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The Nemesis said:
Boo! Stupid f***ing youtube games!

You guys ready to listen to a bunch of randos chat about whatever for 2 and a half hours while a baseball game happens in the background?
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Whatever you may think of the job they do, the broadcasters for the Youtube games mainly work for the MLB Network, so I would not call them randos. The last crew, I think, was a play-by-play guy, the analytics woman, Mark DeRosa (former Blue Jay) and Ryan Rowland-Smith (former Mariner). So, I would expect a similar set-up on Tuesday: play-by-play person, analytics person, Mark DeRosa, and a former National.

I often find it interesting to hear what a different broadcast crew has to say about the Jays and we don't get that very often. In fact, Blue Jays fans are spoiled in that they get more games announced by their home broadcasters than any other team, since even in the rare cases where the Jays are featured on a national US-exclusive TV broadcast (for example, Fox or ESPN), Sportsnet is still able to do a "local" broadcast which is not the case for US teams.
 
rojac said:
Whatever you may think of the job they do, the broadcasters for the Youtube games mainly work for the MLB Network, so I would not call them randos. The last crew, I think, was a play-by-play guy, the analytics woman, Mark DeRosa (former Blue Jay) and Ryan Rowland-Smith (former Mariner). So, I would expect a similar set-up on Tuesday: play-by-play person, analytics person, Mark DeRosa, and a former National.

I often find it interesting to hear what a different broadcast crew has to say about the Jays and we don't get that very often. In fact, Blue Jays fans are spoiled in that they get more games announced by their home broadcasters than any other team, since even in the rare cases where the Jays are featured on a national US-exclusive TV broadcast (for example, Fox or ESPN), Sportsnet is still able to do a "local" broadcast which is not the case for US teams.
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Then when it matters most sportsnet isnt even involved in the playoffs.
 
rojac said:
Whatever you may think of the job they do, the broadcasters for the Youtube games mainly work for the MLB Network, so I would not call them randos. The last crew, I think, was a play-by-play guy, the analytics woman, Mark DeRosa (former Blue Jay) and Ryan Rowland-Smith (former Mariner). So, I would expect a similar set-up on Tuesday: play-by-play person, analytics person, Mark DeRosa, and a former National.

I often find it interesting to hear what a different broadcast crew has to say about the Jays and we don't get that very often. In fact, Blue Jays fans are spoiled in that they get more games announced by their home broadcasters than any other team, since even in the rare cases where the Jays are featured on a national US-exclusive TV broadcast (for example, Fox or ESPN), Sportsnet is still able to do a "local" broadcast which is not the case for US teams.
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I meant" randos" in the sense that the team felt thrown together randomly, with no real sense of them having chemistry or cohesion. And it shows in how the game was broadcast in that it was mostly the pbp guy and the two analysts jabbering on all sorts of tangents while poor Sara Langs desperately tried to inject some amount of interesting breakdown of the game only to be largely ignored for periods of the game because she wasn't involved in the "sitting around the bar, watching the game" style discourse that was dominating.

It's not that I wanted a pro-Jays or Jays-centric crew. I'm happy to listen to other crews if they're good. Problem here was that it wasn't good because it felt shockingly amateurish in its production considering this is supposed to be Youtube demonstrating to MLB that they are worthy of carrying a broadcast contract for national feeds. It was an absolute chore to try and listen to.
 
31-14 to get to 94 wins, I think that would guarantee a wildcard spot. I reckon BOS/NYY will end up with about 93. Jays can't afford to lose many more series going forward. 1-1 split with Washington coming up won't do either. Homestand after that has to be 6-1, at least.
 
Suntouchable13 said:
31-14 to get to 94 wins, I think that would guarantee a wildcard spot. I reckon BOS/NYY will end up with about 93. Jays can't afford to lose many more series going forward. 1-1 split with Washington coming up won't do either. Homestand after that has to be 6-1, at least.
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You absolutely need to win the two series against the Yankees and Oakland so lets say 2-1,3-1, and 2-1 in those series for a 7-3 record. Then let's say you split the CWS and TB games for a 5-5 record.

That leaves you at 12-8 having to go 19-6 against the rest of Was/Det/Bal/Min.

Should definitely be doable. Bullpen absolutely has to lock it down with guys getting healthy though.
 
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The Nemesis said:
"Guys go out there and have a quality at bat."

Yes, Randal. Guys do. Not you. But other guys.
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JUST got up fora bit of relief...........But you know what, might be just me, but, this might be thebest post on any social media,server ever.....This indie gets it, leafie type guy etc....He GETS the curse, and is succinct and salient...doesnt call himself the athletic either.


And like myself..... probably enjoyed the fruits...

Done most of it all....

Hung out with all the top hockey players in mlse history...

Got a secret for all of us.....THEY all wanna get paid....
 
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Beaumaris said:
Where are you watching the game ?
All my channels showing Boston/Yankees.:thumbd:
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It's only on Youtube.



Youtube has an agreement in place with MLB to broadcast 2 games per team through the season as exclusives, preventing normal local broadcasts from carrying them. This is thankfully the 2nd and presumably last game for the Jays.
 
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