MLB Extra Innings - C/D?

^isn't this the case with mlb.tv on any old computer?

Sorry, I didn't notice that the EI 'free April' thing was tied to At Bat etc.

i just got my renewal notice from DirecTV for the 2012 season:

You are all set to enjoy another exciting season of MLB EXTRA INNINGS. We are renewing you at the lowest price of 6 payments of $34.99/month...

total price for this year is 209.94 an increase of $6.

will tell you how it goes when i call DirecTV and try to get a discount.

I got an email to 'renew' my MLB.TV package -- I only got the postseason last year -- for $99, which I guess i'm going to do.

Would NYM/NYY games be blacked out for you?

yes. In both cases, I don't particularly care.

it's pretty worth the money imo

mlb.tv blackouts your local market? sucks

that's pretty standard practice for streaming sports online, tbf

it's much worse imo that they blackout every fox saturday afternoon game except the one being showed in your market

i've never streamed online. good to know

can't get anything right now on mlb.tv, anyone else? I'm logged in and evrything.

getting the GameDay audio but not the TV

I think I got auto-renewed for Gameday Audio -- I fucking hate opt-outs that should be opt-ins.

same thing today, the video doesn't come on, not even the archives I was able to watch (w/ constant freezing) a few days ago.

so i finally called into DirecTV to see if i can get a discount on MLB Extra Innings for this year. they gave me $10 off per month for six months again this year. i will be paying $150 for it this year.

happy happy joy joy

Rupert needed that sixty, you heartless bastard.

b-b-but MLB.TV costs less..

and I finally got the right downloads to make it work.

hooked my dad up with the plumbing necessary to watch MLB.tv on his ipad and he is now approximately as happy as a pig in shit

both this and NBA League Pass are the most incredible things. if I was born fifteen years later and recieved this for my birthday I'd probably cry

after all the warnings everyone gave me last year about mlb.tv being sneaky about auto-renewing you without asking...it didn't auto-renew me. which means i missed out on the $20 discount so maybe it's even sneakier than i thought.

was thinking about holding off this year but the ability to watch games on my phone is pretty enticing

TH, get your dad to join SABR. (I've given up on Generation Debt recruitment.)

he's like mr anti-sabr but we have a mutual friend who is i think a member. should i start the red sox 2012 thread and post his predix?

it is done

haha, does he like Jon Heyman? (also, fact: some SABR members hate sabermetrics)

There is a UK chapter btw.

MLB Strike Zone to Launch

Launch of MLB Network Strike Zone on Ch. 153

Effective Wednesday, April 4, 2012, by 5 p.m. ET, DISH will launch MLB Network Strike Zone, a new service from MLB Network, in both SD and HD. It will be offered as a part of the MultiSport package, Also available to subscribers as an add-on package with a qualifying programming package.

No mention of what are the qualifying packages are yet)

Starting April 10, the service will broadcast in a live, whip-around fashion on Tuesdays and Fridays during the MLB regular season, beginning at 7 p.m. ET,

Wow, that's great!

What is it?

Strike Zone existed years ago, but not during the last couple seasons...right?

seems like nfl redzone right?

it's MLB version of the Red Zone Channel, live look into games where there is something happening. DirecTV had this back in 2007 and 2008 (iirc) and was dropped when MLB Network came on the air.

there is a rumor that DirecTV will add it this year as well.

I looked for Strike Zone but didn't find it, but did find this:

http://www.federalbaseball.com/2012/4/5/2927330/introducing-full-count-from-yahoo-sports-and-mlb-com

Did anyone use this yesterday?

Strike Zone, when it existed a few years ago, seemed redundant. You can already see most/all of the games on the EI home channel and click into them -- you don't need an anchor or whatever to tell you what is happening.

What is the EI home channel?

Extra Innings has a "home channel" where the screen is split into eight telecasts. The default audio comes from the top-left telecast, but you can move around to hear the other telecasts and select a channel/game from there.

Apologies for the confusion -- didn't realize that THIS new Strike Zone is the work of MLB Network, not Extra Innings.

Oh right. That's pretty nice. But I don't have Extra Innings, so a cheaper RedZone -alike would be great, even if it's only a few days a week.

Starting April 10, the service will broadcast in a live, whip-around fashion on Tuesdays and Fridays during the MLB regular season, beginning at 7 p.m. ET,

So this has to differ from MLB Tonight, right? It would be great it was similar to their daily anchor/analyst-free highlight segments.

YEAH, Strike Zone it has just been added to DirecTV, commercial free:

Per Channel 719. "MLB Network Strike Zone HD. Tuesday & Friday nights. Available with MLB Extra Innings and/or Sports Pack."

so i just got home from work, turning on the Strike Zone channel now.

anyone watch this yet today, how is it?

so i have been watching a bit of this. they seem to go away from games a little too fast for my liking. maybe i just like watching innings and how they build instead of this instant stuff.

MLB Network Strike Zone will be available on the following offerings:

Bright House Networks: Bakersfield, Calif. – Channel 1124; Birmingham, Ala. – Channel 464; Detroit – Channel 698; Indianapolis – Channel 425; Orlando and Tampa – Channel 1143
DIRECTV® SPORTS PACK and MLB EXTRA INNINGS® package: Channel 719
DISH Network, Multi-Sport Pack: Channel 153
Time Warner Cable: Albany, Austin, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Charlotte, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Milwaukee/Green Bay, New York City, Palm Springs, Portland, Raleigh, Rochester, San Antonio, San Diego, Syracuse and Waco.

so i was looking forward to the Phillies vs Giants game tonight as it was Lee vs Cain.

--------------i see right now in the 10th 0-0.--playing the Lakers game instead because i can't watch.

i wrote this on someplace else:

i looked in the on air guide and saw that tomorrows game (which is now today) is going to be broadcast on MLB Extra Innings channel 747. i get home from work and see that "Phillies vs. Giants" is gone on channel 747 and only "To Be Announced" is displayed instead. so i'm pissed and i call in. spent over a half an hour on the phone they transferred me to the technical dept and they told me yes it is suppose to be on. the tech tries a bunch of different things tell me that he has escalated this and to keep watching and it will be on shortly. i'm so mad, this was Lee vs. Cain tonight.

let us destroy this Corona ad that plays every inning on every game on mlb.tv

MLB.TV postseason package? alternate angles?

i just got my renewal notice from DirecTV for the 2013 season:

You are all set to enjoy another exciting season of MLB EXTRA INNINGS. We are renewing you at the lowest price of 6 payments of $33.33/month...

total price for this year is $199.98, so it actually went down $ this year.

i will tell you how it goes when i call DirecTV and try to get a discount again this year.

it went down 9.96 this year, number lock became unlocked.

Split mlb.tv with my father, this is pretty awesome. The stream to my Roku looks every bit as good as via cable.
Comes with the Extra Innings app - that means I can stream all the radio broadcasts (except for local), right?

er, At Bat app

I think you can even stream local audio. Blackouts only apply for TV broadcasts, iirc? Pretty sure I listened to a Jays game or two last year via that app.