MLB Network Viewing Thread

[led37zep]

Alright, I admit it...I love this network.

I'm currently watching Baltimore vs Chicago circa 1983.

Manager of the White Sox of the time is Tony Larussa.

The great Rick Dempsey is behind the plate for the Orioles.

Post what you're watching and enjoying c/o MLB here.

[cougarjake13]

i absolutely love the network


if the nfl network is anything like this i am seriously missing out




i dont think ive watched baseball tonight once this year

[Fallon]

I don't like the guy who hosts all the recap shows doing the play by play during highlights. His voice is awful.

[Pestz4Evah]

Which one? (http://mlb.mlb.com/network/personalities/)

[NickyL0885]

I don't like the guy who hosts all the recap shows doing the play by play during highlights. His voice is awful.

Greg Amsinger?

[Fallon]

Greg Amsinger?

YEEEES!


Trenni Kusnierek is cute.

[Pestz4Evah]

Yeah, Amsinger is the worst. Don't like Hazel Mae, Sean Casey, or Mitch Williams much either.

But besides them, the highlight shows on MLB Network are so much better than Baseball Tonight. I love that they'll just play the tape from the game with the local announcers on it and show all of the important points of the game....no 30 second clips with annoying catchphrases over it.

[Fallon]

Yeah, Amsinger is the worst. Don't like Hazel Mae, Sean Casey, or Mitch Williams much either.

But besides them, the highlight shows on MLB Network are so much better than Baseball Tonight. I love that they'll just play the tape from the game with the local announcers on it and show all of the important points of the game....no 30 second clips with annoying catchphrases over it.

Yeah, NHL Network does that too. It's much better.

[epo]

YEEEES!

Trenni Kusnierek is cute.

Oh how I miss sweet Trenni.

[cougarjake13]

hopefully as things progress they drop that guy and mitch

[led37zep]

There has to be at least one other Giants Fan on this board watching the Cards and the Giants now.

Zito hasn't blown the game yet. This could be a (SF) career first for him.

[Suspect Chin]

There has to be at least one other Giants Fan on this board watching the Cards and the Giants now.

Zito hasn't blown the game yet. This could be a (SF) career first for him.

Watching the game on local channel here in STL. Looks like he might blow it.

[Suspect Chin]

told you

[led37zep]

:furious::furious::furious::furious::furious::furi ous:

I hate Barry Zito! Why is he still in the starting rotation?!?!?!?!

[Suspect Chin]

Zito is such a bitch. I bet the Giants hate the day they gave him the 126 million.

[led37zep]

Zito is such a bitch. I bet the Giants hate the day they gave him the 126 million.

He gets booed every opening day.

[cougarjake13]

There has to be at least one other Giants Fan on this board watching the Cards and the Giants now.

Zito hasn't blown the game yet. This could be a (SF) career first for him.




im so glad they passed on him and traded for johan




i wanted the mets to get zito at the time but in hindsight someone in the mets org knew something or were too cheap

maybe its because he isnt hispanic

[Suspect Chin]

im so glad they passed on him and traded for johan




i wanted the mets to get zito at the time but in hindsight someone in the mets org knew something or were too cheap

maybe its because he isnt hispanic

I was reading last night what a weirdo Zito is. I guess he buys his own autographs off of ebay because they are authenticated.

[cougarjake13]

I was reading last night what a weirdo Zito is. I guess he buys his own autographs off of ebay because they are authenticated.

why the hell would he do that ??

[Suspect Chin]

Zito is known for his idiosyncrasies, and his dim, offbeat personality. He has earned the nicknames "Planet Zito" and "Captain Quirk".<sup id="cite_ref-nicknames_24-0" class="reference">[25] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Zito#cite_note-nicknames-24)</sup> He once made it a practice to buy his own autographed baseball cards on eBay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay); when asked why he bought them at auction for high prices rather than acquiring unsigned cards and signing them himself, Zito replied, "Because they're authenticated."<sup class="noprint Template-Fact" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from April 2008" style="white-space: nowrap;">[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)]</sup> Despite batting and throwing left-handed, Zito signs autographs for fans at the ballpark right-handed.
At his introductory press conference with the Giants, Zito said he liked the way his uniform number 75 looked, because the 7 and the 5 are like a "shelf" to hold the name "Zito" up. He carries pink satin pillows on the road, collects stuffed animals (such as a good luck teddy bear, with which he used to travel), and burns incense to relax.<sup id="cite_ref-10_burning_questions_25-0" class="reference">[26] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Zito#cite_note-10_burning_questions-25)</sup> Early in his career, Zito dyed his hair blue. He plays guitar, surfs, practices yoga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga), and follows Zen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen). He has done yoga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga) poses in the outfield, and meditates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditate) before games.<sup id="cite_ref-yoga_26-0" class="reference">[27] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Zito#cite_note-yoga-26)</sup> In 2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Major_League_Baseball_season), Zito espoused a universal life force that he credited with his midseason turnaround.<sup id="cite_ref-10_burning_questions_25-1" class="reference">[26] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Zito#cite_note-10_burning_questions-25)</sup> His mother Roberta named him after her brother Barry, a beatnik “freethinker” and acolyte of Zen who mysteriously vanished in 1964 at the age of 22 near Big Sur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Sur,_California), California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California).<sup id="cite_ref-Horowitz_27-0" class="reference">[28] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Zito#cite_note-Horowitz-27)</sup>

[led37zep]

why the hell would he do that ??

I'm betting on the guilt of stealing 100 mill from the Giants Organization.

[led37zep]

In 2001, Zito espoused a universal life force that he credited with his midseason turnaround.


I want that life force back

[joeyballsack]

Does anyone know the title of the song used in the commercial showing Lieter, Casey, Reynolds, Williams and Plesac as players? I think the chorus is "I'm yours again" or " I'm young again".

[brettmojo]

I was reading last night what a weirdo Zito is. I guess he buys his own autographs off of ebay because they are authenticated.
If I was a baseball player I'd buy all my shit off ebay too.

If no one has it, it makes it more valuable.

[cougarjake13]

If I was a baseball player I'd buy all my shit off ebay too.

If no one has it, it makes it more valuable.

you'd still have to do something worthwhile to make anybody want that stuff

[brettmojo]

you'd still have to do something worthwhile to make anybody want that stuff
I'd be the only player to ever break my bat in half and try to stab an umpire with it.

[cougarjake13]

I'd be the only player to ever break my bat in half and try to stab an umpire with it.

ahh would you then sign the bat in the ump's blood ??

[disneyspy]

watchin fox sports detoit,its 0-0 bases loade 2 outs tigers

[brettmojo]

ahh would you then sign the bat in the ump's blood ??
They probably wouldn't give it back to me. It'd probably go straight to the hall of fame.

[disneyspy]

shit,pop up,end of 1st still 0-0