Tuesday, January 20, 2009

MLB Network-- Thank you God (and Time Warner)

Finally Time Warner Cable has done me some sort of good... some sort of (David) Justice. They picked up one of the official major sports networks. For the same lofty price of my monthly bill, I can now watch the hot stove report every night, can watch games of old and specials on players during and before my time! Last night over a brownie and some delicious 1% milk, I caught a special on Nolan Ryan's 7 no-hitters. His last no hitter came when he was 44 years old, and his last out against a youthful Roberto Alomar. That would be like Jamie Moyer pitching a no no last year... only The Ryan Express was throwing 95 still and taking personally endorsed Excedrin before and after every game. Remember how cheesy those commercials were, Nolan sitting in a blank Russel Athletic shirt with grey chest and dark blue sleeves. He would throw into a pitching target with a flame and smoke tailing the ball with every pitch. Commercial must have been great for Excedrin as it gave every viewer a headache!
Regardless, this channel has it all, and it will air some out of market games during the regular season, and will have so much spring training coverage it will be like a month long Christmas for baseball fans. Hopefully if this channel is successful it will spur the NFL, NBA, and others to come through my cable box. I'll settle for now

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