MLB Extra Innings

[soupcan]

Anybody know if EI is available for free on Cablevision? I've been looking but can't find it. Any clue as to what channel(s)?

[nymr83]

="soupcan"]Anybody know if EI is available for free on Cablevision? I've been looking but can't find it. Any clue as to what channel(s)?

what do you think?

[soupcan]

Yeah.

[metirish]

soupcan wrote: Anybody know if EI is available for free on Cablevision? I've been looking but can't find it. Any clue as to what channel(s)?

I am watching it for free on cablevision...channels 421 to 428/9

[nymr83]

wow really? i figured they'd make you pay more for it

[metirish]

It's a free preview for the first week of the season, also the week after the All-Star break Metfairy said.

[Guest themetfairy]

metirish wrote: It's a free preview for the first week of the season, also the week after the All-Star break Metfairy said.

Yup�

[soupcan]

Got it thanks!

[Guest KC]

I think the price goes up after tonight or tomorrow too if any wants to get
in on a "discounted" price.

I love it, it's the best $1/day I could spend on anything.

[soupcan]

Well it seems to have totally fucked up my TV.

I tuned to 421, there was no picture but a message saying 'initializing..." I waited and waited, nothing happened, lost patience, tried to change the channel, nothing happened then my cable box went blank, said 'boot', went totally black and won't turn back on.

Thanks a lot you buncha jerks!






Okay never mind, its back.

[metirish]

Did it look like this?

[soupcan]

Lord no.

That would've scared the shit out of me.

What is that - something from 'The Andromeda Strain'?

[metirish]

That's RTE - Irish State TV and that is what would come on when you would first turn on the telly and after it went of the air for the night.

[Guest themetfairy]

Another nice thing about EI is that you get to see commercials from around the country, which can be entertaining.

[stevejrogers]

themetfairy wrote: Another nice thing about EI is that you get to see commercials from around the country, which can be entertaining.

Back in 1998 I did this a few nights listening to MLB.com's radio package of Cubbie games during the stretch run and kept hearing George Strait singing a song he "wrote" for I think Chevy trucks.

Can't say they ever hit the NYC market where I wonder how many people would know who Mr. Strait is! I mean here you might get more people who know George Jones than George Strait!

[Fman99]

So apparently, Time Warner does dedicate an HD channel to MLB Extra Innings. So they have 2-3 games per day that are in HD, which is a sweet bonus for me.

Tonight it was the Astros/Cards earlier (and the Cubs day game), and now the Indians/Angels tilt.

I went in for the whole season. Someone else put it well - I'd rather watch an out of market MLB game than any of the dreck on TV these days.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I actually prefer the dreck.

[Fman99]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I actually prefer the dreck.

Mrs. Fman99 would agree with you. I can't handle it. Especially the reality TV crush of summertime. I have the urge to destroy her TV with "great vengeance and furious anger" each and every day.

But now it's OK because I'll be watching MLB EI in HD in the FR (family room).

[Benjamin Grimm]

There's enough good stuff on TV that, with TiVo, I can get one solid hour per night. (None of it reality stuff.)

Right now I'm loving Torchwood. We're also watching Mad Men, still have a few episodes of The Wire left. And soon 30 Rock will be back.

[Guest AG/DC]

A woman I used to know is on Mad Men. She plays, um, one of the women on Mad Men.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Oh! Her!

She's VERY good!

[Guest AG/DC]

Stephanie Courtney. I don't know how regular her role is.

[Benjamin Grimm]

She plays "Marge." I've seen eight or nine of the episodes, and I'm not sure who "Marge" is, so it's not a prominent role. (She didn't look familiar on her IMDB page, but maybe I'd recognize her in character, with the 1960's hairdo and makeup.)

She wasn't prominent enough to make this page, and sadly, her Wikipedia entry is being considered for deletion. Hopefully her career will continue to progress.

How do you know her?

[Guest AG/DC]

She's the dark haired one here with the substitute-teacher glasses, in the middle of the still frame.



Back in the day in New York, I was a legal proofreader. We worked all sorts of crazy shifts, so my colleages were often out-of-work musicians, actors, and artists. I met a lot of very talented people, some real frauds, and a handful of outright asses.

I watched a handful of clips, and oh my goodness gracious, that show is depressing.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah, it's not exactly "Touched by an Angel."

So "Marge" is one of the girls in the office. I guess I'm not surprised that I didn't pick up on her name.

I'll be rooting for her character to maybe have an affair with one of the office boors. Being on that show can be good for her career. The more lines she gets, the better for her.

[soupcan]

Fman99 wrote: "great vengeance and furious anger"

Ezekiel 25:17

[Guest themetfairy]

I love listening to Jerry Remy on NESN. That Boston accent cracks me up.

[Guest AG/DC]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yeah, it's not exactly "Touched by an Angel." So "Marge" is one of the girls in the office. I guess I'm not surprised that I didn't pick up on her name. I'll be rooting for her character to maybe have an affair with one of the office boors. Being on that show can be good for her career. The more lines she gets, the better for her.

I got to the gym this morning and recognized Stephanie under a ton of makeup in a Progressive Insurance ad. She once was in a commercial playing the woman behind two guys in line at the supermarket who only have enough money for beer or toilet paper but can't choose which one. All she did was impatiently roll her eyes, but it was a Super Bowl ad and I think she lived for a year off of her cut.