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  1. Bote McBoteface
    "I dont care much for Boog, so that isn't saying much" carries a lot of weight in the statement. Its Boog that I don't like, not Alex that I like. Theres just something about Boog that rubs me the wrong way. Part of it is that he does so many national broadcasts and misses so many games. Part of it is irrational. And its funny because before this season I would have said that it seems like JD doesn't care for Boog. But yeah I suppose you're right that JD prefers Boog. I don't think Alex is great or anything. Ive been saying put Pat Hughes in the TV booth since 1998, with the exception of when we also employed Len. Although I know that wont happen because Pat prefers doing radio.
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    Don't like the new guy? I personally like him way better than Boog. I really don't care for Boog though, so that isnt saying a lot. Not a fan of his "buhbye for (hitter who homered)", or however it is that he says it. He'd be way better off if he didn't try to have a canned homer call. Or if his name was Len Kasper that'd be better too.
  3. Bote McBoteface
    Replacing extra innings with a 3 batter home run derby has been my suggestion over the ghost runner since it became a thing. I remember posting here about it back when they implemented the ghost runner. I was pretty excited to see MLB try it out. i thought I’d like it more than I did. Meh. At least I got to see Schwarber dominate it.
  4. Bote McBoteface
    Eh, the Panthers being so good definitely helped, but I think I probably get into it around now either way. Maybe I’d be a lightning fan instead though, I live about equal distance from tampa and miami. Ive never loved football or basketball and Ive been leaning away from baseball ever since the Cubs started angering me. So I kinda found myself without a sport to follow and that was never gonna last. I’m trying to learn the ins and outs of the whole league on the fly. Even non panthers games that i’ve watched on tv this season have been really entertaining. Its just a super fun game to watch.
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    I just started following hockey this season. Technically last season during the playoffs but this is my first full season. I have no idea how a sport this fun managed to stay on my ignore list for my first 37 years of life but I’m so glad I got into it. I dont get how this game is 4th most popular in the US. Faster than football and as much action as basketball seems like a perfect sport to be popular in the US. except from what i see the league seems to be pretty awful at advertising itself and the blackouts seem more ridiculous than even MLB. And it seems like every bit of merchandise costs $250. Maybe thats just the panthers though. either way i just decided to stop in and say that hockey is awesome
  6. Bote McBoteface
    Tbh my Ohtani love completely overwhelms my dodger hate. Helps i guess that I dont hate the dodgers much. I wanna see Ohtani in the world series. I do want him to lose to Cleveland, but still, I wanna see him play a world series game. btw what an incredible final 3 innings last night. Cleveland’s radio guy is probably my favorite in the business. At the very least the only one that competes with Pat Hughes and Len Kasper. I highly suggest you listen to his calls of the Noel game tying hit and the Fry walkoff. So, so good.
  7. Bote McBoteface
    Bout time. That guy couldn't even spell a suzuki, let alone seiya suzuki.
  8. Bote McBoteface
    Imma go ahead and vote no on the Miglet nickname.
  9. Bote McBoteface
    I thought MLB pensions started at 9 years of service time. Whats the 10 year milestone about?
  10. Bote McBoteface
    Its not like an aircraft is required to disclose its destination at the time of departure. He could easily just take off headed northwest and not tell anyone where he is going, or directly lie about where the destination is and cancel the flight plan when he gets close to chicago.
  11. Bote McBoteface
    This feels unnecessary and expensive but I guess if you currently have not-the-best and the best is available, why not? We better spend on the bullpen this year. If we pay 8mil a year on a manager and stack the bullpen with scrubs on the cheap Im gonna be so sad.
  12. Bote McBoteface
    Dont japanese pitchers that come to MLB end up needing tommy john surgery in their first or second season almost always?
  13. Bote McBoteface
    Its his voice for me. Its the voice I prefer to hear when I listen to/watch a baseball game. Its probably because growing up I could only get the radio call of Cubs games, so Pat’s voice is pretty engrained as “the baseball voice”. I’d take Pat over any other announcer ive ever heard. Len Kasper and Tom Hamilton from the Guardians radio booth are the only announcers that can compete with Pat, in my opinion.
  14. Bote McBoteface
    Ineligible for the playoff roster, or is that not how it works anymore? I think there were always loopholes that allowed you to sneak a player onto the playoff roster anyway as long as they were active in your system prior to 9/1, come to think of it.
  15. Bote McBoteface
    Hearing pat on the tv broadcast is a joy. Just make Pat/JD/Ron a three man booth for TV and Radio imo.
  16. Bote McBoteface
    I think we’ll need more beyond Heuer but he will be a good add for sure. I honestly do not expect anything good from Kyle Hendricks but maybe i’m being unfair. If he’s good it might satisfy the need for a rotation addition. I just dont see it. Yeah, I think we will need additions beyond that.
  17. Bote McBoteface
    I always thought we had a sneaky-good team especially if Bellinger got back to being at least above average. We do not have the pitching to compete for a division title as things stand. Add a bullpen arm or two and a mid-rotation piece and maybe we can. I expect 85 or so wins.
  18. Bote McBoteface
    Yeah I agree, theres no reason for me to be blacked out, especially for Sunday's game and Monday's game. Saturday I thought maybe it was because of Fox. Sunday I decided it must be an ESPN game or something. Wife wanted to do something anyway so I just didn't investigate. Monday I was shocked, became instantly irate and just found something else to do. Tuesday I was beginning a drive home, checked to see if I could get the TV broadcast on my phone but wasn't too disappointed with the blackout because I was gonna do the radio broadcast anyway. Ive lived in South Florida for 7 years and haven't changed any settings or anything. If it happens again tomorrow I'll call them and either get it fixed or try for a refund. But wait, tomorrow is Satuday, do they still black out all Saturday broadcasts?
  19. Bote McBoteface
    Holy crap. My wife, sensing my frustration over mlb.tv, got the free 7 day trial of apple.tv. She pulls the game up on her phone and it works no problem. Then we get out the little cord/connector to connect her phone with HDMI to my TV. Then we get an error that says “this event is not able to be broadcast to another device.”. So, I can watch it on my phone but not my TV. And there is no apple.tv app on my tv, already checked. I’ve got patience for this to happen about 1 more time before i’m just not a fan anymore. horsefeathers your blackouts mlb.
  20. Bote McBoteface
    Ive been blacked out of every game this season on MLB.tv here in south Florida. I guess to be fair I didnt try opening day because I was at work. But Ive tried and been blacked out of every game since. I know this one is because of appleTV, but the other ones really surprised me. Have the blackout rules gotten more restrictive? This is horsefeathers.
  21. Bote McBoteface
    Thats a really good point, I wasn’t looking hard enough. Idk how I scrolled past that so many times without seeing it.
  22. Bote McBoteface
    Is the politics topic gone or am I just not seeing it? These guys realize we didnt actually use this forum to talk about the Cubs right?
  23. Bote McBoteface
    Nsbb for sure. Even if it doesnt actually make sense. Speaking of which it looks like the old nsbb.com link is available for the low-low price of…$11,500. What a steal,eh?
  24. Bote McBoteface
    Soon we’re gonna trade a player that I knew we had on payroll and/or have heard of before, and thats gonna be sad. Effross is a great name for a guy who’s manager is named Ross. Thats a big loss.
  25. Bote McBoteface
    West coast trips are the absolute worst but I guess it won't change the fact that I'm just gonna forget that the cubs are playing until I look it up tomorrow morning.
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