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  1. 1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

    I still don’t understand how this is a thing 

     

    Ha! Me neither, really. Yet Missouri is building a $35M facility for it. I bout spit my coffee out when that was on the news here. 

  2. 1 minute ago, Gil Bang said:

    Padres great, and  Cy Young winner Randy Jones has passed.  Beloved by all in San Diego.  Great guy. 

     

    I love watching the Padres booth guys almost as much as my own. It’s like they start drinking first pitch, and by the 5th/6th things get really entertaining. (They’re not, but it’s all in good fun.)

     

  3. 7 minutes ago, tokamak said:

    OK I actually read the article. It says Sunday night moves to "NBCUniversal", which to me implies Peacock. If it's broadcast NBC, why wouldn't they just say "NBC"?

     

    My understanding is they will also be available on peacock as well, but hopefully not just peacock for any of them. But with having games available on both falls under the parent company and not just NBC.

  4. 1 hour ago, tokamak said:

    I only skimmed that article, but seems like there will be MLB games on ESPN, NBC/Peacock, Netflix, Apple, Fox/FS1, and TBS? Plus the usual fuckery with MLB.tv/RSNs, depending on what team(s) you care about?

    Very cool, very fan friendly. Gotta love the current media rights landscape. 

     

    Sunday night baseball moves to nbc, ESPN gets a mid-week package.

    Fox/TBS stay the same.

    Apple stays the same.

    Netflix is getting the HR Derby, and FoD.

     

    MLB.tv stays the same, but 6 teams will be able to have in-market games as well (assumed as an extra for those in those markets.)

    ESPN app subscribers can buy an mlb.tv subscription through the ESPN app, and/or an in-market subscription.

     

    A bit of a circus, but nothing that’s really different overall.

    MLB gets another path of subscriptions, sunday night changes channels, now there’s mid-week national games.

    46 minutes ago, miguelito said:

    Well, Mariners fans are losing ROOT Sports, so we have no idea who will be broadcasting their games next season, or who the announcers will be.  It's kind of a big deal right now in that neck of the woods.

     

    I was wondering similar and looked into that stuff (overall, not just ROOT) last spring. It’s my understanding their intentions are to retain teams current broadcast staff. The end result is you should get the same people and broadcast, but through mlb.tv and not all the random RSN’s. 

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  5. 5 hours ago, thunderlounge said:

    So whether ESPN is going to be where you go for mlb.tv, or if they mean you can buy it through espn is where I’m uncertain.

    Or maybe you’ll be able to link your mlb account and use either the mlb app, or the espn app.

     

    Looks like it’s just an agreement to allow espn to be an additional outlet to purchase mlb.tv, and/or the in-market games, and be able to watch them through espn. As an option, not a requirement.

    Like how you’re able to get showtime stuff on paramount+ or hulu on disney+, with the right package.

    At least that’s how I’m reading it from the couple articles I’ve seen. 

  6. 6 hours ago, NashLonghorn said:

    I remember hearing old fans say they had to make sure they had enough gas (in their cars with Texas tags) to make the game and return back into Texas since the piggies won't sell them gas.  Don't know if truth, but it wouldn't surprise me.

     

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    On the heels of a 2025 season that saw large viewership increases -- including the most watched postseason in eight yearsand a World Series Game 7 that was the most watched Major League Baseball game in 34 years -- MLB announced Wednesday that it has formed new three-year media rights agreements with Netflix, NBCUniversal and ESPN.

    As part of the rights agreements, which cover the 2026-2028 MLB seasons, the league’s longstanding relationship with ESPN will reach 39 consecutive seasons, NBC will return to regularly airing games on its broadcast network for the first time in a quarter century, and Netflix’s engagement with MLB will expand from documentaries to live baseball event coverage for the first time.

    Sunday Night Baseball will shift from ESPN, where it aired since 1990, to NBCUniversal, which also secured the rights to Sunday Leadoff and the Wild Card Series in the postseason for NBC and Peacock.

    Netflix will now air the T-Mobile Home Run Derby, an Opening Night exclusive and special event games set to include the 2026 MLB at Field of Dreams Game and the World Baseball Classic in Japan.

    And ESPN will receive a national midweek game package throughout the season while also acquiring the rights to sell MLB.TV, the league’s out-of-market streaming service that set a record with 19.4 billion minutes watched in 2025.

