A's & Tigers ALDS Game 2 only on MLBN?

[vwnut13]

Exclusively on MLBN

Um, why?

Guess I won't be watching that game.

 

[wolfmanalfredo]

I was thinking the same. If my cable bill wasn't increasing seemingly every year, i'd still have the damn channel. Kind of bummed I can't catch the whole series


Actually, aren't the A's playing whoever wins the wild card match? Its yankees tigers right?

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[vwnut13]

What makes it even worse is that this game is at 12:07 EST. Yeah 9:07 am in the west. How stupid.

I was thinking the same. If my cable bill wasn't increasing seemingly every year, i'd still have the damn channel. Kind of bummed I can't catch the whole series


Actually, aren't the A's playing whoever wins the wild card match? Its yankees tigers right?

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Yankees play the Wild Card team. The Best Record will always play the Wild Card team, even if one of the division winners has a worse record.

 

[wolfmanalfredo]

Thats what I thought, but got crossed when TBS showed the bracket incorrectly apparently.

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[rsmath]

What makes it even worse is that this game is at 12:07 EST. Yeah 9:07 am in the west. How stupid.

Yankees play the Wild Card team. The Best Record will always play the Wild Card team, even if one of the division winners has a worse record.

I'm scratching my head over the Yankees/Orioles, thinking it's a new rulechange added at the same time the second wildcard team was added to the playoff format. I swear in past years the best record in the league couldn't play the wildcard team in the LDS if the wildcard team was from the same division (they could only meet in the LCS if the best record team and wild card from the same division each advanced in their LDS matchups).

as for 12:07P ET (OR 9:07A et), probably doesn't matter. It's NFL season so I'd be surprised if more than about 10 people watch the game on MLBN. I plan on watching the highlights on BBTN because I will either still be sleeping or watching some of an early NFL game on tv. I probably will be watching the later innings of the second game of the day and both evening games.

I don't get why MLBN even has the game - I don't see any obvious conflict with TBS, knowing that if the first game of the day if it were on TBS would run late, Turner would start the second game of the day on TNT or some other turner property.

 

[miguelcabrera]

miggy a triple crown and 2nd ring in same season? looks like it

 

[FrostyCollects]

I do have MLBN...whew. Can't miss any Tigers playoff fun!

 

[Wainwright]

It was a rule change when they added the extra wc. Division opponents can now play each other in division series

 

[All The Hype]

Irritating that all games yesterday and today are blacked out on MLB.tv too. I feel like if you buy MLB.tv you should have access to every game at any time.

 

[rsmath]

Irritating that all games yesterday and today are blacked out on MLB.tv too. I feel like if you buy MLB.tv you should have access to every game at any time.

The MLB.TV blackout for U.S. residents makes a lot of sense.

TBS paid a ****load of money for broadcast rights so they (MLB and TBS) wants you to watch TBS live for the playoffs rather than watch it commercial free on MLB.TV if there was no blackout.

Good news is the games show up rather quickly in the MLB.TV archives after the game has ended, so if you are a cord-cutter, you won't have to wait too long to watch the game.

 

[All The Hype]

The MLB.TV blackout for U.S. residents makes a lot of sense.

TBS paid a ****load of money for broadcast rights so they (MLB and TBS) wants you to watch TBS live for the playoffs rather than watch it commercial free on MLB.TV if there was no blackout.

Good news is the games show up rather quickly in the MLB.TV archives after the game has ended, so if you are a cord-cutter, you won't have to wait too long to watch the game.

Makes sense, but my thought has always been why not just broadcast the TBS broadcast (including commercials) live on MLB.tv for the games that fall within the blackout times. Surely they'd have to upgrade their agreement, but they'd probably get a lot more viewers out of it. I, for one, would be watching the game (the TBS broadcast!) live on MLB.tv rather than just following it on gameday.

 

[jaydub]

For what it's worth I can still watch games on mlb.tv. I presume because I had the premium package. The only downside is that you can't get the actual feed of the game on TV, instead you have a half dozen different camera angles you can choose such as center field, 'high home', 'mid home', etc which is interesting but the problem is that that's the only feed you see meaning on any given play you have one camera following the whole play.

