MLB 2025

[lizkat]

They are hoping to drive up subscriber numbers for streaming, and encourage cable providers to add FS1 to their lineup. They want to compete with ESPN in that space. But I think they would be better served by pushing FS1 during the playoffs.. on Fox.

Yeah they are for sure not making friends doing the playoffs on FS1 and handing a nasty surprise to people who thought they'd have access via Fox.

 

[ronntaylor]

Yeah they are for sure not making friends doing the playoffs on FS1 and handing a nasty surprise to people who thought they'd have access via Fox.

Yep! I thought I wouldn't be able to watch when I was scrolling through our Spectrum channels (via the app on my MBA) and caught FS1. Don't know when it was added to our package. We have limited usage outside of the NYC-metro area, but surprisingly, FS1 is included. The one game on FOX (during the Wild Card series?) I had to watch on local channels on our Virginia cable system, Xfinity, via FireTV. So I'm constantly flipping through our cable systems, TV and MBA/iPad to watch MLB games. That's why I pretty much stopped watching sports besides my Yanks. Can't remember the last time I watched a Knicks game. Still boycotting the NFL, so it's been years.

 

[lizkat]

Last couple of years i just take Hulu Live TV+ for a month in the baseball playoffs/series season... (they sometimes offer three months at some "promo" price that's a little less bad than regular pricing) and then I cancel it when the first month is ending. I try to time the annual pickup of the package so that the World Series will be covered even if I miss some playoffs earlier.

This could be the last year I'll do it. They're jacking the regular price for that package from 70 up to like 83 a month.. Hell, that sounds like grocery money, and giving me a "promo" for five or ten bucks less will not be worth it.

I just don't generally watch live TV, so maybe I'll go back to listening to October baseball on the radio like my granddad used to do while he was down in his woodworking shop on summer nights. I can sew or do kitchen prep while I listen!

 

[lizkat]

Heartbreaker for Detroit last night, the Tigers having clawed their way back to forcing a game 5, but losing it in the 15th godblasted inning. By then I was bleary-eyed for sure like anyone else still on board, but couldn't stop watching as time ground them all down and both teams left some potential runs on base.

In those extra-inning situations (the same as with any regular season game really), with everyone stretching to meet the extended moments or hours of uncertainty, someone finally has to get lucky or else make a mistake there's no coming back from. Some good ball got played meanwhile. I was grateful it didn't run on any longer!

Tigers' season ends after marathon 15-inning heartbreaker in Game 5

SEATTLE -- Tigers manager A.J. Hinch walked into the T-Mobile Park interview room Friday night with the remnants of tears in his eyes, his voice cracking as he tried to put the end of his club's season in perspective. For just under five hours and 15 innings, Detroit battled the

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So all that's left now in the brackets for division playoffs is the Cubs-Brewers game. I got news for them. Detroit Symphony Orchestra's doing a free livestream tonight and I'm going to let Hulu's DVR watch baseball.

 

[SouprMatt]

Heartbreaker for Detroit last night, the Tigers having clawed their way back to forcing a game 5, but losing it in the 15th godblasted inning. By then I was bleary-eyed for sure like anyone else still on board, but couldn't stop watching as time ground them all down and both teams left some potential runs on base.

In those extra-inning situations (the same as with any regular season game really), with everyone stretching to meet the extended moments or hours of uncertainty, someone finally has to get lucky or else make a mistake there's no coming back from. Some good ball got played meanwhile. I was grateful it didn't run on any longer!

Tigers' season ends after marathon 15-inning heartbreaker in Game 5

SEATTLE -- Tigers manager A.J. Hinch walked into the T-Mobile Park interview room Friday night with the remnants of tears in his eyes, his voice cracking as he tried to put the end of his club's season in perspective. For just under five hours and 15 innings, Detroit battled the

www.mlb.com

So all that's left now in the brackets for division playoffs is the Cubs-Brewers game. I got news for them. Detroit Symphony Orchestra's doing a free livestream tonight and I'm going to let Hulu's DVR watch baseball.

That was a marathon last night, but it was actually exciting with so many innings ended by frantic double plays. It felt like Seattle kept getting into scoring position, only to be foiled by the Detroit defense. Eventually the defensive luck ran out.

 

[lizkat]

So here's what's left of the 2025 post-season brackets... maybe Blue Jays v Dodgers at the end? Imagine being in LA and having both Trump's ICE and Toronto trying to nail ya. What a strange year for baseball.

 

[SouprMatt]

Shohei Ohtani as starting pitcher and leadoff hitter in the NLCS…

First inning - he pitches a scoreless inning, then hits a home run on the first at-bat of the game for the Dodgers.

We might be watching the best baseball player of all time.

 

[lizkat]

Shohei Ohtani as starting pitcher and leadoff hitter in the NLCS…

First inning - he pitches a scoreless inning, then hits a home run on the first at-bat of the game for the Dodgers.

