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Mets on the Air in 2015
Edgy MD Jan 20 2015 12:25 PM |
Sports Bidness Daily just announced that the Yankees have struck a deal with WPIX to broadcast 21 home games a year for the next four years.
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Frayed Knot Jan 20 2015 12:30 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Those MFY games shown on 'Free' TV tended to fall mostly on weekdays (Tuesdays in particular it seemed to me) in recent years while NYM PIX games tended towards weekends .
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Ceetar Jan 20 2015 12:32 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
I'd be all set to go all-SNY. I bet Fman would be too.
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Edgy MD Jan 20 2015 12:50 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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G-Fafif Jan 21 2015 01:43 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Giants and MFYs shared Channel 11 in the 1950s. I mention that to show it can be done, but it occurs to me that one of them left town eventually.
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Ashie62 Jan 21 2015 02:46 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
I believe WWOR changed ownership and is billed as "My 9" Georgia Peach Communications out of Atlanta GA.
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Fman99 Jan 21 2015 06:28 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Man I would love love LOVE for the Mets to dump WPIX and put all their games on SNY, MSG, Fox Sports, HGTV, or any of the other 1900 channels that I DO receive up here in the 'Cuse.
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d'Kong76 Jan 21 2015 06:51 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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Nah, it's a NY/NJ station. I'll leave the devil of the details to you if you disagree.
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TheOldMole Jan 21 2015 10:16 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
We didn't have TV back then, but I remember it as Yankees on Channel 11 (Ballantine and White Owl), Dodgers on Channel 9 (our had has never lost its skill), Giants on Channel 5 (Piels and Chesterfield). Dodgers on radio on WMGM, along with Warmup Time, Sports Extra, and Today's Baseball.
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G-Fafif Jan 22 2015 08:53 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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Per WPIX-TV's history of itself.
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Fman99 Jan 22 2015 09:10 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Having given this more thought, a MFY move to WPIX may be the impetus to get all of their games, both MFY and Met, on to the local airwaves. The majority of baseball fans in this town are YLDBs and I think they'd end up piping in that channel for all the games. The WWOR MFY games have always been carried on local channels here in the past.
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cooby Jan 22 2015 10:34 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
No way either team would make it better for the fans to watch
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G-Fafif Jan 22 2015 10:47 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Jackie Robinson knew where to tune in once he was no longer playing...for a year, anyway.
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Benjamin Grimm Jan 22 2015 11:19 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
One The Wiggles are in your head, they tend to stay there. (Both of my kids outgrew The Wiggles years ago.) But I see this thread title and I think, "Mets on the Air, Rock-a-bye Your Bear."
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 22 2015 11:39 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
I'm sorry to hear John Sterling apparently lost everything in that high-rise fire in Edgewater yesterday.
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Edgy MD Jan 29 2015 04:56 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Bobby Ojeda, out as Mets in-studio analyst.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 29 2015 05:16 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
NellyFigs!
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d'Kong76 Jan 29 2015 05:21 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Pretty sad they can't afford him ... when's Darling's term
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Ashie62 Jan 29 2015 05:43 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Ojeda was very critical of the Mets?
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 29 2015 05:47 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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He was. But I really don't think this was the case.
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d'Kong76 Jan 29 2015 05:54 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
He was refreshingly critical?
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 29 2015 06:24 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Wasn't a real big Bobby O fan and felt like the broadcast had too much 86 Met flavor as it is.
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G-Fafif Jan 29 2015 06:33 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Figueroa will be on track to get the job, then be cut just before Opening Day.
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themetfairy Jan 29 2015 06:43 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Bobby was a good guy and a good sport - I'll miss him.
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Ceetar Jan 29 2015 06:52 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
I voraciously turned off SNY after games, win or lose, to avoid hearing Ojeda, so can't say I'm disappointed to see him gone. Figgy would be interesting.
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d'Kong76 Jan 29 2015 07:03 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
The fan split over like/dislike of Bobby O is certainly not
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Edgy MD Jan 29 2015 08:07 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Nelson would bring back the eyebrow factor that's been missing since Josh Satin played his way off the team.
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d'Kong76 Jan 29 2015 08:14 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Guess I don't follow or something...
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Edgy MD Jan 29 2015 08:19 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
We have a "Wifey Watch" thread. And there's Alisa actually wearing a jersey that says "WIFEY." That's funny!
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Ceetar Jan 29 2015 08:20 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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well based on him being not Bobby O at this point is good enough for me. I can't say I've heard him do any serious analysis, but the interviews he gave while he was here seemed like he'd be at least decent. At any rate, I don't see him followed Ojeda's talk radio philosophy of "pick a topic and yell about it for the entire show' angle.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 29 2015 08:31 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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Also, she shot off her mouth and cursed the Mets after they outrighted Nelson to the minors for the 5th time.
