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Doesn’t look to be. Looks like you can only get it on Fleacock or whatever they call it to fleece you out of more money…
I assume streaming services like Peacock buy Cardinal games aiming to entice new customers to sign up for their service. I wonder how viable that strategy is now that viewers could instead sign up for Cardinal TV.
$99 for 162 games is a good deal, but I am wondering how steeply the cost of Cardinal TV will rise if it emerges as the go to way to view games.Way too many streaming services to have games split up on. Really hoping that the next RV contract that MLB is trying to line up stipulates that all games must be available on MLB TV
ATM, I get it from the fan perspective, but exclusivity is what the Peacocks are willing to pay for. And we know for MLB, it is all about the $$$$, not the fans.
I somehow already get Peacock as a part of my cable TV package.
I don’t get Apple TV so I’ll miss those Friday night games – I think there are about 6 of them?
Since I’m out of market I get MLB Extra Innings (which is MLB.TV as far as I can tell) for I think $130 per season to get most every MLB game on Xfinity channels and not have to stream it on my computer.
I guess the big boys like the Dodgers, the Yankees, the Mets, and the Cubs with their huge TV markets will continue to feast while most of the other franchises struggle financially to keep up.
The NFL already has financial parity more or less figured out. The blueprint is there. Having a top notch organization is optional though.
These Tiger games take me back to our World Series’ against these guys. We are 2-1 versus them, winning a memorable one in 1934, and a big upset in 2006.
And then you have the big disappointment of losing in ‘68 after leading 3 games to 1, and taking an early lead in game five. Anyone who was around then – I was a high school sophomore – remember that dud. It was a predictor of bad times ahead as we never really competed again for another dozen or so years.
‘06 was something though. Heading in to that Series people joked about “Tigers in 3”. We shocked the world, winning game one started by Anthony Reyes, and took the series in 5!
Yeah BikeMike,
What I remember about that 2006 series was the fact that the Tigers kept throwing the ball all over the place. They couldn’t have thrown it into the ocean that series if they were on the Titanic.r/Esteemed Rat
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Yea the 2006 series was when tbe tiger pitchers kept throwing to third to get runners when all they had to do was throw it to first or second in some cases and they probably win that world series or at least its more competitive.
If the top five have a good game it will be exciting. At the other end, I am already tired of Saggese, Church and Pages not hitting.
Down 2-0 in the last of the 3rd.
The Cubs split a DH at Cleveland.
1-0 Cubs in Game #1
6-5 Indians in Game #2Cincinnati swept the Rangers down in Texas the three game series.
Pages gets a single to knock in a run.
It’s 2-1 Detroit in the top of the 5th now.
Tigers changing pitchers.
Scott due up.
Need some more runs.
UPDATE:
It appears Scott bunted and brought home Church to tie the game 2-2.UPDATE #2:
After a Weatherman short flyout Herrera singles in two runs. 4-2 Cards now.Leahy got a bit lucky several times. Cold night may have kept 3 balls in the park. Leahy has some good movement, but too many pitches are centered on the plate. The box score will say 2 runs over 5. But it could have been 5-7 runs on a different night.
These challenges on the ball/strike calls serve to increase the sense of not recognizing today’s game as something that once looked like the game of baseball. It’s more than a little humorous the manner in which corporate business types have twisted and warped the game in the last 3 or 4 years. I always liked the fact that if a player, manager or coach argued about balls/strikes, he usually got the ol’ heave-ho…Haha! I liked it much better when it was still baseball. They’ve effectively eliminated the ghosts of Earl Weaver, Billy Martin and all of the other characters that once made the game of Big League baseball so much fun to watch. I won’t get started on extra innings…It’s a shame.
Looking back in the thread, I see the chatter regarding the ’06 WS. It was certainly nice to bring home the first world championship in 24 years, but what I most vividly recall about that post-season was the ’06 NLCS which was a no holds barred, down to the wire, 7 game winner take all on the last pitch, all time classic. I’ll never forget a young Yadier Molina rounding the bases after corking his NL pennant winning 2 run 9th inning tater and the subsequent knee buckling bender from Adam Wainwright to dispatch Beltran and the Mets in the home half of the 9th at old Shea Stadium. After that heart pounding NLCS, the WS could almost be termed anticlimactic. Incidentally, a lot of folks forget that our old friend Jeff Suppan was the MVP of that classic NLCS.
The Tigers were strongly projected to win that ‘06 series in 4 games. The Cardinals had rookie Anthony Reyes pitching in game 1 with virtually no MLB experience because the rotation was worn down at the time. Plus Suppan and a resurrected Jeff Weaver to go along with our one dominant starter in Carpenter. I remember the media saying the Tigers were basically playing a AAA team. The media definitely got that one wrong.
Nice job by JoJo and Stanek to move this one to the 9th. Soriano was pretty shaky but the other 2 did great.
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