Shaken or Stirred?
by Royal Kingdom on Jan 23, 2009 8:59 AM EST
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PrintSpring training is now 21 days away and I know most of us are jonesing for some hardball. Football is essentially over and basketball is merely a sideline show between seasons.
I know that Royals Reviewers are spread far and wide and there are now many options that allow following the team from virtually anywhere. There has been much healthy debate and criticism over the winter, but lets get on with this thing already.
My question is this:
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MLB Extra Innings package on cable TV
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by Scott McKinney on Jan 23, 2009 11:48 AM EST reply actions
I am plurging this year and getting the TV package.
In Iowa FSN Midwest gives us the Cardinals. We get maybe 5 Royals games per year. My new 22 inch monitor and me are ready for the action. Let’s play some ball……….
You might want to check because I think the Royals are blacked out in Iowa in those packages
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by Scott McKinney on Jan 23, 2009 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
Who isn't Blacked out in Iowa?
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by kcbottom9th on Jan 23, 2009 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
i don't get it
is it a song?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jan 23, 2009 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
Iowa really gets screwed
I think they are blacked out for the Royals, Twins, Brewers, Cubs and White Sox.
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by Scott McKinney on Jan 23, 2009 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
Well, why not?
I mean, why would MLB want to actually develop any fan interest in the state? There aren’t that many people that live there anyway. They can just watch their corn grow and go to Iowa Cubs games.
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I'm puffing away, Hal.
by Sweep_the_Leg on Jan 23, 2009 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
But how can it be "heaven" when...
every single MLB team in a 1000 mile radius is blacked out?
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it."
I'm puffing away, Hal.
by Sweep_the_Leg on Jan 23, 2009 6:12 PM EST up reply actions
uggs vs. crocs
Talk about having to pick a poison.
Every few years I just look around and say WTF?!?!
www.rockchalktalk.com for pretty good KU baseball coverage
by James Quinn on Jan 23, 2009 6:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
MLB.tv with Gamecast mixed in
I’d buy the Extra Innings package but no cable companies in my area offer it. Apparently being in Braves country, they assume if you have TBS, you don’t need to watch other teams.
Royals on Radio
so I can listen to the dulcet tones of Bob Davis….sigh….
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
MLB.tv and a lot of really, really late nights.
I ooze grit when it comes to watching the Royals.
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Lots of free time
will allow me to attend as many games as I can handle this year.
by Royal from Queens on Jan 23, 2009 7:21 PM EST reply actions
Updates while sitting at Arvest Ballpark
Annual raises? No.
Bonuses? No.
New hires? No.
Travel budget? Slashed.
Naturals season tickets? Renewed and upgraded.
At least the company kept one perk.
Arvest is a beautiful place.
Made it to a game there last summer. Very impressed.
I just got back from your mom's basement.
Can't wait to see it. Will be attending a game this year
I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.
I'm thinking about going to a game there too
I’d like to see some Royals prospects below Omaha, and have nothing but free time when the ORoyals are on the road. Figure I can catch at least one game of both the Naturals and Bees…
WTF, self?
Same offer as above.
But I wouldn’t say “no” to a swap for Omaha tickets either. I made my first visit to Omaha last year during the CWS and was really impressed with the city and people. Now I just need an excuse to go back.
Assuming the ORoyals hire me back,
any of you can get tickets from me. Just holler a few days before you intend to come, and I’ll hook you up.
I’m glad you liked Omaha. In my opinion, it is a heck of a city. The people are nice/friendly/caring just like in a small town, but there are things to do and ballgames to see.
WTF, self?
Uh oh Minda you shouldn't have extended that offer I will be wearin u out.
I’m gonna be all over this year checkin out games. Iowa City to see Josh Phegley C for Indiana, Creighton, Iowa Western, NW Arkansas, St. Louis, KC. I’m hoping Tanner Scheppers and Aaron Crow actually pitch versus the Salt Dogs this year too.
I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.
ya me too
re: Scheppers and Crow. i rarely go to the saltdogs games because they are boring as [insert 4 letter word], but seeing either of those would be awesome.
