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Does anyone know when the App will allow people to login using their Xfinity account to watch remotely?

Ok. I understand. You meant from the perspective of the Teams/Owners of the station? Yeah, ideally you would be on everything. The problem is that Xfinity doesn't want that and most people still watch their tv through cable. The numbers for antenna users were probably miniscule. In 2025, if you are on OTA and not the largest cable provider in the area, you have limited exposure.

Good post. I wonder what the long-term solution is. I bet those kids you coach don't watch cable tv either. A few years ago I asked my nieces in high school and jr high if they ever watch MTV and they looked at me confused. Outside of a few things like the NFL, there's no more monoculture and everything is becoming its own niche.

What doesn't make sense? Xfinity and all cable companies are losing customers at an accelerated rate. One of the biggest reasons remaining customers keep their cable is for live sports. If the customers can just get it for free over the air, there is no reason to keep or sign up for their service and cable will die even sooner. The NBA finals were over the air because they are the NBA Finals. The World Series will be over the air as well. CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox aren't airing random regular season NBA or MLB games on a weekday night. Back in the day, they always blacked out the internet feed during games and you had to buy the radio version of mlb.tv (mlb at bat?). I noticed a year or two ago they just began airing the games on the feed. Interesting that they are choosing to enforce that again.

Getz has been a GM for like a year and a half. In Kenny Williams' first year or two, he traded for the wrong player because he had a similar name to the guy they wanted. What do you think everyone's reaction here would be if that happened today? I always liked Kenny Williams but how are you comparing a guy who held the job for like 15 years to a guy who has had about 20 months?

I like the team this year for the first time in like 3-4 years.

I’m still getting antenna feed

He is guaranteed to get the team if he wants it. He holds an option in 2034. Even if Jerry lives to be 115 and doesn't want to sell, Ishbia will be able to buy it.

I could understand if they said "Starting next year, no more antenna" but to take it away 3 months later with zero notice is just a complete disregard for the customers.

I don't even follow what she's trying to say. It makes no sense. That website sucks.

f*** these guys.

Bridgeport and Bronzeville may have seen a renaissance but there is nothing to do in short walking distance after the game. There are 2 bars near the ballpark and people just drink beers on the sidewalk after a game because there's not enough capacity. Last time I tried, we gave up and ended up taking an uber to a bar a few blocks from the 78 site. You bring up Chinatown... The 78 is probably closer and easier to get to Chinatown to than Sox Park is.

Teel’s days with the Sox are numbered. In 6 years, he will leave in free agency.

"Pyramids of Giza? Any child could do that. Constructing a baseball park in 2025 across the street from a Target? Insurmountable task for civilization."

Hahahahahahaha. what? Gotta watch out for the those dangerous violent criminals paying $2,500/month for 400 SF micro-apartments at NEMA. Thank god the current park is a whole entire single redline stop removed from this treacherous hellhole.

To me, this just means that there's no date certain that a sale must occur. Jerry has the option to sell until a certain point and then Ishbia controls the option. Theoretically, Jerry could choose to hold on to it and Ishbia could change his mind and not exercise his option to buy.

He just seems very confident about this and I was curious. If he is an engineer, in construction, or in real estate development, it makes his posts carry more weight than if he's just some opinionated dude in sales who is driving past the site or looking at it on google maps. Do you guys honestly think all these billionaires and real estate professionals haven't done feasibility studies on the site? Also, civil engineering has been a thing for like thousands of years. Not sure what you mean by that. You think the Great Pyramids in Egypt were constructed based on "common sense?"

Are you an engineer?

I don't understand why carriers wouldn't want local sports. That's the only thing keeping them alive. Last time I checked, MTV, one of the premiere cable brands, just shows that show called Ridiculousness 20 hours a day. Its a wasteland of nothing. There's no reason to subscribe without sports.

The 78 makes so much sense. This is a stupid idea.

Someone has a Costco membership and they get rid of it and announce to everyone its because they have a problem with the products and service at Costco. A little later, in a separate conversation, another person mentions they began to buy their olive oil from Costco and its made a big difference in their cooking. The first person responds by saying, "Costco is popular. If that's how you want to get your food, suit yourself. It wont be where I get MY OLIVE OIL" That is clearly not the same as "oh, I meant I just don't buy stuff at Costco because my membership lapsed... but I'm a huge fan of the Kirkland olive oil!" He's either full of s%*# or so bent out of shape about twitter that he can't stop talking about it. Both are weird. Another thing... He's being a dick to Brooke Fletcher who is just trying to give a cool little tidbit! She gives her report and he needs to insert himself in the story immediately and kind of shoots her down.

He probably doesn't know who pitching ninja is and is such a weirdo and thin skinned that his impulse is to trash anyone he associates with "twitter" because he read negative comments about himself. He's literally the exact opposite of Benetti. I remember during the LAA series that Bill Walton did, one of Jason's other guest partners was the tv writer, Michael Schur (who was also from the old Fire Joe Morgan blog). For about an inning or so, those two guys were like trying to guess exit velocities and launch angles. It was great. Two baseball nerds watching the game and goofing around. That's what I want in my announcer. Not some unknowledgeable insecure combative guy who tries to start fights with radio hosts and twitter accounts or tries to appeal to people he assumes are meatball south siders ("Ah, hell naw, we aint taking that!"). He has made me yearn for Connor McKnight, which is shocking.

Ok. I googled his name and saw a headline but it doesn't seem like its real/official. Sorry!

So no one claimed this guy and he's back in AAA? If I went by Soxtalk's reaction, I would have thought 29 teams would have jumped all over him.

Why did SoxTalk turn into an Alexander Canario themed message board? How good is this guy that there are 3 threads during opening week devoted to talking about him?