 

[nborton]

For what it's worth I can still watch games on mlb.tv. I presume because I had the premium package. The only downside is that you can't get the actual feed of the game on TV, instead you have a half dozen different camera angles you can choose such as center field, 'high home', 'mid home', etc which is interesting but the problem is that that's the only feed you see meaning on any given play you have one camera following the whole play.

That's how I watched as well. I just use the quad mode and it covers everything. At first it was annoying, but I quickly adjusted and forgot I was watching a quad feed.

 

[vwnut13]

For what it's worth I can still watch games on mlb.tv. I presume because I had the premium package. The only downside is that you can't get the actual feed of the game on TV, instead you have a half dozen different camera angles you can choose such as center field, 'high home', 'mid home', etc which is interesting but the problem is that that's the only feed you see meaning on any given play you have one camera following the whole play.

I have a Premium MLB.tv account and it told me that mode (Postseason.tv) is $4.95.

In the past it was free. I remember watching a guy running out on the field with it. lol

 

[Pine Tar]

I do have MLBN...whew. Can't miss any Tigers playoff fun!

Watch that game online for only 4.99 for the post season. the only thing I don't like is that they do not show any replays of the big plays. Plus they zoom in and out way to much for me. But I don't have TBS either so I bought the post season for 4.99 and got to see all the games so far.
I can even watch it on my phone using my Wi-Fi

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscriptions/index.jsp?product=pstv&affiliateId=mediacenter

 

[nborton]

I have a Premium MLB.tv account and it told me that mode (Postseason.tv) is $4.95.

In the past it was free. I remember watching a guy running out on the field with it. lol

That's odd. I didn't do anything but update the app. It was free.

Also, I've experimented with different cameras in the Os NY game, and I've found the super mo camera is pretty decent. It's like watching from the first base line. It follows the ball more than the other angles.

 

[Pine Tar]

Irritating that all games yesterday and today are blacked out on MLB.tv too. I feel like if you buy MLB.tv you should have access to every game at any time.

I have no clue what your talking about I live in Oswego IL and bought the 4.99 post season package and have watched all the game so far this post season on my TV using my PS3. I guess you live some where near the teams that are playing this is why they would not let you watch them? I even streamed them on the computer, and my phone to see how many devices I could do at the same time :lol:

 

[rsmath]

Also, I've experimented with different cameras in the Os NY game, and I've found the super mo camera is pretty decent. It's like watching from the first base line. It follows the ball more than the other angles.

that's the camera I hate. Orioles wildcard game night I was watching that camera but only for about a half-inning because the cameraman forgot to take his ADD medicine with constant zooms - the main shot was good of pitcher/HP/1st base and then he's zoom in on an outfielder or an infielder or Buck, etc and back to the main shot. I don't get why all that zooming when nothing from his camera made it to air -- there was a few cuts to Buck on the TBS broadcast, but none from super mo camera.

 

[vwnut13]

that's the camera I hate. Orioles wildcard game night I was watching that camera but only for about a half-inning because the cameraman forgot to take his ADD medicine with constant zooms - the main shot was good of pitcher/HP/1st base and then he's zoom in on an outfielder or an infielder or Buck, etc and back to the main shot. I don't get why all that zooming when nothing from his camera made it to air -- there was a few cuts to Buck on the TBS broadcast, but none from super mo camera.

These are RAW camera angles. They aren't supposed to look nice when constantly streaming. You are watching the different cameras that when put together make an MLBbroadcast.

The cameraman is doing his job. It's his job to get good shots for the broadcast, not to make a pleasant stream for you to view.

 

[nborton]

that's the camera I hate. Orioles wildcard game night I was watching that camera but only for about a half-inning because the cameraman forgot to take his ADD medicine with constant zooms - the main shot was good of pitcher/HP/1st base and then he's zoom in on an outfielder or an infielder or Buck, etc and back to the main shot. I don't get why all that zooming when nothing from his camera made it to air -- there was a few cuts to Buck on the TBS broadcast, but none from super mo camera.

Maybe it depends on the game, and who's running that camera. The safest bet is the quad mode.