"Thankful" for my very expensive Spectrum cable that basically gives me nearly every Mets game with outstanding reception as well as having an SNY app on my phone and iPad. I watch too many games but at my stage of the game it gives me joy, well at least some of the time and I am not nearly ready to cut the cord and listen to games on the radio. Fortunately, my kids have long flown the coop and the grandsons are way to young to care about anything but getting a new Met shirt once they outgrow the old one. Actually to them its just another shirt, but one of the 3 year-olds does know the shirt says Mets. Holding onto their new Soto shirts until the season starts.
During the playoff run, I brought my older son to a local pizza shop that could give us a booth in front of a large TV and lots of space for him to run around and we watched multiple games together there. He was really excited to watch with me, I think mostly because I was so intense about it (and maybe because of pizza also).
I pay for the premium MLB AT BAT app so i can stream all the games. Since I'm on the west coast, I usually start the game at my office on my desktop, switch to my phone for my walk home, and then finish it up on my laptop while making dinner for the family. On the occasions when I'm unable to watch live, I turn it on after everyone has gone to bed and fast forward through all of the commercials.
I find that highlights on YouTube give enough of the sense of the game to help me know how it went (they tend to be lengthy), but I definitely miss out on some of the nuances that happen throughout the game. Skipping commercials is a great way to speed the time up.
I stream the internet with my computer or tablet every game. When my wife watches, which is often, I cast it to my television set so that we can watch it together. Almost every game I also join the Chatter with my "Imaginary Friends".
I haven’t been able to watch a local Mets broadcast since we moved from Staten Island in 1971. Thankfully, MLB.com has been televising games for a good many years now and I’m able to enjoy Gary, Keith, and Ron along with many of you. I missed the entirety of the Howie Rose TV era and love listening to him during the national broadcasts (with ESPN, Fox, Apple TX, Netflix, etc. on mute.) He is incredible and I can only imagine how much he added to the broadcast. I catch almost every game now and have done so for the past several years. Often I start the game on MLB (either on my TV - no cable, but I stream via YouTubeTV and other providers directly) and fast forward through the commercials. Whenever I have to do something unusual, like start the game on my tablet and finish on TV and the Mets win, it’s almost a given that I will do exactly the same thing for as long as they are winning. I love the Chatter on M360 but I would say that 75% of the time I join, the Mets lose and my superstitions don’t let me jump on as often as I’d like. I’ve read every M360 post for probably the last decade and check in a few times every day to catch any additional comments. I supplement with other sites but this is my primary Mets source. I used to track various posters on Twitter but cancelled that for much the same reasons that many others have cancelled and have not found any other media channel nearly as comprehensive. Which is why I appreciate JohnFromAlbany’s posts so much.
MLB.com isn’t cheap but I savor it. I also just learned that TMobile includes an MLB subscription. Since I don’t pay attention, I paid for a service I could have had for free for the last several years.
I wait until the last Tuesday before the season starts, and then get the MLB package for free with my T-MOBILE subscription. They have been gracious with their mobile customers for several years and I don’t miss the chance! I cannot watch too many games, but I see all the highlights - as long as it’s in my best interests. Last year, the Mets would lose often when I went to the chatter so I stayed away until the playoffs. Then, all bets were off - they were on their own.
Bull, to quote a writer from AA, “I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious”, LOL… we all are. Enjoy the games! The players don’t even know you exist, much less worry if you’re watching!
I also dropped cable last Fall, planning to re-up w/ hulu or Xfinity for baseball. Maybe I'll try the MLB Gameday/Radio for a while, waiting for an Xfinity offer to good to refuse. Wish I could get SNY alone w/o the expense of 120 channels I don't watch😕
Addressing local blackouts would make a huge difference for me. My cable company cut SNY and I can only watch through MLB.tv through a VPN because otherwise I'm blacked out. Occasionally MLB.com will decide it doesn't like VPNs and then I'll have to watch Gameday.
