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Late Night Party?

Hey all,

 

I am wondering if anyone is down with meeting up at 3:05 AM on "Opening Day" to watch the season start together as A's Fans.

 

I am not sure how to make this happen logistically. I have thought maybe we could all pitch in for a hotel room and piss everyone in the Motel 8 off or something. Perhaps someone can host a party? Coffee and bagels? Maybe there is a restaurant in the area that would be interested in hosting such an event?

 Ideas?

 

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There's a very real chance ...

that it won't be televised ... especially on any station that a motel would get ... perhaps it might be on NESN, through Extra Innings ... but I doubt FSN or ESPN will be carrying it.

"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback

by devo on Feb 14, 2008 12:51 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

espn

I was looking at espn's lineup a couple of days ago. Supposedly, they will be airing the games on espn2.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnTopics?topic=ESPN_MLB1

by OrlandoAsFan on Feb 14, 2008 1:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Happy to be proven wrong ... thank you.

15 days until there'll be baseball on TV!!!!! Dodgers-Braves, Feb 29th (it's a leap year!=) 10 AM ... I expect all of AN (except those of us who work from home) to call in sick that day.

"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback

by devo on Feb 14, 2008 1:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

sadly

Being in orlando, unless i get mlb extra innings, or something similar, i have no chance of seeing an a's game unless it's on espn. So while looking at their schedule, i noticed that the two games overses are the only games they have scheduled for oakland. So disappointing. I'm sure i'll get to see more than my fair share of Red Sox and Yankees games though. Please excuse my first sentence. It looks pretty jacked up, but i think it somewhat gets the point across.

by OrlandoAsFan on Feb 14, 2008 1:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

mlb.tv is a freaking savior.

Check it out. I don't have a tv, so extra innings isn't an option. I've been in LA for six years now and finally got to watch the last two years. I don't know the price of EI, but I think it's cheaper. You can get a low-quality feed for less money, also. One cool feature is a bunch of classic games on demand.

Subject to blackout, so I'm kind of worried about the games vs. the Sox. I'm up late, so I'd probably push through and watch the games on mlb.tv if they're not blacked out.

It's Rhodes Scholar Night at the Coliseum tonight.

by Scottbass on Feb 15, 2008 3:43 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

MLB Extra Innings

I had extra innings a couple of years ago and was impressed. They show between 4 and 15 games a day depending on what games are actually on. I've thought hard about getting mlbtv, but i'm not sure want to watch it on the computer. I've got a newborn daughter, so my wife probably wouldn't be very receptive to me disappearing into another room all night every night. Also, I know extra innings is somewhere around $160 for the season. Off the top of your head, do you know about how much mlbtv is?

"Didja ever look at a dollar bill, man? There's some spooky shit goin' on there. And it's green too." -Slater

by OrlandoAsFan on Feb 15, 2008 6:02 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

$90 for regular, 120 for the premium (suppossedly tv quality)

I have yet to try the premium, but the regular version worked ok for me last year. I'll probably do it again.

by dbuzi123 on Feb 15, 2008 6:33 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

thanks

for the information. definitely something i'm going to have to consider.

"Didja ever look at a dollar bill, man? There's some spooky shit goin' on there. And it's green too." -Slater

by OrlandoAsFan on Feb 15, 2008 8:34 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Premium is definately worth the extra $30.

Don't even question it this year. Last year premium went at 700k, this year it's either 800k or 1.2MB, whichever your connection can handle.

I didn't have premium the year before. It's quite the difference.

It's Rhodes Scholar Night at the Coliseum tonight.

by Scottbass on Feb 15, 2008 1:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

premium

was great last year and i like you can't wait til this year.

Beane's World!! Excellent!!! Rock On, Beane! Rock On, Geren!

by Satchmo22 on Feb 15, 2008 2:00 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nice name.

Louis Armstrong is the shit.

It's Rhodes Scholar Night at the Coliseum tonight.

by Scottbass on Feb 15, 2008 3:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

No one's spouse/parents should have an issue with ...

"Hey, honey, I'm going to go to a cheap motel at 3 in the morning to meet some people from the Internet."

Even if they're clever, they become stupid with repetition. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Feb 14, 2008 1:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

.

Hahahaha!!!!!

So, bring on Bonds! Or, not... then, bring back Langerhans!! -One won lost one

by baseballgirl on Feb 14, 2008 1:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Especially since

there's bound to be a group nap afterward.

by pam5981 on Feb 14, 2008 1:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Dammit!

I was all set to go until the wife saw bbg's and pam's avatars. I fricking hate AN 3.0. Guess I'll go clean Jeffro's pool again.

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Feb 15, 2008 2:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

make sure you "put the tarp over the pool"

Even if they're clever, they become stupid with repetition. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Feb 15, 2008 7:52 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That's sweet, but

I'll take a new picture of myself in my current state, with the flu. That oughta do it.

by pam5981 on Feb 16, 2008 4:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Well, my wife didn't care

She said the pool boy was coming over at that time anyway.

by jeffro on Feb 14, 2008 3:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Hey, Billy!