    “Our new media rights agreements with ESPN, NBCUniversal and Netflix provide us with a great opportunity to expand our reach to fans through three powerful destinations for live sports, entertainment, and marquee events,” said Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. “Following our last World Series game that averaged more than 51 million viewers globally, these partnerships build on MLB’s growing momentum that includes generational stars setting new standards for excellence, new rules which have improved the game on the field, and increases in important fan engagement metrics like viewership, attendance, participation and social media consumption.

    “We’re looking forward to tapping into the unique areas of expertise that ESPN, NBCUniversal and Netflix each bring to the sport for the benefit of our fans.”

    Several elements of MLB’s national broadcast rights will remain unchanged.

    FOX/FS1 will continue to be the home of the All-Star Game and regular season games, as well as the World Series, League Championship Series and Division Series presented by Booking.com. TBS will continue to house LCS and Division Series telecasts, plus regular season games on Tuesday nights. Apple TV will continue to stream "Friday Night Baseball" doubleheaders throughout the regular season.

    Here’s more on each of the three new media rights agreements:

    Netflix

    MLB and Netflix have previously collaborated on globally distributed documentaries, including the Emmy Award-winning “The Turnaround” and “The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox,” both from 2024. There was also “The Clubhouse,” an eight-part docuseries that went behind the scenes with the 2024 Red Sox.

    Now, as the streaming giant continues to branch out into more live sporting events, Netflix is bringing game action to its service, which has more than 90 million subscribers in the U.S. and Canada and over 300 million globally.

    Netflix will open the MLB season the next three years with a single game on Opening Night, the evening prior to a full schedule of traditional Opening Day games. In 2026, the Opening Night game will pit Aaron Judge and the Yankees against Rafael Devers and the Giants on Wednesday, March 25.

     

    There’s the mlb notes. Here’s the linky:

     

    https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-announces-media-rights-deals-with-espn-nbc-netflix

  8. 1 hour ago, miguelito said:

    What about out-of-market for those teams?

     

    Same as usual is my understanding: mlb.tv

    The difference on those teams is instead of an RSN, their home games will also be through mlb.tv. 

     

    It’s the start of what MLB has been after long-term in getting it all combined under one roof.

    How espn is playing into that specifically, in terms of distribution, I dunno how that works yet. I need to read more here in a few. 
     

    So whether ESPN is going to be where you go for mlb.tv, or if they mean you can buy it through espn is where I’m uncertain.

    Or maybe you’ll be able to link your mlb account and use either the mov app, or the espn app.

     

    What’s more on top of that, I just saw that NBC is getting Sunday night and some other shit. Saw a ticker, have to dig that up. 

  9. 15 minutes ago, TejasPedro said:

    Where do all former Texas coaches who allegedly have lady and drinking problems go?

     

    FIU?

     

     

    10 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

    He's going to walk away from all the money Texas owes him and accept a job at a much reduced salary? 

    I bet Jimmy Sexton is thrilled at that prospect.

     

    That statement is absolutely fucking stupid. If a coach gets fired for cause, kiss that payday goodbye. And we're not firing him this round unless there is cause.

     

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  10. 12 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

    The car that made these two, equal-length tire marks had positraction. You can't make these marks without positraction, which was not available on the '64 Buick Skylark!

     

    What about a Plymouth? 

    How’s it work?

  11. 54 minutes ago, JGrayDBU said:

    dang, I can't find the post about the restaurant in Austin that will smoke a brisket for you for $1 per pound. 

    I thought it was from this thread, looked back a year and a half.  

    Can somebody help with this? 

     

    thx

    @immamac might know?

  12. 3 hours ago, nnm said:

    So that’s where our tax dollars have been going. 
     

    Brightline West High-Speed Rail Project (Rancho Cucamonga, CA to Las Vegas, NV)

    The project you’re referring to is Brightline West, a privately led, 218-mile high-speed rail line (with trains up to ~200 mph) running mostly in the median of Interstate 15. It will connect Rancho Cucamonga (with Metrolink connections to greater Los Angeles) to Las Vegas, with intermediate stops in Apple Valley/Hesperia and Victor Valley.

     

    How come Uncle Elroy gets a train?

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