"Thankful" for my very expensive Spectrum cable that basically gives me nearly every Mets game with outstanding reception as well as having an SNY app on my phone and iPad. I watch too many games but at my stage of the game it gives me joy, well at least some of the time and I am not nearly ready to cut the cord and listen to games on the radio. Fortunately, my kids have long flown the coop and the grandsons are way to young to care about anything but getting a new Met shirt once they outgrow the old one. Actually to them its just another shirt, but one of the 3 year-olds does know the shirt says Mets. Holding onto their new Soto shirts until the season starts.
During the playoff run, I brought my older son to a local pizza shop that could give us a booth in front of a large TV and lots of space for him to run around and we watched multiple games together there. He was really excited to watch with me, I think mostly because I was so intense about it (and maybe because of pizza also).
I pay for the premium MLB AT BAT app so i can stream all the games. Since I'm on the west coast, I usually start the game at my office on my desktop, switch to my phone for my walk home, and then finish it up on my laptop while making dinner for the family. On the occasions when I'm unable to watch live, I turn it on after everyone has gone to bed and fast forward through all of the commercials.
I find that highlights on YouTube give enough of the sense of the game to help me know how it went (they tend to be lengthy), but I definitely miss out on some of the nuances that happen throughout the game. Skipping commercials is a great way to speed the time up.
I stream the internet with my computer or tablet every game. When my wife watches, which is often, I cast it to my television set so that we can watch it together. Almost every game I also join the Chatter with my "Imaginary Friends".
I haven’t been able to watch a local Mets broadcast since we moved from Staten Island in 1971. Thankfully, MLB.com has been televising games for a good many years now and I’m able to enjoy Gary, Keith, and Ron along with many of you. I missed the entirety of the Howie Rose TV era and love listening to him during the national broadcasts (with ESPN, Fox, Apple TX, Netflix, etc. on mute.) He is incredible and I can only imagine how much he added to the broadcast. I catch almost every game now and have done so for the past several years. Often I start the game on MLB (either on my TV - no cable, but I stream via YouTubeTV and other providers directly) and fast forward through the commercials. Whenever I have to do something unusual, like start the game on my tablet and finish on TV and the Mets win, it’s almost a given that I will do exactly the same thing for as long as they are winning. I love the Chatter on M360 but I would say that 75% of the time I join, the Mets lose and my superstitions don’t let me jump on as often as I’d like. I’ve read every M360 post for probably the last decade and check in a few times every day to catch any additional comments. I supplement with other sites but this is my primary Mets source. I used to track various posters on Twitter but cancelled that for much the same reasons that many others have cancelled and have not found any other media channel nearly as comprehensive. Which is why I appreciate JohnFromAlbany’s posts so much.
My biggest regret in my current situation is missing out on Gary, Keith, and Ron.
MLB.com isn’t cheap but I savor it. I also just learned that TMobile includes an MLB subscription. Since I don’t pay attention, I paid for a service I could have had for free for the last several years.
I wait until the last Tuesday before the season starts, and then get the MLB package for free with my T-MOBILE subscription. They have been gracious with their mobile customers for several years and I don’t miss the chance! I cannot watch too many games, but I see all the highlights - as long as it’s in my best interests. Last year, the Mets would lose often when I went to the chatter so I stayed away until the playoffs. Then, all bets were off - they were on their own.
Bull, to quote a writer from AA, “I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious”, LOL… we all are. Enjoy the games! The players don’t even know you exist, much less worry if you’re watching!
I also dropped cable last Fall, planning to re-up w/ hulu or Xfinity for baseball. Maybe I'll try the MLB Gameday/Radio for a while, waiting for an Xfinity offer to good to refuse. Wish I could get SNY alone w/o the expense of 120 channels I don't watch😕
Addressing local blackouts would make a huge difference for me. My cable company cut SNY and I can only watch through MLB.tv through a VPN because otherwise I'm blacked out. Occasionally MLB.com will decide it doesn't like VPNs and then I'll have to watch Gameday.
THIS IS BIG NEWS FOR ME! It will changes everything!!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/sny-launches-in-market-streaming-service/ar-AA1zhOfo
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