We might be watching the best baseball player of all time.

A guy who pitches six scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts and who also hits three home runs as a batter in the same game is gonna be pretty hard to top for awhile, no matter the league or team but especially in MLB.

Full disclosure: as a kid back when girls were often denied even sandlot participation, I was allowed to pitch and hit for both teams scrabbled together from all my bros and some neighbors. It wasn't because I was pitching strikeouts or hitting homers out of our longball-ready backyard. It was that I could not hit for sh*t and served up fat pitches to both sides... so usually "harmless" at bat and on the mound potentially a gift from God. The only homer I ever hit was one that mimicked my bros' best efforts and broke a neighbor's garage window for the umpteenth time.​

Playoffs: I could have trouble rounding up enthusiasm for a West Coast series. Blue Jays v LAD instead might hold my interest. Toronto's now in a must-win situation for the ALCS at home on Sunday and Monday. I won't say they can't do it but Seattle's pretty motivated and already proved they can win away.

 

[lizkat]

It ain't over yet for the Blue Jays. There will be a game 7 tomorrow! The Mariners gave the 6th away w/ 3 errors...

 

[SouprMatt]

It ain't over yet for the Blue Jays. There will be a game 7 tomorrow! The Mariners gave the 6th away w/ 3 errors...

I don’t get FS1 so I had to read about the game after the fact. Hope game 7 warrants Fox putting it on network TV…

 

[lizkat]

I don’t get FS1 so I had to read about the game after the fact. Hope game 7 warrants Fox putting it on network TV…

Looks like they wised up and are going to show the 7th game on Fox as well as FS1. Otherwise Trump might have to invoke the Insurrection Act against maybe half of his own supporters...

 

[lizkat]

Wow, Blue Jays prevailed and will play LA Dodgers in game 1 of the World Series in Toronto on Friday!

 

[SouprMatt]

Wow, Blue Jays prevailed and will play LA Dodgers in game 1 of the World Series in Toronto on Friday!

It was an incredible 7th inning with the Jays 8th and 9th batters actually getting on base, and George Springer following up with the home run to flip the script in an instant.

 

[Thomas Veil]

I went to bed with the score tied in Game 3 yesterday. Imagine my surprise at waking up at 2:45 EDT for a bathroom visit and finding out the game was still going.

Either way, I like LA vs Toronto in this series because I know Trump dislikes both California and Canada. 🙂

 

[lizkat]

I went to bed with the score tied in Game 3 yesterday. Imagine my surprise at waking up at 2:45 EDT for a bathroom visit and finding out the game was still going.

Either way, I like LA vs Toronto in this series because I know Trump dislikes both California and Canada. 🙂

Both teams left a lot of players on base, and quite a few got thrown out for trying to advance. Wild game. I sure hope the rest of this series doesn't run games out to 18 innings. I am getting way too old for this sh^t but could not stop watching. 😵😵‍💫🙄 Pretty sure I'd have been comedy gold video material while somehow making coffee at 630am today. If tonight's game runs long, it's going to be viewed in my house from the DVR mañana por la mañana.

 

[SouprMatt]

Toronto probably could have won it before extra innings, but they kept trying to take an extra base at the worst times. When you’re on a roll, and they’re not getting outs? Play smart! Dodgers made a few similar errors, and I think you’re right. Ironically, impatience was a big factor in making the game go so late.

 

[Thomas Veil]

"Stay tuned for your local news immediately following the game."

Could you imagine being the anchorman, after that 18 inning game, who has to deliver the 11:00 news at 3:00 am?

 

[SouprMatt]

"Stay tuned for your local news immediately following the game."

Could you imagine being the anchorman, after that 18 inning game, who has to deliver the 11:00 news at 3:00 am?

The other night SNL was delayed about 15 minutes due to (I guess) a late-running college football game.

Imagine the cast having to wait for that baseball game.. would the studio audience just leave? Would they just do the show and tape it to be watched later?

 

[lizkat]

The other night SNL was delayed about 15 minutes due to (I guess) a late-running college football game.

Imagine the cast having to wait for that baseball game.. would the studio audience just leave? Would they just do the show and tape it to be watched later?

"Saturday Nearly Live"... close enough.

Last night's game was interesting, everyone looked half-baked and no wonder after 18 innings of adrenalin the night before. Ohtani having to pitch behind that was probably not even on Dave Roberts' worst nightmare bingo card.

 

[SouprMatt]

"Saturday Nearly Live"... close enough.

Last night's game was interesting, everyone looked half-baked and no wonder after 18 innings of adrenalin the night before. Ohtani having to pitch behind that was probably not even on Dave Roberts' worst nightmare bingo card.

Jays had an unbelievable start to game 5 with 2 HRs in the first 3 pitches. But the Dodgers’ pitcher Snell seems to have settled in after that bad start.