NIGHT STALKER Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Channel 213 on DirecTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aec4 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 in HD too.. but in typical baseball fashion, 2-3 yrs behind the nfl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonEJet Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I've had it for awhile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uart Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I've had it for awhile No you haven't... they've just been running loops of highlight videos as a placeholder. The channel's real programming didn't go live until today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Well I think they are off to a good start by showing Don Larsen's World Series perfect game. I had a chance to look at their schedule and the one thing I like so far will be the classic games which started off with Larsen's perfecto. They will have more classic games, Ken Burns 1994 Documentary "Baseball". They will be doing alot from the World Baseball Classic so they should be busy all the way to opening. I hope they do a better job than NFL Network which I personally think sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHT STALKER Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 Hope some of you guys got to watch that Larson no hitter tonight. Watching that game reminded me why games today take so long. Batters rarely stepped out of the batters box between pitches...today, it's after every freaken pitch. Secondly, the only time they changed baseballs was when they went into the stands. Today, if a ball just grazes the dirt they change balls. Did you also notice that they didn't wear batting helmets except for the pitchers...guess they thought the pitchers heads were more important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uart Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Hope some of you guys got to watch that Larson no hitter tonight. Watching that game reminded me why games today take so long. Batters rarely stepped out of the batters box between pitches...today, it's after every freaken pitch. Secondly, the only time they changed baseballs was when they went into the stands. Today, if a ball just grazes the dirt they change balls. The reason they change balls was so that the pitcher couldn't use the dirt to scrape the surface of the leather to improve the breaking on the ball. Back then, I think that was still legal -- in fact, some catchers used to scrape the ball against their shin guards or other pads sometimes for the pitcher. None of which is currently legal. Did you also notice that they didn't wear batting helmets except for the pitchers...guess they thought the pitchers heads were more important. They also didn't wear giant elbow pads on their arms so that they could stand right on top of the friggin' plate back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I watched some of that. I think I'm going to like that channel a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicious89x Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Are you gonna have to pay for it like NFL Network? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Are you gonna have to pay for it like NFL Network? I don't pay extra for NFL Network. It's part of my DirecTV package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicious89x Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Ah ok. I have comcast so I pay extra. Thanks though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vudu Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Edit: I got it on cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicBizkit87 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 So basically the only thing I've been watching has been the Hot Stoves... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLMiCKMANTLE Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Hope some of you guys got to watch that Larson no hitter tonight. Watching that game reminded me why games today take so long. Batters rarely stepped out of the batters box between pitches...today, it's after every freaken pitch. Secondly, the only time they changed baseballs was when they went into the stands. Today, if a ball just grazes the dirt they change balls. Did you also notice that they didn't wear batting helmets except for the pitchers...guess they thought the pitchers heads were more important. I have some Yogi Berra and Don Larson signed balls if anyone wants to buy one! just thought i would throw that out there.. and i think Larson signed some of them W.S. Perfect 56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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