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The Apple games do stink. I remember the travails of 699/700 game well. You needed a “free” Apple userid to stream, but oddly Apple wanted your credit card info to establish a userid. I wasn’t going to do that. But then kept reading you didn’t need to give credit card info, but the route I was taking kept asking me for it. Finally I read about a way to “work around” the credit card stuff. It was an obscure way to do it, don’t remember details. Regardless, it was clear Apple preferred your credit card before establishing new userids. Anyway, I got to watch the historical game.
At some point later, Apple started requiring you to have Apple+ (plus) to watch their games. Costs money. Some people say just get a trial subscription, then cancel. You can do that only so often, so heck no. There are other ways if you’re motivated. 😉
As for the multiple Roku suggestions to Pinballer, he said streaming is “useless” with his internet, so I don’t think that helps him.
BUT, if he could/would upgrade his internet, this I believe is the cheapest way. Probably a good deal cheaper than his current cable approach. Get MLB.tv and a TV that can receive internet directly or via HDMI from Roku, Firesick, Chrome, etc. (sounded like you don’t have TV with that capability either). The picture quality on a big screen TV is great. Geographic blackouts? No problem, use a VPN for just a few dollars. They screw you, screw’em back. There are significant discounts for MLB.tv. I’ve used the veteran discount in the past. Also, split the MLB.tv cost with a friend, relative, etc. You can stream on multiple devices, and live stream on two devices I think. Pay no attention to the fine print about not sharing it. Again, they screw you, screw’em back. The ads say I get to stream EVERY out of market game (for me the Cards are out of market), so the Apple games make them liars. Again, screw’em.
Cards and Brewers tied for the final wildcard spot as we near the season’s halfway point. Who woulda thunk it?
Interesting stuff. The mental component of competitive athletic performance can be so tricky and high-impact.
Just watching the Phils wrap-up show on Extra Innings. Their post-game crew is brutal on their own guys. I’m wondering if they get paid per insult.
Aaron Judge is having himself a monster season. 2-2 tonight with HR #10.
I watched the Yanks-Os slaughter last night. Our old buddy Gibson had a nightmare of an outing. I think it was his first game this year. Four of the first five batters homered off him to start the game, including Judge. Wonder if that’s ever happened before? For a good while, the only guy he could seem to get out was another of our old buddies, Goldy.
bike mike, retirement done right is a real blessing, isn’t it? Hopefully by the Fall, you’ll be able to think of some reasons to tell the recruiter to stay away for good, haha.
stranger things have happened
Doubtful, Pugs. It was a couple of years ago though, but not one of my better calls. As for din din, I just finished eating chicken, broccoli, and skyr. Gonna have a cup of decaf shortly.
And most of us here knew it(especially the esteemed GameCard) right when the trade was consummated.
I like the wording, Pugs. Johnny did get consummated.
I see my 2023 pre-season Bold Prediction of Matz winning World Series MVP is finally starting to take shape. I knew he had it in him. It was just a matter of time.
CIF, we also had a word in high school. Fanzer. At least that’s the way we said it although I never saw it spelled. It was used to replace a variety of short two-word phrases that also began with the letter F. Then there was a guy from the home town who made it big in tennis and became a top 25 world player. Made the US Open quarters one year. Played in the same era as McEnroe and Connors, who would throw the F word out when they got angry. This guy also threw out an F word when he was angry. It was fiddlesticks. For real. He wouldn’t curse.
Attribution of wins, losses, saves, blown saves, and holds seem to be anomalous at times. It used to annoy me, but I guess it’s hard to come up with better criteria since they haven’t done it. The good and bad attributions probably even out somewhat in the long run.
10-4 Birds and now we can officially call off the dogs…….this one has gleefully turned into a massacre…..and we’re doing the massacring.
Pugs, I’d like to hear from 1td to see if he approves of this, haha.
No, it was me saying Oli getting tossed last night was sheer genius. He knew it would change their fortunes and they’d start winning these close late inning affairs.
Mo and Bill have a well established trend of trying to fool the public about off-season intentions, by saying one thing and doing another, often followed by a few tired excuses. As of a few years ago, only the fools were being fooled.
Jnevel, I personally witnessed one in a slow pitch softball game I was playing in. But yeah, I can’t say I’ve seen or remember one of the real ones.
On the sac bunt, a college team I follow will do similar, in situations like with a cleanup hitter who has been tearing the cover off the ball in recent games. And the bunts seem to fail more than they work. Maddening.
Unassisted triple play?
Outstanding, Jnevel.
And now for full credit, name the 15 guys who have pulled off this feat…and no cheating/googling, haha!
Just kidding.
Unassisted GIDP by the 1B’man. That’s somewhat rare.
This reminds me of something I read a couple days ago, so I’ll throw it out as a trivia question. Shouldn’t be too hard. It was described as the rarest play in baseball. Has happened even fewer times than a perfect game. What is it?
….. stats on the back of the card? You know, blown trades, botched signings, best double talk?
The RTIRH stat killed Johnny’s ranking. You get tagged with the RTIRH label if you jettison three players in short order who quickly move on to win LCS MVPs for other teams. RTIRH = recognizing talent is real hard.