Open up the Coliseum, show the game on the StomperTron, charge $5 a head for admission.

Even if they're clever, they become stupid with repetition. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Feb 14, 2008 1:27 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

True fact:

So few people get the Big Ten Network that Wisconsin opened the Kohl Center free of charge last night so that people (particularly current students, who can't get premium channels on an institutional cable deal) could actually watch the WI-IU game.

Speaking of "things Congress should do," how about forcing cable monopolies to allow a la carte cable channel purchases? I mean, I know it's a shocking notion to allow people to, you know, buy what they want without having to buy a whole bunch of extra garbage on top of it, but I think it might actually be a good idea.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Feb 14, 2008 1:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

That would suck

for me, as it would endganger the cable channels I actually like (such cspans 1-3), which no one would pay for.

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Feb 14, 2008 1:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

"endganger"?

Is that the sort of thing you'll be seeing in Portland?

Even if they're clever, they become stupid with repetition. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Feb 14, 2008 1:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

TV shows that no one wants to watch

already get canceled all the time. As do channels (here's looking at you, AZN TV).

Why should I be forced to pay so that you can watch CSpan?

Also, there's no reason why Congress couldn't mandate that companies offer public service channels for free. I think they already do-- I doubt Public Access is exactly a gangbuster revenue generator for Comcast.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Feb 14, 2008 4:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It enables niche channels

generally, which is good for everyone whose taste runs to a not-generally-popular channel, which encompasses quite a lot of people. In response to your "why should I be forced..." argument, one could just as well ask "why should cable companies be forced by the government to run their business in a particular way?"

The A's colors are green and gold.

by mikeA on Feb 14, 2008 4:34 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Why? Because the government gives them a monopoly, that's why

I have little doubt that if there was open competition for cable airwaves, companies offering a la carte programming would cream the standard offerings, because people would take lower prices in exchange for not getting 200 channels they have no interest in.

Cable TV may be a natural monopoly, in which case it's optimal to have a single firm given rights to an area by local government. That's fine-- they exist. The socially optimal arrangement in these cases is for those firms to be regulated by the government in such a way that they don't extract "monopoly rents" from customers. That means price controls, essentially.

Look, either a channel is economically viable on its own, or it's not. If it is, it'll do fine under an a la carte system. If it isn't, its existence essentially amounts to a cabal on the part of the channel operators and the cable companies to hose the average consumer. Cable adds the channel and raises prices. The consumers are screwed, because either they pay the raised prices, or they don't get cable at all-- there's no alternative provider (other than satellite for some users, and that's fraught with its own issues).

My opinion: cable companies are essentially an unnecessary middleman which should be eliminated. All they do is suck profits out of the system. Anyone who wants to should be able to buy a piece of the cable spectrum for an operating fee. From that point on, they can do whatever they want with it-- sell it to consumers, fund it through advertising, both, neither, whatever. Some part of the spectrum should be used for public service channels.

Unfortunately, the cable companies have tons of money and legislators in their pockets (hi, Arlen Spector!) and consumers have bubkus.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Feb 14, 2008 7:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

cable cabal

cable cabal
cable cabal
cable cabal

stat-addled alien overlord

by salb918 on Feb 15, 2008 7:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

If it was run by a former Astro ...

Enos Cabell's cable cabal

Even if they're clever, they become stupid with repetition. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Feb 15, 2008 7:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

In Afghanistan

Cabell's Kabul cable cabal

stat-addled alien overlord

by salb918 on Feb 15, 2008 9:04 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

on an old, unpaved street

Cabell's Kabul cobble cable cabal

Even if they're clever, they become stupid with repetition. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Feb 15, 2008 9:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

teamed up with Minnesota OF

Cabell and Kubel's Kabul cobble cable cabal

stat-addled alien overlord

by salb918 on Feb 15, 2008 10:06 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

More cowbell!

It's Rhodes Scholar Night at the Coliseum tonight.

by Scottbass on Feb 15, 2008 1:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

while drinking cheap sparkling wine

Cabell and Kubel's Kabul cobble Korbel cowbell cable cabal

Even if they're clever, they become stupid with repetition. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Feb 15, 2008 2:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

With Jack Webb on the Tonight Show (Carson era):

Cabell and Kubel's Kabul cobble Korbel cowbell cable cabal's copper clapper caper.

by sslinger on Feb 16, 2008 4:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm with mikeA on this

When you receive your bill for the AN 3.0 membership fee, if it was fractionated out into a la carte channels, very few people would subscribe to the Poetic Interludes, and I'd starve.

Even if they're clever, they become stupid with repetition. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Feb 14, 2008 1:53 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

exactly,

and as unfunny as monkeyball is, dead monkeyball is even less funny.

i think it works the same way with the smell.

by rebus on Feb 14, 2008 2:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, but the royalties from the

DLD would make me a rich man.

stat-addled alien overlord

by salb918 on Feb 15, 2008 7:03 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

and while you're at it, Billy ...

... make the name "StomperTron" official.

You can PayPal me my royalty checks.

Even if they're clever, they become stupid with repetition. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Feb 14, 2008 4:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

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