Ken Dryden Posted September 3, 2022 Report Posted September 3, 2022 Marlins-Braves on Apple TV plus, but the announcers are the pits and the woman lead talks way too much… Stick to Bally… Quote
Matthew Posted September 4, 2022 Report Posted September 4, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 5:30 PM, Ken Dryden said: Marlins-Braves on Apple TV plus, but the announcers are the pits and the woman lead talks way too much… Stick to Bally… Whenever the Giants are on Apple TV+, I turn off the sound and listen to music, it's the worst announcing team I've ever heard. The Giants pre /post game show announcer come close in awfulness, which is a shame as they use to have great teams in their hey-day. Both are examples of baseball trying to be hip and youth orientated, which never works. You're not going to get younger by throwing a bunch of stats at people and expecting to attract anyone. MLB leadership flat-out hate the game. Sorry, turned into an Old-Geezer-Get-Off-My-Lawn-Rant! Quote
Ken Dryden Posted September 4, 2022 Report Posted September 4, 2022 2 hours ago, Matthew said: Whenever the Giants are on Apple TV+, I turn off the sound and listen to music, it's the worst announcing team I've ever heard. The Giants pre /post game show announcer come close in awfulness, which is a shame as they use to have great teams in their hey-day. Both are examples of baseball trying to be hip and youth orientated, which never works. You're not going to get younger by throwing a bunch of stats at people and expecting to attract anyone. MLB leadership flat-out hate the game. Sorry, turned into an Old-Geezer-Get-Off-My-Lawn-Rant! The real annoyance was the addition of a statistic for each pitch as to predicted percentage that the batter would strike out, reach base, get a hit, etc. It was a case of too much data, which was pretty worthless on a pitch by pitch basis. Next time I'll listen to Braves radio network annnouncers and turn off the Apple TV+ talking heads. Quote
T.D. Posted September 4, 2022 Report Posted September 4, 2022 19 minutes ago, Ken Dryden said: The real annoyance was the addition of a statistic for each pitch as to predicted percentage that the batter would strike out, reach base, get a hit, etc. It was a case of too much data, which was pretty worthless on a pitch by pitch basis. Next time I'll listen to Braves radio network annnouncers and turn off the Apple TV+ talking heads. I suspect the statistical overload is aimed at prop betters (bettors?). Read an interesting article recently about how MLB is touting smartphone prop bet apps: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-08-26/draftkings-sportsbook-at-wrigley-field-aims-to-hook-mlb-fans Quote
jazzbo Posted September 6, 2022 Report Posted September 6, 2022 Watched episode one of Industry on HBO. May continue. Quote
Dub Modal Posted September 6, 2022 Report Posted September 6, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 5:02 AM, Referentzhunter said: On 9/4/2022 at 6:30 AM, Referentzhunter said: On 9/4/2022 at 6:46 AM, Referentzhunter said: All 3 of these are incredible. On 9/2/2022 at 4:12 AM, Referentzhunter said: This one made the rounds of some weird horror movie social media pages I follow and it’s on my list to watch. Never seen it and it’s almost like a “lost” movie at this point. Quote
HutchFan Posted September 12, 2022 Report Posted September 12, 2022 Finished the fifth season of Bosch last night: On 9/11/2022 at 4:49 AM, Referentzhunter said: On 9/11/2022 at 5:05 AM, Referentzhunter said: Two HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS in a row. Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted September 12, 2022 Report Posted September 12, 2022 Being the trekkie that I am, I am really enjoying the animated series "Star Trek: Lower Decks" on Paramount+. The premise, if not obvious from the show title, is of life aboard a Federation starship for those who work in the lower decks. Considering how the shows have all concentrated on the members of the bridge staff, this humorous look at the rest of the crew's daily lives on a starship is pretty fun. The immediate and most obvious joke is that most of them wear red shirts. During one episode, the ship is in dire trouble and while the captain and bridge crew fight to save the ship from oblivion, two of the crew from the lower decks are having a heart to heart as the windows in the background have scenes of a major battle with phazers flashing and stuff blowing up. I was laughing more at that scene than I should have. Quote
Referentzhunter Posted September 13, 2022 Report Posted September 13, 2022 18 hours ago, HutchFan said: Two HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS in a row. love them both ... absorbing stuff. Quote
jlhoots Posted September 24, 2022 Report Posted September 24, 2022 (edited) The Afterparty Edited September 24, 2022 by jlhoots Quote
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