GAME THREAD

yeah, I asked Alana about this last year and she said that the numbers were so bad the year they did every broadcast that they decided not to do that many games again. Also, it isn't Gugg's fault, DirecTV refuses to even sit at the table for negotiations.

 

Taylor walks and then wild pitch to 2nd, steals third and a wild pitch gets him home.

 

Of course it's all their faults, but there was zero foresight by the Dodgers and TWC.
DirectTV doesn't need the Dodgers.
Yes, many single-family residences can switch if Spectrum is available, but most businesses have DirectTV.
I think that's lost in the convo...the fact that you cannot go to a bar or restaurant in Southern California and watch the Dodgers. They've been stripped out of the community.
Look up from your drink and enjoy the Halos or ESPN classic.
Yes, die-hard fans can stream and use a VPN.
But what about channel surfers and casual fans?
This is bad.

 

second time i've seen a two out hit played behind second and thrown to first without the runner from second trying to score
either we are lacking on fundamentals there or that third base coach continues to have his head up his ass

 

does anyone use the app that costs $35 a month?
a guy from direct was trying to sell me on his shit and said this works perfect

 

i've seen croc bat exactly three times this year
all w the bases loaded
and all pop ups to short or left field

 

The Dodgers did what every team would do in that situation and I am sorry, but anyone that thinks differently is just wrong. TWC offered over TWO BILLION DOLLARS more than DirecTV. Nobody could have predicted that DTV would get their pussies tied in a such a knot over it that they took their ball and went home. TWC has tried multiple times to get DTV back to the table and they plain refuse. TWC even tried suing them just to get them to have to negotiate fairly and that didn't even get the job done. The Dodgers were out of the equation the second they signed the deal with TWC as they are not a party to that deal. This is on TWC and DirecTV working out a deal and one party doesn't give any shits about making it work, so I blame one party in this and that is DirecTV.

 

Font got absolutely worked and could not get out of the first inning. Cubs had mostly their regular lineup so not a very impressive look with a couple weeks left.

 

this is an old game fuck off

 

Yes, the Dodgers sold their channel's marketing and distribution rights to TWC (now Spectrum). So they cannot directly negotiate with providers. But they're still partially responsible for this mess and will ultimately have to find a way to fix it from the sidelines. Just as you say the Dodgers did the right thing, I think DiectTV is doing the right thing too. They don't need the Dodgers. Every restaurant and business has DirectTV for Sunday Ticket among other reasons, and they haven't lost enough home subscribers to care. They have no reason to negotiate. They're winning.

 

Are you talking about DirectTV Now?
It's fine for streaming live TV.
But it doesn't have the Dodger channel obviously and no DVR capabilities.

 

i was just talking to the guy in costco about it and he brought up some app available at 35 a month for the Dodgers
i think he was just lying to get me to sign up imagine that
i''m just not going to pay 200 a month for cable im done
a different guy was telling me he gets 140 channels w a roof antenna
if theres a way to stream the game online im going for that or ill unfortunately miss some games this year

 

Spectrum has exclusive rights and does not provide an app to watch games unless you are a Spectrum subscriber using your home wifi.

There are plenty of ways to cut cable/satellite (streaming, over-the-air, apps, subscriptions, etc) with plenty of devices to handle it (Roku, Firestick, AppleTV, etc) but there isn't a perfect alternative yet. Every option has drawbacks.

 

yeah i guess it must be the spectrum app since i would keep wifi w them

 

Was wondering what in the world you were talking about, lol

 

Direct TV

 

I like the idea of them switching to a majority of night games. It’s hard even when living in AZ to catch a game during the week (not that I even have much interest anymore since the price of spring training has become laughable).

My girlfriend is from Chicago so we were going to go to the Doyers/Cubs game Saturday until I found out the cheapest seat was $58 on StubHub. The crazy thing is that idiots will pay this price... for a game that doesn’t even matter!