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2013-02-07 17:42:40

#1101

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5615|London, England

and Jason Bay!

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2013-02-07 17:43:01

#1102

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5615|London, England

and Joe Saunders!

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2013-02-07 17:55:27

#1103

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +692|6548|Washington St.

Michael Saunders?

2013-02-07 18:02:10

#1104

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5615|London, England

pirana6 wrote:
Michael Saunders?

Him too, but you guys signed Joe Saunders this afternoon.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2013-02-07 18:53:32

#1105

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +692|6548|Washington St.

Hmm indeed we did, I was still lost in the felix trade.

Saunders' contract will be, what, 5 years/50 cents a year? We have no money left.

2013-02-07 19:53:46

#1106

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7029|PNW

Seattle can always sponge off the rest of the state.

2013-02-07 20:01:34

#1107

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5615|London, England

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Seattle can always sponge off the rest of the state.

Sports teams in general are sponging off the American public as a whole anyway. Between taxpayer funded stadiums, and forced inclusion of sports channels in cable packages, we're all footing the bill whether we want to or not. The fact that every cable subscriber in the country is forced to pay $5/mo to ESPN (let alone all the regional sports networks and other crap we pay for) is what is driving salaries like what Felix Hernandez got today. Whole thing pisses me off. Bring on a la cart cable!

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2013-02-14 12:31:02

#1108

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6889|949

a la carte programming won't happen any time soon, don't get your hopes up

2013-02-14 12:37:49

#1109

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +692|6548|Washington St.

It would be nice initially yes, but theyd (cable companies) go bankrupt if they sold channel by channel. so would all of those channels that only a few people watch. in 5 years there'd only be like 10 total channels in the world and theyd all compete for airtime with SO many shitty shows that pander to masses instead of quality. it would be absolute anarchy

okay so my slope was extra slippery on this one but still...

2013-02-14 12:45:18

#1110

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6889|949

It wouldn't be the cable companies, it would be the content providers. How can Disney force Comcast to carry their whole suite of channels if people only want ESPN?

A la carte programming would probably mean we pay higher prices for cable too. Providers would have to recoup lost revenue. Instead of charging cable companies $5 per home for 20 million homes for ESPN, they'd have to charge $25 per home for the 4 million homes that actually watch and want ESPN. The current climate is the best compromise for everyone.

Maybe I don't watch honey boo boo or whatever that show is called, but I like the option.

2013-02-14 12:51:04

#1111

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +692|6548|Washington St.

Well what about someone like myself who watches close to 0 TV but on occasion I'll tune into SportsCenter? Instead of paying $90/month for a crap-load of TV I don't watch. I"d pay $25 for the one station I do watch.

2013-02-14 13:02:45

#1112

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6889|949

pirana6 wrote:
Well what about someone like myself who watches close to 0 TV but on occasion I'll tune into SportsCenter? Instead of paying $90/month for a crap-load of TV I don't watch. I"d pay $25 for the one station I do watch.

Look at the case of BBC. They tried to release an on demand channel available online. They tried to offer it at $199/year I think. The MSOs (aka cable cartel) essentially told them if the BBC did that, they (MSOs) would drop their suite of channels from their service. Risk 30 million homes for an unsure number of online subscriptions? Doesn't seem to make sense. Plus MSO and cable providers promote and advertise the channels, which means content providers like ESPN and HBO and BBC don't need to spend as much.

2013-02-14 13:05:27

#1113

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +692|6548|Washington St.

Oh by no means am I saying my idea is right. I'm just mentioning that not everyone would lose out in an a la carte cable menu. It's a loss of money for the great majority but there are some who would benefit.

And indeed you're correct that it will not happen any time soon.

2013-02-14 13:44:15

#1114

cowami: OY, BITCHTITS!; +1,106|6547|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

let's go mets?

_{meh who am i kidding}

2013-02-14 14:23:07

#1115

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7029|PNW

mets got this

2013-02-14 14:34:30

#1116

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5615|London, England

I watch maybe ten channels total and my cable bill is $180/mo

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2013-02-14 14:56:05

#1117

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7029|PNW

Wow, cancel cable and buy an RV.

2013-02-14 15:04:37

#1118

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +692|6548|Washington St.

wtf seriously. buy the streaming channels online to the shows you watch (Hulu+, ESPN, Netflix, etc.)

2013-02-19 21:50:35

#1119

cowami: OY, BITCHTITS!; +1,106|6547|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

someone make a fantasy league, i'm a graduate student with not enough work to do _(yet)

2013-02-19 21:59:00

#1120

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5615|London, England

There'd be like four of us in the league.

On a similar note, received my annual league invite today which means baseball is officially here and I will now dump at least 20 hours into a spreadsheet before draft day!

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2013-02-19 22:17:22

#1121

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +692|6548|Washington St.

I can't do MLB fantasy. It takes so much more effort than NFL that I just don't have. I did one year and it was fun but it was constant and daily without breaks. I like having a day or three off to not worry about changing my lineup between games.

2013-02-20 15:38:11

#1122

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5615|London, England

pirana6 wrote:
I can't do MLB fantasy. It takes so much more effort than NFL that I just don't have. I did one year and it was fun but it was constant and daily without breaks. I like having a day or three off to not worry about changing my lineup between games.

I stopped playing fantasy football because I always forgot to do waiver moves and set my lineup. Baseball keeps me engaged via habit. Takes like ten mins a day.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2013-02-20 17:00:47

#1123

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +692|6548|Washington St.

I guess you forget with NFL because it's too infrequent and I forget with MLB because it's every day. Oh well.

2013-02-27 16:52:47

#1124

Adams_BJ: Russian warship, go fuck yourself; +2,054|6880|Little Bentcock

I would do a fantasy league, but I don't know how.

2013-03-06 13:55:19

#1125

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +692|6548|Washington St.

Mariners are laying waste to spring ball. And as well all know, the cactus league equates perfectly to what the real season will turn out like.

Our offense is killing it which has been or crutch since basically 2001 (and even then we just played small ball. Base hit after base hit after base hit).

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