2010's Last IGT - 106th World Series: San Francisco v Texas

[Guest Edgy DC]

Don Zimmer --- not high on the Alderson list.

[metirish]

Just got an email from Cablevision, watch the WS on mlb.com for $9:95 and cablevision will credit your bill $10?

[Guest Kong76]

I was just going to post that!

[metirish]

Makes me think this won't be settled anytime soon.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hugely stupid and uninformed question from an out-of-towner, Mike: Can't Cablevison subscribers unplug their cable and pick up FOX's broadcast signal?

[metirish]

Edgy DC wrote: Hugely stupd and uninformed question from an out-of-towner, Mike: Can't Cablevison subscribers unplug their cable and pick up FOX's broadcast signal?

Damn, we should be able to do that, free to air networks should still be there, might need rabbit ears?

[Guest Kong76]

I think the over-the-air signals changed over to HDTV re-
cently so you'd need a special antennae or add-on? I'd never
pick it up well enough up here without a roof top anyways and
that blew off three years ago.

[metsmarathon]

antennas is antennas. er. antennae are antennae. the signals are still on the same frequencies, essentially. the only difference is the type of signal being sent. so a pair of rabbit ears would work fine if the signal is strong enough by you. otherwise amplified antennae are easy enough to come by that should do the trick, and aren't too expensive.

what you need is a digital tv or a digital-to-analog converter box that'll let your old crusty analog tv work.

[Guest Edgy DC]

And most late-model TVs are digital. And weren't converter boxes were being given out like candy by the gummint to old-school analog holdouts?

[Guest Edgy DC]

http://www.tvconversionhelp.com/?gclid=CMG47K-Y9KQCFZk65QodmXvtfw

[Guest Kong76]

metsmarathon wrote: what you need is a digital tv or a digital-to-analog converter box

Yeah, that was what I was thinking of .. they changed to
digital signal not HDTV ... I'm making a large aluminum foil,
I mean realllllyyyyy large aluminum foil antenna as we speak.
Thank god for Costco bulk wraps!!!

[Guest Kong76]

And don't laugh at me fellas, when was the last time you whipped
out a solder gun and knew where it was to boot? Solder flux does
not look good with time but it works!

[Guest themetfairy]

John Legend sang a nice National Anthem. And without wearing anything ridiculous!

[Ceetar]

I'm watching the Isles (in SD, stupid msg overflow rangers/knicks suck..bleh)

I thought about doing the mlb.tv thing, but that only gets you fixed camera angles, and I think i should have the audio already if I want it.

[G-Fafif]

Plugged in an old portable, adjusted the antenna and...nothing.

But this is quite helpful. Video and English-language audio, together again. Only one pitch behind real-time ESPN Radio.

[Guest Kong76]

Thanks, I forgot the Knicks season started tonight.

I have never heard of John Legend. Is that his real last name?

[seawolf17]

"Survivor" for us. This is the first Wednesday night I've actually been home to watch it live all season.

[Theoldmole]

According to Fox Sports, Cliff Lee "chews up bats." Like Ozzy Osbourne?

[G-Fafif]

Cliff Lee said to "handle the bat" well, and he doubles. Who knew they knew what they were talking about on Fox?

[G-Fafif]

Rangers playing some excellent National League baseball -- Molina tags from third, Lee tags from second. Texas up 2-nil.

[G-Fafif]

Kong76 wrote: I have never heard of John Legend. Is that his real last name?

If you can't watch Cliff Legend, at least enjoy John Legend.

One of my favorite songs of the past decade,

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Another of my favorite songs of the past decade,

, with some stormy sampling.

[G-Fafif]

Well, one feed has been pulled but another one has become available, this one MLB International's.

If I were stationed in Afghanistan, I'd feel lucky that I could follow this at all.

[G-Fafif]

Gary Thorne hasn't lost his tendency to announce every bat meeting ball incidence with too much excitement.

[Guest themetfairy]

Kong76 wrote: Thanks, I forgot the Knicks season started tonight. I have never heard of John Legend. Is that his real last name?

No, Wikipedia says it's a stage name.

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D-Dad and I saw him perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival in '07 - he put on a really great set there.

[G-Fafif]

No MFYs, no MFPs in this round. Hope this fact is still being appreciated/enjoyed.

[Guest themetfairy]

G-Fafif wrote: No MFYs, no MFPs in this round. Hope this fact is still being appreciated/enjoyed.

Blissfully. Suddenly going to the supermarket is pleasurable again

[G-Fafif]

Darn good baseball game between these two teams. And even if it was a terrible baseball game, it would be phenomenal considering who's not in it.

Gary Thorne just gave the time of tomorrow's MLB International coverage as 7:30 Eastern, 23:30 Greenwich Mean Time.

[Lefty Specialist]

YES! It only took them until the 5th inning to mention that Elvis Andrus patterned himself after.................Derek Jeter.

They just can't stay away.

[G-Fafif]

Gary Thorne just referred to Freddie Sanchez's third double as "three triples" and then pretended he said doubles all along, reminding me how irritatingly arrogant Thorne is on TV. The moment they took him away from Murph is the moment he commenced to suck.

[G-Fafif]

Second feed of the night just disappeared. Fuck Cablevision, fuck Fox, fuck Selig.