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QUOTE(DABearSoX @ Apr 9, 2007 -> 07:01 PM) does anyone know what is goin on here? See here: http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=57111

With all the hype around Daisuke Matsuzaka coming to America, Nike has been running some ad in Japan called "Enjoy the Pressure." After digging around I found the ad on Nike's Japanese site... and it shows Matsuzaka getting ready to come out and face... A.J. Pierzynski. With all the Red Sox / Yankees stuff in the ad I found that an interesting choice... You can view the full ad here: http://nike.jp/jdi/?id=31

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 07:58 PM) If you don't like Hawk I suggest you buy MLB extra innings or MLBtv so you can see how bad some of the other announcers are. I can't stress how much I agree with this.

QUOTE(DrunkBomber @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 08:26 PM) Just have Coop rub some Robitussen on his forearm and hell be good to go. the tussin, the tussin put it down like it was nothing robocop couldn't stop me puking and flushin no balls to be bustin, no fightin, no cussin just love for a drug called robotussin

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 10:01 AM) I missed something... what's wrong with Mariotti health-wise.

QUOTE(shawnhillegas @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 08:18 AM) Can anyone confirm whether or not Pods EVER swung the bat in his first two plate appearances? I just pulled it up in the online archive, and the answer is: No He doesn't swing in the first AB, walks, and shows the bunt twice in the 2nd AB, and goes down looking. Doesn't swing once.

I thought there was a rule against posting links here to that guy?

First game on (national) TV of the year! MLB.tv sucks

So basicly DirecTV takes a 4% cut in equity stake of the new channel and pays a lot less in cash. And DISH/Echostar are still out in the cold.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 09:10 PM) The twins also won by scoring 7 runs without a homer. Scrappy gap to gap hitting. Watch the final out of the sox game. We have men in scoring position, and Crede tries to lift and pull a pitch on the outter half. He is quoted as saying that with the wind he thought it was out. He was going for a dong, and we needed a single or a double. the minute our hitters figure out how to hit a single when we need it instead of trying to hit a 500 foot shot. BINGO! Crede's AB was entirely predictable. Too much reliance on the long ball.

QUOTE(JERMAINEDYE4MVP @ Apr 4, 2007 -> 11:38 PM) FACT! I REALLY DON'T THINK THIS TEAM IS GOING TO BE ANY GOOD THIS SEASON AND I BELIEVE THAT KW WILL TRY AND TRADE DYE, BUEHRLE, IGUCHI, THOME, CREDE, AND EVEN KONERKO BEFORE THE DEADLINE KIND OF LIKE THE MARLINS DID AND PICK UP YOUNG TALENT. DISCUSS. CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL lamest.troll.evar

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Mar 18, 2007 -> 12:46 PM) I'll say this as somebody who worked in TV for a decade. Yes, obviously there is an East Coast bias to ESPN, perfectly demonstrated for all of history by the "Ohhh NOOOOO!" call during the ALDS when their second baseman booted the grounder by Uribe. Chris Behrman, yes? From a TV standpoint the reality is that some teams have national appeal and that's what they go with. Ratings are all that matters. Like them or not, the Red Sox have a national fan base (ever been at The Cell when we play them?) and so do teams like the Mets. The Yankees have an almost international appeal. Reality check: the White Sox do not. We love them, but the fact is that was one of the lowest-rated World Series in recent history. The Cubs--yes, puke--do have a national fan base, like it or not. So get used to Red Sox/Yankees dominating ESPN... forever. Unless one of the West Coast teams begins a dynasty. Not to rehash this argument again for the 1,000th time, but part of the reason Boston has a "national appeal" is because they are always f***ing on TV.... Like the original poster in this thread said: self fulfilling prophecy. I don't think I speak for only myself when I say that A LOT of the members of "Red Sox Nation" know very little about baseball, (ever been at The Cell when we play them?), and would easily switch allegiance if another big city team got the same media coverage.

Anyway you could post the rest of the starters?

Someone put this on YouTube!

I think it is a clever campaign.

In other words, the onus is on DISH and the other cable companies that use iNDemand to carry 'The Baseball Channel'. Very clever... after all that is what MLB wanted to start with.

Just makes me wear my #12 jersey more proudly.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Mar 5, 2007 -> 03:14 PM) That sucks. That is the same issue my buddy had. His window was facing the wrong way and he could not get DirecTV. Can't DirecTV do something about that issue? There is really nothing that can be done, aside from cutting down the tree in my case. DirecTV uses geostationary satellites, so your dish needs to be line of sight. If anything blocks it you get no signal. Also, I don't blame DirecTV... This is a great deal for them. I had DirecTV years ago, and prefer it to Comcast. I blame MLB for not thinking of what is best for their customers (fans) and the cable companies for being too cheap to carry The Baseball Channel, which seems to be the big reason MLB went with DirecTV.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Mar 5, 2007 -> 03:08 PM) If you care this much about it why don't you or won't you get DirecTV istead of cable? I am just curious why people are getting so pissed off about it when they can just get the DirecTV and have it. I can't get DirecTV. The last place I lived, I rented a condo. And the building had a deal with RCN, and forbid DirecTV/DISH in its bylaws. Bylaws that the owner agreed to when he bought the place and bylaws I agreed to when I rented the place. Where I live now the apartment complex is fine with me getting a DirecTV, but there is a gigantic pine tree blocking my southern exposure. So unless I am going to move, I can not get DirecTV.

QUOTE(ExpatNYC @ Mar 5, 2007 -> 01:05 PM) Good grief. It's like reading Rush Limbaugh. The government has a role to play in breaking up monopolies. The NFL Sunday Ticket deal was also examined by the feds for reasons that should be obvious. And now the MLB deal does nothing but restrict consumer choice. That sort of business practice is antithetical to free-market capitalism. MLB is a government sanctioned monopoly. Has been since May 29, 1922, by the Supreme Court case Federal Baseball Club v. National League. It was reaffirmed in Toolson v. New York Yankees in '52 and in Flood v. Kuhn in '72. I think this deal is awful and pisses me off. But there is nothing illegal about it. Sadly, like an addict, I will now go and sign up for MLB.tv since I could care less how much "product" is on in the Washington DC metro area. Sure there will be 300 some games on, but save for the 8 when the O's play the Sox, I don't give a s*** about any of them. f***ing hate Selig.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 2, 2007 -> 12:25 PM) I think this is a good move, #44 was communist. Huh?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 14, 2007 -> 01:31 PM) Channel 26.1? Since when do channels have decimals?! Since they went digital. The new digtal signal is really broad, as I understand it. So a station can do a full on HDTV 1080i feed on like 7.1, or They can do something that takes up less bandwidth like EDTV 480p on 7.1 and then run another channel on 7.2. So, for example, 7.1 could be the regular ABC feed and 7.2 could be a 24 hour weather channel. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_subchannel This mostly has to do with OTA Digital TV, cable systems, if they carry the subchannel, will just put it on a diffrent numbered channel. (That is to say, that 90% of the public will never deal with Digital Subchannels as they use cable or satellite)

You can always use this as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Chic...hite_Sox_roster