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Edgy MD Jan 29 2015 08:33 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
I guess we shouldn't expect Bobby O. to go unquietly.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 29 2015 11:32 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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This. Ojeda's famed research amounted to "I'm going to harp on this thing I read about regardless of its pertinence or truth." Figueroa's come off in interviews as bright, reflective, and superarticulate; plus, he squeezed the toothpaste tube bone-dry, in terms of maximizing his talent, so I'd imagine he knows quite a bit about the armcraft. Uncle Cliffy is supposedly also in the running. If his MLB Network gigs are any indication, he'd be clubby and personable... with an anaphylactic allergic reaction to anything with the whiff of statistical analysis.
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d'Kong76 Jan 30 2015 05:22 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Was Figgy the guy who had a large family and friends contingent
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Frayed Knot Jan 30 2015 06:15 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Yeah, Figueroa is a native NYer (Abraham Lincoln HS - Brooklyn) so I'm sure that angle appeals to SNY brass. He also came via Brandeis Univ so, baseball scholarship and all, you wouldn't figure him to be a total dummy.
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themetfairy Jan 30 2015 06:17 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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IIRC, Billy Wagner let the Figueroa family use his private box so they could watch Figgy's Mets debut. I think that Cliff Floyd was in the running for Josh Lewin's job before the fan base made it clear that we tune in to listen to Josh and Howie no matter how the team is doing.
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d'Kong76 Jan 30 2015 06:41 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Josh is ok, I don't know if I'd climb any hill to
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 30 2015 07:07 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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Damn. Faint praise. For my money, he's been dorky-funny, insightful, and a solid-plus-plus play-by-play guy when he's giving Howie a blow. But he's worth said money alone for how he's rejuvenated Howie, who sounds like a Howie-and-a-half over the last two years. I really like Cliffy still. I worry that that would change a lot if I saw him talking about what "they should be doing" more often.
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d'Kong76 Jan 30 2015 07:12 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
No disrespect to Josh, guess I was more reacting to "fan base made it
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metirish Jan 30 2015 07:19 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
I liked Ojeda , honest guy, still #Mets twitter exploding over this is to be expected......Ojeda not coming back is "proof" that the Wilpon's are the worst and Alerderson too.
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themetfairy Jan 30 2015 07:20 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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Some respected portions of the fan base were quite vocal on the subject.
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d'Kong76 Jan 30 2015 07:31 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
I didn't say they weren't, I said it doesn't apply to me.
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Frayed Knot Jan 30 2015 07:40 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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As would I, if for no other reason than to hear him describe Anthony Wecker thwowing out a wunner.
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Edgy MD Jan 30 2015 07:42 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Nelly in the Archives
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 30 2015 07:48 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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Gold, Jerry. lolollloolol
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Benjamin Grimm Jan 30 2015 08:07 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
I can't even remember who "Escobar" was!
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Edgy MD Jan 30 2015 08:12 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Kelvim Escobar: veteran starter/sometimes reliever. He picked Omar's pocket, signing for $1–2 million before the 2009 season and then blowing out his shoulder before ever throwing a pitch for the team in the minors or majors. Ka-ching.
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G-Fafif Jan 30 2015 02:02 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
I seem to recall Figueroa being kind of a proto-Dickey in that he came off as unusually pensive and articulate, except he didn't have an unhittable pitch and, honestly, I can't recall a single pensive or articulate thing he said while he was here, which doesn't differentiate him much from the Pat Misches and Tim Reddings with whom he shared rotation time.
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Frayed Knot Feb 03 2015 07:48 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Bobby O defends ownership and seems to cryptically dis Sandy even though he doesn't specifically name him.
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Edgy MD Feb 03 2015 09:36 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Seems to give Omar more of a punch than Sandy.
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Fman99 Feb 04 2015 04:21 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Six sub .500 years for the Metsies and six years of Bobby O in the SNY booth. Coincidence? Or is he just bad luck?
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Edgy MD Feb 05 2015 10:57 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
="The Queens Chronicle"]Figueroa will have big shoes to fill because Ojeda was popular with fans and the media because of his refreshing candor. He could never be accused of being a shill for the home team. Having gotten to know Nelson over the years, I am certain that he will be insightful and will never insult anyone’s intelligence. SNY executives are undoubtedly hoping that his matinee idol looks will draw more women to Mets telecasts. |
Vic Sage Feb 05 2015 12:02 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
I won't miss Bobby O's typical jock-tough guy douchebaggery and agenda-driven analysis.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 05 2015 05:15 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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themetfairy Feb 05 2015 05:38 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Matinee idol looks?
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d'Kong76 Feb 05 2015 05:45 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Some people think ferrets are cute, I don't see it.
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Edgy MD Feb 05 2015 08:59 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
If the author knows Nellie, maybe he was waxing with comic exaggeration about the Man from Planet Unibrow.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 06 2015 01:31 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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Unless the author is reasonably certain that everyone knows Nellie, then it's a pretty doofy comic exaggeration, innit?
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Edgy MD Feb 06 2015 01:43 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Well, it IS The Queens Chronicle. We can't expect Rockland Journal-quality work here.