Founder of the Johnny Giavotella fan club.
you just gotta know which parts of the city are not so friendly
my parents got their first apartment there…so they (and now me, sort of) know NOT where to go.
Founder of the Johnny Giavotella fan club.
CWS
i’ve only been up there for a few games, but the atmosphere during those games is AWESOME. hope to catch a game this year if possible.
Founder of the Johnny Giavotella fan club.
and the chances...
that Nebraska makes it this year are ZERO. not “slim to none,” but just “none.”
Johnny? Friday starter…gone
Weber? Saturday starter…gone
Prib? Sunday starter…gone
Jennings? Swingman/weekend reliever…gone
Jake? Starting 2B and #3 hitter…gone
also lost their top recruit from the 2008 class in 1B David Stewert (transferring to junior college) and two of their top pitching recruits for this year in P Curtis Peterson (Marlins) and Jake Kuebler (Royals). oh, and the catcher graduated (forgot his name) and he hit like .380 last year.
gonna be ugly this year i think…unfortunately.
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I know thank god.
The CWS turns idiotic when Nebraska makes it. Bunch of nonbaseball fans roaming around from Grand Island and Norfolk scared out of their mind of Omaha. You mentioned it above but everyone west of Lincoln acts like Omaha is East St. Louis(freakin crazy to me). I love the baseball fans from LSU and Texas myself. GEAUX TIGERS !!! I encourage anyone from out of town to visit the CWS when LSU is here and sit tailgate with them. You’ll never meet nicer and more fun people in your life. GORILLA BALL RULES !!!
I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.
You’ll never meet nicer and more fun people in your life.
I don’t know. There seems to be no middle ground with LSU fans, either they are exceedingly nice or incredibly obnoxious. Maybe it depends on how much they’ve had to drink or whether they are playing your school. At any rate, LSU fans have quite a reputation (baseball fans included) in SEC circles — for being both super fans and super obnoxious.
Signed,
U of Arkansas grad.
Aaaah, I *love* LSU fans at the CWS!
I was at the game in which UNC knocked LSU out last summer, and I happened to be standing with 2 LSU fans. They were upset, but stayed upbeat and eager to get the most of their visit to Omaha.
As we all moved out of the stadium, an older Tigers fan backed his Jeep up to a curb and pulled out NINE coolers of all kinds of beverage, and just gave it all to the passers by. He had figured that the Tigers would be in the Series longer, so he would need all of that booze, but once he had no more LSU ball to watch, he wanted to do something good for others with it.
LSU fans = Good Samaritans of Booze.
WTF, self?
LSU fan
yea I was at a game when I was like seven or eight and sitting by this really nice guy who was an LSU fan and he gave me a ton of free stuff. granted most of it was cheesy little cheap things, but it was really nice of him.
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East St. Louis???
Normally comparing East St. Louis and Omaha to each other would blow my mind, but people from western Nebraska are pretty scared of big cities. Reminds me of how when I worked in downtown KC, all of my high school friends were scared of it; just because there was barbed wire on the restaurant’s roof.
Omaha’s a nice city. My pledge brother grew up there, and my favorite cousin works there so I may head up for a couple of days after catching a game in KC to see if I can watch Omaha, too.
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue."
by Joseph Landis on Jan 29, 2009 2:46 AM EST up reply actions
I'll Be Watching
On my computer or listening when I’m at work or sitting on my white trash patio soaking up the sun.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
I always listen to the radio play by play at work online. MLB.com radio broadcast is cheap
I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.
Is it a direct radio feed?
so even those on line can get there fill of Tompkins Industries ads…I don’t know where else I’d go for my hydraulic adapters!!!
We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
-Bob Dylan
by Royal Kingdom on Jan 29, 2009 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
DAMMIT!!! - just violated my own pet peave / there = their.
We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
-Bob Dylan
by Royal Kingdom on Jan 29, 2009 10:21 AM EST up reply actions
MLB Extra Innings
I work in a sports bar, so I have my boss put it up on some screen without the Cards on it. On my off days, again I watch it in bars. It may seem like I spend too much time in bars during the summer, but during losing streaks, its the best place to be.
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue."
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