise and asked if “Mar-cock-is” was any good. I mean, my god, man. Talk about giving O’s fans a bad rap on a national show.
by PhilR8 on Jan 25, 2009 7:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Colin Cowherd is one of the greatest idiots in sports media
Seriously. You can be anti-Boston all you want but presenting Colin Cowherd as a defender of the light is ludicrous. He’s a fucking meathead and a jerk to boot.
"I was trying to rob him. And he took my gun from me. And the gun was full of blanks. And he shot a blank into my eye. And now I cannot see from this eye ever again, the doctors say."
"Well to be honest it sounds like it's all your fault."
by SC on Jan 25, 2009 8:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Broken clocks are right twice a day.
As for Cowherd personally, I wouldn’t know. I don’t listen to the man’s show. But eff me in the goat a$$ for re-telling a tidbit I found interesting as I scanned the dial in the car, I guess.
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by OEutaw on Jan 25, 2009 9:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
like when John Cusack said "It's not me..."
It’s not you, and I apologize that it came off that way. Cowherd boils my balls.
"I was trying to rob him. And he took my gun from me. And the gun was full of blanks. And he shot a blank into my eye. And now I cannot see from this eye ever again, the doctors say."
"Well to be honest it sounds like it's all your fault."
by SC on Jan 26, 2009 9:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Accepted.
You must feel about Cowherd the way I feel about Steven A Smith. How some of these guys get jobs, I’ll never know.
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by OEutaw on Jan 26, 2009 12:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
Stephen A. is on my list too, but Cowherd really annoys the living shit out of me. At least with SAS I feel like he’s partially playing a character. Cowherd is just an a-hole.
"I was trying to rob him. And he took my gun from me. And the gun was full of blanks. And he shot a blank into my eye. And now I cannot see from this eye ever again, the doctors say."
"Well to be honest it sounds like it's all your fault."
by SC on Jan 26, 2009 7:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe ESPN just sucks
Their ombudsman couldn’t have put it any better: theres a surplus of opinion on ESPN without alot of info backing it up. ESPN, like most television networks, cater to the lowest common denominator and it makes for awful television.
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
by jobe on Jan 26, 2009 10:23 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
To an extent its Sox and Yanks
but they also do some good programming like replaying Ken Burn’s baseball, and while I’m not a fan of Jon Heyman’s, I do enjoy the sit down segment with him and Tom Verducci, even though I think Verducci is one of SI’s weaker writers.
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
by jobe on Jan 24, 2009 11:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I am glad to see Baseball again
really well put together doc.
"This world extends way beyond this little field of dreams we're dancing in and I want to see that world"
by exitfare on Jan 25, 2009 12:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah,
George Will comes off as an ass as much as ever. Doris Kearns Goodwin in general kicks ass, but she beasts out in Baseball, and Billy Crystal’s great too. The episodes they’ve shown hasn’t featured much of these, but have the entire series on tape, and watch it frequently.
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
by jobe on Jan 25, 2009 2:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Billy Crystal’s great too.
I don’t think I’ve ever disagreed more with anything on CC.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Jan 25, 2009 3:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
You don't like Billy Crystal?
He was one of the few people on SNL in the early 80’s to keep it afloat, along Eddie Murphy, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest.
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
by jobe on Jan 25, 2009 3:17 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh
Billy Crystal was fine on SNL, some of his skits were great.
Ever since then, to me he’s come off as a complete dousche bag. We actually used to have a Billy Crystal, Barbara Streisand and Simbad rule on out TV when I had roommates.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Jan 25, 2009 3:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Not Babs
c’mon, theres a million more obnoxious people in the mainstream than Babs. I understand Sinbad completely.
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
by jobe on Jan 25, 2009 3:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The rules were not up for debate
It was an automatic forfeiture of the remote.
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Jan 25, 2009 3:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
back off Sinbad!
He’s from the town across the bridge here. I live where that Million Little Pieces dude came from. He was full of shit!
"I was trying to rob him. And he took my gun from me. And the gun was full of blanks. And he shot a blank into my eye. And now I cannot see from this eye ever again, the doctors say."
"Well to be honest it sounds like it's all your fault."
by SC on Jan 25, 2009 8:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That's a bridge I would never cross
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Jan 25, 2009 8:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s where the Target and Best Buy are, so I cross.
"I was trying to rob him. And he took my gun from me. And the gun was full of blanks. And he shot a blank into my eye. And now I cannot see from this eye ever again, the doctors say."
"Well to be honest it sounds like it's all your fault."
by SC on Jan 26, 2009 9:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Have you never seen First Kid starring Sinbad?
It’s a classic.
[Guthrie's] president of my heart. ~PhilR8
by Stacey on Jan 26, 2009 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If not for Million Little Fibbers
we would never had seen “towlie”. Classic.
There's no crying in baseball
by elktonfan on Jan 26, 2009 8:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
MLB Network
It rules. Sometimes I can be like, hey it’s Sunday morning, TV sucks. And then the MLB Network is like, “How about an hour and a half on the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers?” Yes, please, and thank you.
"I was trying to rob him. And he took my gun from me. And the gun was full of blanks. And he shot a blank into my eye. And now I cannot see from this eye ever again, the doctors say."
"Well to be honest it sounds like it's all your fault."
by SC on Jan 25, 2009 8:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
You took the words right out of my mouth
Its superior to the NFL Network.
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words—"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.
-Jack Handey
by jobe on Jan 25, 2009 8:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
NFL Network's HD channel is the biggest piece of shite.
all they use that extra bandwidth for is graphical bars on the side & the regular crawl while they show me regular old sh*tty resolution highlights of every single game that they own rights to. ESPN has better highlights of NFL’s games than the NFL does. What’s right about that?
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by OEutaw on Jan 25, 2009 9:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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