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Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: Eiksirf on April 07, 2009, 09:22:00 AM

Wish I went to the opening day game. They sold out Camden Yards which is unheard of lately and stomped the Yanks in what turned out to be a close one through I think the 8th before the Orioles pulled ahead.
 
People around here are kind of smirking today and saying "The O\'s are in first!" Orioles usually win on day one, and always against New York, oddly enough. And then comes the crashing defeat. :)
 
My girlfriend\'s brother is a Braves fan, so he\'s coming down this summer and we\'re going to see that game later this summer...

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: videoholic on April 07, 2009, 11:41:39 AM

ok

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: Halberto on April 07, 2009, 01:43:58 PM

Pro Baseball is so fucking boring, not to mention corrupt

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: shockwaves on April 07, 2009, 03:37:37 PM

Says the Spurs fan

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: Viper_Fujax on April 07, 2009, 06:12:38 PM

i dont get why people make a big deal out of opening day games.

there\'s nothing less important than the first game of 162 games

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: shockwaves on April 07, 2009, 06:14:34 PM

Because they miss baseball, and they\'re glad it\'s in season again?  Baseball has the most hyped, covered, and active off season, so baseball fans often are ready for the season long before it starts up again.

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: Viper_Fujax on April 07, 2009, 06:30:21 PM

i get the anticipation for the games themselves..but I had a handful of people telling me scores and how the padres lost or the cubs won..i dont give a shit. they going to tell me about the other 161 games?

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: videoholic on April 08, 2009, 04:07:29 AM

Funniest thing is the first game is just as important as game 162.

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: Joker on April 08, 2009, 04:16:49 AM

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Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: Jar O Pickles on April 08, 2009, 06:32:01 AM

Quote from: shockwaves

Baseball has the most hyped, covered, and active off season

I disagree with you there. I think football does, just look at what a huge deal the draft is. I couldn\'t even name one person drafted last year in baseball and i\'m a baseball fan

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: Luke on April 08, 2009, 09:30:29 AM

I love baseball and im glad its back. I dont actually sit and watch every pitch of every cubs game, but if the cubs are playing the game will be on at least one tv in my apartment. Its good background for whatever else im doing.

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: Viper_Fujax on April 08, 2009, 10:44:22 AM

Quote from: videoholic

Funniest thing is the first game is just as important as game 162.

true..but the game\'s all about streaks and getting hot at the right time to win multiple games in a row. definitly helps for a head start if you do well early, but that hasnt worked for the mets the last few years

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: shockwaves on April 08, 2009, 11:38:07 AM

Quote from: Jar O Pickles

I disagree with you there. I think football does, just look at what a huge deal the draft is. I couldn\'t even name one person drafted last year in baseball and i\'m a baseball fan

Football has the draft, yes, but that\'s only one weekend.  Baseball has many more trades and important free agent signings.  Big name players in football, for the most part, don\'t move around as much as the big players in baseball.

Also, for what it\'s worth, baseball\'s draft doesn\'t happen during its offseason.

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: JBean on April 08, 2009, 06:43:42 PM

Football by far has the most hyped and active (most talked about) offseason out of all the pro sports.  It\'s not even close.

Big name players in the past 5 years or so have moved around a TON... huge trades have gone down just in the past few weeks.  Ever notice how the NFL tab on sports websites (espn, cbssports to name 2) is displayed before all the other pro sports?  There is a reason for this....

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: shockwaves on April 08, 2009, 07:18:38 PM

The reason for it is that football is the biggest sport in the nation.  Baseball still has the most active offseason.  Football\'s spikes up occasionally.  Baseball\'s is a lot more constant, and still has A LOT more major player movement.  Many more trades, many more big name free agents moving.  Always has been that way.  

You\'re right it\'s not even close.  But you have it the wrong way.

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: clips on April 09, 2009, 12:23:44 AM

I could never watch baseball.....even when i did try, i\'d fall asleep on it....then i only used to watch the world series..now i can\'t be bothered with it. I used to watch basketball too, but i\'m old-school..as soon as jordan, ewing, starks, barkely, magic,bird, reggie miller and a host of other characters from that era retired, i stopped watching b-ball as well.

I used to love the rivalry between the knicks/pacers or knicks/bulls...:D...as much as i loved the knicks and nets back then, reggie miller would ALWAYS find a way to burn the knicks with a three pointer with 1 second left!!!...jordan did it too, but i think reggie miller did it with more success.

Football is the only sport i watch now.

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: Viper_Fujax on April 12, 2009, 01:57:14 PM

isnt there some website that shows all the mlb games? thought vid was talking about that a while ago

might be shitty quality, but id rather watch other games than the padres

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: Luke on April 12, 2009, 05:05:50 PM

I know there\'s mlb.tv, but i think you have to pay for it.

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: videoholic on April 12, 2009, 05:26:26 PM

CBS Sportsline streams their college football games online for free. Also some of the NFL games, I think MNF, is broadcasting their cameras live so you can see all of them at once.

I think baseball is making you pay.

Title: How bout dem O\'s?
Post by: Mr. Kennedy on April 14, 2009, 05:26:33 AM

MLB.tv charges I think $80 per season.

There\'s also a premium package for an extra $20 that gets you high def, up to 4 games per screen, and DVR functionality.

Just remember local games are blacked out.