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G-Fafif Feb 10 2015 12:15 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
An appreciation of the Met prophet of the airwaves here.
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d'Kong76 Feb 15 2015 01:59 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Multiple reports that Figgy is in.
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Ceetar Feb 16 2015 12:04 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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confirmed now.
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Benjamin Grimm Feb 17 2015 07:58 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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Frayed Knot Feb 18 2015 12:04 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Rubin: WOR has offered its pregame and postgame host job to Illinois native Wayne Randazzo, sources told ESPNNewYork.com.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 18 2015 12:32 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Love it, a hi-lite reel
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Edgy MD Feb 20 2015 09:04 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Randazzo, it turns out, is the cousin of MLB umpire Tony Randazzo.
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d'Kong76 Mar 01 2015 10:15 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
http://dailystache.net/cliff-floyd-joins-mets-sny-team/
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Edgy MD Mar 11 2015 08:49 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Something to think about as internet grumbles about Matt Harvey's second start not being televised.
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Frayed Knot Mar 11 2015 09:45 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
The games that MLBN carries at this time of year are ones where they're merely picking up whatever local feed is televising the game back home so I assume the equipment, like the personnel, belongs to the individual channels as well.
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Edgy MD Mar 11 2015 09:54 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
So I guess the setup and staffing are cost-prohibitive and the ratings back home don't make it worthwhile.
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Ceetar Mar 11 2015 10:16 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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seems that way. I think "lots of folks" might be stretching it. But a lot of these people are the ones that also wish they'd televise the minor league games on the backfields via a streaming cam. The Mets, generally, televise every home spring game with the exception of the occasional preemption for amateur hoops around my birthday.
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G-Fafif Mar 12 2015 11:38 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Spectacularly random staffing of the SNY broadcast today: Scott Braun of MLBN on PBP, Jim Duquette the analyst and Alexa "Who's" Datt of Branden & Alexa fame as your roving reporter.
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Ceetar Mar 12 2015 11:42 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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watched 20 minutes at the beginning during lunch. seemed okay, didn't see Alexa. what happened to the third chick of Branden/Alexa trio?
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G-Fafif Mar 12 2015 11:53 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Alexa grilled Matt Reynolds like Chuck Todd interviewing John McCain, except slightly more challenging.
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Edgy MD May 05 2015 06:45 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Mets on WOR seem to have a lot of personal injury law firms as their sponsors.
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d'Kong76 May 05 2015 07:15 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
For the most part, the regional advertising I get on SNY is very
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Edgy MD May 05 2015 08:21 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Agreed.
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MFS62 May 05 2015 09:23 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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Maybe if they sign up a few of those high paying advertisers they'll be able to buy a radio transmitter that sends a signal that can be pointed toward Western Connecticut. Later
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d'Kong76 May 06 2015 06:50 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
50,000 Watts of clear channel should reach you easily. Have your
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Ceetar May 06 2015 07:21 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
well the ratings have been picking up, so..
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Edgy MD May 06 2015 07:32 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
... so ... higher-end penis ads!
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MFS62 May 06 2015 07:33 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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I know it should. I can even pick up a Buffalo Radio Station in my car driving home at night. But when I drive home, I can't get WOR-AM. I think it has to do with how the signal is aimed. I lose the signal around Katonah and never pick it up again all the way home. And no matter where I place my home radio, I still can't get the station. WOR says it is the "flagship of the Mets network". I wonder of that network includes any stations closer to me. Sigh. Later
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Edgy MD May 06 2015 07:40 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
I checked this out once and I found at one point that two stations relaying the Mets feed were WTLA 1200 out of Syracuse and WAVZ 1300 out of New Haven. Give it a shot one night.
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Ceetar May 06 2015 07:40 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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Smart Phone. MLB At-Bat app. I often don't even bother switching my car from Bluetooth to AM anymore. Is the 710 Omni-Directional? I'm not up on that.
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Ceetar May 06 2015 07:41 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets_Radio_Network#Connecticut_.281_station.29
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d'Kong76 May 06 2015 07:45 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
avi wuz here
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Centerfield May 06 2015 07:52 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Is my memory messed up or was there a time where we did not like Nelson Figueroa?
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Ceetar May 06 2015 07:56 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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I mean, he was a Quad-A guy that was starting to many games, but I don't think we necessarily disliked him.
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Edgy MD May 06 2015 08:02 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Both he and his wife ripped the Mets at one time or another, frustrated at being called up and then passed through waivers a few times. Even as they backed off, more than a few Mets fans were with him.
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MFS62 May 06 2015 08:36 AM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
Thanks, Edgy and Ceets. I'll give it a try.
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d'Kong76 May 06 2015 05:17 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
1300AM isn't broadcasting a ball game, they got that Stink on.
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Ceetar May 06 2015 07:10 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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might be worth deleting that entry on the Wiki then.
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MFS62 May 06 2015 09:10 PM Re: Mets on the Air in 2015 |
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Sadly, I noticed. I'll try some other night. Later
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